The American Folklife Center is proud to announce that Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders is now available for research at the Library of Congress’ website. The collection, created by Gran Enterprises — comprised of Anita Grant, Joél Maldonado, and Jasmine Johnson (with...
This post is part of a series taking a closer look at various resources to support teachers using the Library’s digital collections in their classrooms. Today in History presents essays about historic events in combination with related digitized primary sources from the Library’s online...
In this interview, Amber Paranick and Kelly Bennett discuss their work on the Mass Communications Archive, a collection that documents how media is created, distributed, and consumed in the digital age. Drawing on their expertise as reference librarians, they explain how they navigated challenges...
The 1876 Centennial Exposition was a massive world’s fair held in Philadelphia to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Occupying over 200 newly constructed buildings in Fairmount Park, the fair drew more than nine million visitors for an exuberant six-month...
The following is a guest post by Kate Phillips, Reference Librarian, Prints & Photographs Division. Last week, as we melted amidst a record-breaking heatwave, we brought you a sampling of ice cream cones to whet your palate and cool you down. This week, we continue on the theme of frozen treats...
I am an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University, pursuing a triple major in Medicine, Health, and Society; Communication of Science and Technology; and History. Originally hailing from Presidio, Texas, a small border town, I grew up straddling the cultures of Mexico and the U.S., which...
https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2025/07/08/the-2025-national-book-festival-author-lineup-is-here/?loclr=eabook https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2025/07/08/the-2025-national-book-festival-author-lineup-is-here/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:30:06 +0000 https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/?p=5021 This...
The Library of Congress is home to significant collections of rare and unique material related to Southeast Asia. At the Asian Reading Room, there are over 1,850 items—Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts, Tai illustrated folding books, Batak divinatory texts, original nineteenth-century letters from...