Digital Collections
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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) - Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) - Calloway, Thomas J.
- Date: 1899
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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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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: Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Stanley, Lura - Patton, Ila - Todd, Zenna - Wilson, Joe - Fleischhauer, Carl - Bryan, Mamie - Mullen, Patrick B. - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Ray, Roxie ... Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Stanley, Lura - Patton, Ila - Todd, Zenna - Wilson, Joe - Fleischhauer, Carl - Bryan, Mamie - Mullen, Patrick B. - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Ray, Roxie - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Cruise, Crystal - Wolfe, Charles K. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Richardson, Larry - Owen, Blanton - Choate, Donna - Owen, Margaret Counts - Jabbour, Alan - Marshall, Howard W. - Shockley, Maggie - Jarrell, Tommy - American Folklife Center - Eiler, Terry - Adler, Thomas A. - United States. National Park Service - Severt, Carrie
- Date: 1977
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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: Federal Writers' Project - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
- Date: 2001
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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. Prints and Photographs Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
- Date: 1998
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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: Bassett, Emmett W. - Bates, Scott - Anderson, William G. - Clark, Robert George - Hicks, Charles Ray - Hamilton, Audrey Nell - Paysour, Lafleur - Montes, Carlos - Dove, Samuel - Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza ... Bassett, Emmett W. - Bates, Scott - Anderson, William G. - Clark, Robert George - Hicks, Charles Ray - Hamilton, Audrey Nell - Paysour, Lafleur - Montes, Carlos - Dove, Samuel - Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza - Bond, Julian - Ladner, Dorie - Head, Rosie M. - Hill, Oliver W. - Carawan, Candie - Jones, Jamila - Lawson, Jennifer - Caldwell, Ben R. - Hicks, Darryl Robertson - Richardson, Gloria - Tillow, Walter M. - Brown, Harold K. - Browner, Clifford - Robinson, Reginald - Howard, Elbert - Luper, Calvin - McCullar, Johnnie Ruth - Jarmon, Charles - National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) - Walker, Theresa Ann - Breaux, Toni - Sherrod, Charles - Ackerman, David M. - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Howell, Joseph T. - Holloway, Eddie A. - Lawrence, William M. - Todd, Lisa Anderson - Brown, Robert J. - Abernathy, Juandalynn R. - Wright, Simeon - Saunders, William - Miller, Grace H. - Zellner, Dorothy - Dixon, Elmer - Moore, E. Maynard - Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley) - Gaither, Thomas Walter - Robinson, Betty Garman - Branch, Raylawni G. - Grinnell, Gloria Claudette - Sullivan, Patricia - Vickers, Barbara Edna - Walker, Wyatt Tee - Terry, Esther M. A. - Cox, Courtland - Bassett, Priscilla - Newson, Moses J. - Richardson, Judy - Simpson, Euvester - Cline, David P. - Howell, Embry - Young, Sam - Russell, Bill - Jones, Mary A. - Hopkins, Evans D. - Mulholland, