August 26, 2011 Library, Smithsonian Launch Civil Rights History Project Website The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American …
August 19, 2011 “Fields of Vision” Series Features 20th-Century Photographers Three New Volumes Feature the work of Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, Carl Mydans The more than 172,000 black-and-white and 1,600 color …
August 16, 2011 Fenella France Named Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division Fenella France, lead scientist for preservation research at the Library of Congress since 2007, has been named chief of the …
August 12, 2011 “Exquisite Corpse Adventure” to Be Published Aug. 23 "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure," which began as an online story of 27 biweekly installments, will soon be available in book form from …
July 26, 2011 Library of Congress Seeks Volunteer Docents 14-Week Training Program to Begin Aug. 30 The Library of Congress is recruiting the 2011 class of volunteer docents to lead tours of the nation’s oldest …
July 21, 2011 Ricardo Luna Named a Distinguished Visiting Scholar Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Ricardo V. Luna, a professor and former ambassador from Peru, as a distinguished visiting …
July 19, 2011 Photographs of Sikkim by Alice Kandell Are Now Online Sikkim is high in the Himalaya Mountains of India, bordered by Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. The setting is remarkable, with steep slopes, thatched …
July 15, 2011 Alexander Evans Named Henry Alfred Kissinger Scholar Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Alexander Evans, a counselor in the British diplomatic service, as the Henry Alfred Kissinger …
July 13, 2011 Swann Foundation Announces Fellowships for 2011-2012 The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress, announces fellowship awards to four …
July 6, 2011 Fitzgerald Collection of Regional Americana Donated to Library of Congress Collection to Be Housed in Rare Book and Special Collections Division American regional writing gained increasing popularity in …
June 17, 2011 Library of Congress Seeks Applicants For Kluge Fellowships The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is accepting applications for Kluge Fellowships that offer post-doctoral scholars an …
June 20, 2011 Archiving, Publishing Collaboration with Major Contemporary Photographers Announced by Library of Congress A collaboration to facilitate the archiving and publication of a new documentary photography …
June 13, 2011 Former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens Receives Wickersham Award For Public Service from Friends of the Law Library of Congress The Friends of the Law Library of Congress have presented the 2011 …
June 8, 2011 Rare 15th-Century Reference Work Acquired by Law Library The Law Library of Congress has acquired two volumes of an extraordinarily rare 1478 edition of the "Casus breves" of Johannes de …
June 1, 2011 Maria Pallante Appointed 12th Register of Copyrights Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Maria A. Pallante as the 12th Register of Copyrights and director of the United States …
May 26, 2011 Veterans History Project Launches 34th Website Feature in Observance of Memorial Day World War II Army Air Corpsman Thomas Carson Griffin was part of the 17th Bomb Group and on the team that flew combat …
May 24, 2010 McCullough, Morrison, Mukherjee, Egan, Banks, Eggers, McMillan, Keillor, Chua Headline 2011 National Book Festival Event Expands to Two Days on National Mall, Sept. 24-25 World-renowned authors David …
May 17, 2011 "Earth as Art" Exhibition Opens May 31 When Earth is viewed from space, cloud formations, coastlines, mountain ranges, islands, deltas, glaciers and rivers take on patterns resembling abstract …
May 13, 2011 FLICC Announces 12th Annual Awards for Federal Librarianship The Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) has announced the winners of its national awards for federal librarianship, …
May 11, 2011 American Folklife Center Announces Recipients of Fellowships and Awards The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (AFC) has awarded its 2011 fellowships. Receiving Archie Green …
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