Dr. Carla Hayden, the first Black Librarian of Congress, faces uncertainty in her reappointment next year due to political tensions and the Republican Senate.

Libraries have long stood as pillars of knowledge and culture, evolving from ancient archives to modern public institutions.

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With more than 164 million items in its collections, including books, maps, prints, and recordings, the Library of Congress is ... mosaics of the Thomas Jefferson Building. Be sure to check ...

The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. The Thomas Jefferson Building (1897) is the original separate Library of Congress building. (The Library began in 1800 inside the ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king. And yet the U.S. will once again ...

I wrote about this side of his character for The New Republic. The main reading room of the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Between 2005 and ...

Alexander hamilton's statue in front of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. 1980. Courtesy: Library of Congress ... reached George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, who termed the banking ...

When we think of Thomas Jefferson, our third president ... West Point, and the Library of Congress, among other accomplishments, says Gordon-Reed. “He was a constant from the beginning of ...