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Collection10th-16th Century Liturgical Chants The acquisition of medieval liturgical chant manuscripts that trace the history of music notation as it evolved over half a millennium, became a major collection priority in the Music Division beginning in…Collection Items: View 55 Items
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CollectionA.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958 Arthur Paul Schmidt (1846-1921) was a German-born music publisher who pioneered the development and dissemination of American music. The A.P. Schmidt Company Archives documents his firm's publishing activities in Boston, Leipzig and…Collection Items: View 6,687 Items
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CollectionAaron Copland Collection The first release of the online collection contains approximately 1,000 items that yield a total of about 5,000 images. These items date from 1899 to 1981, with most from the 1920s through…- Contributor: Kraft, Victor - Copland, Aaron
- Date: 1841
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CollectionAbdul Hamid II Collection This collection contains 1,819 photographs in 51 large-format albums date from about 1880 to 1893. They portray the Ottoman Empire during the reign of one of its last sultans, Abdul-Hamid II and…- Contributor: Abdülhamid II - Abdullah Frères - Sebah & Joaillier
- Date: 1880
Collection Items: View 1,825 Items
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CollectionAbdul-Hamid II Collection of Books and Serials Gifted to the Library of Congress In 1884 Sultan Abdul-Hamid II gifted the Library of Congress with a collection of Ottoman Turkish, Persian, Arabic works that he had richly embossed with this inscription in English, French and Ottoman:…Collection Items: View 325 Items
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CollectionAbraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress The papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, representative from Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 40,550 documents dating from 1774 to 1948, although most of the collection spans…- Contributor: Lincoln, Abraham
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CollectionAfghanistan Web Archive The Afghanistan Web Archive is comprised primarily of websites produced by the Afghan government, specifically the executive branch. Also included are a selection of sites from statistical reporting agencies, banking institutions, universities,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2009
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CollectionAfghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan Government Web Archive This collection consists of official government websites for Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan and provides an overview of the political, economic, administrative and social situation in these four countries. Several of these…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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CollectionAfghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan Elections Web Archive The Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan Elections Web Archive includes campaign sites archived during these countries’ election seasons since 2014. This archive collection includes websites for government bodies, political parties, presidential candidates,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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CollectionAfrican American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection "African American Perspectives" gives a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture and is primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African…- Date: 1875
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CollectionAfrican American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition The Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900) devoted a building to matters of "social economy." The United States section of the building featured an exhibit that, according to W.…- Contributor: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress) - Calloway, Thomas J. - Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
- Date: 1899
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CollectionAfrican Government Web Archive The African Government Web Archive provides links to information from key African government ministries, institutions and organizations for the 51 countries in Africa south of the Sahara. This will ensure that the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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CollectionAfrican-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923 The core of this presentation consists of "stock" arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic sound recordings…- Date: 1883
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CollectionAfricana Historic Postcard Collection The African Section of the Library of Congress’ African and Middle Eastern Division has amassed a unique collection of more than 7000 historical photographic postcards documenting an important visual record of Africa…Collection Items: View 1,300 Items
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CollectionAfter the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,…- Date: 1941
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CollectionAIDS Memorial Quilt Records This online collection presents digitized images of the AIDS Memorial Quilt panel maker files housed in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The panel maker files contain more than…- Contributor: Jones, Cleve - Rhoad, Julie - Names Project Foundation
- Date: 1986
Collection Items: View 5,163 Items
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CollectionAinu and Ezochi Rare Collection This collection of rare materials brings together books, manuscripts, and maps produced during the 18th and 19th centuries that document Japanese exploration and observation of the island and prefecture now known as…Collection Items: View 92 Items
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection The Alan Lomax Collection includes ethnographic field documentation, materials from Lomax’s various projects, and cross-cultural research created and collected by Alan Lomax and others on traditional song, music, dance, and body movement…- Contributor: Association for Cultural Equity - American Folklife Center - Lomax, Alan - Archive of American Folk Song
- Date: 1933
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region.…- Contributor: Erickson, Max - Dragić, Todor - Carrière, Fred - Marczis, Joseph - Kubien, Rose - Aho, Pekka - Bonner, Patrick - Maki, Emil - Ricksgers, Joseph - Sielvankiewiez ... Erickson, Max - Dragić, Todor - Carrière, Fred - Marczis, Joseph - Kubien, Rose - Aho, Pekka - Bonner, Patrick - Maki, Emil - Ricksgers, Joseph - Sielvankiewiez - Frazier, Lonnie - Pohjala, Aina - Olah, Julius - King, Edward - Pol, Thomas - Leclaire, Leilia - Wells, Lester - Maki, Frank - Romel, Ted - Mahoski, Henry - Bellaire, Mose - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Bangac, Petar - Pischner, Helen - Lewandowski, Stephan - Gallagher, Dominic - Vasvary, Steve - Meyers, Herman - Preda, Emil Milan - Lewandowski, Edwina - Similä, Gusti - Hulan - Scheffer, Peter - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Rautanen, Vernon - Juhani, Aapo - Allen, Perry - Härkönen, Amanda - Green, John W. - Szilagyi, Dizso - Romel, Adolph - Kruczynski, Clara - Floriani, Veko - Krawezak, B. - Ketvirtis, Charles - Cadeau, John - Styes, Archie - Romel, Sylvester - Cadeau, Ed - Guzal, Frank - Delmas, Adolphus - Romel - Viita, Frank - Frazier, Belle - Kania, Felix - Marttila - Velin, Maria - Marinetti, John - Maté - Pittman, Sampson - Hyvönen, John - Thrasher, Ed - Frazier, Calvin - Cadeau, Mathilda - Romel, Leo - Korvenpaa, Charles - McCauley, Edward - Wallen, Mr - Graham, Bert - Brideup, Louis - Carrière, Dolphis - Norman, John - Tomić, Pajo - Kallio, Kalle - Miron, Joe - Gallagher, Emerald - McCormick, Ed - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Aho, Lillian - Baratono, Art - Berky, Nandor - Nemeth, Kalman - Rudzinski, Alex - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Hirvelä, Wäin - Frazier, Clara - Marinetti, Victor - Palmer, Mason - Rajčević, Stepan - Vizina, Adelore - Warslzyk, Tony - Cloud, Joe - Bonner, Daniel - Trueblood, Asel - McBride, Bill - Floriani, Margaret - Bellaire, Exilia - McDonough, Patrick - Larson, Steen - Archive of American Folk Song - Larson, Nils - Lewandowski, Ted - McCarthy, Barney - Trivanović, Stefan - Kubesh, John G. - Vujanović, Stjepan - Sainović, Ilija - Dobričan, Lazar - Frazier, Viola - Halinen, Selma Elona - Szabo, Andy - Pope, Allan C. - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Niewiadomska, Frances - Larson, John - Lomax, Alan - Strzelecki, Tony - Floriani, Vladimir - Lathrop, Carl - Cloud, Clarence - Fredrickson, John - Grbić, Ludevit - Jackson, Andrew - Basrak, Stjepan - Happy Jack Woodward
