American Memory Historical Collections
An
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and
Other Printed Ephemera
The Printed Ephemera collection comprises 28,000 primary
source items dating from the seventeenth century to the
present and encompasses key events and eras in American
history. Search the
bibliographic records and the full-text option to find
items related to John Tyler, including his veto of the
rechartering the Bank
of the United States in 1841 and a treaty
with Ecuador ratified in 1842.
Architecture
and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs
by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over
29,000 photographs primarily of architectural subjects,
including 18 photographs of John Tyler's
Sherwood
Forest plantation.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
This collection contains surveys of more than 363,000
measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written
histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and
sites dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
Search
this collection to find documentation on John Tyler's
Sherwood Forest plantation.
By
Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies,
1789-Present
This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents
and first ladies, including two images of John
Tyler.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
This collection contains a large selection of congressional
material related to John Tyler's political career
as a member of the House of Representatives,
U.S. senator, vice president, and president. Search
this collection by date and type of publication to
find materials related to Tyler.
- The Annals
of Congress provides the text of congressional
debates from Tyler's service in the House of Representatives
(1816-21).
- The Register
of Debates provides the text of congressional
debates from Tyler's service in the U.S. Senate (1827-36).
- The Congressional
Globe provides the text of congressional
debates and presidential messages from Tyler's presidency
(1841-45), including his First,
Second,
Third,
and Fourth Annual
Messages to Congress. This publication also contains
information on the first
presidential veto overridden by Congress
in American history, a vote on a minor funding bill
for cutters and steamers that occurred on Tyler's
last day in office.
- The United
States Statutes at Large contain the full text
of all the laws enacted and treaties ratified during
Tyler's presidency, including the Webster-Ashburton
Treaty of 1843 that normalized U.S.-British relations
and the first formal
treaty signed between the U.S.
and China.
- The Journal
of the Congress of the Confederate States of America documents
the proceedings of the Confederate Congress from
1861 to 1865. After Virginia seceded from the Union,
Tyler served in the provisional Confederate Congress
and was elected to the Confederate States of America's
House of Representatives. Tyler died on
January 18, 1862, before he could take his seat. A
resolution
in honor of John Tyler can be found in the
Journals on January 20, 1862.
"I
Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
This collection contains approximately 400 items relating
to presidential inaugurations, including an image of John
Tyler receiving the news of William Henry Harrison's
death.
Music
for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1820-1860 & 1870-1885
This collection contains more than 62,500 pieces of historical
sheet music registered for copyright, including
John
Tyler's Lamentation and 4
additional pieces of music related to Tyler's presidency.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This collection presents 23 popular periodicals digitized
by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting
Division of the Library of Congress. Search the bibliographic
records and the full-text options
to find articles about John Tyler, including an overview
of his administration that appeared in The
Galaxy in 1872.
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