Library of Congress Tour

An overview of the history of the Library of Congress. Also available on the Library of Congress website at https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-6631/?loclr=fbloc | The Library of Congress

NEWS: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has today added 25 national treasures of cultural, historic & aesthetic importance to our National Film Registry. Watch the announcement, then read more: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-144/?loclr=fbloc | The Library of Congress

PART 3 at The Library of Congress: The President’s Book from “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” was real— it lived right here, and sat on display for 6 months after the Library helped create the movie prop. This history is fascinating! | Senator Markwayne Mullin

ICYMI: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation's recorded sound heritage. View the list of 2020 selections to the National Recording Registry: loc.gov/item/prn-21-015/?loclr=fbloc | The Library of Congress

The archival collections of the Library include the largest body of early indigenous American music recordings in the U.S.: about 10,000 wax cylinders of songs and stories. Many of them are recordings made by Omaha ethnographer Francis La Flesche (pictured). La Flesche was the first professional Native American ethnologist and a member of the Omaha Nation. His recordings and others like them are used by both native and non-native researchers. Their greatest value lies in the cultures and languag