Primary Source Designs for Learning Handbook
American Memory Collections (A - C)
FROM Adams, Ansel TO Curtis, Edward
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Adams, Ansel ~ Japanese-American Internment ~ Photographs ~ 1943 "Suffering Under a Great Injustice": Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Digital scans of Adam's 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints documenting the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there during WWII. Adams's Manzanar work is a departure from his signature style of landscape photography. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Adams's Manzanar: Collection Highlights Depiction of daily life; Portraits; Agricultural Scenes; Sports and Leisure Activities Ansel Adams's Book Born Free and Equal
Digital images of Born Free and Equal; Manzanar internment camp; Photographs; Text |
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Advertising ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1920 Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920 Presentation of over 9,000 images relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, include cookbooks, photographs of billboards, print advertisements, trade cards, calendars, almanacs, and leaflets for a multitude of products. Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences
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Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 Timeline of advertising in America |
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African Americans ~ Daniel A. P. Murray ~ Pamphlets ~ 1818-1907 African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907 Panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material published between 1875 and 1900. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummel, and Emanuel Love. |
Presentation on the fight for freedom; Speeches; Pamphlets; Photographs; Engravings |
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African Americans ~ Ohio ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1920 The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 This selection of manuscript and printed text and images drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920, a story of slavery and freedom, segregation and integration, religion and politics, migrations and restrictions, harmony and discord, and struggles and successes. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Presentation of staff favorites in the collection; Manuscripts; Pamphlets; Photographs; Prints; Newspapers |
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African Americans ~ Pamphlets ~ 1824-1909 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 Presents 396 pamphlets published from 1822 through 1909 by African American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Random selection of manuscripts; Pamphlets; Photographs; Prints; Newspapers |
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African Americans ~ Sheet Music ~ 1850-1920 African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 (from Brown University) This collection consists of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
The Development of an African-American Musical Theatre 1865-1910 Timeline of development of African-American musical theatre; Sheet music; Posters; |
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African-American Music, Southern U.S. ~ Recordings ~ 1938-1943 "Now What a Time" Blues, Gospel and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 This collection consists of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries |
Noncommercial Recordings: The 1940s Timeline and history of noncommercial festival recordings by southern African American artists Biographies of Individuals who Recorded the Collection Biographical information of individuals who recorded collection; Photograph |
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African-American Odyssey Special Presentation of the Library of Congress exhibition. Includes a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings. Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
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Architecture and Engineering ~ HABS/HAER ~ Multiformat ~ 1933-present This online presentation of the HABS/HAER collections includes digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, data pages including written histories, and supplemental materials. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Sampling of the digital collection of great structures |
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Architecture and Interior Design ~ Gottscho and Schleisner ~ Photographs ~ 1935-1955 Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Biographical information on Samuel H. Gottscho |
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Arendt, Hannah ~ Papers ~ 1898-1977 The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress Over 25,000 items (75,000 digital images) of correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, book manuscripts, transcripts of Adolf Eichmann's trial proceedings, notes, and printed matter pertaining to Arendt's writings and academic career. Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Three Essays: The Role of Experience In Hannah Arendt's Political Thought Biographical information on Hannah Arendt; Essays |
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Baseball and Jackie Robinson ~ Multiformat ~ 1860-1969 Baseball and Jackie Robinson Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Drawing the Color Line: 1860s - 1890s Timeline of the history of baseball Early Baseball Pictures, 1860s - 1920s Sampling of baseball images; Photographs; Engravings; Lithographs |
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Baseball Cards ~ 1887-1914 Collection of 2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914. |
History of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance; Baseball cards; Poem |
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Baseball Guides and Spalding ~ 1889-1939 Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 15 Spalding's Official Baseball Guides printed between 1889 and 1939 and 20 Official Indoor Baseball Guides printed between 1903 and 1926. |
