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Established by Congress in 1989, the National Film Registry spotlights the importance of protecting America's matchless film heritage and cinematic creativity
Library of Congress to preserve 'Thriller' Dec 30, 2009
The Twitter digital archive has extraordinary potential for research into our contemporary way of life
Library of Congress gets Twitter archives Apr 15, 2010
America's recorded-sound heritage has in many ways transformed the sound-scape of the modern world, resonating and flowing through our cultural memory
Library preserves 25 more recordings Apr 06, 2011
As the nation's repository of American creativity, the Library of Congress -- with the support of the U.S. Congress -- must ensure the preservation of America's film patrimony
Library of Congress to preserve 'Exorcist' Dec 28, 2010
James Hadley Billington (born 1 June 1929) is an American academic. He is the thirteenth Librarian of the United States Congress.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Billington was educated in the public schools of the Philadelphia area. He was class valedictorian at both Lower Merion High School and Princeton University, where he graduated with highest honors in 1950. Three years later, he earned his doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Following service with the U.S. Army and in the Office of National Estimates, he taught history at Harvard University from 1957 to 1962 and subsequently at Princeton University, where he was a professor of history from 1964 to 1974.
From 1973 to 1987, Billington was director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the nation’s official memorial in Washington, D.C. to America’s 28th president. As director, he founded the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies at the Center and seven other new programs as well as the Wilson Quarterly.