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### Caught My Ear: Ballads and Children's Songs by Eunice Yeatts McAlexander
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### “The Jonathan Larson Project” Sourced from Library of Congress Collection
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### [Timeless: Stories from the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc)
#### Recent Posts
* [The Library Turns 225!](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/03/the-library-turns-225/)
* [Josephine Baker at the Stork Club: A Night Gone Wrong](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/03/josephine-baker-at-the-stork-club-a-night-gone-wrong/)
* [Stylish Posters for the National Cherry Blossom Festival](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/03/stylish-posters-for-the-national-cherry-blossom-festival/)
### [Bibliomania: Rare Books & Special Collections](https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania)
#### Recent Posts
* [Club-Swinging for a New You!](https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/03/11/club-swinging-for-a-new-you/)
* [Valentine’s Day Plans? How about Transcribing Historic Pamphlets for Douglass Day!](https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/01/30/valentines-day-plans-how-about-transcribing-historic-pamphlets-for-douglass-day/)
* [Before Control-P: The Printing Process](https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/01/24/before-control-p-the-printing-process/)
### [Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library](https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked)
#### Recent Posts
* [The 2025 National Book Festival Website is Live!](https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2025/03/13/the-2025-national-book-festival-website-is-live/)
* [Literacy and STEM Nonprofits: Exhibit with Us at the National Book Festival!](https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2025/02/10/literary-and-stem-nonprofits-exhibit-with-us-at-the-national-book-festival/)
* [Mac Barnett: The Ninth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature](https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2025/02/06/mac-barnett-the-ninth-national-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature/)
### [Copyright: Creativity at Work](https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright)
#### Recent Posts
* [Looking Back at the First African American Winners of an Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar](https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/02/looking-back-at-the-first-african-american-winners-of-an-emmy-grammy-and-oscar/)
* [Inside the Copyright Office’s Report, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability](https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/02/inside-the-copyright-offices-report-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence-part-2-copyrightability/)
* [Lifecycle of Copyright: 1929 Works in the Public Domain](https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/01/lifecycle-of-copyright-1929-works-in-the-public-domain/)
### [Folklife Today: American Folklife Center & Veterans History Project](https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife)
#### Recent Posts
* [Caught My Ear: Ballads and Children’s Songs by Eunice Yeatts McAlexander](https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2025/03/caught-my-ear-ballads-and-childrens-songs-by-eunice-yeatts-mcalexander/)
* [COVID Recollections: New Collection of 25 COVID-19 Interviews with Childcare Workers in Appalachia, Now Available Online](https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2025/03/covid-recollections-new-collection-of-25-covid-19-interviews-with-childcare-workers-in-appalachia-now-available-online/)
* [Come Josephine, In My Flying Machine: Women of Aviation](https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2025/03/come-josephine-in-my-flying-machine-women-of-aviation/)
### [4 Corners of the World: International Collections at the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections)
#### Recent Posts
* [The Modern Greek Language and the Modern Greek Collections at the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2025/02/modern-greek-language-and-the-modern-greek-collections-at-the-library-of-congress/)
* [The Posters of the Minjung Movement in the 1980s](https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2025/01/the-posters-of-the-minjung-movement-in-the-1980s/)
* [A Set of the Writings of the Danish Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, Presented to His Daughter, Sophie](https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2025/01/a-set-of-the-writings-of-the-danish-physicist-hans-christian-orsted-presented-to-his-daughter-sophie/)
### [Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection](https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation)
#### Recent Posts
* [Saving Captain America](https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2025/02/captain-america/)
* [Geanie Jackson, Collection Management’s New Administrative Officer](https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2025/01/geanie-jackson/)
* [2025 marks 125 years of binding at the Library of Congress: Part One](https://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2025/01/125-years-of-binding-pt1/)
### [Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics & More Fine Print](https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes)
#### Recent Posts
* [Top Five Tips for Using the Image Viewer](https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/03/using-the-image-viewer/)
* [Exploring a Newspaper Title Record](https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/01/exploring-a-newspaper-title-record/)
* [How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America](https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2025/01/browse-digitized-titles/)
### [Inside Adams: Science, Technology & Business](https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams)
#### Recent Posts
* [The True Reformers: The Roots of Black Financial Institutions](https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2025/02/the-true-reformers/)
* [Celebrating Engineers for National Engineers Week](https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2025/02/engineers-week/)
* [Playing Ketchup: A Condiment and the Pure Food Movement](https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2025/01/ketchup/)
### [Insights: Scholarly Work at the Kluge Center](https://blogs.loc.gov/kluge)
#### Recent Posts
* [Kluge Center Welcomes Costica Bradatan](https://blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2025/01/kluge-center-welcomes-costica-bradatan/)
* [Kluge Center Welcomes Shannon Mattern and Nelson Tebbe](https://blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2025/01/kluge-center-welcomes-shannon-mattern-and-nelson-tebbe/)
* [Humanistic Research and Machine Learning: Exploring Editorial Cartoons with Newspaper Navigator](https://blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2024/12/humanistic-research-and-machine-learning-exploring-editorial-cartoons-with-newspaper-navigator/)
### [In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/law)
#### Recent Posts
* [Watch a Recording of Our Webinar “Locating Congressionally Mandated Reports”](https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/03/watch-a-recording-of-our-webinar-locating-congressionally-mandated-reports/)
