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Today in History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
today/archive.html

Jump Back in Time
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb

Time Pathfinders
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/start/
time.html

American Memory Timeline Feature
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/
timeline/index.html

Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html

Selected Civil War Photographs (Student Worksheet, page 46)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
cwphtml/cwphome.html

Civil War Photo Album
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+
@lit(mcc/051))

Civil War Stereographs (Student Worksheet, page 47)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/
nhihtml/cwnyhsarcp.html#c

Before, During, and After the Civil War
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/
nhihtml/cwnyhsspec.html

Exploring the Civil War through Photographs
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/
97/civilwar/civilwar.html

Civil War Envelopes (Student Worksheet, page 44)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/
cwnyhs:@field(NUMBER+nynhcw/aj):heading=
Archival%20collection%3A%20Civil%20War%20Envelopes

Civil War Posters (Student worksheet, page 45)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem
/cwnyhs:@field(NUMBER+nynhcw/ac):heading=
Archival%20collection%3A%20Civil%20War%20Posters

Emergence of Advertising (Student Worksheet, page 57)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/
ncdhtml/eaahome.html

What is Emphemera?
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/
pessay.html

Introduction to Analysis of Printed Emphemera
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/
workshop/ephemera/peintro.html

An American Time Capsule:
Three Centuries of Broadsides and other Printed Ephemera
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/
pehome.html

Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920:
Advertising Ephemera Collection
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/ephemera.html

What Can We Learn from Yesterday's Stuff? Online Student Activity
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/workshop/
ephemera/peover.html

19th Century Scrapbook
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/
scrapbooks-themes.html

Map Collections: 1500-Present
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/
gmdhome.html

Places in the News
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/
plnews.html

Other useful links:
The National Atlas of the United States, Washington, 1970
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+
@band(g3701gm+gct00013))
Zoom In to the National Atlas:
Image 58 - Glacial Geology
Image 85 - Air Pollution
Image 97 - Indian Tribes, Cultures and Languages
Image 106 - Historic Sites and Landmarks

Cities and Towns:
Great East River Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Brooklyn
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+
@band(g3804n+pm006021))
+@field(COLLID+citymap))

Conversation and Environment: Map of northeast coast of North America, 1607
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+
@band(g3321p+np000002))
+@field(COLLID+cnsvmap))

Discovery and Exploration: Map of California shown as an island. (1650)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:

@filreq(@field(NUMBER+
@band(g3291s+mf000074))+@field
(COLLID+dsxpmap))

Cultural Landscapes: A plan of my farm on Little Huntg.
Creek and Potomk. (George Washington, 1766)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+
@band(g3882m+ct000085))+@field
(COLLID+setlmap))

Military Battles and Campaigns:
A Plan of the town of Boston and its environs with the lines, batteries, and encampments of the British and American Armies. (1776)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+
@band(g3764b+ct000252))+
@field(COLLID+milmap))

Transportation and Communication:
Oregon Trail map with notes by John Fremont. (1846)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+
@band(g4127o+mf000054))

General Maps: North America divided into its three principal parts. (1685)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/
r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band
(g3300+mf000041))+@field(COLLID+gnrlmap))

Panoramic View
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
pmhtml/panhome.html

Poetry 180
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

American Memory Search
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/

Enhancing a Poetry Unit with American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/
poetry/poem.html

Poetry Resources
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/

Railroad Maps 1828-1900
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/
rrhome.html

Touring Turn -of-the Century Photographs from the
Detroit Publishing Company: 1880-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html

Inventing Entertainment: Motion Pictures and
Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/
edhome.html

What Did it Cost to Ride the Train?
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/
rbpebib:@field(NUMBER+@band(rbpe+12201100))

Map of New York & Erie Rail Road
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/
gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3711p+rr004830))

Extension Activities from a Collection Connection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
collections/rr/

Emergence of Advertising Category Descriptions
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/
browse.html

Exploring the Civil War through Photographs
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/
97/civilwar/civilwar.html

American Memory Search
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html

Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html

First-Person Narrative of the American South, 1860-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/
ncuhtml/fpnashome.html

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer’s project, 1936-1938
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/
snhome.html

Voices and Faces of the Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/
voices/

Interviews with Former Slaves
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/
snhome.html

Voices and Faces of the Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/
snvoices00.html

American Variety Stage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/
vshome.html

California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/
cowhome.html

The Aaron Copland Collection Ca.1900-1990
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/achtml/
achome.html

See, Hear, and Sing
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/
page.cgi/sh

Explore California’s Ethnic Folk Music
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/
cowhome.html

Link to purchase 3-D viewers
http://www.stereoscopy.com/reel3d/
print-viewers.html

Small Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert Dennis Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/
nyplhtml/dennhome.html

About Stereoscopic Views
http://digital.nypl.org/dennis/stereoviews/
about.html

American Memory Search
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
index.html

History of the American West
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/
codhtml/hawphome.html

Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/
nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html

Celebrate America with Symbols from American Memory
(broken link reported 8/28/05)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
ndpledu/educators/newsletter/
november01/tik_4.html

A More Perfect Union: Symbolizing the National Union of States
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
us.capitol/s1.html

Architecture and interior Design for 20th Century America: Photgraphs by Samuel-Gottscho and William Schleisner
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
collections/gottscho/

Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
thchtml/thhome.html

Veteran's Guide to Washington, D.C.:Monuments of Special Interest to Veterans
http://www.va.gov/oca/vetdc_USA.htm#1

Panoramic Maps Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
pmhtml/panhome.html

By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Sufferage Pictures, 1850-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
vfwhtml/vfwhome.html

Votes for Women:
Selections from the National American Woman Sufferage Association Collection, 1848-1921
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/
nawshome.html

One Hundred Years toward Sufferage: An Overview
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/
nawstime.html

The Struggle for Women's Sufferage:
Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/
076_vfw.html

Voices for Votes: The Struggle for Sufferage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
lessons/00/suffrage/index.html

Documents to view online or print
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
lessons/00/suffrage/prepare.html


Women Today, a section of Women Pioneers in American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
features/women/women.html

Photos Taken by the Wright Brothers
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/
236_wright.html

To Fly is Everything
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/

Wright State Archives
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/