The New York Times3d
Larry Appelbaum, Who Found Jazz Treasure in the Archives, Dies at 67
He helped turn the Library of Congress into a leading center for ... After the audiovisual preservation department moved to a new home, in Culpeper, Va., in 2007, Mr. Appelbaum switched to the ...
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“This treasure chest is being opened” Carla Hayden on leading the Library of Congress
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden opens up about her role as the 14th Librarian of Congress, the first woman and African American to hold the post.
What Black history has to do with the Cretaceous period
Known today as the “Black Belt,” the southeastern United States was once covered by an ancient sea—one that continues to ...
The New York Times20d
Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event
(Shogan, a former official at the Library of Congress and the White House Historical ... staff cuts demanded by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. (The library reopened ...
CBS News8d
Trump speech fact check for his 2025 joint address to Congress
CBS News' Confirmed team is fact checking President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress on Tuesday night ... Details: The White House's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE ...
Government Technology7d
What’s New in Digital Equity: Portland Broadband Story Map
Plus, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance launched a map of affiliates, Utah libraries have new digital resources, and ...
Los Angeles Times28d
Trump’s pick for Education chief sketches a road map for dismantling the department
She said the Trump administration wants to “do this right,” and she believes it would take an act of Congress to abolish the department. “We’d like to make sure that we are presenting a ...
Brownstoner8d
How Brooklyn's First Free Library Became the Brooklyn Museum
It grew from a small library to a massive and wide-ranging educational institution before focusing on art.
Stars and Stripes22d
PTSA asks Congress for help to clarify rules at Defense Department schools on DEI directives
But a private organization that advocates on behalf of military children in Europe is urging Congress to pause the ... require Pentagon leaders to give Department of Defense Education Activity ...
The Desert Sun24d
What holiday is today? Here's why there is no mail, other closures on Monday
Instead of on the founding father’s birthday, the holiday would be observed on the third Monday of February, according to the Library of Congress ... The California Department of Motor Vehicles ...
Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth’s last frontier
Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.
A St. Pete home burglary unravels a zany case of stolen rare books, tortoises
Agents searched his Ohio apartment and found a cache of stolen books. McCarty-Thomas was charged in federal court. A judge called him a “young man (who) does not have insubstantial intelligence” ...