Press Contact: Benny Seda-Galarza (202) 707-8732 Public Contact: Andrew Breiner (202) 707-9219 The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress today announced the appointment of Frances Lee, Princeton University professor of politics and public affairs …
Junior Fellow learning through hands-on experience at the Library of Congress.The Library of Congress today announced the appointment of 40 undergraduate and graduate students to its highly competitive Junior Fellows summer intern program. This year’s …
Legendary performer Jessye Norman has donated her personal papers to the Library of Congress. Photo by Carol FriedmanWorld renowned opera singer and recitalist Jessye Norman has donated thousands of items documenting her illustrious 50-year career to the …
Richard Ford will be awarded the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Photo by: Karen Robinson, Eyevine Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today that Richard Ford, author of “Independence Day” – the first novel to win both the Pulitzer …
This AP news bulletin from June 4, 1919, reported the U.S. Senate had passed a resolution for women's voting rights that would become the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.Historical news reports and breaking …
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress today announced the appointment of Simon Martin, an anthropologist and specialist in Maya hieroglyphic writing, as the 2019-2020 Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early …
Screenshot from “D-Day Journeys” Story Map by Samantha Meier and Megan Harris from the Veterans History Project. Image is from the Library's Preston E. Bagent Collection.In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy …
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) at the Library of Congress will honor two of its cooperating libraries for their outstanding service to readers who are visually or physically disabled. The Carnegie Library of …
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be among the featured speakers at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Aug. 31. Photo credit: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader …
The Chinese Rare Book Collection features a woodblock-printed work in four volumes with paintings vividly colored by hand accompanied by a page of descriptive text. In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, the Library of Congress has …
The new exhibition "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote" opens June 4 at the Library of Congress and will be on view through September 2020.Handwritten letters, speeches, photographs and scrapbooks, created by American suffragists who …
Walt Whitman in his younger years, as shown in this 1854 engraving by Samuel Hollyer used in the 1855 first edition of "Leaves of Grass." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. The Library of Congress will celebrate the 200th …
Excerpt from classical Persian poetry. The Rare Persian-Language Manuscript Collection includes beloved poems of the Persian poets Saadi Shirazi, Hafez and Jami, along with works of the poet Nizami Ganjavi. In celebration of the Persian New Year, also …
The Library of Congress and "We Need Diverse Books" present “On Writing, Voice, and Courage: A Conversation with Walter Honorees,” a symposium on diverse children’s literature. Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Linda Sue Park will serve as …
Karyn A. Temple, Register of Copyrights. Photo by Shawn MillerLibrarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced her selection of Karyn A. Temple as the Register of Copyrights. Temple has been Acting Register of Copyrights since Oct. 21, 2016. “I am …
Georgia O'Keeffe as photographed by Alfred Stieglitz in 1919. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, The Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Purchase and Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Purchase, [LC-USZC4-6228]. The …
The classic radio western “Gunsmoke”; Ritchie Valens’ groundbreaking 1958 sensation “La Bamba”; Sam & Dave’s 1967 hit single “Soul Man”; the revolutionary 1968 Broadway musical “Hair”; and Neil Diamond’s 1969 “Sweet Caroline,” which became a popular …
The papers of suffragist and political strategist Carrie Chapman Catt, including her time as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, have been digitized and are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress …
Recipients of the 2019 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan. Photo by Alberto Tolot.Celebrated international superstars Emilio and Gloria Estefan, the 2019 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin …
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has appointed Robin L. Dale to the position of Associate Librarian for Library Services effective April 1, 2019. An accomplished, innovative and service-oriented administrator, Dale brings 25 years of experience to her …
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