Mathematics Programs
American Memory Collections and Special Features
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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. |
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 Timeline of advertising in America |
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The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections |
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Architecture and Interior Design The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects |
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American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. |
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Use this collection to compute batting averages and other baseball statistics
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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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Civil War Images ~ Multiformat ~ 1861-1865 |
Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society Digital images in the collection include recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides. |
Before, During, and After the Civil War Chronological overview of the war as depicted in the Civil War collections; Etchings; Chronology; Photographs |
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 |
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 |
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Digitized maps of Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress. The images were created from maps and atlases. |
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National Parks ~ Maps |
The Mapping the National Parks collection documents the history, cultural aspects and geological formations of areas that eventually became National Parks. The collection consists of approximately 200 maps dating from the 17th century to the present, reflecting early mapping of the areas that would become four National Parks, as well as the parks themselves. |
Description of Acadia National Park; Maps Description of Grand Canyon National Park; Maps; Photograph Description of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Maps; Photograph Description of Yellowstone National Park; Maps |
| Nineteenth Century in Print: Books | 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. |
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| Quilts and Quiltmaking | Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978 - 1996 Collection showcases materials from two American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest" sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good Housekeeping. Together these collections provide a glimpse into America's diverse quilting traditions. |
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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 Highlights of Wright Brothers collection; Correspondence; Photographs; Diagrams Photography and the Wright Brothers Photographs taken of and by the Wright brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright Timeline Timeline of Wright brothers life; Photographs; Newspaper; Correspondence Family tree of Wright family; Photographs |