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555LoC Global20 Years Ago Today: Remembering the First National Book Festival
Laura Bush (center), Dr. James Billington and others open the first National Book Festival Sept. 8, 2001 outside the Library of Congress...
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608LoC GlobalLibrary Announces Winners of 2021 Literacy Awards
On this International Literacy Day, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has announced that three organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading...
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651LoC GlobalLibrary Legend John Y. Cole Retires
John Y. Cole stands before a portrait of Ainsworth Rand Spofford, his favorite Librarian of Congress. Photo by Shealah Craighead. John Y....
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476LoC GlobalThe 2021 National Book Festival: Big Names, Great Books, Stellar Conversations
Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. Photo: Andrew Testa. No matter what kind of books and authors you love, the Library’s 2021 National Book...
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552LoC GlobalThe Islamic World Map of 1154
The world map of al-Idrisi in 1154. It’s upside down from the modern point of view — the south at the top,...
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528LoC GlobalBack to School: Abe Lincoln’s Grammar Book
This 1846 or 1847 daguerreotype is the earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln. He was 37 and a Congressman-elect from Illinois. Photo:...
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548LoC GlobalSummer Beauties: The Golden Age of Travel Posters
This Depression-era Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project poster urged Americans to travel. Artist: Alexander Dux. Prints and Photographs Division. Jan Grenci,...
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588LoC GlobalPBS Special: LeVar Burton and the National Book Festival
LeVar Burton. Photo: Robyn Von Swank. LeVar Burton, fresh from a hosting “Jeopardy,” turns his attention to hosting a special edition of...
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537LoC Global
Researcher Stories: The Violins of George Yu
George Yu. Photo: Jon Cherry. George Yu is an award-winning luthier based in Louisville, Kentucky, who models his handcrafted violins on rare...
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716LoC GlobalMarie Tharp: Mapping the Ocean Floor
Heinrich Berann’s 1977 painting of the Heezen-Tharp “World Ocean Floor” map, a landmark in cartography. Geography and Map Division. Mike Klein wrote...
