September/October 2026 – Magazine – Library of Congress Blog

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Two individuals standing by a wooden card catalog in a library, with a sign reading 'LIBRARY A LIBRARY FOR ALL.'
'Alive in Many Hands' exhibit announcement celebrating 50 years of the American Folklife Center

Library of Congress Magazine September/October 2026

Inside Preserving 175,000 Photos, One Iconic Image at a Time
‘Save the Last Dance for Me’: The Bittersweet Backstory

Plus Audubon’s Big Birds
A Voice from Aviation History
Sharing Love for Card Catalogs

▪ On the cover: Hundreds of folk music notables and folklife scholars signed this banjo handcrafted in the North Carolina mountains in 1939.
Story, page 18. Shawn Miller ▪ Christina Chan, owner of the Choy Division vegetable farm, shows off some of her produce. American Folklife Center; photo courtesy of Christina Chan

Features 10 ‘Alive in Many Hands’ A new exhibit celebrates 50 years of the American Folklife Center. 20 Iconic Images A yearslong project preserves 175,000 photos from the iconic FSA collection.

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