LoC Global
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1.8KPic of the Week: Disco Fashion
Fashion expert Tim Gunn (right) discusses disco styles with Deputy Librarian of Congress Robert Newlen. Photo by Shawn Miller. Platform shoes, bell...
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2.2KJournalism, Behind Barbed Wire
The following is a guest post by Mark Hartsell, editor of the Library of Congress Gazette, about a collection of newspapers published...
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2.0KOur Founding Uncle, Thaddeus K.
This is a guest post by Jennifer Gavin, senior public affairs specialist in the Library’s Office of Communications. An engraving of Thaddeus...
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2.1KCivil War Diary: “This Hell-Upon-Earth of a Prison”
This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the Manuscript Division, about the experience of Samuel J. Gibson, a...
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1.9KInquiring Minds: Copyright Records Hint at Early America’s Preoccupations
Joseph Felcone researches 19th-century New Jersey copyright records in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Photo by David Rice. Copyright records...
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2.0KWorld War I: Footlocker’s Contents Reveal Soldier’s Story
This is a guest post by Naomi Coquillon, an education specialist in the Interpretive Programs Office. C.F. Stensen (right) with his older...
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1.9KPic of the Week: Poet Laureate Celebration
Juan Felipe Herrera, center, dances on stage in the Coolidge Auditorium with Tylana Enomoto, left, and Martha González, right, members of the...
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1.9KNew Online: Iconic Recordings, Presidential Papers and a Civil War Diary
The following is a guest post by William Kellum, manager in the Library’s Web Services Division. Since the last installment in this...
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2.0KHappy 100th Birthday, I. M. Pei
This is a guest post by Mari Nakahara, curator of architecture, design and engineering in the Prints and Photographs Division. Former first...
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2.0KFree to Use and Reuse: Travel Posters
Faraway states, natural wonders and beautiful beaches—these are the settings that often come to mind as we start to plan our summer...
