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The Library's Veterans History Project presents the first book of
stories drawn exclusively from its collections.
· Digital Preservation Grants
The Library has awarded more than $14.9 million to several institutions as part
of a program to identify, collect and preserve digital materials.
· New Collections Online
Newly available online from the Library of Congress:
sheet music from the Civil War ...
newspaper photos from World War I ...
and an expansion of the "Meeting of Frontiers" English-Russian site.
· Katherine Dunham Collection
A new Library online collection focuses on the career of the prominent groundbreaking
dancer-choreographer.
The Library's extensive concert series continues with
the George Crumb Ensemble Oct. 29,
the Kopelman Quartet Nov. 3,
le Concert Spirituel Nov. 9, and
American Indian Music and Dance Troupe Nov. 17.
A new book from the Library showcases pioneering color work by photographers
of the 1930s and 1940s, forming an extensive pictorial record of American life
from the Great Depression to the World War II era.
Read about it or
order it online.
The unique materials of the Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room include books, broadsides, pamphlets, theater playbills, title pages, prints, posters, photographs, and medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.
If you weren't able to attend the National Book Festival Oct. 9,
look for webcasts from the Children, Mysteries &
Thrillers and Home & Family Pavilions.
