Last week President Roosevelt appointed the first Archivist of the U. S.* For this $10,000-a-year job, created by the last Congress, he followed the recommendation of the American ...

The transcontinental telegraph was completed on Oct. 24, 1861, making possible instant communication between the coasts ...

The individual stories of many of the veterans involved have been lost to time; however, the program encourages military ...

The Library of Congress gives information on November being Native American Heritage Month and the history of how the monthlong designation began. 1 What is Native American Heritage Month? What ...

After you've admired the Capitol, walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books, manuscripts, sound recordings ...

A mericans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared ...

Today, no known local or national historian accepts the first-capital claim. Most national scholars — those at the National ...

The Library of Congress appointed a Seattle-based artist ... according to the press release. She published the first volume of her comic cookbook on homemade Chinese cuisine, ABC Cooking, in ...

All episodes can be heard on NPR.org and the NPR app. NPR has supported the Library of Congress National Book Festival as a media partner for nine years. More information about the annual literary ...

Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller ...

This presidential election will be the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. And it will be a stress ...

He spent much of his first term dismantling higher education regulations set ... Under the past few presidents, Congress has increasingly struggled to pass legislation related to higher education (or ...