American Memory Historical Collections
Examples of materials related to Arizona are provided for
most of the collections listed below. Search on the terms
Arizona, Phoenix,
Grand Canyon, etc., to locate
additional information within these American Memory collections.
America
from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from
the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945
The images in the Farm Security Administration-Office
of War Information Collection are among the most famous
documentary photographs ever produced. Created by a group
of U.S. government photographers, the images show Americans
in every part of the nation. The collection contains more
than 1,300
black-and-white and 11
color images taken in Arizona.
American
Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936: Images from the University
of Chicago Library
This collection consists of approximately 4,500 photographs
documenting natural environments, ecologies, and plant communities
in the United States at the end of the nineteenth and the
beginning of the twentieth century. Included are over 300
images of Arizona landscapes.
American
Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: a Study Collection
from the Harvard Graduate School of Design
This collection offers views of cities, specific buildings,
parks, estates and gardens. In addition to photographs,
there are plans, maps,
and models of various locations throughout the country.
An American
Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed
Ephemera
This 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
on the term
Arizona in the
Descriptive Information box to find Arizona-related
items. Search the Full-Text
option for a broader search.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American
Engineering Record, 1933-Present
The images in this collection document achievements in
architecture, engineering, and design in the United States
and its territories through a comprehensive range of building
types and engineering technologies. The collection contains
more than 400
records relating to buildings throughout the state
of Arizona. Information is added quarterly.
- University
of Arizona, Old Main, University of Arizona Campus, Tucson,
Pima County, AZ
- Rose
Pauson House (Ruins), Thirty-Second Street, Phoenix, Maricopa
County, AZ
- Bird
Cage Theatre, Allen Street, near Sixth Street, Tombstone,
Cochise County, AZ
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
A Century of Lawmaking for a New
Nation consists of a linked
set of published congressional records of the United States
of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd
Congress, 1774-1875.
Edward
S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images
The North American Indian by
Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial
representations of traditional American Indian culture
ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-30,
the publication continues to exert a major influence on
the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said that
he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress,
his ceremonies, his life and manners." Type the term Arizona
in the search
box to find photogravure plates on Indian tribes endemic
to the region.
The
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
This collection documents the historical formation and
cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect
America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets,
government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs,
and motion picture footage drawn from the collections
of the Library of Congress. It contains more than
100 items referring to the state of Arizona. To find these
documents, go to the collection's search
page, change the number of possible hits to 200, and
search on the term Arizona in
the Full-Text search box (do not put quotation marks around
the words).
History
of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection
of the Denver Public Library
Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the
Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public
Library, illuminate many aspects of the history of the
American West. Most of the photographs were taken between
1860 and 1920. There are more than 500 images of Native
American Indians from Arizona, in addition to images of
locations, buildings, and geographic landscapes. Change
the maximum number of hits to 600 and type Arizona
in the search
box.
Map
Collections
The Geography & Map Division of the Library of Congress
holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections
represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted
to digital form. The collection is organized according to
seven major categories: Cities
and Towns, Conservation
and Environment, Cultural
Landscapes, Discovery
and Exploration, General
Maps, Military
Battles and Campaigns, and Transportation
and Communication. Browse
the geographic location index to locate maps of Arizona.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
The books in this collection are nineteenth-century
American imprints, dating mainly 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.
Browse the subject
index to locate five books related to Arizona.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This 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. Type Arizona
in the Search
Descriptive Information box in order to pull up Arizona-related
articles. Use the Full
Text box for a broader search.
Quilts
and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996
This collection showcases materials from the Blue Ridge
Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the Lands'
End All-American Quilt Contest Collection (1992, 1994,
1996), providing a glimpse into America's
diverse quilting traditions.
Taking
the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991
The Panoramic Photograph collection contains approximately
4,000 images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes,
and group portraits. More
than 100 images in this collection represent rural,
small-town, and city life throughout Arizona.
Touring
Turn-of-the Century America: Photographs from the Detroit
Publishing Company, 1880-1920
The photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection
include more than 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies
as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly
of the eastern United States. The Arizona-related
photographs of this collection include various nature
views of the Grand Canyon and images of Native Americans
from the Arizona region.
Washington
as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959
The collection documents the architecture and social life
of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in the 1920s,
1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial,
residential, and government buildings, as well as street
scenes and views of neighborhoods. The collection contains
thirteen images from the Arizona
region.
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