A photograph of the first powered, controlled and sustained flight. Orville Wright is at the controls, lying prone on the lower wing....
“Duck and Cover” is a 1951 U.S. Office of Civil Defense film for schoolchildren highlighting what to do in the event of...
This is a guest post by Mark Hartsell, publications editor in the Communications Office, in advance of the announcement this week of...
Photo by Shawn Miller. World-champion wrestler John Cena (center) visited the Library on December 6 to talk about his latest endeavor: starring...
Mark Twain. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1906. Mark Twain impersonators routinely don a white suit to evoke the persona of the...
This post is reprinted from the November–December issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine. The entire issue is available on the...
Rob Williams. Photo by Vivian Wang. Rob Williams first used the Library’s digital newspaper collections more than a decade ago as a...
This is a guest post by Benny Seda-Galarza of the Office of Communications. The Library of Congress recently acquired the Codex Quetzalecatzin,...
This is a guest post by Lee Ann Potter, director of educational outreach. Thirty-five years ago this month, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial...
Judith Gray joined the staff of the American Folklife Center in 1983 with a goal in mind: she wanted to work on...