Archive for the Curators Category (30 posts)

InRetrospect: November Blogging Edition

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In November, Library bloggers presented a feast of posts, sure to whet a variety of appetites. Here are a few selections.

  • In the Muse: Performing Arts Blog

1707: A Year That Will Resonate with Handel Lovers
1707 was a good year for Handel.

  • The Signal: Digital Preservation

When Data Loss is Personal
Leslie Johnston talks about being robbed and lessons learned for protecting personal data.

  • Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

Happy Thanksgiving
Mr. and Mrs. Crouch in Ledyard, Conn., enjoy the holiday and pie with their family.

  • From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress

Poetry at Work
Caitlin Rizzo welcomes new poetry traditions.

  • Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business

Pic of the Week: Sequoyah
Native American Heritage Month is celebrated.

  • In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress

The Electoral College – What is it and How Does it Function?
Legal reference librarians Barbara Bavis and Robert Brammer explain the Electoral College.

  • Teaching with the Library of Congress

Thanksgiving and Football: A Unique American Tradition
Watching football is part of Thanksgiving celebrations for many Americans.

Curator’s Picks: Exposing Cartoon Art

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The collections of the Library of Congress are vast and varied. And, what better way to get to know them but through our many wonderful curators. In this edition of “Curator’s Picks,” Sara Duke, curator of popular and applied graphic art in the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division, and reference librarian Megan Halsband of the …

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Dave Brubeck: A Legend in Life, and After

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  Pianist Dave Brubeck, one of America’s all-time greats in the field of jazz —  and a seminal force in making jazz popular in the U.S. and throughout the world — died today, just shy of his 92nd birthday. The Librarian of Congress bestowed the Library’s “Living Legend” award on Brubeck in 2003, and it …

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Curator’s Picks: Fab Five

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The collections of the Library of Congress are vast and varied. And, what better way to get to know them but through our many wonderful curators. In this inaugural edition of “Curator’s Picks,” jazz curator Larry Appelbaum discusses a few prized items housed in the Music Division.   A hand-written letter from Leonard Bernstein to …

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Legal Cleanup on Aisle 4!

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If someone set a bowl of cheese curls in front of you and declared it “breakfast,” would you be able to discern it from cereal? Even if you’re the type who likes cold pizza at 7 a.m., odds are you would not be too quick to pour on the milk and dive in with a …

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The View From 30,000 … Maps!

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This is a guest post by Donna Urschel of the Library’s Public Affairs Office. If you’ve ever wondered where you are, or where you might be going, know this: if you have access to a computer, the Library of Congress now has 30,000 maps online to guide you. In the basement level of the Library’s …

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Gateway to Knowledge Guest Post #5.1

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This is one of a series of guest posts by Abigail Van Gelder, who with her husband, Josh, is journeying across the country on the Library’s “Gateway to Knowledge” traveling exhibition: Congressman Charlie Wilson from Ohio stopped by to welcome guests to the Gateway To Knowledge exhibit on its first day in Marietta; he was joined …

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By Jove, It’s a Video Treasure Trove!

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The following is a guest post by Mike Mashon, head of the Moving Image Section of the Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound Division.  You might already have seen news about this fascinating discovery of scores of old British TV broadcasts, but we wanted you to know the full story about just how the programs were found:

It was, in the end, a combination of serendipity and dogged research. Toss in a web database maintained by a dedicated group of British TV obsessives, and the result was the discovery in the Library’s collections of nearly 70 teleplays previously considered lost by the British Film Institute. Included in this amazing group are early performances by such notables as John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, and—two years before he achieved global fame as James Bond—Sean Connery.

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Let’s Get This Show on the Road

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One of the things I love about working here is the reaction people often have to the collections: the broad smiles, the dropped jaws, the “I-can’t-believe-you-have-thats.”  It’s times like those when I wish more Americans could have those same magical moments. Abby and Emily Rapoport apparently thought the same thing.  The two approached the Library …

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Fascinating Finds in Three Minutes

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About a year ago, the Library worked in conjunction with HISTORY (AKA History Channel) to produce a series of two dozen video vignettes called “This Week’s Hidden Treasure.” Each highlights in roughly two or three minutes a fascinating item from our collections, with its story told by a Library of Congress curator. The videos were …

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