Digital Collections
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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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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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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: Stern, Alfred Whital - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress
- Date: 1824
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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. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2011
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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: Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt - Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé) - Coolidge, Calvin - Cox, James M. (James Middleton) - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Long, Breckinridge - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Poindexter, Miles ... Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt - Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé) - Coolidge, Calvin - Cox, James M. (James Middleton) - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Long, Breckinridge - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Poindexter, Miles - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - White, George - Colby, Bainbridge - Butler, Nicholas Murray - Lodge, Henry Cabot - Clark, Champ - Daniels, Josephus - Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison) - Wood, Leonard - De Valera, Éamon - Gompers, Samuel - Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - Lane, Franklin K. - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Baker, Newton Diehl - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - Lewis, James
- Date: 1918
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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. Geography and Map Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
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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 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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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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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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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: Handy, Levin C. (Levin Corbin) - Brady, Mathew B.
- Date: 1855
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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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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: Barnard, George N. - Gibson, James F. - Smith, William Morris - Brady, Mathew B. - Gardner, Alexander - O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
- 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 Congress. Geography and Map Division - Virginia Historical Society - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Virginia
- 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: Barton, Clara - Hubbell, Julian B. (Julian Bertine)
- Date: 1805
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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 - Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury - Confederate States of America. War Department - Confederate States of America. Department of State - Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee - Confederate States of America. Department of Justice - Confederate States of America. Post-Office Department - Confederate States of America. Navy - Wadsworth, James Wolcott
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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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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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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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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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CollectionEdwin McMasters Stanton Papers, 1818-1921 The papers of lawyer and Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) span the years 1818-1921, with the bulk of the material originating between 1862 and 1870. They consist of approximately 7,650…- Contributor: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters)
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CollectionFarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives The photographs of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This U.S. government photography project was…- Contributor: United States. Farm Security Administration - United States. Office of War Information
- Date: 1935
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CollectionFarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the…- Contributor: Rittase, William M. - Sherwood, Mark - Collier, John - Palmer, Alfred T. - Rosskam, Louise - Rothstein, Arthur - Collins, Marjory - Siegel, Arthur S. - Dixon, Royden - Lee, Russell ... Rittase, William M. - Sherwood, Mark - Collier, John - Palmer, Alfred T. - Rosskam, Louise - Rothstein, Arthur - Collins, Marjory - Siegel, Arthur S. - Dixon, Royden - Lee, Russell - Hollem, Howard R. - Rous, John - Bransby, David - Liberman, Howard - Jacobs, Fenno - Delano, Jack - United States. Farm Security Administration - Vachon, John - United States. Office of War Information - Downey, Jack - Wolcott, Marion Post - Feininger, Andreas
- Date: 1939
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CollectionFenton Crimean War Photographs Roger Fenton's Crimean War photographs represent one of the earliest systematic attempts to document a war through the medium of photography. Fenton, who spent fewer than four months in the Crimea (March…- Contributor: Fenton, Roger
- Date: 1855
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CollectionFiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection presents traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was…- Contributor: Glenroy, William B. - Reed, Gene - Reed, Henry - American Folklife Center - Reed, Watha - Jabbour, Alan - Ricci, Glenn
- Date: 2000
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CollectionFrederick Law Olmsted Papers The papers of farmer, writer, reformer, landscape architect, urban and suburban planner, and conservationist Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) consist of approximately 24,000 items (roughly 47,300 images), most of which were digitized from…- Contributor: Olmsted, John - Olmsted, Frederick Law - Olmsted, Gideon