- Date: 1938
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CollectionAlbert Schatz Collection Albert Schatz (1839-1910) was a German music dealer with life-long interest in opera and its history. In 1873, when Schatz assumed ownership of the Musikalienhandlung Ludwig Trutschel Nachfolger in Rostock, Germany, he…Collection Items: View 12,254 Items
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CollectionAlexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress The collection contains over 145,000 items. The online version contains 4,695 items (equaling about 51,500 images), consists of correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone…- Contributor: Bell, Alexander Melville - Bell, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard - Bell, Alexander Graham - Fairchild, Marian - Hubbard, Gardiner G. (Gardiner Greene)
- Date: 1862
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CollectionAlexander Hamilton Papers The papers of Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1757-1804), first treasury secretary of the United States, consist of his personal and public correspondence, drafts of his writings (although not his Federalist essays), and correspondence…- Contributor: First Church in Albany - Hamilton, Alexander
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CollectionAlexander Hamilton Stephens Papers The papers of Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), lawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, member of both houses of the United States Congress, and vice president of the Confederate States of America, span the…- Contributor: Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton)
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CollectionThe Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana The collection contains more than 11,100 items. This online release presents more than 1,300 items with more than 4,000 images and a date range of 1824-1931. It includes the complete collection of…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) - Stern, Alfred Whital
- Date: 1824
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CollectionAmazing Grace This collection highlights the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace” from the earliest printing of the song to selected performances of it on published and field recordings. These items have been collected…- Date: 1930
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CollectionAmerica at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915 Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures. Highlights include films of the United States Postal Service from…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2000
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CollectionAmerica Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets Contains 4291 song sheets. Included among these American songs are ninety-seven British song sheets from Dublin and London. The collection spans the period from the turn of the nineteenth century to the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- Date: 1999
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CollectionAn American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920 A collection of over two hundred social dance manuals at the Library of Congress. The list begins with a rare late fifteenth-century source, Les basses danses de Marguerite d'Autriche (c.1490) and ends…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 1998
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CollectionAmerican Choral Music The seventy-six works presented here are limited to a period beginning shortly after the Civil War and ending at 1922. The music selected reflects the diversity of choral music in the collections…- Date: 1865
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CollectionAmerican Civil War Sesquicentennial Web Archive The American Civil War Sesquicentennial Web Archive is a collection of websites presenting various projects and events in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. This anniversary is historically…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division
- Date: 2011
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CollectionAmerican Colony in Jerusalem, 1870-2006 The papers of the American Colony in Jerusalem, a non-denominational utopian Christian community, consist of approximately 16,600 items, spanning the years 1786-2007, of which about three-fourths of the materials (50,288 images) have…- Contributor: Spafford, Anna T. - Vester, Bertha Spafford - American Colony (Jerusalem) - Spafford, Horatio Gates
- Date: 1870
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CollectionAmerican English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection contains 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches. They…- Contributor: Christian, Donna - Emerson, Lee - Abbott, Fortis - Earhart, Amelia - American Folklife Center - Aspinall, Wayne N. - Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Marshall, Fred - National Endowment for the Humanities - Center for Applied Linguistics - Mele, Joseph C. - La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry)
- Date: 1935
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CollectionAmerican Federation of Labor Records The records of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) span the years 1883-1925 and consist of letterpress volumes of correspondence of Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) and William Green (1870-1952), presidents of the organization,…- Contributor: American Federation of Labor
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CollectionAmerican Folklife Center Web Archive The American Folklife Center Archive, established in the Library of Congress Music Division in 1928 as the Archive of American Folk Song, is now one of the largest archives of ethnographic materials…Collection Items: View 23 Items
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CollectionAmerican Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I The Nation's Forum recordings were made between 1918 and 1920 in an effort to preserve the voices of prominent Americans; in most cases, they are the only surviving recordings of a speaker.…- Contributor: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - De Valera, Éamon - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Daniels, Josephus - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - Long, Breckinridge - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Wood, Leonard ... Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - De Valera, Éamon - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Daniels, Josephus - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - Long, Breckinridge - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Wood, Leonard - Coolidge, Calvin - Baker, Newton Diehl - Poindexter, Miles - Butler, Nicholas Murray - Colby, Bainbridge - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Cox, James M. (James Middleton) - Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison) - Gompers, Samuel - White, George - Lodge, Henry Cabot - Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé) - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Clark, Champ - Lewis, James - Lane, Franklin K.
