The Library of Congress is preserving these major historical ...

Famous Quotations: Library of Congress - FemaleSoloTrek

These inscriptions and quotes were chosen by Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot and Librarian of Congress Rand Spofford.

ABBA and Green Day named to the National Recording Registry

Every year, the Library of Congress names 25 "audio treasures" to be preserved permanently. This year's selections range from ABBA and Green ...

Is the U.S Library of Congress a library, a museum, an archive, or a ...

A library is not a museum, could be an archiv and is not a lawmaking body. It has no role in Philippines history and neither have I and other ...

An Introductory Guide: What is a Primary Source?

Primary sources can be found in many different places, but the most common places to find them are libraries, archives, museums, and in the case of ...

Library of Congress Digital Map Project

The project used high resolution imaging techniques to preserve these valuable hand drawn maps for future researchers. Digitizing these maps in color allows ...

The Articles of Confederation | George Washington's Mount Vernon

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, JK130 1777 .B7 The Articles of ... Congress debated the Articles with these concerns in mind, and it approved the ...

Historic NAD Film Selected for Preservation by Library of Congress

... historically or aesthetically” significant, to be preserved for all time. These films are not selected as the “best” American films of all ...

A milestone in audiovisual preservation: the Library of Congress has ...

... significant day in the annals of this field. In a departure from historians' sparing use of the term "historic," the Library of Congress on.

BPG Scrapbooks - MediaWiki - AIC Wiki

Scrapbooks pose one of the biggest preservation and conservation challenges for libraries ... "Scrapbooks in the Library of Congress". In ...

'Amor Eterno' and 'El Cantante' to be added to National Recording ...

... the Library of Congress that are deemed to be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Among these year's picks are Bill ...

Why the NFPF Was Created - National Film Preservation Foundation

The National Film Preservation Foundation was created by Congress in 1996, at the recommendation of the Library of Congress.

The National Historic Preservation Act

historical architectural and engineering records in the Library ... available in the Historic Preservation Fund until appropriated by Congress to carry out this ...

The Preservation Institute at the Library of Congress

The institute is geared towards federal institutions, but there were non-federal libraries there as well (University of Cincinnati and ...

Fire Egress at the Library of Congress | AOC - Architect of the Capitol

... preserve, clean, polish and restore these historic treasures. Those ... major accomplishment when working within historic structures.

What Makes the Library of Congress a Monument to Democracy

Inside the Great Hall of the Library of Congress The Great Hall boasts works by nearly 50 American painters and sculptors. · a bust of Thomas Jefferson · the ...

Archiving and Preserving Social Media at the Library of Congress

Institutional archiving of media is neither new nor strange. The United States Library of Congress has been preserving printed materials, ...

Historic Preservation - The Inclusive Historian's Handbook

... Library of Congress. Historic preservation is often linked, hand in ... This call to action is pushing the historic preservation ...

The Library of Congress plays a critical role in preservation and ...

The Library of Congress (the “Library”) is the world's most comprehensive record of human creativity and knowledge.

History of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

... Congress under the National Historic Preservation Act. Significant Milestones in our 150-year History. 1800s. 1900s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s.

Preserving History on the Web: How Does the Library of Congress ...

All this matters to historians because historical resources are a large part of what LC is putting out there. In official parlance, all these ...