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  • Government shutdown closes Library of Congress -- online too

    "Due to the temporary shutdown of the federal government, the Library of Congress is closed to the public and researchers beginning Oct. 1, 2013 until further notice," reads the Library of Congress website. Not only are the front doors locked; the...
  • When value, ID are elusive, consult a professional appraiser

    Q: My original ink and watercolor art is signed Ruthven Todd and numbered 26/70. There is a poem by Todd on the sketch. The Library of Congress has copy 4/70. I know this is an important piece. Should it be in a museum? How should I sell it? I need help....
  • Original prints in good condition command highest prices

    Q: My aunt was a high-ranking officer in the Salvation Army. As such, she received many gifts from visiting dignitaries. One is a lithograph, "Approach to Mount Sinai," by Wady Barah 2/17/1839. My family had it framed in the 1950s. Any info? A: Our...
  • Inside the Twitterverse

    Win the Moment. That's the theme of the two-day conference I just spoke at, that Twitter is holding for its employees in San Francisco. In many ways, it's a surprisingly modest topic, since whether Twitter has won the moment is not very much in doubt. It'...
  • Back to school: Financial education: Part One

    "Investors have a weak grasp of elementary financial concepts," according to a new report from the Securities Exchange Commission and the Library of Congress that underscores the poor state of financial literacy among Americans. The report finds that many...
  • Back to school: Financial education: Part Two

    A recent report from the Securities Exchange Commission and the Library of Congress found that "low levels of investor literacy have serious implications for the ability of broad segments of the population to retire comfortably, particularly in an age...
  • A Home Is Needed For 'Talking Books'

    Since 1978, dedicated volunteers have quietly made their way to a tiny studio in the Raymond Memorial Library in East Hartford and performed a marvelous service for their fellow citizens who are blind or otherwise unable to read. The volunteers have...
  • Back Story: Images of black Civil War soldiers

    Back Story: Images of black Civil War soldiers
    Ronald S. Coddington, an author and editor, has spent nearly four decades collecting Civil War-era images — especially cartes de visite, his favorite. Out of a collection of 2,500 images he has assembled, 1,500 are cartes de visite, with the...
  • Carole King to be honored for music career, charitable works

    Carole King to be honored for music career, charitable works
    Singer-songwriter Carole King will be honored as the 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year for a career spanning nearly six decades and her charitable and philanthropic work at a tribute early next year, The Recording Academy, which hands out the Grammy...
  • PBS’ ambitious “Latino Americans” chronicles 500 years of history

     
    In the past few years, in the wake of the Latino impact on the 2012 presidential election, and with heated immigration discussions, the effect of the Latino population on America has been put more toward the forefront of people’s consciousness....
  • Restored Mary Pickford film to be screened in New Hampshire

    Seven years ago, a contractor was commissioned to tear down a decaying barn in the small New Hampshire town of Nelson. Before destroying the building, he checked out the barn to make sure it was empty. It wasn't. On the second floor were an old film...
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