One highlights the making of the “Book of Secrets” prop, detailing the intricate work by designers to make the book look authentic. An...

The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed. The symposium is sponsored by the Center for...

A native of Washington, D.C., Young received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the College of Wooster and a master’s degree in...

Friday March 20 CONCERT World grandmaster of the jazz guitar Jim Hall and his band perform in concert at 8 p.m. in the Coolidge...

Wednesday Feb. 18 GALLERY TALK Barbara Bair of the Manuscript Division presents a talk on “Lincoln’s Family: His Wife Mary and Their...

Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center at the...

David O. Selznick; Screenwriters: Herman Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Donald Ogden Stewart, adapted from the play by Edna Ferber and...

“The World Digital Library project offers a brand-new platform for showcasing the diversity of the world's civilizations,” said Dr. Furui...

The Biodiversity Heritage Library provides access to historical journal literature in biodiversity in collaboration with global partners,...

The “Form and Movement: Photographs by Philip Trager” exhibition at the National Building Museum, now open through Jan. 3, 2010, features...

10 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. All pre-concert lectures will be held at 6:15 p.m. in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Programs are...

StoryCorps Historias aims to deliver to the Library the largest collection of Latino voices ever gathered. This project is made possible...

His determination to promote photography as a fine art led him to create photographic representations of the crucifixion of Christ,...

The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress announces the new Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist, This collection...

University of London; Richard Zenith, poet, novelist, essayist and translator of Portuguese; Vincent Barletta, professor of medieval and...

Among the lesser-known films named to the registry are “The Jungle,” a hybrid documentary/dramatization made by a group of young...

April 7, at noon in the Pickford Theater, third floor of the Library of Congress James Madison Building at 101 Independence Ave. S.E. The...

NBC Universal is 80 percent-owned by General Electric, with 20 percent owned by Vivendi. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company...

23, Katherine Paterson is also appearing in several other programs during the National Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 25: 10 a.m.,...

As a nation, we have good reason to be proud of our historical record of creativity in the sound-recording arts and sciences. However,...