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629LoC GlobalGlen Campbell, Jimmy Webb and “Wichita Lineman”
Glen Campbell’s 1968 recording of “Wichita Lineman by Jimmy Webb, was inducted into the National Recording Registry. The Library’s National Recording Registry...
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585LoC GlobalJade Snow Wong: The Legacy of “Fifth Chinese Daughter”
Jade Snow Wong, in a 1965 San Francisco Examiner article. Asian Division. Photo of original: Shawn Miller. Jade Snow Wong published “Fifth...
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604LoC GlobalAmerica on the Road: The Family Vacation by Car
Alaska postcard in the 1950 travel journal of sociologist Rilma Oxley Buckman. Manuscript Division. This is a guest post by Joshua Levy,...
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594LoC GlobalLibrary’s Junior Fellows: Online Interns Get the Job Done
Tania María Ríos Marrero, one of the 2021 Library Junior Fellows, with her digital research project. This is a guest post by...
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565LoC GlobalOlympic Gold: Harrison Dillard and Military Athletes
Harrison Dillard, bottom, wins the Olympic gold medal in a photo finish. Photo: Alamy Stock photo. Also in Prints and Photographs Division....
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608LoC GlobalIt’s Magic! Ye Olde Hocus Pocus
Illustration from “Hocus pocus junior : the anatomie of legerdemain.” Rare Books and Special Collections Division. This is a guest post by...
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627LoC GlobalJapan in U.S. Children’s Books: “A New World”
“Japan and American Children’s Books,” by Sybille Jagusch. Published by the Library and Rutgers University Press. As children, books are one of...
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615LoC GlobalResearcher Story: Nelson Johnson’s “Boardwalk Empire” and “Darrow’s Nightmare”
Nelson Johnson used the Library’s collection of Clarence Darrow’s papers to inform his latest novel, “Darrow’s Nightmare.” His earlier books include “Boardwalk...
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541LoC GlobalMedgar Evers: A Hero in Life and Death
Medgar Evers, 1963. Prints and Photographs Division. This is a guest post by Jennifer Davis, a collection specialist in the Law Library’s...
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528LoC Global
Joy Williams Wins 2021 Prize for American Fiction
Joy Williams, wearing her trademark prescription sunglasses, accepts the 2021 Prize for American Fiction from Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Photo: Rob...
