The Library of Congress has acquired a collection of musical manuscripts and other rare artifacts connected to "The Wizard of ...

Scrawled in pencil on a scrap of yellow legal paper by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, the artifact is among dozens of treasures ...

Geraldine Brooks is the winner of the 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction! The Australian-American author and ...

In 1938, composer Harold Arlen went for a drive with his wife to curb some writer’s block. It worked: When they returned home, Arlen had conjured the melody to “Over the Rainbow,” the centerpiece song ...

Portions of the U.S. Constitution, including sections on habeas corpus and rules against the government issuing titles of ...

It was 86 years ago today that Americans first went off to see "The Wizard of Oz." The Library of Congress marked the ...

Brooks is the author of best-selling Jewish novels “People of the Book” and “The Secret Chord," which explores the life of King David.

Hickerson helped to preserve the nation's collection of field songs, sea shanties and other traditional tunes during his ...

The Library of Congress on Wednesday pointed to an unspecified "coding error" that led to key parts of the U.S. Constitution being deleted from the Constitution Annotated website. Why it matters: The ...

Trump’s sudden dismissal of Carla Hayden, the librarian appointed by former President Barack Obama, has placed the little-known Library of Congress in the spotlight.

Both documents were signed during significant American wars. The first Declaration was signed during the American Revolution ...