LoC Global
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1.9KWelcome to our New Poet Laureate!
(The following is a repost from the blog “From the Catbird Seat: Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress.”) Tracy K....
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1.9KNew Online: Mapping the U.S., Block by Block
An 1867 map of Boston in the Sanborn Maps Collection shows a pickle factory, a junk shop, a sailors’ home, a sugar...
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1.9KFree to Use and Reuse: 19th-Century Portrait Photos
Twin babies photographed by C.M. Bell Military brass, senators, socialites and even babies—these are a handful of Washington, D.C., subjects photographed by...
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5.0KClinton’s Russia & Media Propaganda
Since January, political and media observers have been inundated with a narrative of consensus across the nation’s federal intelligence apparatus regarding a...
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1.8KPic of the Week: Pride in the Library!
Library of Congress staff members stand before panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Photo by Shawn Miller. Panels from the...
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2.0KGallery Talk: Immigrant Voices of the Veterans History Project
This is a guest post by Owen Rogers, liaison specialist for the Veterans History Project. Library of Congress specialists often give presentations...
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1.8KInquiring Minds: Diaries Shed New Light on Lao’s 20th-Century Upheavals
Ryan Wolfson-Ford researches serials in the Asian Reading Room on May 11. Photo by Shawn Miller. Ryan Wolfson-Ford spent two weeks at...
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1.8KInquiring Minds: Diaries Shed New Light on Laos’ 20th-Century Upheavals
Ryan Wolfson-Ford researches serials in the Asian Reading Room on May 11. Photo by Shawn Miller. Ryan Wolfson-Ford spent two weeks at...
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2.0KNew Book: “America and the Great War: A Library of Congress Illustrated History”
Design by Elizabeth Van Itallie. Between August 1914 and November 1918, World War I eradicated empires, ignited the Russian Revolution, reconfigured the...
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21.2KDavid Hearst & MEE: thinly veiled as Journalist
In recent months, there has been a drastic increase in false or fraudulent publication in what is being labled “fake news”. Fraudulent...
