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Another Gatsby?

sarabeth — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:54:00 -0800

Certain clues seem to indicate that we may be facing a second depression. But what would another Depression mean in literary terms? Would it produce a second 'Gatsby'? While circumstances might be different this time around, perhaps it's worth revisiting some of the experiences of some who lived and wrote through the first Great Depression.

For Ourselves and Our Posterity

Miko — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:54:38 -0800

Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project The Library of Congress invites you to submit digital audio or video recordings of speeches made between January 16 and january 25, 2009 on the occasion of Barack Obama's inauguration. The speeches will be archived in a collection for future scholarship, much like the Day of Infamyand other collections capturing signifcant American moments.

This deal here is new

dersins — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:55:46 -0800

"New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources was created to serve as a starting point for research using Library of Congress collections of New Deal program materials." Includes links to numerous collections of digitized materials, including photos, posters, music, manuscripts and more. Some of these individual sites have been linked here before, but the "New Deal Programs" portal in the first link is the first time the individual collections have been...uh... collected by the LOC.

Library of Congress Historic Baseball Resources

zzazazz — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:20:38 -0800

The Library of Congress has unveiled a baseball history section on their website. You can see old baesball cards, panoramic shots, a section for teachers and, coolest of all, a video of a baseball game shot by Thomas Edison in 1898.

Webcasts from the Library of Congress

LarryC — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:24:19 -0800

Webcasts from the Library of Congress. Hundreds of recent public programs from the Library of Congress, from Indian Religious Freedom, to Litigate or Legislate? to End of European Colonial Empires, to Robert E. Lee, to 1507 Waldseemuller World Map. Other topics include Performing Arts, Education, Government, World Affairs, Literature, Religion and Science. Unfortunately all programs are presented in the odious Realplayer format. After the LOC's recent experiment with Flickr, I am disappointed that they didn't just get a YouTube channel to host these videos.

Rediscovered photos from Lincoln's second inauguration

wowbobwow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:39:18 -0800

"New" photos emerge of Lincoln's second inauguration The Library of Congress has discovered new photographs taken in 1865 at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration. For years they were filed under President Grant's archive, mislabeled into obscurity. Incidentally, this week will be the grand opening of Lincoln's summer "cottage" in northwest DC.

Ragtime at the Library of Congress

trip and a half — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:38:10 -0800

"Sit down, shut up, and listen to Ragtime!" Ragtime at the Library of Congress.

2005 National Recording Registry

stbalbach — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:17:37 -0800

The Library of Congress has competed its annual selection of 50 sound recordings for the 2005 National Recording Registry. Nominations are being accepted for 2006.

Reading it only for the articles, honestly in this case

mathowie — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 11:00:25 -0800

Playboy in Braille. Yep, since 1970, the Library of Congress has offered Playboy among their Braille conversion services. Of course, none of the images are converted, it's just for the articles. [via coolhunting]

Manteca to Nirvana

me3dia — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:00:57 -0800

The latest additions to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress have just been announced. This year's additions of "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" works include "Swanee'" by Al Jolson, Edward R. Murrow's radio reports from London during WWII, and "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy. View the full registry here, selection criteria and nomination information here.

Geographical fun.

monju_bosatsu — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:50:04 -0800

Geographical fun: being humourous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines.

We are the world, we are the children...

jengod — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 12:29:07 -0800

"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!" Who says 'Murricans are insular and self-absorbed?! Okay, everybody, but everybody's wrong. Proof positive? The absolutely last and final word that'll make everybody believe we really do care about their mangy foreign butts? The fact that the Library of Congress has a wonderful site called A World of Books: Annotated Surveys of Noteworthy Books from Around the Globe, devoted to "some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked. The results provide a fascinating insight about other peoples and cultures." It's good times.