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Bell, Alexander Graham ~ Papers ~ 1862-1939 The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress Presentation of over 4,695 items of correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles and photographs from 1862 to 1939. Documents Bell's invention of the telephone, family life, interest in the education of the deaf, and his aeronautical research. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers: Collection Highlights Text and visual images highlighting the Alexander Graham Bell family papers The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers: Time Line of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1869 Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers: Alexander Graham Bell as Inventor and Scientist Essay on inventions of Alexander Graham Bell; Photograph; Sketch The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers: The Bell Family Trees Family tree of Bell Family; Photographs |
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Berliner, Emile ~ Early Recording Industry ~ Multiformat ~ 1870-1956 Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry Spanning the years 1870 to 1956, the collection comprises correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, catalogs, clippings, experiment notes, and rare sound recordings of Emile Berliner. The collection deals mainly with the gramophone and its recordings. |
Emile Berliner: Inventor of the Gramaphone Presentation on life of Emile Berner; Photograph; Essay; Advertisement; |
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Bernstein, Leonard ~ Multiformat ~ ca. 1920-1989 The Leonard Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989 Collection of more than 400,000 items, including music and literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, audio and video recordings, fan mail, and other types of materials extensively document Bernstein's extraordinary life and career. Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Article on Leonard Bernstein written by Joseph Horowitz; Cartoon |
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Broadsides and Printed Ephemera ~ ca. 1600-2000 An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera More than 10,000 broadsides, leaflets, and pamphlets including proclamations, advertisements, blank forms, programs, election tickets, catalogs, clippings, timetables, and menus. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Introduction to Printed Ephemera Collection Explanation of printed ephemera; Broadsides; Ephemera |
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California, First-Person Narratives ~ Books ~ 1849-1900 "California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 Collection of full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. |
Early California History: An Overview Overview of Early California; Illustrations; Explanations; Photographs |
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Chautauqua Performers ~ Advertising Flyers ~ 1904-1940 Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century This collection presents 7,949 publicity brochures, promotional advertisements and talent circulars for some 4,546 performers who were part of the Chautauqua circuit. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Explanation of Chautauqua; Photographs; Advertisements |
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Chesapeake Bay and Washington, D.C. ~ Books ~ 1600-1925 The Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, ca. 1600-1925 The collection comprises 139 books on Washington, D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay region including first-person narratives, early histories, historical biographies, promotional brochures, and books of photographs that capture in words and pictures a distinctive region as it developed between the onset of European settlement and the first quarter of the twentieth century. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Illustrations from books; Explanations |
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Chicago Daily News ~ Photographs ~ 1902-1933 Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933 This collection comprises approximately 54,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News, one of Chicago’s leading newspapers. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Topics and photographs selected by staff of Chicago Historical Society; Photographs; Explanations |
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Chinese in California ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1925 The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 Collection illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Topical Overview -- Essays & Galleries Gallery and essays on the Chinese in America; Photographs; Images; Explanations |
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Civil War Era ~ Band Music ~ Multiformat Band Music from the Civil War Era This collection makes available examples of a brilliant style of brass band music that flourished in the 1850s in the United States and remained popular through the nineteenth century. Bands of this kind served in the armies of both the North and the South during the Civil War. The collection includes both printed and manuscript music (mostly in the form of "part books" for individual instruments) and features over 700 musical compositions, as well as 8 full-score modern editions and 19 recorded examples of brass band music in performance. |
Photograph gallery of bands during the Civil War |
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Civil War Images ~ Multiformat ~ 1861-1865 Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society Collection makes available examples of a brilliant style of brass music that flourished in the 1850s in the United States. The collection features over 700 musical compositions, as well as 8 full-score modern editions and 19 recorded examples of brass band music in performance. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Before, During, and After the Civil War Chronological overview of the war as depicted in the Civil War collections; Etchings; Chronology; Photographs |
