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977Inquiring Minds: Alan Gephardt, Garfield Expert
Alan Gephardt is a ranger at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site of the U.S. National Park Service in Mentor, Ohio....
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Library’s Service for the Blind: New Name, New Look
The Library’s National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) is changing its name as of today, Oct. 1, to...
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1.3KJessye Norman, Opera Legend, Dies at 74; Her Papers at Library of Congress
Jessye Norman, announcing the donation of her papers to the Library, on May 16, 2019. Photo: Shawn Miller. This article was co-written...
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1.1K“Who Am I?” New Mystery Photo Contest!
Cary O’Dell at the Library’s National Recording Registry is the maestro of our ever-popular Mystery Photo Contest. He’s back with another round,...
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961Edwidge Danticat: The Making of a Novelist
Edwidge Danticat speaks with Marie Arana during a “National Book Festival Presents” event in the Coolidge Auditorium, September 24, 2019. Photo: Shawn...
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1.1KFreud’s Last Days in Vienna as Nazis Approached
The personal papers of Sigmund Freud at the Library of Congress have been digitized and are available online Included on the Library’s...
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1.0KCokie Roberts, a Legend at the Library, Dies at 75
Roberts signing books at the 2015 National Book Festival. Photo: Shawn Miller. Cokie Roberts, the broadcaster, journalist and best-selling author whose multimedia...
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1.0KCivil War General McClellan: Calligrams Hiding in Plain Sight
This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division, who always writes so well about her specialty,...
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906The Constitution, Annotated: The Constitution Explained in Plain English
This is a guest post from our friends in the Congressional Research Service. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Jeffrey Rosen...
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947Neil Patrick Harris Wows the Library
Rare Book and Special Collections Division Chief Mark Dimunation presents Neil Patrick Harris with a scrapbook of facsimiles of Houdini collection items...
