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  • Happy Birthday Samuel Barber!
    10 March 2010, 10:01 am
    Selected manuscripts, audio recordings and articles describing Barber materials at the Library of Congress have been made available to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth.
  • Voices from Afghanistan
    4 March 2010, 12:02 pm
    The Library's new exhibition highlights letters sent by citizens of Afghanistan to Radio Azadi, the Afghan branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. These letters capture the concerns and hopes of ordinary citizens in Afghanistan living under the extraordinarily difficult conditions of conflict and war.
  • Women's History Month
    4 March 2010, 9:34 am
    The Library of Congress and other agencies join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose work and lives have proven invaluable to society. This year's theme: "Writing Women Back Into History."
  • NLS Talking Book Topics: Jan-Feb 2010
    4 March 2010, 9:40 am
    Information from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress
  • Newspapers of East Central and Southeastern Europe
    4 March 2010, 9:38 am
    Although this bibliography of newspapers from Eastern Europe was published in 1965, it is still useful for identifying Library of Congress' holdings for older titles. Countries included are: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
  • French Resources at the Library of Congress
    4 March 2010, 9:36 am
    The Library holds more than one million volumes of French books and bound serials in its general collections.
  • Patsy T. Mink Papers at the Library of Congress
    3 March 2010, 2:38 pm
    In 2007, the Manuscript Division celebrated the completion of a 3½-year project to process the rich and voluminous papers of former Hawaii representative and Title IX advocate Patsy T. Mink (1927-2002), which had been donated to the Library in 2003 by Mink's husband and daughter.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Resource Guide
    3 March 2010, 2:35 pm
    The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Eisenhower such as photographs, manuscripts, political cartoons, and documents that are available throughout the Library website.
  • Michigan State Guide
    3 March 2010, 2:30 pm
    The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with Michigan, including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, books, and maps.
  • Finnish Phone Books
    3 March 2010, 2:29 pm
    The Library has published its list of address and telephone directories of Finland.
  • New Wise Guide
    3 March 2010, 2:28 pm
    The latest issue of the Wise Guide to the Library of Congress website features fascinating facts on military submarines, Dionne Warwick, Haitian culture, poetry for community colleges and the NAACP.
  • Topics in Chronicling America: Russo-Japanese War
    1 March 2010, 3:26 pm
    he information and sample article links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection.
  • John F. Kennedy: A Resource Guide
    1 March 2010, 3:23 pm
    The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with U.S. President John F. Kennedy. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Kennedy such as photographs, manuscripts, political cartoons, and documents that are available throughout the Library website.
  • Book Explorer for Thomas Jefferson's Library
    1 March 2010, 3:21 pm
    Learn more about the books in Thomas Jefferson's Library from his catalogue, compiled with annotations by E. Millicent Sowerby.
  • Music Services for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals
    1 March 2010, 3:17 pm
    In 1962 a special music collection for blind persons was authorized by Congress as part of its free national library program of braille and recorded books and magazines.
  • NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom
    25 February 2010, 1:57 pm
    The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom exhibition presents a retrospective of the major personalities, events, and achievements that shaped the NAACP’s history during its first 100 years.
  • Veterans History Project: Submarines, the Silent Service
    25 February 2010, 1:56 pm
    Working and living in a confined space beneath the ocean (and sometimes the Arctic polar cap) demands a special kind of person. The Navy's submariners are all volunteers, carefully tested and screened and able to perform any job aboard, including steering the massive boat.
  • Poetry for the Mind's Joy
    25 February 2010, 1:54 pm
    Poetry for the Mind’s Joy is Poet Laureate Kay Ryan's project that includes a community college poetry contest administered by the Community College Humanities Association, fun things anyone can do with poetry right now, and a lively video conference coming this spring.
  • New Library of Congress Information Bulletin
    25 February 2010, 1:54 pm
    The new issue contains features on the the ASCAP archives, Broadway music, Kluge Prize winners and the social practices of the Mesoamerican Toltecs.
  • Louis Braille: His Legacy and Influence
    25 February 2010, 1:52 pm
    For thousands of years, the ability of blind people to participate fully in social, political, and cultural life was limited by the lack of access to written or printed forms of information. Although the work of many others contributed to his accomplishment, Louis Braille’s invention of a tactile six-dot reading and writing system revolutionized the way blind people perceived and contributed to the world.
  • Harry S. Truman: A Resource Guide
    25 February 2010, 1:50 pm
    The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with U.S. President Harry S. Truman. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Truman such as photographs, manuscripts, political cartoons, and documents that are available throughout the Library website.
  • Nebraska State Guide
    25 February 2010, 1:49 pm
    The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with Nebraska, including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, books, and maps. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to Nebraska that are available throughout the Library website.
  • Oklahoma State Guide
    25 February 2010, 1:49 pm
    The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with Oklahoma, including manuscripts, broadsides, government documents, books, and maps. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to Oklahoma that are available throughout the Library website.
  • Address/Telephone Directories from Luxembourg
    25 February 2010, 1:47 pm
    This index describes the Library of Congress' holdings of telephone directories from Luxembourg as of October 2009.
  • New Library of Congress Information Bulletin
    13 November 2009, 4:49 pm
    The new issue contains features on the World Digital Library, the Federal Writers Project, abstract art, disabled vets and more.
  • Willing to Serve: American Indians
    13 November 2009, 4:51 pm
    American Indians have eagerly served a government which did not always keep its word to their ancestors. All of the Native Americans featured here volunteered to serve in conflicts from World War II to Iraq. New from the Veterans History Project.
  • Women Photojournalists: Charlotte Brooks
    13 November 2009, 4:52 pm
    Charlotte Brooks is a photojournalist who worked for Look magazine from 1951 until 1971. As a sociologist with a camera, she liked to document changes in American life, including politics, health and science, education, families, urban and suburban issues, entertainment, racial conflicts, and women's roles. New from the Prints and Photographs Division.
  • Archie and Robert Frost
    13 November 2009, 4:53 pm
    A notable Poet Laureate has an impact on America's oldest teenager.
  • Updated Reader Registration
    13 November 2009, 4:50 pm
    Information on physical access to the Library's reading rooms.
  • 2008 Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress
    5 November 2009, 1:58 pm
    The new report of the Librarian to Congress for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2008, is now available for download.