- Date: 1918
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CollectionAmerican Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 This collection of life histories consists of approximately 2,900 documents, compiled and transcribed by more than 300 writers from 24 states, working on the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers’ Project, a…- Contributor: United States. Work Projects Administration - Federal Writers' Project - Writers' Program (U.S.) - United States. Works Progress Administration
- Date: 1936
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CollectionAmerican Music Creators Web Archive The American Music Creators Web Archive is a collection of websites of musicians, performers, and composers contributing to the American music scene. The collection strives to be representative of all genres of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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CollectionAmerican Music Industry Web Archive The American Music Industry Web Archive captures the websites of individuals and companies that represent music creators and are involved broadly in the business of music. This includes mainstream and independent record…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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CollectionAmerican Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 Comprises 253 published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels in the colonies and the United States and their observations and opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2003
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CollectionAmerican Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 The collection represents an important historical record of the mapping of North America and the Caribbean.- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 2000
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CollectionAncestral Voices Among the very first activities of the American Folklife Center (AFC) -- created in 1976 -- was the Federal Cylinder Project (FCP), a large-scale initiative to preserve and provide access to historic…Collection Items: View 26 Items
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CollectionAndre Kostelanetz Collection Andre Kostelanetz (1901-1980) was a Russian-born conductor, arranger, and pianist known for juxtaposing popular and classical repertoire in radio broadcasts during the 1930s and 1940s. He had a highly successful concert career…- Contributor: Kostelanetz, Andre
- Date: 1922
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CollectionAndrew Jackson Papers The Andrew Jackson Papers is one of twenty-three presidential collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The Jackson archival collection contains more than 26,000 items dating from 1767 to…- Contributor: Jackson, Andrew
- Date: 1767
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CollectionAndrew Johnson Papers The papers of vice president, senator, and representative Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who became the seventeenth president of the Unites States in 1865 after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, consist of 40,000 items (63,710 images),…- Contributor: Johnson, Andrew - Moore, William G. (William George)
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CollectionAnna E. Dickinson Papers The papers of lecturer, reformer, actress, and author Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932) span the period 1859-1951, but are chiefly concentrated in the years from 1859 to 1911. The collection consists of approximately…- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
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CollectionAnna Maria Brodeau Thornton Papers The seven volumes of diaries and notebooks, 1793-1861, of Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (ca.1775-1865) document her position at the center of a Washington, D.C., social circle that included George and Martha Washington,…- Contributor: Thornton, Anna Maria Brodeau
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CollectionAnsel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's most well-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese-Americans interned there during World War II. For the first time, digital scans…- Contributor: Adams, Ansel
- Date: 1943
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CollectionArabic Language Rare Materials Collection The Library of Congress is home to a substantial number of rare items in the Arabic language, the vast majority of which are housed in the African and Middle Eastern Division, that…Collection Items: View 990 Items
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CollectionArchitecture, Design & Engineering Drawings The Architecture, Design, and Engineering category covers about 40,000 drawings (described in more than 3,900 catalog records), spanning 1600 to 1989, with most dating between 1880 and 1940. The designs are primarily…- Date: 1750
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CollectionArchive of Recorded Poetry and Literature Listen to audio-recorded readings of former Consultants in Poetry Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost; Nobel Laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and Czeslaw Milosz, and renowned writers such as Ray Bradbury, Margaret…Collection Items: View 903 Items
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CollectionArmenian Rarities Collection The lands of the Armenians were for millennia located in Eastern Anatolia, on the Armenian Highlands, and into the Caucasus Mountain range. First mentioned almost contemporaneously by a Greek and Persian source…Collection Items: View 59 Items
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CollectionAssociated Press News Dispatches, 1915-1930 The collection of news dispatches of the Washington, D.C., Bureau of the Associated Press spans the period 1915-1930 and consists of 375 volumes (387,082 images), housed in 254 boxes, the contents of…- Contributor: Associated Press. Washington Bureau
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CollectionThe Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands This online collection contains digitized items from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands/De Atlantische Wereld: Amerika en Nederland digital library…Collection Items: View 82 Items
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CollectionAuthor Websites Web Archive The Author Websites Web Archive is a collection of official author websites. These sites offer a unique record of the intellectual and creative activities of authors and the ways in which they…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division
- Date: 2018
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CollectionAzerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Government Web Archive The countries of Central Asia represent a key geographic area of strategic interest for the United States and other major world powers, including China, the European Union, India, Iran, Russia and Turkey.…Collection Items: View 361 Items
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CollectionBain Collection The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the…- Contributor: Bain News Service - Bain, George Grantham
- Date: 1860
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CollectionBallets Russes de Serge Diaghilev The world of ballet changed dramatically when the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev took Paris by storm at the Théâtre du Châtelet in May of 1909. Armed with ground-breaking choreographic originality and…- Date: 1909
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CollectionBand Music from the Civil War Era On September 27, 1974, the Music Division of the Library of Congress re-created a typical concert of brass band and vocal music from mid-nineteenth-century America. That concert has become the starting-point for…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2000
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CollectionBangladeshi Elections Web Archive This collection of websites documents the Bangladeshi General Elections beginning with the 2018-2019 election cycle, up to the present. The websites in this collection cover the political parties taking part in the…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2018
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CollectionBaseball Cards The Benjamin K. Edwards Collection includes 2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914. Distributed in cigarette packs, these cards were the forerunners of modern sports trading cards. They portray such…- Contributor: American Tobacco Company
- Date: 1887
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CollectionBaseball Sheet Music This presentation features 292 items of sheet music that reference baseball from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Many of the items shown represent the earliest widely-distributed baseball collectibles;…Collection Items: View 318 Items
