Language Arts Programs
American Memory Collections
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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. |
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 |
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 |
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. |
Presentation of staff favorites in the collection; Manuscripts; Pamphlets; Photographs; Prints; Newspapers |
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. |
Random selection of manuscripts; Pamphlets; Photographs; Prints; Newspapers |
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; |
African-American Music, Southern U.S. ~ Recordings ~ 1938-1943 |
"Now What a Time" Blues, Gospel and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 Collection of approximately 100 sound recordings and related documentation of the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University) and recordings made in Tennessee and Alabama. |
Noncommercial Recordings: The 1940s Timeline and history of noncommercial festival recordings by southern African American artists |
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. |
Three Essays: The Role of Experience In Hannah Arendt's Political Thought Biographical information on Hannah Arendt; Essays |
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 |
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. |
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers: Collection Highlights Text and visual images highlighting the Alexander Graham Bell family papers |
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. |
Introduction to Printed Ephemera Collection Explanation of printed ephemera; Broadsides; Ephemera |
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. |
Topical Overview -- Essays & Galleries Gallery and essays on the Chinese in America; Photographs; Images; Explanations |
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. |
Time Line of the Civil War: 1861-1865 Timeline of the Civil War; Images Presentation on how words affect what an image communicates; Photographs |
Civil War Maps ~ 1861-1865 |
Civil War Maps ~ 1861-1865 |
History of Mapping the Civil War Explanation of how war effects the development of cartography |
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 |
Civil War Washington, D.C. ~ Horatio Nelson Taft ~ Diary ~ 1861-1865 |
Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 |
The Washington Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft |
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. |
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 |
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. |
Chronology of Selected Events in the Development of the American Conservation Movement, c.1850-1920 Timeline of events in American Conservation Movement; Explanation |
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. |
Allows searching of Custis images in context of history; Images; Biographical timeline; Map |
Depression Era to World War II ~ FSA/OWI ~ Photographs ~ 1935-1945 |
America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 Over 160,000 images documenting Americans in every party of the nation from the Great Depression to the mobilization effort of WWII. |
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Douglass, Frederick ~ Papers ~ 1841-1964 |
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress The collection consists of correspondence, speeches and articles by Douglass and his contemporaries, a draft of his autobiography, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items. These papers reveal Douglass' interest in diverse subjects such as politics, emancipation, racial prejudice, women's suffrage, and prison reform. |
Autobiography of Frederick Douglass |
Federal Theatre Project ~ Multiformat ~ 1935-1939 |
Federal Theatre Project Productions of The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, Macbeth, and Power |
Articles on Orson Welles; Images; Drawings |
Folk Culture and Natural Environment, West Virginia ~ Multiformat ~ 1992-1999 |
Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia Collection includes extensive interviews on native forest species and the seasonal round of traditional harvesting and documents community cultural events such as storytelling, baptisms in the river, cemetery customs, and the spring "ramp" feasts using the wild leek native to the region. |
Stalking the Mother Forest: Voices Beneath the Canopy Interpretive of life in the piedmont of W. Va; Photographs |
Guthrie, Woody ~ Correspondence ~ 1940-1950 |
Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 |
Timeline of Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) |
Hispanic Music, Rio Grande ~ Juan Bautista Rael ~ Multiformat ~ 1940s
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Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern ColoradoThe collection provides insight into the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region. |
Juan Bautista Rael 1900-1993: Folklorista Hispano Biography of folklorist Los Nuevo Mexicanos del Río Grande del Norte: Cultura, Historia y Sociedad Culture, History, and Society of the Nuevo Mexicanos of the Upper Rio Grande La Música Nuevo Mexicana: Tradiciones Religiosas y Seculares de la Colección de Juan B. Rael Religious and secular traditions in music of New Mexico El Teatro Popular Hispano de Nuevo México Folk Theater in New Mexico |
Hurston, Zora Neale ~ Plays ~ 1925-1944 |
The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress Collection of 10 plays written by Zora Neale Hurston. The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-American South. |
Chronology of Zora Neale Hurston; Images; Sketches |
