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• in Entertainment
  These Amazing Shadows Focuses on Culturally Relevant Films, PBS, December 29
  Explore the iconic power of American cinema and the reasons it must be preserved.
  by missbobetier / on Dec 26, 2011
• in Politics
  To Those Still in Denial: The Importance of Social Media
  With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Meetup, social media’s influence is growing, particularly in the realm of politics and campaigns.
  by eklemens / on Sep 27, 2011
• in Videos
  "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" to be Preserved at the Library of Congress
  A classic baseball song is welcome to the Library of Congress.
  by sageone73 / on Apr 6, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “library of congress”

 

• Walt Whitman’s haversack to go on display at Library of Congress

  
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  In 1888, four years before he died, the aging poet Walt Whitman showed a friend an old leather shoulder bag hanging on the wall of his home in Camden, N.J. It had an adjustable strap with a decorative buckle and had seen hard use. Read full article >>        
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• Sanitation promotion history: US New Deal posters

  
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  Posted created in 1940 by John Buczak for the US Federal Art Project. Collection Library of Congress During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the US Government launched a series of economic programmes collectively known as the New Deal. The largest  of these programmes, run by WPA , the Works Progress ...
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• Washington Senators Broadcaster’s Extensive Audio And Video Collection Obtained By Library Of Congress

  
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  Wolff’s personal archive of recordings spans over 74 years and features more than a thousand hours of him interviewing the greatest stars in sports history.WashingtonLibrary Acquires Sportscaster Bob Wolff’s Rare Audiovisual Recordings Interviews from Nine Decades of Star Athletes and Classic Play-by-Play Calls… ...
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• International Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy

  
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  The Law Library of Congress has been compiling an impressive international survey of gun control measures .  It currently includes entries for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and ...
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• Win THE REAL NATIONAL TREASURE – An inside look at the library of congress DVD this Weekend May 11-12 from KFFB 106.1.

  
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  Win THE REAL NATIONAL TREASURE – An inside look at the library of congress DVD, this Weekend May 11-12 from KFFB 106.1.  Call and register when asked to on the air at 1-800-896-1669 (weekends only) or register on line at www.ourcontestonline.com Housing many of the Nation’s most unique and ...
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• By the People, For the People 1936-1943

  
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  When I came across a post on the Knitting on Trains blog showcasing some gorgeous prints uploaded by the Library of Congress , I just knew Id be spending hours, if not days pouring over the libraries collection of vintage prints, photographs and images. Its only right to share, so over the next coming weeks and ...
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• With G.I. Film Festival and vintage war films, May is military movie month

  
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  As we inch closer to Memorial Day, its worth remembering that the holiday marks more than the unofficial start of beach and pool season. Two military-themed film programs aim to do just that. The seventh annual G.I. Film Festival runs through May 12 at various venues around town. Somewhat further out, the Library ...
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• In Retrospect: April Blogging Edition

  
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  The Library of Congress blogosphere published lots of great content in April. Following is just a highlight. In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog An “Appalachian Spring” Collaboration Students from the Baltimore School for the Arts talk about working with the Music Division collections. Inside Adams: ...
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• ‘Hail to the Senators’ and ‘Hail to the Redskins’

  
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  While the Library of Congress celebrated the addition of its Bob Wolff collection last month, the archivists brought out many bits of baseball and D.C. memorabilia. Included in that display was the sheet music for Hail to the Senators, a … Continue reading →        
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• The Bird is the Word

  
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  Roseate Spoonbill from “The Birds of America.” 1836. Rare Book & Special Collections Division. “Bird” has been the word around my house lately. And, today, we celebrate Bird Day – a holiday established in 1894 by Charles Almanzo Babcock, a school superintendent in Oil City, Penn. Babcock hoped the ...
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• Budget Cuts Hobble Library of Congress

  
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  The budget cuts imposed by sequestration are likely to hamper the Library of Congress’s efforts to copyright, digitize and store millions of books, photographs and other precious materials.        
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• Pic of the Week: Taft in the House

  
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  Photo by Abby Brack Lewis Washington Nationals newest mascot, William Howard Taft, stopped by the Library of Congress last Friday during a special event celebrating the acquisition of the historic recording collection of Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Bob Wolff. A selection of Library treasures was put on display ...
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• Va. Quarterly Review, founded in 1925, makes Library of Congress director its 1st black editor

  
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  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va . — A top literary journal founded in 1925 has hired a Library of Congress director to be its new editor. The Virginia Quarterly Review announced Wednesday that W. Ralph Eubanks will take over as editor, effective June 3.... Source:  WaPo ...
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• Favorite Fiction: Don DeLillo

  
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  Favorite Fiction: Don DeLillo We love Don DeLillo.  Has anyone else been able to capture the American experience so brilliantly?  Has anyone else had such a an eye for seeing into the future (Christ, he was flying planes in the World Trade Center in his 1977 novel Players !)?  Sure, others have done an ...
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• Teaching with the Library of Congress blog

  
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  Hey. I get it. You’re busy. It’s the end of the year and stuff is starting to pile up. And so you might not have a ton of time right now for reading a new blog. So here’s the deal. Just head over the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog and bookmark it. Subscribe to an email or RSS feed. Then forget it ...
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• Duke Ellington’s Film Debut

  
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  (The following is a guest post from Mike Mashon, head of the Moving Image Section in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.) The Washingtonians, ca. 1925. Photo by Steven Lasker. One of the great joys of working with the Library of Congress film and video collections is learning more ...
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• Bike Lanes Down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. at 5th

  
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  Some days you just need to get out of town, and today was one of those days, so I dragged myself out of bed at an entirely reasonable hour, carried Brompty down the stairs, and zipped to the train station for a ride to Our Nation’s Capitol. Lucky me, I bumped into S. on her way to the archives. We don’t know each ...
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• Don DeLillo Wins Library Of Congress American Fiction Award

  
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  Like Dostoyevsky, Don DeLillo probes deeply into the sociopolitical and moral life of his country. Over a long and important career, he has inspired his readers with the diversity of his themes and the virtuosity of his prose.Librarian of Congress James H. BillingtonWashingtonLibrary of Congress Prize for American ...
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• At last A G Bell Speaks..

  
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  Researchers have identified the voice of Alexander Graham Bell for the first time in some of the earliest audio recordings ever created.  The National Museum of American History discovered the recording on a wax disc from 1885, which had been donated to the Smithsonian Museum.  Recent technological advances have ...
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• Don DeLillo Awarded First Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

  
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  Author Don DeLillo has been named the winner of the first Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. He will receive the prize during the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival, which is held on Sept. 21-22. The announcement was made by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. Billington said in a ...
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