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Posted inNews

Lizzo Plays President James Madison’s Flute in Historic Moment

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 28, 2022September 28, 2022

The 200-year-old instrument, housed in the Library of Congress, has not been played by anyone else until now.

Posted inNews

19 Million Pages of Historic Newspapers Digitized by Library of Congress

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 21, 2022September 21, 2022

The Library’s “Chronicling America” initiative has now expanded to include media from all 50 United States, Washington, DC, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Posted inOpinion

Just like Museums, Libraries Aren’t Neutral

Avatar photo by Fuchsia Hart November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

There are many structural inequalities baked into the Library of Congress classification system, contributing to the further marginalization of already marginalized groups.

Posted inNews

Over 200 Courtroom Sketches of Rodney King Trials Acquired by Library of Congress

by Cassie Packard March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Prominent courtroom artist Mary Chaney drew the 269 illustrations during three trials between 1992 and 1994.

Posted inIn Brief

A Kiss in a 1898 Silent Film Is the Earliest Cinematic Depiction of Black Love

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber December 17, 2018December 18, 2018

The film, Something Good–Negro Kiss, subverts the corrupt racism imbued in the history of American minstrelsy. The film will join the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry for its significance in American culture.

Posted inArt

A Deep Dive into the Library of Congress Photo Archives, from Harriet Tubman to Architectural Hats

by Claire Voon July 24, 2018July 27, 2018

An exhibition of photographs in the collection of the Library of Congress celebrates “the humanistic and funny part of America.”

Posted inNews

The Library of Congress Acquires and Digitizes a Rare Mesoamerican Codex

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

The Library of Congress has acquired and digitized the 16th-century Codex Quetzalecatzin, a rare Mesoamerican record of early European contact.

Posted inHistory

Library of Congress Puts Alexander Hamilton’s Papers Online for the First Time

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 31, 2017August 31, 2017

Letters, speech drafts, and other documents from the ten-dollar founding father Alexander Hamilton, online for the first time from the Library of Congress.

Posted inHistory

A Nostalgic Trip Through Roadside America’s Weirdest Sites

by Claire Voon August 21, 2017July 8, 2021

The Library of Congress has digitized and uploaded some 11,000 slides of images shot by photographer John Margolies as he traveled more than 100,000 miles over a three-decade period.

Posted inNews

GIFs, Webcomics, Memes, and More Join the Library of Congress Archives

by Claire Voon July 27, 2017July 27, 2017

The Library of Congress has added webcomics and web culture sites to its digital archives, collecting viral content that could’ve otherwise been lost to time.

Posted inArt

When 5.5 Million Polish Citizens Signed a Birthday Card for the US

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 3, 2017

Ahead of July 4, the Library of Congress made all 111 volumes of a 1926 birthday card signed by 5.5 million Polish citizens available online.

Posted inArt

Five Decades of Courtroom Artists Capturing What Cameras Can’t

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 21, 2017June 22, 2017

The Library of Congress selected examples from its collection of 10,000 courtroom drawings to show how artists are essential to public understanding of American trials.

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