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CollectionBefore and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916 This collection consists of twenty-six films of San Francisco from before and after the Great Earthquake and Fire, 1897-1916. Seventeen of the films depict San Francisco and its environs before the 1906…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1999
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CollectionBenajah Jay Antrim Journals The journals (5 items; 517 images) of Benajah Jay Antrim (1819-1903), a chemist, photographer, mathematical instrument maker, and artist, are comprised of three volumes of handwritten diary entries and two complementary volumes…- Contributor: Antrim, Benajah Jay
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CollectionBenjamin Franklin Papers The papers of statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) consist of approximately 8,000 items spanning the years 1726 to 1907, with most dating from the 1770s and 1780s. The collection's…- Contributor: Oswald, Richard - Franklin, Benjamin - United States. Legation (France) - Franklin, William Temple
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CollectionBenjamin Harrison Papers The papers of U.S. senator from Indiana and U.S. Army officer Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), who became the twenty-third president of the United States, consist of 69,600 items (178,479 images), most of which…- Contributor: Harrison, Benjamin
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CollectionBess Lomax Hawes Collection The Bess Lomax Hawes collection is comprised of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax…- Contributor: Hawes, Bess Lomax - Miller, Frank - Berman, Marcia - Mohr, Larry - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Dehr, Rich - Odetta - Hawes, Butch - Gilkyson, Terry
- Date: 1894
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CollectionBetty Herndon Maury Maury Papers The papers of diarist Betty Herndon Maury Maury (1835-1903) consist of a diary kept by Maury from June 3, 1861, to February 18, 1863. The two-volume diary was scanned from one reel…- Contributor: Maury, Betty Herndon Maury
- Date: 1861
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CollectionBlackwell Family Papers The Blackwell Family Papers span the years 1759-1960, with the bulk of the material dating from 1845 to 1890. Consisting of approximately 29,000 items (58,002 images), most of which were digitized from…- Contributor: Stone, Lucy - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Blackwell, Alice Stone - Blackwell, H. B. (Henry Browne) - Blackwell, Emily - Blackwell, Kitty Barry - Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown - Blackwell, Elizabeth
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CollectionBlair Family Papers The papers of the Blair family, a prominent nineteenth-century political family, consist of 19,100 items (48,166 images) most of which were digitized from 49 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years…- Contributor: Blair, Woodbury - Blair, Frank P., (Francis Preston) - Woodbury, Levi - Stevens, Samuel - Clapp, Charles Q. - Blair, Gist - Blair, Francis Preston - Blair, Montgomery
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CollectionBlue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project was conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Ten folklorists from the American Folklife Center conducted fieldwork in August and…- Contributor: Stanley, Lura - Adler, Thomas A. - Eiler, Terry - Marshall, Howard W. - Owen, Blanton - Wilson, Joe - Jabbour, Alan - Fleischhauer, Carl - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Severt, Carrie ... Stanley, Lura - Adler, Thomas A. - Eiler, Terry - Marshall, Howard W. - Owen, Blanton - Wilson, Joe - Jabbour, Alan - Fleischhauer, Carl - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Severt, Carrie - Wolfe, Charles K. - United States. National Park Service - American Folklife Center - Choate, Donna - Owen, Margaret Counts - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Mullen, Patrick B. - Jarrell, Tommy - Ray, Roxie - Patton, Ila - Bryan, Mamie - Richardson, Larry - Shockley, Maggie - Todd, Zenna - Cruise, Crystal - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1977
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CollectionBooks About Music Before 1800 Shortly after the Music Division was established 120 years ago, a handful of acquisition priorities were agreed upon: early writings about music published before 1801 were identified as having both historical significance…Collection Items: View 2,006 Items
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CollectionBorn in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Federal Writers' Project - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2001
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CollectionBosnian Political and Social Issues Web Archive The Bosnian Political and Social Issues Web Archive is comprised of sites that address political and social issues and inform public policy. Content includes websites of Bosnian-Herzegovinian political parties, non-governmental organizations, voluntary…Collection Items: View 49 Items
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CollectionBrady-Handy Collection In 1954 the Library of Congress purchased from Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans, the daughters of Levin C. Handy approximately 10,000 original, duplicate, and copy negatives. The L.C. Handy Studio…- Contributor: Brady, Mathew B. - Handy, Levin C. (Levin Corbin)
- Date: 1855
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CollectionBranch Rickey Papers The approximately 1,750 baseball scouting reports from the 1950s and 1960s presented here are part of the papers of Branch Rickey (1881-1965), best known as the executive who broke Major League Baseball's…- Contributor: Rickey, Branch
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CollectionBrazil Cordel Literature Web Archive Brazilian chapbooks, known as literatura de cordel, are typically sold at street fairs, where the pamphlets are hung by string (cordel in Portuguese). They are a grassroots form of communication whose purpose…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Hispanic Division
- Date: 2011
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CollectionBrazilian Elections Web Archive This collection of websites documents the Brazilian elections and covers three presidential elections for the years 2010, 2014, and 2018. Each election consists of two rounds, and multiple parties run for municipal,…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Hispanic Division
- Date: 2010
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CollectionBrazilian Environmental Policy Web Archive The Brazilian Environmental Policy web archive presents a sampling of municipal web-content produced between 2010 and 2021 – following Brazil’s inclusion as one of the five emerging “BRICS” economies. This expanded economic…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Hispanic Division
- Date: 2019
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CollectionBronislava Nijinska Collection The collection of notable dancer, choreographer and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) contains a diverse variety of materials documenting dance and the arts in the twentieth century. Available here are over 200 collection…- Contributor: Dolin, Anton - Ashton, Frederick - Exter, Alexandra - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Chagall, Marc - Reinhardt, Max - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Pavlova, Anna - Jacob's Pillow - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky ... Dolin, Anton - Ashton, Frederick - Exter, Alexandra - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Chagall, Marc - Reinhardt, Max - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Pavlova, Anna - Jacob's Pillow - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Vertès, Marcel - Rubinstein, Ida - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Stravinsky, Igor - Nijinska, Bronislava - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Kirsta, Georg - Poulenc, Francis - Nijinska, Irina - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Petipa, Marius - Diaghilev, Serge - Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Cuevas, George De
- Date: 1740
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CollectionBrumfield Collection William C. Brumfield, Professor of Russian Studies at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, has extensively photographed and written about the wooden architecture of the Russian North, the jumping-off point for the explorers,…- Contributor: Brumfield, William Craft
- Date: 1987
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CollectionBuckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 Includes 41 motion pictures and 28 sound recordings, motion pictures produced from 1945 to 1965 by Leslie Stewart (owner of the Ninety-Six Ranch), 2,400 still photographs drawn from the Center's ethnographic field…- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1998
