Blondie, Green Day and the Mexican star Juan Gabriel headline the National Recording Registry Class of 2024, revealed today by Librarian Carla Hayden. The 25 recordings added to registry each yea...
-This is a guest post by Jennifer Harbster, head of the science section. The year was 1939. Pan American Airways’ Yankee Clipper made its first transatlantic passenger flight. The technology co...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/04/the-adams-building-turns-85/
Alan Gevinson will retire this spring as special assistant to the chief of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Here, he shares some of his best memories at the Library, including momen...
The Edith Book of Hours is a tiny 14th-century masterpiece of Gothic illumination. It's less than 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide, yet has more than 300 pages and is filled with gorgeous illustra...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/04/an-800-year-old-tiny-book-of-hours/
The Library and three Native American tribes are collaborating on a project to digitize and restore some 9,000 wax cylinder recordings of Native Americans singing and telling stories from more th...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/04/language-is-life-and-native-american-historical-voices/
Bernie Taupin took the stage recently to speak with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden about his songwriting journey with Elton John. The pair are the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song winners...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/04/gershwin-winner-bernie-taupin-in-coversation/
Monica Smith, chief of the Library's informal learning office, talks about her work and the goals of the program. She joined the Library in 2023 after three decades at the Smithsonian; she's also...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/03/working-with-young-readers-monica-smith/
When reference librarian Clinton Drake was going through an ancestor's grocery store account book from nearly a century ago, he came across a startling purchase: "blood." It led to research into ...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/03/blood-sausage-and-family-ties-an-immigrant-story/
Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin accepted the Library's 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a tribute concert last night in Washington, as a star-studded lineup saluted them by performing...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/03/elton-john-bernie-taupin-rocking-the-gershwins/
Broadway legend Florence Klotz won six Tony Awards for her costume designs, more than any previous designer. The Library’s Florence Klotz Collection includes designs for many of her works, incl...
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/03/florence-klotz-costume-design-broadway-history/