Library of Congress

LOC Opens Personal Papers of Justice John Paul Stevens to Public

The justice's personal papers show, among other things, that Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy were upset that the harshness of dissenting opinion in Bush v. Gore would lead to public criticism of the conservative justices who helped George W. Bush to the White House. 

Matthew Barton is the Man Behind the Library of Congress's Recorded Sound Division

"Ah, well, that’s it. This is the national parks of culture, of history, of memory."

Library of Congress will Acquire Neil Simon's Papers

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden expressed gratitude to Simon's widow Elaine Joyce Simon for the donation, which enhances the library's holdings in performance arts and ensures future researchers will be able to access his work. 

Visit the Library of Congress's Irish-American Resources

The Library of Congress has a dedicated page for documents related to Irish and Irish American history.   

Fitchburg State Professor Named to Library of Congress Task Force

Fitchburg (MA) State University professor Katherine Rye Jewell has been named to a Library of Congress task force for the preservation of college and community radio. 

Library of Congress Acquires Archives of the National Woman’s Party

The preservation and archiving of the NWP's documents was complicated by the fact that its rival, the National American Woman Suffrage Association struck a deal with the Smithsonian forbidding the museum from including the NWP or Alice Paul in any exhibition on suffrage.

View the Library of Congress's 9/11 Web Archive

The Library of Congress's September 11, 2001 Web Archive is a vital resource for understanding the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks. 

Are Your Tweets Historic? Meet the Librarians Who Decide.

The Library of Congress's Web Department works to archive tweets and ephemeral websites that are significant to today's society so they are not lost to history. 

Read Thousands of Abraham Lincoln’s Newly Transcribed Letters Online

The missives, preserved by the Library of Congress, include notes to and from the beloved president.

Danielle Allen Wins Re-envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize

Dr. Allen, a Harvard political theorist whose work has spanned the Declaration of Independence and the governmental response to Covid-19, will lead an effort to cultivate “civic strength.”

Virtual Conversation on the Future of Democracy: Yuval Levin, May 13

The John W. Kluge Center's upcoming online events include this conversation with Yuval Levin on democratic institutions in crisis. 

Library of Congress acquires major archive of African American photographer Shawn Walker

The Walker archive — 100,000 photographs, negatives and transparencies capturing life on the streets of Harlem from 1963 to now — will be the library’s first full archive of work by an African American photographer accessible to the public.

It wasn’t just the National Archives. The Library of Congress also balked at a Women’s March photo.

The library’s decision is the second-known instance of a federal government institution acting to prevent images it determined to be critical of Trump from being shown to the public. 

The Library of Congress Wants Your Help Transcribing Suffragist Papers

Nearly 16,000 pages of diaries, letters, speeches and other documents are available on the library’s crowdsourcing platform.

10 Things To Check Out At the Library of Congress’s New Exhibit on Women’s Suffrage

by Andrew Fletcher

Highlights from the exhibit on women's suffrage at the Library of Congress. 

Library of Congress Adds More Classics to National Film Registry

"Brokeback Mountain," "The Shining," "The Lady From Shanghai" are among selections.

James H. Billington, 89, Dies; Led Library of Congress Into Digital Age

He led the Library of Congress for nearly three decades, taking over at the dawn of the digital era.

Thousands of Theodore Roosevelt’s Papers Are Now Online

According to the Library of Congress, its collection of Roosevelt’s papers has become the world’s largest, with 276,000 documents and more than 460,000 images.

The Library of Congress Will Stop Archiving Every Tweet. Good.

Instead, it will then begin to “acquire tweets on a selective basis.”

Carla Hayden says Frederick Douglass "might have a lot to do with the fact that I am a librarian”

She’s the new Librarian of Congress.