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1.7KFree to Use and Reuse: The Story of Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln (center) with Allan Pinkerton (left) and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand at Antietam, Md., October 1862. Photograph by Alexander...
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1.7KVeterans Day: Struggling to Build a New Life after War
This is a guest post by Ryan Reft, a historian in the Manuscript Division. Every country has found itself face to face...
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1.8KNew Book: American Libraries
The following is a guest post by Helena Zinkham, chief of the Prints and Photographs Division, about “American Libraries 1730–1950,” published this...
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1.8KWorld War I: The Great War in Song
This is a guest post by Mark Hartsell, publications editor in the Office of Communications. It first appeared in “Veterans on the...
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1.6KPic of the Week: Noted Filmmaker Highlights the Value of America’s Film Heritage
Photo by Shawn Miller. Celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nolan, left, joined Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in the Coolidge Auditorium on November 2...
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1.6KNative American Heritage Month: Celebrating Sarah Winnemucca
November is National Native American Heritage Month. This annual recognition of the contributions of Native Americans to our national culture began in...
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1.6KNew Online: Rhode Island Folklife Project Collection
This is a guest post by folklife specialist Ann Hoog. A Rhode Island woman puts the finishing touch on a Ukrainian Easter...
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1.7KCelebrating and Advocating #Preservation of America’s Audiovisual Heritage
This is a guest post by Gayle Osterberg, director of the Office of Communications. The advent of recorded sound and moving images...
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1.7KPic of the Week: Caring for the Library’s Oldest Poster
Photo by Shawn Miller. Library of Congress conservators use enzymes and small hand tools to gently remove the cloth backing from the...
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1.8KNew Online: Scary Stories and More
This is a guest post by Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. An earlier version was published on “Folklife Today,” the...
