American Memory Historical Collections
Abraham
Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library
of Congress consist of approximately 20,000 documents
which include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures,
drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material. The
collection includes a letter from Benjamin
Harrison to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 02, 1861
(Recommendation for Caleb Smith) --Transcription.
African
American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray
Collection, 1818-1907
The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a
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. Benjamin Harrison is mentioned in the pamphlet National
appeal to the American Negro: Why We Should Favor the Chicago
Platform. Search
the full-text option to find other items related to Benjamin
Harrison.
An American
Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed
Ephemera
The Printed Ephemera Collection at the Library of Congress
is a rich repository of Americana. In total, the Collection
comprises 28,000 primary source items dating from the seventeenth
century to the present and encompassing key events and eras
in American history. Search
the full-text option to find items related to Benjamin Harrison.
Highlights from the collection pertaining to Harrison include:
By
Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies,
1789-Present
This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents
and first ladies including three images of Benjamin
Harrison, one of Caroline
Harrison, and one of Mary
Lord Harrison.
The
Chinese in California, 1850-1925
The collection documents the nineteenth and early twentieth
century Chinese immigration to California and the West.
The collection includes much that reflects the social life,
culture, and commerce of these immigrants.
Highlights from the collection pertaining to Harrison include:
The
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920
This collection presents 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.
The collection includes a cover of a booklet Poor
Boys - Image 3, which features Benjamin Harrison
along with others.
The
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
The collection documents the historical formation and
cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect
America's natural heritage. It consists of 60 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 a 2-part motion picture. The collection contains eighteen
proclamations from the U.S. Statutes at Large
from Benjamin Harrison.
The
Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
presents the papers of the nineteenth-century African-American
abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then risked his
own freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer,
writer, and publisher. The papers span the years 1841 to
1964, with the bulk of the material from 1862 to 1895.
Highlights from the collection pertaining to Harrison include:
Historic
American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
The collection includes 3,042 pieces of sheet music published
in America between 1850 and 1920. It presents a wide variety
of types of vocal music: bel canto, minstrel songs, protest
songs, sentimental songs, patriotic and political songs,
plantation songs, Civil War songs, spirituals, dance music,
songs from vaudeville and musicals, "Tin pan alley"
songs, and songs from World War I.
Highlights from the collection pertaining to Harrison include:
"I
Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
This collection contains approximately 400 items relating
to presidential inaugurations, including Harrison's inauguration
in 1889.
Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit
Publishing Company, 1880-1920
This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing
Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives
and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph
prints, mostly of the eastern United States. Included in
the collection are images of Harrison's
house and monument.
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