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CollectionGeorge Brinton McClellan Papers The papers of U.S. Army officer and governor of New Jersey George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) consist of 33,000 items (59,477 images), most of which were digitized from 82 reels of previously produced…- Contributor: McClellan, George B. (George Brinton) - Minter, Joseph F. - McClellan, Mary Ellen Marcy
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CollectionGeorge S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945 The diaries of U.S. army officer George S. Patton (1885-1945) are part of a larger collection of Patton papers available for research use onsite in the Manuscript Reading Room of the Library…- Date: 1910
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CollectionGeospatial Applications Story Maps and web maps produced at the Library of Congress utilize geospatial technology to create curated entry points into our digital collections. We invite you to explore the incredible stories of…Collection Items: View 120 Items
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CollectionGideon Welles Papers The papers of Gideon Welles (1802-1878), newspaper editor and U.S. secretary of the navy under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, consist of 15,070 items (26,302 images), most of which were digitized…- Contributor: Learned, Henry Barrett - Welles, Edgar Thaddeus - Welles, Gideon
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CollectionGladstone Collection of African American Photographs The William A. Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs provides almost 350 images showing African Americans and related military and social history. The Civil War era is the primary time period covered,…- Contributor: Kimball, M. H. - Gladstone, William A. - Kellogg Brothers - M'clees, Jas. E. (James E.) - McPherson & Oliver - Moore, Henry P. - Ball, James Presley - Paxson, Chas. (Charles)
- Date: 1861
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CollectionHerndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana The Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana consists of 4,600 items (9,729 images), most of which were digitized from 15 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years circa 1824-1933, the collection contains papers…- Contributor: Weik, Jesse William - Lincoln, Abraham - Herndon, William Henry
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CollectionHotchkiss Map Collection The Hotchkiss Map Collection contains cartographic items made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made detailed battle maps primarily of the Shenandoah Valley, some of…- Date: 1828
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CollectionIraq War 2003 Web Archive On March 20, 2003, the United States began military action against Iraq for the stated purpose of deposing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and preventing his use of suspected nuclear weapons (weapons of…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2008
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CollectionJapanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942-1946 Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World War II, these newspapers provide a unique look into the daily lives of the people who…- Date: 1942
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CollectionJedediah Hotchkiss Papers The papers of educator, Confederate cartographer and topographical engineer Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899) span the years 1835-1908, with the bulk of the material dating from 1875 to 1898. They consist of approximately 20,000…- Contributor: Rogers, William Barton - Hotchkiss, Sara Anne Comfort - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
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CollectionJohn Carvel Arnold Papers The papers of laborer and Union soldier John Carvel Arnold (1833-1865) consist of 190 items (533 images) in one container and span the years 1856-1937, with the bulk dating from 1864 to…- Contributor: Arnold, John Carvel
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CollectionJohn J. Pershing Papers The diaries, notebooks, and address books of John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948), U.S. army officer and commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, are part of a larger collection of…- Contributor: Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Pershing, Helen F. (Helen Frances)
- Date: 1860
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CollectionJubal Anderson Early Papers The papers of United States and Confederate army officer, lawyer, and Virginia state legislator Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) consist of 5,000 items (5,368 images) in 18 containers. Spanning the years 1829-1930, the…- Contributor: Early, Jubal Anderson
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CollectionLewis H. Machen Family Papers The Gresham family material in the Lewis H. Machen Family Papers consists of seven diaries kept by Georgia teenager LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847-1865) during the Civil War, and approximately 550 items of…- Contributor: Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry) - Machen, Arthur Webster - Machen, Emmeline - Machen, Caroline Webster - Gresham, Leroy Wiley - Machen, James P. - Machen, Minnie Gresham
- Date: 1860
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CollectionLiljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs New Photos Added! View the most recent additions- Contributor: Liljenquist, Christian Blaine - Liljenquist, Brandon Paul - Liljenquist, Thomas Richard - Liljenquist, Jason George
- Date: 1850
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CollectionLouis Malesherbes Goldsborough Papers The papers of naval officer Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877) consist of 8,000 items (11,135 images) scanned from original materials. Spanning the years 1797 to 1874, the collection contains correspondence, military records, financial…- Contributor: Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes
