Digital Collections
-
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 - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2015
Collection Items: View 395 Items
-
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 - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2014
Collection Items: View 184 Items
-
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 72 Items
-
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
Collection Items: View 26 Items
-
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
Collection Items: View 72 Items
-
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
Collection Items: View 46 Items
-
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 - Library of Congress. Asian Division - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2018
Collection Items: View 71 Items
-
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 1,986 Items
-
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
Collection Items: View 39 Items
-
CollectionIndian Elections Web Archive The Indian Elections Web Archive includes websites archived during the general elections in 2009 and 2019. As the world’s most populous democratic nation with the largest number of eligible voters, India has...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2009
Collection Items: View 122 Items
-
CollectionIndian Government Web Archive This collection consists of official government websites of India and provides an overview of the country’s politics, economics, society, and administration at the federal and state levels. Included in this collection are...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2020
Collection Items: View 266 Items
-
CollectionIndian Political and Social Issues Web Archive The Indian Political and Social Issues Web Archive is comprised of sites that follow the constantly changing scene of political and social issues in India, South Asia, and diasporic communities. Some sources...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2020
Collection Items: View 113 Items
-
CollectionIndonesian Elections Web Archive The Indonesian Elections Web Archive covers the general elections of 2009 and 2019 which included both parliamentary as well as presidential elections, the presidential election of 2014, and the provincial elections of...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2009
Collection Items: View 209 Items
-
CollectionJapanese Censorship Collection The Japanese Censorship Collection contains 1,327 marked-up copies of censored monographs and galley proofs for approximately 1,100 titles, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. They include copies submitted by publishers for examination...Collection Items: View 1,091 Items
-
CollectionJapanese Rare Book Digital Collection The Japanese Rare Book Digital Collection features materials from the Asian Division at the Library of Congress. The division’s Japanese Rare Book Collection comprises some 6,000 titles that span diverse genres and...- Date: 1942
Collection Items: View 38 Items
-
CollectionKashmir Legal Status 2019 Web Archive In August 2019, the special legal status of Kashmir defined in Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code was rescinded. This web archive collection covers a range of local and regional responses.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2019
Collection Items: View 39 Items
-
CollectionKorean Rare Book Digital Collection The digital collection draws from the 654 titles in the Korean Rare Book Collection housed in the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. The initial online presentation includes 11 digitized rare...Collection Items: View 15 Items
-
CollectionLaotian Elections Web Archive The Laotian Elections Web Archive covers elections for the country of Laos, and currently includes archived websites on the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2011.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2011
Collection Items: View 17 Items
-
CollectionMalaysian Elections Web Archive The Malaysian Elections Web Archive brings together a collection of websites that document the Malaysian General Elections of 2013 and 2018, and includes sites by governmental, political, ethno-religious, human rights, civil society,...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2011
Collection Items: View 153 Items
-
CollectionMangyan bamboo collection from Mindoro, Philippines, circa 1900-1939 The Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection counts among its most unique items a collection of 71 bamboo slats and 6 cylinders from the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. These items are...- Contributor: Luyon - Maliwanag, Ildefonso - Gardner, Fletcher - Sikadan
Collection Items: View 82 Items
-
CollectionNorth Korean Serials This digital collection presented here makes some of the most sought-after materials in the Library’s North Korean collection available for free. The North Korean Serials digital collection at the Library of Congress...Collection Items: View 4,336 Items
-
CollectionPhilippine Elections Web Archive The Philippine Elections web archive documents the Philippine general elections of 2010 and 2019. In the Philippines, national elections for all positions above the barangay-level (barangay, being the smallest administrative division) take...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2010
Collection Items: View 138 Items
-
CollectionRoyal Cremation Ceremony for H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Web Archive The death of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand on October 13, 2016 sent the country into grieving. The Thai government announced an official year-long period of mourning concluding with the royal...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2017
Collection Items: View 25 Items
-
CollectionSelections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection The Library of Congress’s collection of 2,780 Naxi (Nashi) manuscripts is the largest collection outside of China and is considered the finest in the world—unrivaled in quality, quantity, and variety among Naxi...Collection Items: View 25 Items
-
CollectionSoutheast Asia Banking and Finance Web Archive The Southeast Asia Banking and Finance Web Archive focuses on the role of the government in the banking and financial sectors in Southeast Asia. In much of the region, governments play a...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2017
Collection Items: View 94 Items
-
CollectionSri Lankan Elections Web Archive The Sri Lankan Elections Web Archive includes websites archived during the presidential and general elections in 2010, 2015, and 2019/2020.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2009
Collection Items: View 81 Items
-
CollectionThai Elections Web Archive The Thai Elections Web Archive covers the general elections of 2011, 2014, and 2019.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2011
Collection Items: View 101 Items
-
CollectionTibetan Oral History Archive Project The Tibetan Oral History and Archive Project (TOHAP) is a digital online web archive of oral history interviews in Tibetan and Chinese with accompanying written transcripts (in English) that documents the social...Collection Items: View 795 Items
-
CollectionTimor-Leste 2010-2011 Web Archive The Timor-Leste Web Archive is a selection of websites about the emergence of Timor-Leste as an independent country following independence, declared in 2002. Many of the websites contain information about the move...- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2010
Collection Items: View 103 Items
-
CollectionTimor-Leste Elections Web Archive The Timor-Leste Elections Web Archive covers the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2012 and 2017.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2012
Collection Items: View 55 Items
-
CollectionVietnamese Elections Web Archive The Vietnamese Elections Web Archive covers elections in Vietnam and currently has archived sites for the 2011 parliamentary and presidential elections.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Asian Division
- Date: 2011
Collection Items: View 37 Items
-
CollectionWilliam Farquhar Correspondence The Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress has a unique and important collection of forty-six Malay letters written in the Jawi script—an adaptation of...Collection Items: View 4 Items
-
CollectionWilliam Speiden Journals As purser’s clerk aboard the U.S. steam frigate Mississippi, William Speiden, Jr., (1835-1920) created a two-volume journal dating from 1852 to 1855 documenting the U.S. Naval Expedition to the China Seas and...- Contributor: Speiden, William
Collection Items: View 16 Items
-
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 19,401 Items
-
CollectionYongle Da Dian The Yongle da dian 永樂大典, or Yongle Encyclopedia, stands out as one of the most extensive attempts in world history to capture the entirety of human knowledge in book form. The 41...Collection Items: View 43 Items