A portrait of Omar Ibn Said around the 1850s. Photo courtesy of Yale University Library. Opening image of the Omar Ibn Said...
Cinderella waltzes down the Great Hall staircase during a celebration of the film’s addition to the National Film Registry, June 20, 2019....
We’re delighted to repost this from our colleagues over at the National Book Festival. This year’s festival is on Aug. 31, and...
An excerpt in Gena Branscombe’s writing from her original “Pilgrims of Destiny” manuscript, held in the Library’s Music Division. Mezzo-soprano Kathleen Shimeta...
Girls Who Code students and leaders with members of Congress in the Library’s Great Hall, July 10, 2019. First row, standing on...
If you watched the Academy Awards in 2012, you probably remember “The Artist.” The mostly silent black-and-white French comedy-drama garnered 10 nominations...
The original cover, “Ball Four” (1970). Jim Bouton Papers, Manuscript Division. Jim Bouton Enterprises, Inc., no commercial reuse. We are thrilled to...
Ice cream vendor, Havana, Cuba, c. 1890-1910. Detroit Publishing Company collection, Prints and Photographs Division. This image of a long-ago Caribbean ice-cream...
Billy Strayhorn, scoring music (or pretending to), c 1946 Photo: William Gottlieb. William P. Gottlieb Collection, Music Division. The following is a...
Charles Guiteau. Photo: C.M. Bell, 1881. Prints and Photograph Division. This story is adapted from an upcoming story in the Library of...