Library of Congress
The Library of Congress Will Stop Archiving Twitter
Because tweets have become too long and too numerous, the Library will only archive tweets of 'historic value"
Help Find Historic Cartoons in World War I-era Newspapers
The crowd-sourcing effort is the first project in a new digital workspace that aims to make the Library of Congress' vast resources more accessible
Get Your Hamilton Fix With This New Trove of Digitized Documents
The Library of Congress has uploaded 12,000 items relating to the 'ten-dollar Founding Father without a father'
How the Bristol Sessions Created Country Music
Ninety years ago, a yodeller named Jimmie Rodgers laid down two of the tracks he would be remembered for
Why the Library of Congress Thinks Your Favorite Meme Is Worth Preserving
Webcomics and Web Cultures Archives are documenting online culture
Library of Congress Names Tracy K. Smith As New Poet Laureate
Smith previously won a Pulitzer Prize for her work, which is by turns philosophical, fantastical and deeply personal
The Librarian of Congress Weighs In on Why Card Catalogs Matter
The tech is gone, but it’s not forgotten. Carla Hayden explains why
New Exhibit Highlights the Art of the Courtroom Sketch
For decades, these drawings offered the public its only glimpse into high-profile court cases
Smithsonian and Library of Congress Purchase Rare 1860s Photo of Harriet Tubman
Part of an album of 44 photos of prominent abolitionists, the unique photo was recently acquired at auction
N.W.A., NPR Among This Year’s National Recording Registry Inductees
The latest class of 25 also includes Judy Garland and Vin Scully
View Daily Life in a Japanese-American Internment Camp Through the Lens of Ansel Adams
In 1943, one of America’s best-known photographers documented one of the best-known internment camps
A Four-Year-Old Bibliophile Is the Library of Congress' Latest Guest Librarian
Daliyah Maria Arana has read more than 1,000 books
Celebrate Christmas With the First Voice Ever Broadcast in Space
Eisenhower kicked off the space race with a goodwill wish
The Library of Congress Is Putting Its Map Collection on the Map
A new partnership with the Digital Public Library of America will put three major LOC map collections online
What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor?
Librarians and archivists made sure the nation’s records didn’t become casualties of World War II
Discover One of History’s Most Ambitious Maps
Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map was the oldest document to use "America" to describe the body of land between Africa and Asia
How the Library of Congress Is Digitizing Its Braille Music Collection
It’s not as simple as putting it through a scanner
Meet Your New Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden will make history as the first African-American in the role—and the first woman
The Library of Congress Needs Your Help to Identify These Silent Movies
For the fifth year, the "Mostly Lost" film festival calls on its audience to help identify obscure details in movie-making history
Three Surprising Finds from the New Alan Lomax Archive
A new online database shares more than 17,000 recordings from the folk music archivist
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