Digital Collections
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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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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: Writers' Program (U.S.) - United States. Work Projects Administration - United States. Works Progress Administration - Federal Writers' Project
- Date: 1936
Collection Items: View 2,838 Items
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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and the Netherlands This online collection contains digitized items from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands/De Atlantische Wereld: Amerika en Nederland digital library…Collection Items: View 82 Items
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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: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Law Library of Congress (U.S.)
- Date: 1998
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CollectionFelix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress Made available here are digital images of selected resources on this composer. This collection was created to mark the bicentennial of the birth of composer Felix Mendelssohn on February 3, 2009. The…- Date: 1820
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CollectionFinding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond A thematic collection exploring changing models of the universe through time, ideas of life on other words and Carl Sagan’s place in the tradition of science. It features manuscripts, rare books, celestial…- Contributor: Sagan, Carl - Macfarlane, Seth - Druyan, Ann
- Date: 1495
Collection Items: View 351 Items
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CollectionLessing J. Rosenwald Collection In 1943, at the height of WWII, Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1979) announced that he would donate the entirety of his graphic arts collection, as well as all future purchases, to both the…Collection Items: View 1,862 Items
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CollectionThe Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."- Date: 1581
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CollectionMartha Graham at the Library of Congress Dancer, choreographer, and company director Martha Graham (1894-1991) is considered one of the pioneering founders of American modern dance. In a career spanning over seven decades, Graham developed her own innovative technique…- Contributor: Graham, Martha - Skelton, Thomas R. - Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance - Starer, Robert - Emmons, Beverly - Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance - Hovhaness, Alan - Copland, Aaron - Weissberger, L. Arnold - Graham (Martha) Collection (Library of Congress) ... Graham, Martha - Skelton, Thomas R. - Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance - Starer, Robert - Emmons, Beverly - Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance - Hovhaness, Alan - Copland, Aaron - Weissberger, L. Arnold - Graham (Martha) Collection (Library of Congress) - Noguchi, Isamu - Tipton, Jennifer - El-Dabh, Halim - Ter-Arutunian, Rouben - Dello Joio, Norman - Lester, Eugene - Barber, Samuel - Schuman, William - Horst, Louis - Menotti, Gian Carlo - Riegger, Wallingford - Karan, Donna - Martha Graham Dance Company - Rosenthal, Jean - Hindemith, Paul
- Date: 1896
Collection Items: View 1,027 Items
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CollectionMeeting of Frontiers Meeting of Frontiers is a project, originally funded by the United States Congress, devoted to the theme of the exploration and settlement of the American West, the parallel exploration and settlement of…Collection Items: View 19,661 Items
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CollectionOmaha Indian Music Presented here are selections from the American Folklife Center's collections documenting Omaha music traditions. The sound recordings include 44 wax cylinder recordings made in the 1890s (first published on a 1985 LP…- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 873 Items
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CollectionPacific Encounters in Nineteenth-Century Japan This digital collection features rare materials at the Library of Congress that document early Japanese interactions with the United States and countries in Europe, namely Britain, France, Netherlands, and Russia.Collection Items: View 28 Items
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CollectionParallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier This online collection contains books, maps, prints and photographs, manuscripts, and other documents from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and…Collection Items: View 389 Items
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CollectionPersian Language Rare Materials The Library of Congress is home to a noteworthy collection of rare Persian language manuscripts, lithographic books and early imprints, as well as printed books, housed in the African and Middle Eastern…Collection Items: View 491 Items
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CollectionSamuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1793-1919 Approximately 6,500 items from the Samuel F. B. Morse Papers in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress have been digitized, including correspondence, diaries, printed matter, maps, drawings and miscellany. These…- Contributor: Magnetic Telegraph Company - Clausing, Ludwig - Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
- Date: 1793
Collection Items: View 142 Items
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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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CollectionSelections of Prayer Materials from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia The African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) holds a sizable collection of prayer materials from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Prayers commonly serve as a supplication, confession, or praise, among…Collection Items: View 118 Items
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CollectionThe United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures This online collection contains digitized items from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as The United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures/Brasil e Estados Unidos: Expandindo Fronteiras,…Collection Items: View 81 Items
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CollectionWorld Digital Library This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections.…Collection Items: View 19,407 Items