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25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2018

July 18, 2025

Resources for National History Day Projects

July 18, 2025

Dragons in the Astronomicum Caesareum

July 18, 2025

New Community of Practice for Exploring Content Provenance and Authenticity in the Age of AI

July 18, 2025

Mapping the Brazilian Amazon - The Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition of 1913-14

July 18, 2025

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• “Amazing Grace” Didn’t Stand out as “Amazing” When First Published
• Hang Onto That Cliff! Kay Aldridge, “The Serial Queen”
• The Montgomerys of Mississippi: How a Once Enslaved Family Bought Jefferson Davis’ Plantation House After the Civil War

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• Dragons in the Astronomicum Caesareum
• America 250 Film Series
• Upcoming Event: The Declaration in Script and Print

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• 25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2018
• Volunteer with us at the National Book Festival 2025!
• 25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2017

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• Are You a Visual Learner? Our New Copyright Registration Toolkit is for You!
• A.I., Art, and Copyright: The Human Element That Makes All the Difference
• Looking Back at the First African American Winners of an Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• Jack in the Books: Jack Tales in Printed Collections
• CCG Year of Engagement Podcast #2: Warp and Weft of Yap’s Outer Islands
• Bringing On Summer Interns!

4 Corners of the World: International Collections at the Library of Congress

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• Southeast Asian Rare Collections at the Library of Congress
• Highlights of Ainu and Ezochi Rare Materials at the Library of Congress: Takeshirō Matsuura, 19th-Century Humanist Explorer of Ezochi
• Echoes of al-Andalus at the Library of Congress

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• Rehousing the Library of Congress’ Rare Globes
• Binding America’s 200th as we prepare for the 250th
• Unfolding History: Conserving Papyrus

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• AHHA! Firsts in Black and African American Cartoons and Comics
• 250 Years Ago: The Battle of Bunker Hill
• Improving Machine-Readable Text for Newspapers in Chronicling America

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• Five Questions, Intern Edition: Abigail Bowers, 2025 Junior Fellow
• Five Questions, Intern Edition: Yahir Brito Summer 2025 Intern
• Coffee + Chocolate: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• Kluge Center Convenes UK Anniversary Events, Visits
• Kluge Center Welcomes Michael Auslin
• Kluge Center Welcomes Costica Bradatan

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• The Law Library Staff Takes on ALA in Philadelphia
• Upcoming US Law Webinars – August 2025
• Pic of the Week – Bizzell Memorial Library, Historic Landmark and Home to Library of Congress History

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• A Bugle, a Drum, and the Joy of Discovery
• 1776 and the Peter H. Hunt Papers
• Thank You for the Music

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• Discover the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at Family Day July 19.
• Paths to Math: Math in the Real World and the Library’s Collections
• Kids Are Researchers Too: Celebrating One Year of Family Days at the Library of Congress

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions: June 2025
• New BARD Additions: May 2025
• New BARD Additions – April 2025

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• Why the movie “Spy Kids” still resonates after 24 years! Interview with Spy Kids Mom Carla Gugino
• This Thursday (7:00 PM July 17) at the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
• This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (July 18 -19, 2025)

Of the People: Widening the Path

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• Community Collections Grants Spotlight: Documenting Bomba and Plena Musicians in the Diaspora: Los Pleneros de la 21
• Maya Freelon Reclaims Childhood for Enslaved Children at Historic Stagville
• Recording of CCDI’s Fall 2024 Awardee Project Celebration Now Available Online 

Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

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• Finding Pictures: Back to School
• Ice Cream for Summer Relief: A Prequel
• One Scoop or Two? Ice Cream Cones for Summer Relief

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• New Community of Practice for Exploring Content Provenance and Authenticity in the Age of AI
• Recommended Formats Statement: Updates for 2025-2026
• Chronicling the Creation, Distribution, and Consumption of Media: Inside the Mass Communications Web Archive

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• Resources for National History Day Projects
• Closer Look: Research Guides
• Closer Look: Today in History

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Baltimore’s Seaport in the Age of Revolution is Revealed in the Manuscript Division’s Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
• Made at the Library: The Declaration in Script and Print
• “The Spirit of ’76” Marches On: Inspiring the Fight for Women’s Equality

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• Mapping the Brazilian Amazon – The Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition of 1913-14
• Exporting the American Aesthetic: filming location maps of Los Angeles
• From Sputnik to Seismology to Solar Power: The International Geophysical Year