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Smuggled Hobby Lobby Artifacts to be Returned to Iraq
Washington, DC—Nearly 4,000 smuggled artifacts, bought by Hobby Lobby, will be returned to Iraq today in a ceremony at the residence of Iraqi ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Fareed Yasseen.
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction to be Awarded to E. Annie Proulx
E. Annie Proulx, author of "The Shipping News" and "Brokeback Mountain" will be awarded the 2018 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
The 2018 Morgan Book Project Awards: Illustrated Books by Exceptional Young People
LOC Appoints Inaugural Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress today announced the appointment of Stephen Houston, an anthropologist, archaeologist and epigrapher, as the inaugural Jay I.
Illustrator John Vernon Lord Shortlisted at 2018 V&A Awards for the Folio Society Edition of "Ulysses"
New England Society in the City of New York Announces Annual Book Awards Finalists
New York City-The New England Society in the City of New York (NES) is pleased to announce the finalists, or the “shortlist,” for the 2018 New England
Library of Congress Puts Papers of Benjamin Franklin Online
Getty Museum Appoints James A. Ganz to Senior Curator of Photographs 
Los Angeles - The Getty Museum announced today the appointment of James A. Ganz to Senior Curator of Photographs.
The Morgan Acquires Rare Manuscript Illumination by the Master of Catherine of Cleves
Library of Congress Launches Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, the Library of Congress has made available online—for the first time—musical manuscripts and scrapbooks from the legendary comp