LoC Global
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1.6KInquiring Minds: Chinese Opera in North America
Nancy Rao In her new book, “Chinatown Opera Theater in North America,” music scholar Nancy Yunhwa Rao tells the story of how...
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1.6KThe Umpire Strikes Out: Baseball Music and Labor
This post is by Katherine Walden, a 2017 summer intern with the Junior Fellows Program. Walden is a Ph.D. candidate in American...
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1.7KPic of the Week: Library Fellows Display Treasures
Participants in the Library’s Junior Fellows Program displayed items from the collections on July 26 in the Jefferson Building. Photo by Shawn...
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1.7KInquiring Minds: Finding Gems in the Jazz Collections
John Szwed (left) and Larry Appelbaum of the Library’s Music Division. Photo by Larry Appelbaum. John Szwed has many accomplishments to his...
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1.8KNew Acquisition: 1783 Petition of a Revolutionary War Loyalist
This is a guest post by Julie Miller, a historian in the Manuscript Division. Portrait of Revolutionary War loyalist Isaac Low by...
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1.7KSports Broadcasting Legend Bob Wolff (1920–2017) Remembered
This is a guest post by Matthew Barton, the recorded sound curator in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Bob...
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1.7KInquiring Minds: The Unheralded Story of the Card Catalog
Peter Devereaux, author of “The Card Catalog: Books, Cards and Literary Treasures.” Photo by Shawn Miller. The library card catalog was one...
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1.8KFeatured: Summertime Is Here!
On the beach at Coney Island, 1902. Sunshine, long days, trips to the mountains or beaches—we’re now well into the season many...
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1.8KLearning the Backstory to “Rent”
This post is by Emily Hauck, a summer intern in the Library’s Communications Office. A version of this post was first published...
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1.9KA New Website and More: Expanding Our Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
This is a guest post by Karen Keninger, director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). The...
