This post is based on an article from the November–December 2016 issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine. Carleton Watkins captured...
Copper-plate engraving showing military exploits in southwest China during the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1735–96). The contents of the Asian Division’s...
This is a guest post by Rebecca Naimon, an intern with the Library’s National and International Outreach Unit. She is a senior...
Mary Ann Bickerdyke, pictured in the Union Record, 1902. During the Civil War, thousands of Union soldiers in the Western Theater affectionately...
This is a guest post by Kristi Finefield, a reference librarian in the Prints and Photographs Division. It was first published on...
This is a guest post by Sasha Dowdy, program specialist in the Library’s Young Readers Center. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” by...
This year’s National Book Festival poster, designed by Roz Chast. The National Book Festival began in 2001 as a joint project of...
This is a guest post by American Folklife Center archivist Kelly Revak. An expanded version appeared in “Folklife Today,” the center’s blog....
This is a guest post by Kathleen McGuigan, an educational resources specialist in the Educational Outreach Program. “Lest Liberty Perish,” by printmaker...
This is a guest post by digital library specialist Elizabeth Gettins. John Newton, composer of “Amazing Grace,” published in “Olney Hymns” in...