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CollectionManuscript Division Web Archive The Manuscript Division Web Archive includes principally websites of organizations with which the Division has an existing relationship. Although diverse in content, they fall into several broad categories. First, there are sites…- Contributor: Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society - National Consumers' League - Sigmund Freud Copyrights (Firm) - American Society of Landscape Architects - Navy League of the United States - League of Women Voters (U.S.) - Center for International Private Enterprise - Society of Woman Geographers ... Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society - National Consumers' League - Sigmund Freud Copyrights (Firm) - American Society of Landscape Architects - Navy League of the United States - League of Women Voters (U.S.) - Center for International Private Enterprise - Society of Woman Geographers - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - Streit Council for a Union of Democracies - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Phi Beta Kappa - National Endowment for Democracy (U.S.) - Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit - American Historical Association - Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria) - Freud Museum (London, England) - Ameen Rihani Organization - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (U.S.) - National Council of Jewish Women - Library of Congress - Macdowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) - American Studies Association - National Urban League - American Council of Learned Societies - Sigmund Freud Archives - Solidarity Center (Afl-Cio) - Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training - National Coalition for History
- Date: 2008
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CollectionMary Ann Bickerdyke Papers The papers of Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke (1817-1901), a Civil War nurse and agent for the United States Sanitary Commission who was known as "Mother Bickerdyke" to Union soldiers, consist of 1,800…- Contributor: Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
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CollectionMatthew Fontaine Maury Papers The papers of naval officer and oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) consist of 14,650 items (22,631 images) scanned from original materials. Spanning the years 1825-1960, with the bulk concentrated in the period…- Contributor: Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) - Coblentz, Catherine Cate - Maury, Matthew Fontaine
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CollectionMilitary Battles and Campaigns This category contains maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation.…- Date: 1570
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CollectionMilitary Legal Resources This collection includes material from the William Winthrop Memorial Library at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School External in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) External…Collection Items: View 2,278 Items
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CollectionMontgomery C. Meigs Papers The papers of army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist Montgomery C. Meigs (1816-1892) consist of 11,000 items (42,508 images), most of which were digitized from 51 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning…- Contributor: Meigs, Montgomery - Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham)
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CollectionNathan W. Daniels Diary and Scrapbook The papers of Union army officer and Freedmen’s Bureau advocate Nathan W. Daniels (1836-1867), spanning the years 1861-1867, consist of three volumes of a handwritten diary with photographs, illustrations, and newspaper clippings…- Contributor: Richmond, Cora L. V. (Cora Linn Victoria) - Daniels, Nathan W.
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CollectionNewspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 This online collection is drawn from three primary sources: The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings, a volume published by the New York Times shortly after the armistice that compiled…- Date: 1914
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CollectionOlmsted Associates Records The digitized portion of the Olmsted Associates Records consist of approximately 149,000 items (366,518 images), scanned from 532 reels of microfilm reproducing the two largest series in the collection, the Letterbooks, 1884-1899,…- Contributor: Frederick Law Olmsted (Firm) - Olmsted Associates - Olmsted Brothers - F.L. And J.C. Olmsted (Firm) - Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot - Olmsted, Frederick Law - Olmsted, John Charles - F.L. Olmsted and Company
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CollectionPatriotic Melodies Patriotic Melodies tells the stories behind many of the songs that have now become part of the American national heritage. A combination of hymns, national songs, music of the theater, radio and…- Date: 1900
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CollectionPhilip Henry Sheridan Papers The papers of army officer Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888) span the years 1853-1896, with the bulk of the material originating between 1862 and 1887. They consist of approximately 18,000 items digitally reproduced…- Contributor: Sheridan, Philip Henry
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CollectionPosters: Spanish Civil War Posters The collection consists of approximately 120 posters created between 1936 and 1939 during the Spanish Civil War.- Contributor: Falange Española. Jefatura Nacional De Prensa Y Propaganda. Seccion Mural - Unión General De Trabajadores De España - Bardasano, José - Catalonia (Spain). Comissariat De Propaganda - F.A.I. (Organization : Spain) - Spain. Ministerio De Instrucción Pública Y Sanidad - Confederación Nacional Del Trabajo (Spain) - Hinsberger, Aleix - Puyol, Ramón - Fontseré, Carles
- Date: 1936
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CollectionPosters: World War I Posters This collection makes available online approximately 1,900 posters created between 1914 and 1920. Most relate directly to the war, but some German posters date from the post-war period and illustrate events such…- Date: 1914
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CollectionRobert Lansing Papers The private memoranda, desk diaries, and notes, 1915-1922, of diplomat and lawyer Robert Lansing (1864-1928) consist of 22 volumes (3,090 images) located in containers 63-67 of a larger collection of Lansing papers…- Contributor: Lansing, Robert
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CollectionRobert Winslow Gordon Songsters The Robert Winslow Gordon songster collection contains approximately 700 American songsters dating from 1844-1886, collected by Gordon. The word “songster” has been used for a wide variety of songbooks, but these are…- Contributor: Gordon, Robert Winslow - Archive of American Folk Song
- Date: 1844
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CollectionRochambeau Map Collection The collection consists of 40 manuscript and 26 printed maps, and a manuscript atlas, the originals of which are in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division.- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 200?