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CollectionBulgarian Political and Social Issues Web Archive The Bulgarian Political and Social Issues Web Archive is comprised of sites that address political and social issues and inform public policy. Content includes websites of Bulgarian politicians, political parties, non-governmental organizations,…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. European Division
- Date: 2019
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CollectionBurma/Myanmar Elections Web Archive The Burma/Myanmar Elections web archive brings together a collection of websites that document the General Elections of 2010, the by-elections of 2012, and the General Elections of 2015.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2010
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CollectionBusiness in America Web Archive The Business in America Web Archive is a collection of websites of major companies that have appeared on the Fortune 500 list. Today's large corporations communicate to customers, shareholders, and others via…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2015
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CollectionBy Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's rookie season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When he stepped onto Ebbets field on April 15th, 1947, Robinson became the first African American in the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
- Date: 1998
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CollectionC. Hart Merriam Papers The digitized portion (244 folders; ca. 1,500 items; 21,297 images) of the papers (5,000 items) of naturalist, mammalogist, ornithologist, and ethnographer C. Hart Merriam (1855-1942) relates almost entirely to his efforts to…- Contributor: Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart)
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CollectionCabinet of American Illustration Contains more than four thousand original drawings by American book, magazine, and newspaper illustrators, made primarily between 1880 and 1910. The collection includes illustrations for magazines, novels, and children's books; cartoons; cover…- Contributor: Steele, Frederic Dorr - Fogarty, Thomas - Herford, Oliver - Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay) - Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas) - Wright, George Hand - Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green - Rogers, W. A. (William Allen) - Beard, Daniel Carter - Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)
- Date: 1830
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CollectionCalifornia as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century. It captures the pioneer experience; encounters between Anglo-Americans and the diverse peoples who had preceded…Collection Items: View 206 Items
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CollectionCalifornia Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell This online presentation, California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties, comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in 12 languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians. It includes sound…- Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1997
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CollectionCalvin Coolidge Papers The papers of John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), thirtieth president of the United States, consist of approximately 179,000 documents (222,732 images), which have been digitized from 190 reels of previously reproduced microfilm. Held…- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
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CollectionCambini Quintets Among the Library of Congress's musical treasures are a set of unique manuscripts by Italian composer Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini (1746-1825?) that contain music for over 100 of his string quintets. These…Collection Items: View 101 Items
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CollectionCambodian Elections Web Archive The Cambodian Elections Web Archive covers the 2013 and 2018 general elections, which saw Cambodians vote for representatives to the 125-seat National Assembly.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2013
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CollectionCapital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1925 The fourth in a series of local history collections presented by the National Digital Library Program as part of American Memory, joined "California As I Saw It", Pioneering the Upper Midwest, and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- Date: 2000
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CollectionCaptain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal captures the culture and music of the men, women, and children who worked and lived along the Ohio and Erie Canal.…- Contributor: Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - American Folklife Center - Archive of American Folk Song - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1937
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CollectionThe Carnegie Hall Collection of Conversations with Composers Ellen Taaffe Zwilich held the first Carnegie Hall Composer’s Chair from 1995 to 1999. One of her many initiatives as chair was to build a video archive of interviews with composers whose…Collection Items: View 11 Items
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CollectionCarnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South Noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) created a systematic record of early American buildings and gardens called the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS). This collection, created primarily…- Contributor: Johnston, Frances Benjamin - Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Date: 1864
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CollectionCarpenter Collection The more than 15,000 images in the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection represent the extensive photographic files assembled by Frank G. Carpenter and his daughter Frances to illustrate his popular writings on…- Contributor: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George) - Carpenter, Frances
- Date: 1880
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CollectionCarrie Chapman Catt Papers The papers of suffragist, political strategist, and pacifist Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) span the years 1848-1950, with the bulk of the material dating from 1890 to 1920. The collection consists of…- Contributor: Catt, Carrie Chapman - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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CollectionCartoon Drawings Offers more than 9,000 original drawings for editorial cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips spanning the late 1700s to the present, primarily from 1880 to 1980. The cartoons cover people and events throughout…- Contributor: Kirby, Rollin - Mahony, Felix - Frueh, Alfred Joseph - Johnson, Herbert - Covarrubias, Miguel - Crockett, Gib - Cesare, Oscar Edward - Kelly, Walt - Conacher, John C. - Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell) - Bartholomew, Charles Lewis - Mauldin, Bill - Berryman, Clifford Kennedy - Muḥaṣṣiṣ, Ardashīr
- Date: 1794
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CollectionCartoon Drawings: Herblock Collection Herbert L. Block (1909-2001), known to the world as Herblock, was one of the most influential political commentators and editorial cartoonists in American history. His long chronicle of major social and political…- Contributor: Block, Herbert
- Date: 1930
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CollectionCartoon Drawings: Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon Contains 2,085 drawings, prints, and paintings related to the art of caricature, cartoon, and illustration, spanning the years 1780 to 1977 and includes works by 521 American and foreign artists and illustrators.…- Contributor: Swann, Erwin - Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1780
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CollectionCartoon Prints, American This assemblage of more than 800 prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art. Most of the prints are from the division's PC/US series,…- Contributor: Currier & Ives - Childs, John - Bucholzer, H. - Maurer, Louis - Robinson, Henry R. - Currier, Nathaniel - Baillie, James S. - Magee, John L. - Clay, Edward Williams
- Date: 1766
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CollectionCartoon Prints, British The Prints and Photographs Division holds one of the largest collections of British political and satirical prints in America. The approximately 9,000 prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the collection highlight British…- Date: 1620
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CollectionCase Books Consists of more than 2,200 books and serials spanning the period 1550 to the present, with most published between 1840 and 1970. Illustrations are the featured aspect of these works, and many…- Date: 1550