Jazz ~ William P. Gottlieb ~ Photographs ~ 1938-1948 |
William P. Gottlieb - Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz The William P. Gottlieb Collection, comprising over sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists, documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948, primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C. |
William P. Gottlieb took most of his photographs while on assignments for the Washington Post, Down Beat magazine, and Record Changer. He had a weekly jazz column in the Post, a series of articles and reviews in Down Beat, and a monthly column in Record Changer. In His Own Words: Photos and Commentary by William Gottlieb Images and commentary by Gottlieb on jazz scene |
Jefferson, Thomas ~ Papers ~ 1606-1827 |
The complete collection contains over 27,000 documents including correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts, drawings, and maps on such important events as the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, purchase of the Louisiana territory, and the War of 1812. |
The Jamestown Records of the Virginia Company of London Essay regarding Jefferson's incorporation of the Jamestown Records into his papers and why the conservation of such documents is necessary Selected quotations from papers, speeches, etc. of Thomas
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Essay by Joseph J. Ellis |
Landscape and Architectural Design ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1920 |
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 Collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. The collection offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. In addition to photographs, views of locations around the country include plans, maps, and models. |
Description of Boston's Park System; Photographs Description of Glacier National Park; Photographs of landscape |
Library of Congress ~ 1939-1953 |
Freedom’s Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953 Freedom’s Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953 tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period. From 1939 to 1953 the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America’s foremost citadels of intellectual freedom. |
Biographical information on important individuals of LOC; Photographs; Documents Timeline of important events shaping LOC; Photographs; Documents |
Life Histories, Federal Writers' Project ~ Manuscripts ~ 1936-1940 |
American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 Life histories written by the staff of the Folklore Project for the U. S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. |
Voices from the Thirties History of the Federal Writer's Project; Photographs; Interviews; Audio |
| Lincoln, Abraham ~ Multi-format ~ 1850-1909 |
Collection includes papers and correspondence accumulated during Lincoln's presidency as well as sheet music, books, pamphlets, broadsides, autograph letters, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, and other memorabilia adding up to over 10,500 items that offer a unique view of Lincoln's life and times. |
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Lincoln, Abraham ~ Papers ~ ca. 1850-1865 |
The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress Collection of over 20,000 documents is organized into three "General Correspondence" series which include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material. Most of the 20,000 items are from the 1850s through Lincoln's presidential years, 1860-65. |
Explanation of Emancipation Proclamation; Timeline; Documents |
| Lincoln, Abraham, and Civil War | Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War Collection includes more than two hundred sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln and the war as reflected in popular music. The collection spans the years from Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1859 through the centenary of Lincoln's birth in 1909. |
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Manuscript Division ~ Selected Highlights |
Words and Deeds in American History In honor of the Manuscript Division's centennial, its staff has selected for online display approximately ninety representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Included are the papers of presidents, cabinet ministers, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, military officers and diplomats, reformers and political activists, artists and writers, scientists and inventors, and other prominent Americans whose lives reflect our country's evolution. |
Description of Manuscript Division; Photographs; Documents |
Maps ~ 1500-2004 |
Digitized maps of Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress. The images were created from maps and atlases. |
Meeting of Frontiers: Collections from the Library of Congress: Maps Maps of Siberia and Russian Far East and American West Maps reflecting current events Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Selected Cartographic Items Maps of Puerto Rico and Caribbean |
Maritime Westward Expansion ~ Multiformat ~ 1820-1890 |
Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890 Collection includes logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels. The unique maritime perspective of these materials offers a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. |
The Log of Mystic Seaport: Four Essays Essays from quarterly publication of Mystic Seaport Museum and Library; Images |
Native American Culture, Pacific Northwest ~ Multiformat |
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resources illustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing, crafts, transportation, education, and employment. |
