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Comparing the Purpose and Presentation of D-Day Maps Created 50 Years Apart

June 4, 2026

Bugging Out Over Jacob Stauffer's "Sketches of Insects," 1859-1880

June 4, 2026

Join Us on 6/25 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Regulation of Internet Shutdowns in India and Pakistan

June 4, 2026

Shipboard Songs: Music of the United States Exploring Expedition

June 4, 2026

Meet Carlotta Walls LaNier, the Youngest Member of Little Rock Nine, on June 13, 2026

June 3, 2026

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Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress

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• The Moon map that made history
• The Go-Go’s bring “Beauty and the Beat” to the National Recording Registry
• Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”

Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections

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• Healing Books: History of Health and Medicine at the Library of Congress
• America 250 Film Series (Pt. III)
• Marianne Moore and the Utopian Turtletop

Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library

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• Meet Carlotta Walls LaNier, the Youngest Member of Little Rock Nine, on June 13, 2026
• Calling All Kids, Caregivers and Educators: Celebrate the Opening of the Library’s Brand New Experiential Gallery for Children and Teens This Week!
• U.S. Poet Laureate News: Arthur Sze Appointed for a Second Term; Event Livestream on 4/30

Copyright: Creativity at Work

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• Taking Copyright Out to the Ball Game: A Closer Look at Baseball’s Most Famous Tunes
• Beware of Copyright Scams: How to Spot Fraud and Protect Yourself
• Lifecycle of Copyright: 1930 Works in the Public Domain

Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project

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• A Legacy of Farming: a glimpse into Japanese American agricultural history
• A New Look for the VHP Program Page (Don’t Worry, Everything Is Still Where You Left It)
• The First Musical Evening Sponsored by the American Folklife Center (Part 2)

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

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• Archives and Camp Newspapers from a Vietnamese and Khmer Refugee Camp in 1975
• The Portuguese Affair: The Arabic Manuscripts of Lisbon
• Captivated by French Cuisine: M.F.K. Fisher and Julia Child

Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

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• Dressed to Spill: A Personal Protective Equipment Fashion Editorial
• Not Just “Regular Books”: Behind the Scenes of The Library of Congress’ General Collections
• Preserving the Rails-to-Rotunda Story of Charles F. Thomas: treating a hand-colored salted paper photograph

Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print

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• Celebrating Independence in Historic Newspapers
• The Barbecue King Comes to Washington
• Mourn Not! A History of Obituaries in American Newspapers

Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

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• David Bushnell’s Secret Submarine of the American Revolution
• America 250: Business Leaders from the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
• Paul Otlet: Classifying Information, Counting Books, and the Internet

Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center

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• 25 for 25, “Muhammad’s Grave: Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society” by Leor Halevi.
• 25 for 25, “The Light that Failed: Why the West is Losing the Fight for Democracy” by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes
• 25 for 25, “The Peacock Elite: A Case Study of the Congressional Black Caucus” by Major R. Owens

In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

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• Join Us on 6/25 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on Regulation of Internet Shutdowns in India and Pakistan
• Supporting Art Through Hardships: The Federal Theatre Project
• Law Library Remote Metadata Program Turns 10!

In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress

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• Shipboard Songs: Music of the United States Exploring Expedition
• “Isn’t it nice to know a lot?”: New Sondheim Research Guide Available
• “The Pop Will Eat Itself”: American Popular Music, Anime and the Archive

Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families

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• June 2026 Family Day: Celebrating Fashion at the Library of Congress
• Time Travel with Early Movies from the Library of Congress
• The Source: A Date with History

NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled

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• New BARD Additions, May 2026
• New BARD Additions: April 2026
• New BARD Additions: March 2026

Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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• Film Loans from the Library of Congress — June 2026
• This Coming Month at the Packard Campus Theater (June 2026)
• Don Schlitz and the making of “The Gambler”

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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• Kittintypes: Nineteenth-Century Cats in the Daniel Carter Beard Collection
• Cutting Loose: Edward Newman’s Photographs of New Orleans Jazz Parades and Funerals
• A Wartime Family Creates a Village

The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress

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• New Online at the Library of Congress: May 2026
• By the People Webinar: Volunteer to Transcribe the American Revolution in Context
• Relentless Curiosity: An Interview with Seth Langer

Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators

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• Comparing the Purpose and Presentation of D-Day Maps Created 50 Years Apart
• Literacy Awards Webinar Series: Exemplifying New Models for Literacy Promotion
• Specialized Maps and Local History Mysteries

Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

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• Bugging Out Over Jacob Stauffer’s “Sketches of Insects,” 1859-1880
• Y.M.C.A. Services During World War I: Contributions of the Reverend Josiah Poeton
• A Colonial Agent and his Caribbean Clients: A Story from the Manuscript Division’s Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress

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• Virtual Orientation: Mapping America’s 250th Anniversary with Graphics
• Extremities of the Earth: The Coldest Place on Earth
• Calling the Cotton Press: Fire Insurance Maps of a Mississippi Delta Town