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CollectionA Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875 Beginning with the Continental Congress in 1774, America's national legislative bodies have kept records of their proceedings. The records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress make…- Contributor: Law Library of Congress (U.S.) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1998
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CollectionCharles S. Hamlin Papers The digitized portion (8,096 items; 17,808 images) of the papers of lawyer, politician, assistant secretary of the treasury, and governor of the Federal Reserve Board Charles S. Hamlin (1861-1938) includes diaries (1887-1937),…- Contributor: Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner) - Hamlin, Huybertie Pruyn - Hamlin, Anna - Robles, Sebastian T. (Sebastian Tomas)
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CollectionCharles Wellington Reed Papers, 1776 to 1926 The papers of Civil War soldier and artist Charles Wellington Reed (1841-1926) span the years 1776-1926, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1862-1865, when he served with the…- Contributor: Reed, Charles Wellington
- Date: 1776
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CollectionCharles William Le Gendre Papers This selection of the first five containers (1,760 items; 4,774 images) of the papers of army officer and diplomat Charles William Le Gendre (1830-1899) spans the years 1866-1893, but is concentrated in…- Contributor: Le Gendre, Charles William
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CollectionChester Alan Arthur Papers The papers of Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886), who became the twenty-first president of the United States in 1881 after James A. Garfield’s assassination, consist of 4,400 items (7,675 images), most of which…- Contributor: Arthur, Chester Alan
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CollectionChicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art…- Contributor: Kubose, Minnie Somi - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - George, Philip B. - Mack, James - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Kalčik, Susan J. - March, Richard - Hellenberg, Antony - Fleischhauer, Carl ... Kubose, Minnie Somi - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - George, Philip B. - Mack, James - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Kalčik, Susan J. - March, Richard - Hellenberg, Antony - Fleischhauer, Carl - American Folklife Center - Robinson, Beverly J. - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Moloney, Mick - Choi, Chungmoo - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Illinois Arts Council - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Mathias, Elizabeth - González, José Gamaliel - Klymasz, Shirley - Dovydenas, Jonas - Swenson, Greta E. - Epstein, Shifra - Bartis, Peter - Bradunas, Elena - Brzovich, Mato - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1976
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CollectionChildren's Book Selections This special collection presents children’s books selected from the General and Rare Book Collections at the Library of Congress. The collection includes classic works that are still read by children today, and…Collection Items: View 68 Items
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CollectionChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2018-2021 Web Archive The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is part of China’s “One Belt, One Road (OBOR)” initiative. OBOR’s vision encompasses a geographical region that extends from the Baltics in Europe to Southeast Asia and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2018
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CollectionChinese Rare Book Digital Collection The Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection draws from the 5,300 titles of Chinese rare books housed at the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. The online presentation includes nearly 2,000 digitized…Collection Items: View 1,982 Items
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CollectionChristian A. Fleetwood Papers The papers of soldier and civic leader Christian Abraham Fleetwood (1840-1914) consist of approximately 400 items comprising 1,143 images, most of which were digitized from one reel of previously produced microfilm except…- Contributor: Fleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham) - Fleetwood, Sara Iredell
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CollectionChronicling America Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digital collection format. This change includes…- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Digital Newspaper Program (U.S.) - National Endowment for the Humanities
- Date: 2006
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CollectionCities and Towns This category includes maps that depict individual buildings to panoramic views of large urban areas. These maps record the evolution of cities illustrating the development and nature of economic activities, educational and…- Date: 1500
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CollectionCivil Rights History Project On May 12, 2009, the U. S. Congress authorized a national initiative by passing The Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-19). The law directed the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Dove, Samuel - Williams, Cecil J. - Robinson, Betty Garman - Wright, Simeon - Luper, Calvin - Russell, Bill - Seeger, Pete - McNichols, Steven - Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Lawrence, William M. ... Dove, Samuel - Williams, Cecil J. - Robinson, Betty Garman - Wright, Simeon - Luper, Calvin - Russell, Bill - Seeger, Pete - McNichols, Steven - Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Lawrence, William M. - Bailey, D'army - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Magee, Clarence - Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus) - Henderson, Juadine - Holloway, Lucius - Anderson, William G. - Howard, Elbert - Rosenberg, John M. - Miller, James E. - Strickland, William - Alexander, Roberta - Carlos, John - Funchess, Glenda - Jones, James Oscar - Long, Worth W. - Ulmer, Joeann Anderson - Guster, Leesco - Noonan, Martha P. - Miller, Carolyn - Griffin, Willie James - Burras, Carol Cummings - Broadway, Louise W. - Taylor, Kieran Walsh - Hildreth, Marilyn Luper - Holloway, Emma Kate - Jenkins, Mary F. - Dittmer, John - Fuller, Linda - Lawson, Jennifer - Hayling, Robert Bagner - Guyot, Lawrence - Crosby, David L. - Grinnell, Gloria Claudette - Saunders, William - Williams, Junius W. - Churchville, John Elliott - Jones, Clarence B. - Library of Congress - Sobol, Anne Buxton - Montes, Carlos - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker - Lowery, Joseph E. - Bishop, John Melville - McKinney, Samuel Berry - Terry, Esther M. A. - Conway, Purcell Maurice - Hill, Oliver W. - Lucy, William - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Howell, Joseph T. - Mtume, Norma - Richardson, Gloria - Roxborough, Mildred Bond - Geiger, Jack - Brown, Robert J. - Marshall, Cecilia - Moldovan, Alfred - Carter, Robert L. - Bates, Scott - Huggins, Ericka - Arellanes, Gloria - Sullivan, Patricia - Southern Oral History Program - Zapata, Luis - Crosby, Patricia A. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Adams-Johnson, Frankye - Caldwell, Ben R. - Burns, Julia Matilda - Camarillo, Mateo - Hicks, Valeria Payton - Hicks, Darryl Robertson - Crosby, Emilye - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel - Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Clark, Robert George - Mosnier, Joseph - Young, Carrie Lamar - Jenkins, Willie Elliot - Dahmer, Vernon - Miller, Grace H. - Smith, Jeanette - Jones, Jamila - Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah - Hutchings, Phil - Greenberg, Jack - Newson, Moses J. - Robinson, Reginald - Avery, Annie Pearl - Jones, Mary A. - Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus) - Tillow, Kay - American Folklife Center - Patton, Gwendolyn M. - George, Virginia Simms - Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne - Branch, Taylor - Bassett, Emmett W. - Walker, Theresa Ann - Brown, Harold K. - National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) - Hicks, Charles Ray - Bruce, Walter - Simpson, Euvester - Jackson, Gertrude Newsome - Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley) - Dahmer, Ellie J. - Derby, Doris Adelaide - Sobol, Richard B. - Hrabowski, Freeman A. - Dixon, Aaron - Branch, Raylawni G. - Bond, Julian - Diamond, Dion T. - Dixon, Elmer - Sherrod, Charles - Abernathy, Donzaleigh - Siler, Charles E. - Cline, David P. - Cox, Courtland - Mahone, Sam - Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James) - Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer - Dudley, John F. - Cleaver, Kathleen - Collins, Barbara Maria - McDew, Charles - Tuttle, Rick - Gaither, Thomas Walter - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - McCullar, Johnnie Ruth - Carawan, Candie - Blake, Harry - Browner, Clifford - Todd, Lisa Anderson - Hamilton, Audrey Nell - Zellner, Dorothy - Holloway, Eddie A. - Parker, Wheeler - Paysour, Lafleur - Booker, Simeon - Bassett, Priscilla - Sherrod, Shirley - Cotton, Dorothy F. - Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette - Walter, Mildred Pitts - Ackerman, David M. - Sellers, Cleveland - Reece, Dwandalyn R. - Walker, Wyatt Tee - Young, Sam - McClary, Robert - Howell, Embry - King, Lonnie C. - Abernathy, Juandalynn R. - Stewart, Eleanor - Moore, E. Maynard - Anderson, Fletcher - Head, Rosie M. - Ladner, Dorie - Greene, Freddie - Abernathy, Ralph David - Varela, Maria - Thelwell, Michael - Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza - Sales, Ruby - Suggs, Harold - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Vickers, Barbara Edna - Carawan, Guy - McLaurin, Charles - Vivian, C. T. - Connor, Peggy Jean - Suggs, Frances L. - Richardson, Judy - Hopkins, Evans D. - Anderson, Cynthia Baker - Ladner, Joyce A. - McCarty, Michael D. - Tillow, Walter M. - Jarmon, Charles - Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel) - Breaux, Toni
