Today in History - April 15

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson put on his first Brooklyn Dodgers uniform (number 42) and broke the Major League Baseball "color line".  Continue reading.

The Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783.  Continue reading.

Today, April 15, is Tax Day.  Continue reading.

On April 15, 1874, thirty artists, including Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, and more, held an exhibition of their works in Paris.  Continue reading.

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Poem 142 - "Tinnitus"

A poem by Robert Wrigley from the Library's Poetry 180 Project.

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New Video Tutorials

We've created video tutorials for the recently updated Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. These tutorials are available at Chronicling America: A Guide for Researchers. You can watch the full 16-minute video or go directly to individual segments on specific features.

The full tutorial is available here: Chronicling America Video Tutorial (16 minute, 35 seconds)

If you would like to learn about a particular feature, check out segments listed below.

Part 1: Chronicling America: Basic and Advanced Search Options (1 minute, 49 seconds)

Part 2: Chronicling America: Search Operator Options (2 minutes, 11 seconds)

Part 3: Chronicling America: Search Filter Options (52 seconds)

Part 4: Chronicling America: View and Navigate Newspapers (1 minute, 33 seconds)

Part 5: Chronicling America: Newspaper Image Toolbar (58 seconds)

Part 6: Chronicling America: Clip and Share Newspaper Image (1 minute, 8 seconds)

Part 7: Chronicling America: Full Page Download (1 minute, 1 second)

Part 8: Chronicling America: Newspaper Title Information (1 minute, 43 seconds)

Part 9: Chronicling America: Rights & Access and Citation (1 minute, 8 seconds)

Part 10: Chronicling America: Browse Digitized Issues (1 minute, 32 seconds)

Part 11: Chronicling America: All Digitized Titles List (2 minute, 18 seconds)

Part 12: Chronicling America: Map Interface (1 minute, 39 seconds)

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Library of Congress and National Park Service Announce 2025 Holland Prize Winners

The Library of Congress and the National Park Service announced today the winners of the 2025 Leicester B. Holland Prize, an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic building, site or structure prepared to the standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey.

The first-place award was presented to Dewey Erwin Jr., principal of Saluda Architecture, for his documentation of Roseneath Farm in Florence County, South Carolina. Designed in 1920 by architect William J. Wilkens for prominent local businessman Joseph Maner Lawton, the Mediterranean Revival-style residence reflects early 20th-century regional development and craftsmanship. The property, built of terra cotta block with a stucco finish, also features a notable two-acre walled garden designed in the late 1930s by landscape architect Julia Lester Dillon. Subsequent alterations were made to the house in the 1940s by architect Willis Irvin.

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Finding Pictures: Arthur Rothstein’s Photographic Legacy

Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Ann Rothstein-Segan and her husband, Brodie Hefner, as we talk about Ann’s father, documentary photographer and photojournalist Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985). Hear about Rothstein’s life and the many cultural and scientific contributions he made as photographer, teacher, and writer. He was a prolific photographer for the Farm Security Administration and several other federal agencies during the Great Depression and WWII. In the post-war Golden Age of picture magazines, he was director of photography at leading publications including Look and Parade. The Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress currently holds thousands of his photographs.

TODAY! (Wednesday, April 15, 2026) -  3:00pm Eastern

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Kluge Center Fellowship Applications Are Now Open, Will Close September 15, 2026

Apply Now for Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

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The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

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New LCSH/LCC Approved Lists have been posted.

These lists contain new or revised headings approved by the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs (PTCP) Division of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Directorate.

• Library of Congress Subject Headings Approved List 3, 2025
• Library of Congress Classification Approved List 3b, 2025 

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Reading Disability and Low Vision Program Specialist (Vacancy#VAR003285)

• Opening Date: April 14, 2026
• Closing Date: May 5, 2026
• OPM Control Number: 865171400
• Vacancy Number: VAR003285
• LC Organization Unit: Library Collections and Services Group
• Grade: GS-13
• Series: 0301
• Minimum Salary: $121,785.00
• Maximum Salary: $158,322.00
• Availability: Open to All
• Telework Eligibility: Hybrid

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Library of Congress Summaries of Decisions

A new Summary of Decisions has been posted: November 2024 - List 11a/b. Changes were made as indicated on the approved lists. The Summary of Decisions records guidance and decisions for proposals that do not appear on the approved list.

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Librarian (Vacancy#VAR003288)

• Opening Date: April 14, 2026
• Closing Date: May 15, 2026
• OPM Control Number: 865191400
• Vacancy Number: VAR003288
• LC Organization Unit: Discovery and Preservation Services
• Grade: GS-09
• Series: 1410
• Minimum Salary: $70,623.00
• Maximum Salary: $91,815.00
• Availability: Open to All
• Telework Eligibility: Hybrid