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New Exhibit Highlights the Art of the Courtroom Sketch
For decades, these drawings offered the public its only glimpse into high-profile court cases
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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
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N.W.A., NPR Among This Year’s National Recording Registry Inductees
The latest class of 25 also includes Judy Garland and Vin Scully
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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
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A Four-Year-Old Bibliophile Is the Library of Congress’ Latest Guest Librarian
Daliyah Maria Arana has read more than 1,000 books
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Celebrate Christmas With the First Voice Ever Broadcast in Space
Eisenhower kicked off the space race with a goodwill wish
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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
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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
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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
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How the Library of Congress Is Digitizing Its Braille Music Collection
It’s not as simple as putting it through a scanner
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Meet Your New Librarian of Congress
Carla Hayden will make history as the first African-American in the role—and the first woman
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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
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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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The Library of Congress Will Ditch the Subject Heading “Illegal Aliens”
Student activists are to thank for the change
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Competitive Book Collecting Is a Thing
Young bibliophiles duke it out in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest
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The Strange Career of “Mack the Knife”
As old Macheath is inducted into the National Recording Registry, here’s a look back at his long musical life
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Rosa Parks’ Papers Are Now Online
Read about everything from her meditations on the Civil Rights Movement to her recipe for “featherlite” peanut butter pancakes
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Meet the New National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
The Library of Congress’ decision to appoint graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang to the post reflects a growing acceptance of comic books
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The World’s Most Interesting (and Accessible) Library Collections
From the Magna Carta to Winnie the Pooh, what you can see at some of the world’s great libraries
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Warren Harding’s Love Letters Finally Give Us Something to Remember Him For
Locked away for 50 years, the secret correspondence reveals a steamy relationship between the future president and his mistress
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