- Date: 2010
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CollectionCivil War Explore the faces, places and events of the U.S. Civil War through photographs, prints and drawings. The Prints & Photographs Division holds thousands of images relating to the Civil War, found in…- Contributor: Brady, Mathew B. - Gibson, James F. - O'Sullivan, Timothy H. - Barnard, George N. - Gardner, Alexander - Smith, William Morris
- Date: 1860
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CollectionCivil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints Provides access to about 7,000 different views and portraits made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate aftermath. The images represent the original glass plate negatives made under the supervision…- Date: 1861
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CollectionCivil War Maps Brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are…- Contributor: Library of Virginia - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division - Virginia Historical Society
- Date: 1999
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CollectionCivil War Sheet Music Collection Cover art for "Fire Away Galop" by J. de Jasienski, published by Wm. Hall & Son, New York, 1866. The Civil War Sheet Music Collection at the Library of Congress consists of…- Date: 1860
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CollectionCivil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers Comprising 164 items (359 digital images), this online presentation includes correspondence, photographs, and other materials dating between 1861 and 1865 documenting the Civil War experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member…- Contributor: Reynolds, Tilton C. - Reynolds, Juliana Smith
- Date: 1851
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CollectionClara Barton Papers The papers of nurse, educator, philanthropist, and lecturer Clara Barton (1821-1912) consist of 62,000 items (81,608 images), most of which were digitized from 123 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years…- Contributor: Hubbell, Julian B. (Julian Bertine) - Barton, Clara
- Date: 1805
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CollectionClimate Change Web Archive The Climate Change Web Archive preserves representative, web-based content documenting the causes of, impacts of, and responses to climate change around the world. As a multidisciplinary collection, subjects and creators include federal,…Collection Items: View 221 Items
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CollectionCode of Federal Regulations The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) is "the codification of the general and permanent rules by the department and agencies of the Federal Government." This is a historical collection of the Code…- Date: 1938
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CollectionCollege Women's Association of Japan Print Show Collection More than 180 artists living and working in Japan created the 212 fine art prints in the College Women's Association of Japan Print Show Collection. The prints, dating primarily from 2003 to…- Contributor: College Women's Association of Japan
- Date: 1987
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CollectionColorado Folklife Project Collection The Colorado Folklife Project was sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, working with John D. Farr, representative of the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide Foundation, Frisco, Colorado, to assist in…- Contributor: Emrich, Ron - Dettmer, Elke - Marshall, Howard W. - American Folklife Center - Natanson, Barbara Orbach - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1980
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CollectionComics Literature and Criticism Web Archive This collection includes various forms of comics literature and criticism, such as blogs and other online publication platforms, to preserve contemporary discussion regarding this format/genre/subject in its various forms (comic books, comic…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division
- Date: 2018
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CollectionConfederate States of America Records The records of the Confederate States of America span the years 1854-1889, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1861-1865, during the Civil War in America. The collection relates…- Contributor: Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury - Confederate States of America. War Department - Wadsworth, James Wolcott - Confederate States of America. Post-Office Department - Confederate States of America - Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee - Confederate States of America. Navy - Confederate States of America. Department of Justice - Confederate States of America. Department of State
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CollectionCoptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the…- Contributor: Moftah, Ragheb - Newlandsmith, Ernest - Tóth, Margit - Wilson, Marian Robertson
- Date: 1926
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CollectionCopyright Historical Record Books Collection, 1870-1977 (Preview) The U.S. Copyright Office is governed by Title 17 of the United States Code, which requires the Register of Copyrights to maintain and provide public access to copyright records. This collection is…
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CollectionCoronavirus Web Archive The Coronavirus Web Archive contains representative web-based content that documents the impact and response to the Covid-19 pandemic on communities across the United States and the world. This collection was curated by…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2020
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CollectionCountry Profiles This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography,…Collection Items: View 49 Items
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CollectionCountry Studies Contains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the…Collection Items: View 82 Items
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CollectionCOVID-19 American History Project COVID-19 was a global pandemic that altered many aspects of American life. From January 2020 to August 2024, over 1,100,000 Americans died from the disease. Quarantine measures, enacted to avoid the spread…- Contributor: Simmons, Jessica - Ciereszynski, Ezra - Chatelain, Elise M. - Garcia, Fredy M. - Hope, Shaye - E.F. Cuttin - Hayes, Janine - Griffin, Shaquita - Micaroni, Justin - American Folklife Center ... Simmons, Jessica - Ciereszynski, Ezra - Chatelain, Elise M. - Garcia, Fredy M. - Hope, Shaye - E.F. Cuttin - Hayes, Janine - Griffin, Shaquita - Micaroni, Justin - American Folklife Center - Peters-Muhammad, Jamilah Yejide - Callahan, Paulette - Onikosi, Kami - Breaux, Lionel - Paxton, Christine - Bauer, Luke - Wicker, Ragan - Roy, Kiran - Oubre, Anita - Parquet, Zelda - Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Cane, Brodrick - Kinoshita, Ashley - Davis, Sidney
- Date: 2023
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CollectionCrisis in Darfur 2006 Web Archive Described by the United Nations as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the current conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur began in early 2003, when rebels attacked government targets and then expanded…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2006
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CollectionCuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III presents clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient writing system known as cuneiform from the Library of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Kirkor Minassian Collection (Library of Congress)
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CollectionCurtis (Edward S.) Collection The Curtis collection consists of more than 2,400 silver-gelatin, first generation photographic prints--some of which are sepia-toned--made from Curtis's original glass negatives. Most of the photographic prints are 5" x 7" although…- Contributor: Curtis, Edward S.
