Thomas Ayres' drawings changed the course of Yosemite history.

March 9, 2026 - The Library of Congress has acquired one of the earliest known drawings of Yosemite Valley and a rare companion lithograph, both created in 1855 by artist Thomas Almond Ayres, ...

The Library of Congress has added two historic pieces to its collection that offer some of the earliest visual ...

YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A drawing that helped shape Yosemite as a world-renowned destination is now encapsulated in our nation’s Capitol. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that they ...

Author and journalist George Pendle loves the bombast of the world’s largest library. He takes us behind the scenes ...

A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress.

In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America at the Library of Congress when she encountered something strange: Various primary sources on the subject were listed as ...

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-2nd District) visited Edmonds Saturday afternoon to donate a collection of books from the Library of ...

The Library of Congress’ National Screening Room is a massive online repository that puts cinema’s most influential films at the tips of your fingers.

Hundreds of dancers from the area will soon travel to Washington, D.C., to celebrate the archiving of the art form at the Library of Congress. It's a huge update, years in the making, for anyone who ...

The “plot,” such as it is, is a very short, very slapstick take on The Terminator, as a man’s hubris (turning a crank to make ...