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Civil War Maps ~ 1861-1865 Civil War Maps ~ 1861-1865 Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
History of Mapping the Civil War Explanation of how war effects the development of cartography |
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Civil War Soldiers, Pennsylvania ~ Multiformat ~ 1861-1865 A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment Collection documents the Civil War experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member of the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Comprising 164 library items, or 359 digital images, this online presentation includes correspondence, photographs, and other materials dating between 1861 and 1865. |
Timeline: History of the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 Timeline of 105th Regiment; Maps; Images Biography of Reynolds family; Photographs |
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Civil War Washington, D.C. ~ Horatio Nelson Taft ~ Diary ~ 1861-1865 Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 Collection presents three manuscript volumes, totaling 1,240 digital images, that document daily life in Washington, D. C., through the eyes of Horatio Nelson Taft (1806-1888), an examiner for the U. S. Patent Office and friend of Abraham Lincoln. |
The Washington Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft; Images; Correspondence; |
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Civil War ~ Brady Studio and Others ~ Photographs ~ 1861-1865 Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865 Collection contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Time Line of the Civil War: 1861-1865 Timeline of the Civil War; Images Presentation on how words affect what an image communicates; Photographs |
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Coca-Cola Advertising ~ Films ~ 1951-1999 Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertisements Collection presents a variety of television advertisements, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage reflecting the historical development of television advertising for a major commercial product. Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Beverage Industry: Celebrating 50 Years of Service Description in decades of the beverage industry from 1940 - 1990 Biography of Dr. John S. Pemberton, Inventor of Coca-Cola Images; Biography of Dr. John S. Pemberton Highlights in the History of Coca-Cola Television Advertising Highlights of Coca-Cola advertising; Images The "Hilltop" Ad: The Story of a Commercial Story of the Coca-Cola "Hilltop" ad; Images; Video Television Advertising: A Brief History Brief history of television advertising Timeline of Coca-Cola advertising themes: Advertising Themes Timeline of advertising themes; Images |
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Conservation Movement ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1920 The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 Collection consists of 62 books and pamphlets, 140 Federal statutes and Congressional resolutions, 34 additional legislative documents, excerpts from the Congressional Globe and the Congressional Record, 360 Presidential proclamations, 170 prints and photographs, 2 historic manuscripts, and 2 motion pictures regarding the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Chronology of Selected Events in the Development of the American Conservation Movement, c.1850-1920 Timeline of events in American Conservation Movement; Explanation |
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Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention ~ Documents ~ 1774-1789 Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 Collection includes 274 documents relating to the work of the Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
To Form a More Perfect Union: The Work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention Overview of the work of the Continental Congress; Images; Documents |
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Coolidge Era ~ Multiformat ~ 1924-1929 Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 Collection assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. The collection is particularly strong in advertising and mass-marketing materials and will be of special interest to those seeking to understand economic and political forces at work in the 1920s. |
Guide to People, Organizations, and Topics in Prosperity and Thrift Glossary of Prosperity and Thrift Introduction to Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 Highlights major themes and suggests entry points into collection; Images; Documents |
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Copland, Aaron ~ Multiformat ~ 1900-1990 The Aaron Copland Collection, ca. 1900-1990 The multiformat collection spans the years 1910 to 1990 and includes approximately 400,000 items documenting the multifaceted life of an extraordinary person who was composer, performer, teacher, writer, conductor, commentator, and administrator. Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
About Copland's Works by Wayne Shirley Introduction to the work of Aaron Copland; Images Timeline for Aaron Copland; Images Tribute to Aaron Copland from Leonard Bernstein Tributes to Aaron Copland on his birthday; Images |
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Curtis, Edward ~ North American Indian Photographs ~ Ca. 1900 Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images Collection of photogravure images including over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes, along with over 700 portfolio plates. Documents traditional customs and life ways of eighty Indian tribes. Learning Page: Collection Connection Browse items from this collection used in Learning Experiences |
Allows searching of Custis images in context of history; Images; Biographical timeline; Map |