Essays on tribal groups and cross-cultural topics; Images |
Nineteenth-Century |
The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books Collection of books bearing nineteenth century American imprints, dating from between 1850 and 1880. The collection is particularly strong in poetry and in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. |
A Sampler of Collection Themes Selection of books and periodicals from collection; Books; Periodicals |
Nineteenth-Century Periodicals ~ 1850-1877 |
The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals Collection presents twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. They include literary and political magazines, as well as Scientific American, Manufacturer and Builder, and Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture,
Landscape Art, and Forestry. |
Historical Background and Essays on the Periodical Garden and Forest Essays on history and impact of Garden and Forest |
Occupational Folklore, Paterson, N. J. ~ Multimedia ~ 1994 |
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting Collection presents 470 interview excerpts and 3882 photographs from the Working in Paterson Folklife Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Paterson is considered to be the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in America. |
Working in Paterson: Five Fieldworkers' Impressions Five fieldworkers perspectives of life in Paterson; Photographs |
Ohio River Valley ~ Multiformat ~ 1750-1820 |
First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 Collection contains 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Among the sources included are books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, scientific publications, broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, ledgers and other financial records, maps, physical artifacts, and pictorial images. |
Encountering the First American West Exploration of the trans-Appalachian West; Photographs; Documents; Maps |
| Portraits of Creative Americans | Creative Americans Portraits by Carl Van Vechten ~ Photographs ~ 1932-1964 Collection consists of 1,395 photographs taken by American photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) between 1932 and 1964. The bulk of the collection consists of portrait photographs of celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance. |
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Prairie Settlement, Nebraska ~ Photographs and Letters ~ 1862-1912 |
Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1862-1912 Collection comprised of glass plate negatives taken by Solomon D. Butcher and family correspondence between the Uriah W. Oblinger family that together illustrate the story of settlement on the Great Plains. |
The Oblinger Family and their Letters Description of Oblinger Family letters; Family Tree; Photographs; Documents |
Presidential Inaugurations ~ Multiformat ~ 1789-2001 |
"I Do Solemnly Swear ...": Presidential Inaugurations Collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files relating to inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music. |
Presidential Inaugurations: Historical Insights--A Video Presentation Historian describes nine inaugurations; Video presentations Presidential Inaugurations: Words and Images Visual images and documents describing inaugurations; Photographs; Documents |
Roosevelt, Theodore ~ Films ~ 1898-1919 |
Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film Collection features 104 films which record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919. Besides containing scenes of Roosevelt, these films include views of world figures, politicians, monarchs, and friends and family members of Roosevelt who influenced his life and the era in which he lived. |
Sound Recordings of T. R.'s Voice Speeches and recordings of Theodore Roosevelt; Audio |
| September 11, 2001, and Public Reactions ~ Multiformat ~ 2001-2002 | September 11, 2001: Documentary Project Collection of heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. This collection captures the voices of a diverse ethnic, socioeconomic, and political cross-section of America during trying times and serves as a historical and cultural resource for future generations. |
Featured Drawings Drawings by third grade students |
Slave Narratives ~ Audio Interviews ~ 1932-1975 |
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Collection contains almost seven hours of recorded interviews that took place between 1932 - 1975. Twenty-three interviewees, born between 1823 and the early 1860s, discuss how they felt about slavery, slave holders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom. |
Biographies of the Interviewers Biographical information of interviewers; Photographs |
Slave Narratives, Federal Writers' Project ~ Multiformat ~ 1936-1938 |
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 Collection contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. The narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writer's Project. |
An Introduction to the WPA Slave Narratives by Norman R. Yetman Explanation of the WPA Slave narratives; Photographs; |
Slavery and Law ~ Documents ~ 1740-1860 |
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 Collection contains over a hundred pamphlets and books (published between 1772 and 1889) concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States. The collection contains an assortment of trials and cases, reports, arguments, accounts, examinations of cases and decisions, proceedings, journals, a letter, and other works of historical importance. |
Slave Code for the District of Columbia Slave code for District of Columbia; Documents |
