Library of Congress Blog: A (tiny) recording of Amelia Earhart’s 1932 London speech, played for the first time. “When her memoir, ‘The Fun of It,’ came out a few months later, her publisher (who was also her husband and promoter, George Putnam) threw in a nifty promotional gimmick: a tiny 78 rpm record of a snippet of that speech, tucked inside the back cover. A little over nine decades […]

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Library of Congress Blog: A (tiny) recording of Amelia Earhart’s 1932 London speech, played for the first time

Library of Congress Blog: A (tiny) recording of Amelia Earhart’s 1932 London speech, played for the first time. “When her memoir, ‘The Fun of It,’ came out a few months later, her…

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Florida State University: FSU Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich donates collection to Library of Congress archive. “The life’s work of one of America’s most decorated composers and a cornerstone of the Florida State University College of Music has found a permanent home in the nation’s capital. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1983, Marie Krafft […]

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Florida State University: FSU Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich donates collection to Library of Congress archive

Florida State University: FSU Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich donates collection to Library of Congress archive. “The life’s work of one of America’s most decorated composers and a…

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Is there documentation as to what a 'jurisdiction' is in LCCN terms?

When https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008045986.html says it's "Collection Membership(s) [...] Names Collection - Jurisdiction" what does that actually mean?

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Lower Hutt (N.Z.). NewDowse - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress

"Soul Man" is a 1967 song written and composed by #IsaacHayes and #DavidPorter, first successful as a number 2 hit single by #AtlanticRecords soul duo #SamAndDave, which consisted of #SamuelSamMoore and #DavidDavePrater. In 2019, "#SoulMan" was selected for preservation in the #NationalRecordingRegistry as "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" by the #LibraryOfCongress.
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Sam & Dave - Soul Man [HQ Audio]

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Library of Congress: Celebrating Seven Years of By the People. “Happy Spring to all our By the People crowdsourced transcription program volunteers! Every year, the By the People team publishes a “happy birthday to us” blog post right here on the Signal (you can check out previous years’ editions here and here). We turned seven during the Fall of last year and we’ve been waiting to […]

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Library of Congress: Celebrating Seven Years of By the People

Library of Congress: Celebrating Seven Years of By the People. “Happy Spring to all our By the People crowdsourced transcription program volunteers! Every year, the By the People team publish…

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The Magic of Alphonse Mucha | Timeless

More than a dozen striking images by Alphonse Mucha, the Czech artist widely credited as an originator of the art nouveau style, are preserved at the Library. He got his big break when he happened to be in his Paris office when Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress, needed help with an advertising poster for one of her plays. A star was born (offscreen, in this case).

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