Social Studies Programs
American Memory Collections and Special Features from the LOC
FROM Daguerreotype Photographs
~ 1839-1864
TO Jefferson,
Thomas ~ Papers ~ 1606-1827
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Daguerreotype Photographs ~ 1839-1864 America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864 |
Mirror Images: Daguerreotypes at the Library of Congress Illustrates the major subjects of the collection; Portraits; Daguerreotypes |
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Dance Manuals ~ Books ~ 1490-1920 An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals Collection of over 200 social dance manuals, antidance manuals, histories, treastises on etiquette, and items from other conceptual categories. |
Western Social Dance: An Overview of the Collection Explanation on the importance of dance manuals; Images; Directions Essay on how to read a dance manual; Instructions; Images; Video |
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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 Family tree of Frederick Douglass Timeline of Frederick Douglass' life; Drawings |
Edison Companies Collection of 341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and other related materials, such as photographs and original magazine articles. In addition, histories are given of Edison's involvement with motion pictures and sound recordings, as well as a special page focusing on the life of the great inventor. |
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Environment, Natural ~ Photographs ~ 1891-1936 American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936: Images from the University of Chicago Library Collection of approximately 4,500 photographs documenting natural environments, ecologies, and plant communities in the United States between 1891 and 1936. Among the natural features these images document are ecological settings such as dunes, bogs, forests, and deserts; individual plants from the Ponderosa pine and birch to grasses and mosses; landscape features like the Grand Canyon, Lake Superior, and the Sierra Nevada; and the consequences of natural and human changes to the environment ranging from erosion and floods to irrigation and lumbering. |
Ecology and the American Environment Presentation on ecology and the American Environment; Images |
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Factories, Westinghouse ~ Films ~ 1904 Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904 Collection contains 21 actuality films showing various views of Westinghouse companies. Most prominently featured are the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and the Westinghouse Machine Company. |
Timeline of Westinghouse Works The Westinghouse World: The Companies, the People, and the Places Explanation and history of the Westinghouse Works; Images; Maps |
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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 |
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Film, Animated ~ 1900-1921 Collection highlights the development of early animation and includes 21 animated films and 2 fragments, which spans the years 1900 to 1921. |
Notes on the Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921 History of American Animation; Images; Video |
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Fine, Irving ~ Multiformat ~ 1914-1962 The Irving Fine Collection: Ca. 1914-1962 Collection is comprised of manuscripts and printed music, sketchbooks, writings, personal and business correspondence, scrapbooks, programs, clippings, and sound recordings. |
Biography sketch of Irving Fine; Photograph Explanation and reasoning for string quartet performance; Audio Timeline of Irving Fine's life; Photographs |
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Florida Everglades Environmental History ~ Multiformat ~ 1884-1934 Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934 Collection includes a rich diversity of rare and unique materials illustrating such major topics as the establishment of the Everglades National Park, the evolving role of women on the political stage, and the treatment of Native Americans. |
The Everglades: Exploitation and Conservation History of Everglades and Southern Florida; Photographs; Images |
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Flutes ~ Dayton C. Miller ~ Multiformat Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection Collection of nearly 1,700 flutes and other instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. |
Tutor example Dayton Clarence Miller Biography Biographical information on Dayton Clarence Miller Explanation of fife versus band flute; Photographs; Explanation of five different flutes; Sketches; Photographs Explanation and history of flute; Sheet music Photographs and descriptions of Dayton C. Miller and friends Meyer-Albert: Systematic Misnomers Explanation of Meyer-Albert flute; Advertisement A Puzzling Trade Catalog: Albert System--A Nominal Question Explanation of saxophone classification Selections from the Dayton C. Miller Iconography Collection Iconographs, mainly dealing with flutes |
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Folk Culture and Natural Environment, West Virginia ~ Multiformat ~ 1992-1999 Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia |
American Ginseng and the Idea of the Commons Interpretive text of the American Ginseng farmer in W. Va; Photographs Ramp Suppers, Biodiversity, and the Integrity of "The Mountains" Interpretive text describing ramps, women, and tradition in W. Va Seasonal Round of Activities on Coal River Image and text of seasonal round of coal in W.VA Seining for Hellgrammites on Coal River Essay on Florida Everglades; Bibliography; Web sites; Guide Stalking the Mother Forest: Voices Beneath the Canopy Interpretive of life in the piedmont of W. Va; Photographs |
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Folk Culture, Florida ~ Multiformat ~ 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections Multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting numerous cultures throughout Florida featuring folksongs and folktales in many languages, including blues and work songs from menhaden fishing boats, railroad gangs, and turpentine camps; children's songs, dance music, and religious music of many cultures; and interviews, also known as "life histories." |
A Florida Treasure Hunt by Stetson Kennedy Essay on Florida Everglades; Bibliography; Web sites; Guide |
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Folk Fiddle Music, Southern Appalachian ~ Henry Reed ~ Multiformat ~ 1966-1967 Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection Multiformat ethnographic field collection of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was over eighty years old, the tunes represent the music and evoke the history and spirit of Virginia's Appalachian frontier. |
Henry Reed: His Life, Influence, and Art Illustrated essay on Henry Reed |
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Folk Music, California ~ Sidney Robertson Cowell ~ Multiformat ~ 1930s California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties The WPA California Folk Music Project is a multi-format ethnographic field collection that includes sound recordings, still photographs, drawings, and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California. The collection comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in twelve languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians. |
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Folk Music, Dust Bowl Collection of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera generated during two separate documentation trips supported by the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture) documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security |
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Folk Music, Southern U.S. ~ John Lomax and Ruby Lomax ~ Multiformat ~ 1939 The John And Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip Multiformat ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as field notes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United States. These recordings represent a broad spectrum of traditional musical styles, including ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs. |
Description of expedition by date and State; Audio; Sheet music; Correspondence |
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Great Plains ~ Photographs ~ 1880-1920 Collection contains 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. |
Farm equipment; Images North Dakota Historical Overview Historical overview of North Dakota; Images |
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Guthrie, Woody ~ Correspondence ~ 1940-1950 Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 Collection highlights letters written between Guthrie and staff of the Archival of American Folk Song during the 1940s. His written and, occasionally, illustrated reflections on his past, his art, his life in New York City, and the looming Second World War provide unique insight into the artist best-known for his role as "Dust Bowl balladeer." |
Rambling Round: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie Essay on Woody Guthrie; Images Timeline of Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) Timeline of Woodier Guthrie; Images |
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Haymarket Affair ~ Multiformat ~ 1886-1887 Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887 Collection showcases more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair. These materials pertain to: the May 4, 1886 meeting and bombing; to the trial, conviction and subsequent appeals of those accused of inciting the bombing; and to the execution of four of the convicted and the later pardon of the remaining defendants. |
Chronology; images; outside of Library of Congress Places documents in historical context; outside of Library of Congress |
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Hispanic Music, Rio Grande ~ Juan Bautista Rael ~ Multi-format ~ 1940s Hispano Music & Culture from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 American Sphinx: Essay by Joseph J. Ellis America and the Barbary Pirates Essay on America's first international war Virginia Records Timeline: 1553-1743 Timeline of events; Images Virginia Records Timeline: 1743-1827 Timeline of events; Images |