| Southern U.S. ~ Personal Narratives | First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 Collection of printed texts documents the culture of the nineteenth-century American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans. |
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Sunday Schools ~ Books ~ 1815-1865 |
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America Collection presents 163 Sunday school books published in America between 1815 and 1865. They document the culture of religious instruction of youth in America during the Antebellum era. They also illustrate a number of thematic divisions that preoccupied nineteenth-century America, including sacred and secular, natural and divine, civilized and savage, rural and industrial, adult and child. |
Biographical information on authors of Sunday school books |
| Traveling in America | American Notes: Travel in America, 1750-1920 Contains 253 published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels in the colonies and the United States and their observations and opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about 1750 to 1920. Although many of the authors represented are not widely known, the collection includes works by figures such as James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, and Robert Louis Stevenson. |
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U.S. Congress ~ Documents ~ 1774-1875 |
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875 Collection brings together online the records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress, including the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, 1873-75. |
Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson, 1868 Record of impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson; Image; Additional resources Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784 to 1894 Eighteenth annual report on land cessions; Maps; Tables; Essays Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America; Images Making of the U.S. Constitution Introduction to volume 1 of the Annals of Congress Presidential Elections and the Electoral College, 1877 Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States Correspondence involved in Revolutionary War |
Upper Midwest ~ Books ~ ca. 1820-1910 |
Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 Collection portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial archival documents, and other works. |
The History of the Upper Midwest: An Overview Description of life in Upper Midwest; Drawings; Photograph; Maps; Cartoons |
Utah and Western Migration ~ Multiformat ~ 1846-1869 |
Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 Collection incorporates 49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants. |
Stories of Mormon Pioneer families traveling West; Maps; Essays; Images |
Whitman, Walt ~ Notebooks ~ 1850s & 1860s |
Poet at Work: Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman Collection This collection offers access to the four Walt Whitman Notebooks and a cardboard butterfly that disappeared from the Library of Congress in 1942. They were returned on February 24, 1995. |
LC's Missing Whitman Notes Found in N. Y. Library of Congress Gazette article on reappearance of notebooks and butterfly Library Scans Whitman Items; Preserves Them ibrary of Congress Gazette article on digitization of Whitman notebooks; Photograph The Conservation of the Whitman notebooks Description of conservation process of Walt Whitman's notebook; Photographs |
| Woman Suffrage ~ Books and Pamphlets |
Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. The collection includes works from the libraries of other members and officers of the organization including: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Smith Miller, Mary A. Livermore. |
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World War I ~ Military Newspapers ~ 1918-1919 |
The Stars and Stripes, 1918-1919 Collection includes the complete seventy-one-week run of the newspaper's World War I edition. The eight-page weekly featured news from home, sports news, poetry, and cartoons, with a staff that included journalists Alexander Woollcott, Harold Ross, and Grantland Rice. |
A Closer Look at The Stars and Stripes Details regarding The Stars and Stripes newspaper; Advertisements; Editorials; Photographs; Cartoons |
World War I ~ Rotogravures ~ 1914-1919 |
Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures Collection includes an illustrated history of World War I selected from newspaper rotogravure sections that graphically documents the people, places, and events important to the war. |
Notable events and statistics of WWI; Tables; Photographs; Map Pictorial sections of newspapers during WWI; Rotogravures; Cartoons; Illustrations Military Technology in World War I Description of technology during WWI; Photographs; Newspapers Description of Lusitania disaster and American popular opinion; Photographs; Newspaper Patriotic propaganda; Change in popular opinion; Photographs; Newspaper History of rotogravure |
Wright Brothers ~ Multiformat ~ 1881-1952 |
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers Collection of about 10,121 items documenting the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Included in the collection are correspondence, diaries and notebooks, scrapbooks, drawings, printed matter, and other documents, as well as the Wrights' collection of glass-plate photographic negatives. |
"The Belief that Flight is Possible to Man" Correspondence of Wright brothers; Photographs Wilbur and Orville Wright Timeline Timeline of Wright brothers life; Photographs; Newspaper; Correspondence |