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CollectionSamuel J. Gibson Diary and Correspondence The papers of Union soldier Samuel J. Gibson (1833-1878) consist of a diary kept by Gibson in 1864 while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and a letter to his…- Contributor: Gibson, Samuel J.
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CollectionSelected Datasets Datasets are increasingly a key digital resource used in a wide range of fields. The Library of Congress selects, preserves, and provides enduring access to datasets with the goal of cultivating a…- Date: 1900
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CollectionSeptember 11, 2001 Web Archive The September 11, 2001 Web Archive preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks…- Contributor: Pew Internet & American Life Project - Internet Archive (Firm) - Library of Congress - Webarchivist.org (Organization)
- Date: 2004
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CollectionSeptember 11, 2001, Documentary Project Flight Attendant. Photo by David A. Taylor, September 2001. September 11, 2001, Documentary Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The September 11, 2001 Documentary Project captures the reactions, eyewitness accounts,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2001
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CollectionShippen Family Papers The papers of the Shippen family, a wealthy and powerful group of Philadelphians connected by blood and marriage who reached the height of their influence in the mid-eighteenth century, span the years…- Contributor: Shippen, Alice Lee - Nicholson, Joseph Hopper - Shippen, William - Nicholson, Rebecca Lloyd - Livingston, Anne Home Shippen - Shippen, Thomas Lee - Shippen, Edward - Nicholson, Joseph
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CollectionThe Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures This presentation features 68 motion pictures, produced between 1898 and 1901, of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which the motion…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
- Date: 1998
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CollectionStars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 This online collection includes the complete seventy-one-week run of The Stars and Stripes World War I edition. The Stars and Stripes was published in France by the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of…- Date: 1918
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CollectionUlysses S. Grant Papers The papers of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), army officer and eighteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 50,000 items dating from 1819-1974, with the bulk falling in the period 1843-1885. They…- Contributor: Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.) - Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) - Grant, Julia Dent
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CollectionVeterans History Project Collection Offering an unparalleled digital archive of primary source material, the Veterans History Project (VHP) Collection preserves and makes accessible the firsthand narratives of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I…Collection Items: View 92,290 Items
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CollectionVeterans History Project Web Archive The Veterans History Project Web Archive enables the Library to accept veteran-generated websites for inclusion in the larger Veterans History Project, which collects, preserves, and provides access to personal accounts of American…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2017
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CollectionVietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database DPAA Shipment 157: What’s New! Interesting Document One report in the most recent set of documents details information from a file concerning the July 25, 1968 shoot-down of a U.S. F-4 aircraft…Collection Items: View 164,226 Items
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CollectionWar of 1812 Bicentennial Web Archive The War of 1812 Bicentennial Web Archive is a collection of websites of various projects and events commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The archive consists of over 30…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2012
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CollectionWashington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 This collection represents three manuscript volumes that document daily life in Washington, D.C., through the eyes of U.S. Patent Office examiner Horatio Nelson Taft (1806-1888), including Taft's connection with Abraham Lincoln and…- Contributor: Taft, Horatio Nelson - Brady, Mathew B.
- Date: 1861
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CollectionWilliam A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection The William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection (ca. 500 items) spans the years 1773 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating from the Civil War period, 1861-1865. The collection consists…- Contributor: Gladstone, William A.
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CollectionWilliam Alexander Marshall Papers The papers of U.S. naval officer William Alexander Marshall (1849-1926) span the years 1870-1926, with the bulk of the material dated 1904. The collection chronicles the Battle of Chemulpo near present day…- Contributor: Marshall, William Alexander
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CollectionWilliam H. Taft Papers The papers of William Howard Taft (1857-1930), twenty-seventh president of the United States and tenth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, consist of approximately 676,000 documents (789,441 images), which have been…- Contributor: Taft, William Howard
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CollectionWilliam Henry Harrison Papers The William Henry Harrison Papers, one of twenty-three presidential collections in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, contains approximately 1,000 items dating from 1734 to 1939, with the bulk dated from 1812…- Contributor: Harrison, William Henry - Cleaves, Freeman
- Date: 1734
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