9+ hour, 26+ min ago  (484+ words) Posted by: Neely Tucker "This is a guest post by Patrick Hastings, a specialist in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. It also appears in the May/June issue of the Library of Congress Magazine, which focuses on America…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (248+ words) Posted by: Malea Walker The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Davidson, a reference librarian in the Serial and Government Publications Division. Of the collections in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, some of our oldest and most…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (512+ words) Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong On June 18, 2026, Vietnam veteran James "Jim" Capers will receive the Medal of Honor at a ceremony at the White House. The story of how Major Capers received the military's highest honor after all this time is…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (450+ words) Posted by: Maria Pe'a The 39-day tournament began on June 11 in Mexico City and concludes with the final in New Jersey on July 19. A record 48 countries are playing this year, a 50% increase from the 32 teams usually competing. To mark the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (260+ words) Posted by: Anna Price This is the second installment of a two-part guest post by Theanne Liu Svedman, a former fellow with the Law Library of Congress. You can read part one here: A Deep Dive into Library Resources on…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (408+ words) Posted by: Patrick Hastings The following post was written in collaboration with Meghan Hill and Amanda Satorius, Preservation Science Specialists in the Preservation Research and Testing Division. The Irish novelist James Joyce was a precise person. He once spent an…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (185+ words) Posted by: Colleen Smith This post is by Michael Lowry, a 2025-2026 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. A medical map from the late 19th century shows the distribution of malaria across the United States. Invite students to…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (180+ words) Posted by: Anna Price This is the first installment of a two-part guest post by Theanne Liu Svedman, a former fellow with the Law Library of Congress. Martin Marietta Corporation electronics and guided missile plant in Orlando, Florida by Florida…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (472+ words) Posted by: Jennifer Gonz'lez Erah Arzate is from the city of Carson, California, in the county of Los Angeles. A recent graduate from San Jos" State University with a master's degree in library and information science (M. L. I. S.), Erah also holds a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (508+ words) During her first U. S. tour, Cuban-Swiss violinist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader Yilian Ca'izares visited the Library of Congress for a performance and an exploration of music manuscripts from the Music Division's collections. Through works by Cuban composers and women composers whose…...