* [Upcoming US Law Webinars – April 2025](https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/03/upcoming-us-law-webinars-april-2025/)
* [Hale Boggs Federal Building and Courthouse, New Orleans, LA: Pic of the Week](https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2025/03/hale-boggs-federal-building-and-courthouse-new-orleans-la-pic-of-the-week/)
### [In The Muse: Performing Arts at the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/music)
#### Recent Posts
* [“The Jonathan Larson Project” Sourced from Library of Congress Collection](https://blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/03/the-jonathan-larson-project-sourced-from-library-of-congress-collection/)
* [Explore the Legacy of Black Dance with a New Research Guide](https://blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/03/explore-the-legacy-of-black-dance-with-a-new-research-guide/)
* [Reminder: March 12, 2025 Ticket Release for Concerts from the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/music/2025/03/reminder-march-12-2025-ticket-release-for-concerts-from-the-library-of-congress/)
### [Minerva’s Kaleidoscope: Resources for Kids & Families](https://blogs.loc.gov/families)
#### Recent Posts
* [Take Flight with an Aviation Themed Family Day on March 15th!](https://blogs.loc.gov/families/2025/03/take-flight-with-an-aviation-themed-family-day-on-march-15th/)
* [Enjoy a Valentine’s themed Family Day on February 8](https://blogs.loc.gov/families/2025/01/enjoy-a-valentines-themed-family-day-on-february-8/)
* [Warming Up Winter Days with Library of Congress Collections](https://blogs.loc.gov/families/2025/01/warming-up-winter-days-with-library-of-congress-collections/)
### [NLS Music Notes: Resources for the Blind & Print Disabled](https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes)
#### Recent Posts
* [New BARD Additions: January 2025](https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes/2025/01/new-bard-additions-january-2025/)
* [New BARD Additions: December 2024](https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes/2024/12/new-bard-additions-december-2024/)
* [New Editions on BARD November 2024](https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes/2024/11/new-editions-on-bard-november-2024/)
### [Now See Hear!: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center](https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear)
#### Recent Posts
* [This Thursday (7:00 PM March 13) at the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress (Washington, DC)](https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2025/03/this-thursday-700-pm-march-13-at-the-mary-pickford-theater-library-of-congress-washington-dc/)
* [The Packard Campus Theater will be closed March 13 and 14, 2025 for scheduled maintenance.](https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2025/03/the-packard-campus-theater-will-be-closed-march-13-and-14-2025-for-scheduled-maintenance/)
* [This Coming Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (March 7 – 8, 2025)](https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2025/03/this-coming-weekend-at-the-packard-campus-theater-march-7-8-2025/)
### [Of the People: Widening the Path](https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople)
#### Recent Posts
* [Community Collections Grants Spotlight: Documenting Bomba and Plena Musicians in the Diaspora: Los Pleneros de la 21](https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2025/01/community-collections-grants-spotlight-documenting-bomba-and-plena-musicians-in-the-diaspora-los-pleneros-de-la-21/)
* [Maya Freelon Reclaims Childhood for Enslaved Children at Historic Stagville](https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/12/maya-freelon-reclaims-childhood-for-enslaved-children-at-historic-stagville/)
* [Recording of CCDI’s Fall 2024 Awardee Project Celebration Now Available Online](https://blogs.loc.gov/ofthepeople/2024/12/recording-of-ccdis-fall-2024-awardee-project-celebration-now-available-online/)
### [Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos](https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis)
#### Recent Posts
* [Finding Pictures: Mid-Century Color Photography](https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/03/finding-pictures-mid-century-color-photography/)
* [Finding Pictures: World War I](https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/02/finding-pictures-world-war-i/)
* [Making a Connection](https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2025/01/making-a-connection/)
### [The Signal: Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal)
#### Recent Posts
* [What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: March 2025](https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/03/new-loc-march-2025/)
* [It’s All About the Process: An Interview with Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez](https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/03/gonzalez-fernandez-interview/)
* [Join the Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon on February 14](https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/02/douglass-day-2025/)
### [Teaching with the Library: Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators](https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers)
#### Recent Posts
* [Exploring African American History with Library of Congress Teacher Resources](https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2025/01/exploring-african-american-history-with-library-of-congress-teacher-resources/)
* [Ellen H. Swallow Richards Tests for Water Quality: Primary Sources in Three-Dimensional Science Learning](https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2025/01/ellen-h-swallow-richards-tests-for-water-quality-primary-sources-in-three-dimensional-science-learning/)
* [Connections at the Heart of Knowledge and Creativity](https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2025/01/ncte-presentation-connections-at-the-heart-of-knowledge-and-creativity/)
### [Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts)
#### Recent Posts
* [Made at the Library: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science with Catherine McNeur](https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2025/02/made-at-the-library-the-forgotten-sisters-who-transformed-early-american-science-with-catherine-mcneur/)
* [New “By the People” Crowdsourcing Transcription Campaign: A Journey Across Mexico in 1849: The Journals and Sketchbooks of Benajah Jay Antrim](https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2025/01/new-by-the-people-crowdsourcing-transcription-campaign-a-journey-across-mexico-in-1849-the-journals-and-sketchbooks-of-benajah-jay-antrim/)
* [Before the Admiral’s House Lost Its Furniture](https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2025/01/before-the-admirals-house-lost-its-furniture/)
### [Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress](https://blogs.loc.gov/maps)
#### Recent Posts
* [The Oscillating Mirror that Changed Earth Science](https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/03/the-oscillating-mirror-that-changed-earth-science/)
* [Virtual Orientation: GIS and Geospatial Resources](https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/01/virtual-orientation-gis-and-geospatial-resources/)
* [No County for Old Management: America’s Independent Cities](https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/01/independent-cities/)