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The Library of Congress' new collection includes more than 5,000 items from the Broadway legend, including ideas for Sweeney ...
Harvard University law and history professor Kenneth Mack provided an introduction to his lecture about African American law student Lloyd Gaines, who petitioned the Supreme Court when he was denied ...
Local historian Tony Brooks, whose architecture and cemetery tours in Wilkes-Barre have proven themselves popular, will teach ...
Donald Trump's administration reportedly wants to incentivize people to have more kids, driven by an ideology associated with eugenics.
Libraries should be places of freedom and exploration, Curtis writes, not surveillance. Above, a researcher reads in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) ...
Thomas Jefferson wanted to donate his personal collection of books to the Library of Congress. But critics thought those books were un-American.
President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of loyalists as replacements has morphed into an enormous fight ...
The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. Here’s more about the library and the mystery of who’s in charge now.
This fight offers some real lessons about the administration’s means and ends, Congress’s pain points, and the direction of bigger fights to come.
Trump’s bid to exert control over the Library of Congress has resulted in a power struggle between the legislative and executive branches.
Credit - Sebastian Gollnow—picture alliance/Getty Images Today, I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
The dismissal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has triggered a group of Democratic lawmakers to request an investigation of potential improper communication.