- Date: 1899
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CollectionDaguerreotypes There are approximately 700 daguerreotypes in the Prints & Photographs Division. The majority of the images are portraits, but the collection does include a few early architectural views, outdoor scenes, and copies…- Contributor: Brady, Mathew B. - Cornelius, Robert - Washington, Augustus - Anson, Rufus
- Date: 1839
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CollectionThe Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine in London American actor, singer and comedian Danny Kaye arrives with his wife, Sylvia Fine, for an appearance in London. November 1948. Following the professional lives of…- Contributor: McDowall, Roddy - Kaye, Danny - Dena Pictures, Inc - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - Halsman, Philippe - Fine, Sylvia
- Date: 1913
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CollectionDayton C. Miller Collection The collection contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and nonwestern…- Contributor: Miller, Dayton Clarence
- Date: 1880
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CollectionDepartment of Defense Annual Reports (1948-1996) and Military Branch Budget Justification Books (1980-1996) This collection consists of: Department of Defense Annual Reports (1948-1996) and military service branch Justification of Estimates Books, "J-Books" (1980-1996). The digital collection is based on a large physical reference collection held…Collection Items: View 713 Items
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CollectionDetroit Publishing Company Includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. Subjects strongly represented in the collection include city and town views,…- Contributor: Byron (Firm : New York, N.Y.) - Jackson, William Henry - Glover. L. S. (Lycurgus S.) - Detroit Publishing Co - Hart, Edward H. - Johnston, J. S. (John S.) - Peabody, Henry G. (Henry Greenwood)
- Date: 1880
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CollectionThe Different Faces of Nationalism in Pakistan Web Archive The Different Faces of Nationalism in Pakistan Web Archive collects websites and blogs of Pakistan-based organizations, individuals, and groups who engage with the political scene in Pakistan through the language of nationalism.…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2011
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Web PageDigital Collections Access online collections: view maps & photographs; read letters, diaries & newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; listen to sound recordings & watch historic films. Discover on-site collection materials available through our…
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CollectionDirectory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries The Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries is a searchable index of newspapers published in the United States since 1690. This directory can help identify what titles exist for a specific…
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CollectionDiscovery and Exploration This category documents the discovery and exploration with both manuscripts and published maps. Many of these maps reflect the European Age of Discoveries, dating from the late 15th century to the 17th…Collection Items: View 221 Items
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CollectionDocuments from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 Contains 277 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early…- Contributor: Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Congress
- Date: 1774
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CollectionDolly Parton and the Roots of Country Music This presentation explores the influences of country music on Dolly's life and career. Though sometimes overshadowed by the more glamorous aspects of Dolly Parton's popular image, traditional Appalachian folk, country, and bluegrass…- Date: 1946
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CollectionDonald Benham Civil War Collection The Donald Benham Civil War Collection consists of 300 items (576 images) in one container, and spans the years 1806 to 1916, with the bulk dating from 1850 to 1870. The collection…- Contributor: Benham, Donald
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CollectionDrawings (Documentary) The Documentary Drawings category includes more than 4,000 drawings made between 1750 and 1970. Eye-witness sketches made during the U.S. Civil War are the most frequently used images. Also included are topographical…- Date: 1750
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CollectionDrawings (Master) Background and Scope: Joseph Pennell Drawings Some 4,700 drawings created by American artist, illustrator, printmaker, and writer Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) are preserved in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Such…- Date: 1500
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CollectionDun & Bradstreet Reference Book Collection R.G. Dun & Company, now known as Dun & Bradstreet, was a credit reporting agency that provided ratings on an enterprise’s financial strength and ability to pay back debts. This was useful…- Contributor: Mercantile Agency (New York, N.Y.) - R.G. Dun & Company
- Date: 1859
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CollectionDwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Web Archive The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Web Archive is a collection of websites exhibiting the purpose, planning, construction, and use of the Eisenhower Memorial. This historically significant memorial's online presence has been preserved…Collection Items: View 30 Items
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CollectionE. B. Washburne Papers The papers of United States representative from Illinois, diplomat, lawyer, and historian E. B. (Elihu Benjamin) Washburne (1816-1887) consist of 37,000 items in 144 containers. The material spans the years 1829-1915, with…- Contributor: Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin)
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CollectionEarly American Sheet Music The Library of Congress classification number M1.A1 includes music printed or 'copied in manuscript' in the United States or the colonies through 1820. As an early record of musical life in America…- Date: 1820
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CollectionEarly Baseball Publications This collection provides full-text digitized access to early baseball publications from the vast collections of the Library of Congress. The publications include a large selection of annual baseball guides, including numerous volumes…Collection Items: View 126 Items
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CollectionEarly Copyright Records Collection, 1790 to 1870 The documents in this collection are the result of the first federal copyright laws in 1790 and 1831 (as amended) and contain the early copyright records and material held by the federal…- Date: 1790
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CollectionEarth Day 2020 Web Archive On April 22, 2020, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which was initiated on April 22, 1970, by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Earth Day events…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2020
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CollectionEast European Government Ministries Web Archive Websites of East European government ministries and agencies contain critical, primary sources for the study of all aspects of political, economic, and social life in the region. Much of the content on…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. European Division
- Date: 2014
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