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A Soundtrack of World War II
A vintage illustration shows the recording project in the field. U.S. Marine Corps. This story appears in the July/August copy of the Library of Congress Magazine. On Okinawa, Marines chat about the...
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Library’s Preservation Team Starts Blog
The following guest post is by Jacob Nadal, Director for Preservation. Today we are launching a new blog covering preservation at the Library, Guardians of Memory. You will hear from preservation...
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George Willeman, at Home with (Old, Highly Flammable) Movies
George Willeman in the film vaults Photo: Shawn Miller. It’s Public Service Recognition Week, so we caught up with George Willeman, leader of the nitrate film vaults at the Packard Campus of the...
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Library Preservation: Making Models of Ancient Books
A book model under construction. Photo: Shawn Miller. This article first appeared in the Library of Congress Magazine. Inside every historical book is a hidden story, one that reveals how the object...
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How Alicia Keys Got Her “Hit a High Note” Nickname
{mediaObjectId:'DC7B0596B4932DF1E053CAE7938C6BA9',playerSize:'mediumWide'} Alicia Keys talks about recording her first album in her Harlem apartment. We caught up with Alicia Keys recently, talking...
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Toy Theaters: 19th Century Home Entertainment
Basia Nosek displays a 19th century shadow box animation toy. Conservation Division. Photo: Shawn Miller. Dashing heroes, evil bandits, high drama and adventure. Toy theaters, beloved playthings of the...
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“The Big Bang” of Cinema: Library Researcher Finds First Copyrighted Film
Some of the images from the first film to be copyrighted. The perfectly folded letter opened, and pictures dropped out — 18 small images imprinted in two strips on a single sheet. Three men stand...
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Fabulous Flutes
Call it the flute heard ’round the world. Standing in the Great Hall last fall, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lizzo gave an impromptu performance on one of the Library’s most-prized musical...
View ArticleBeer Runs to the White House and Other Long-ago Radio Delights
As the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 5, 1933, a truck full of beer departed Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis — a seemingly unremarkable event. That shipment, however, was something special: Prohibition...
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Home Alone? Check Out The 2023 National Film Registry!
{mediaObjectId:'0C42C853C87DB185E063CAE7938CBC1D',playerSize:'mediumWide'} Brett Zongker, chief of media relations, contributed to this report Twenty-five influential films from the past 102 years...
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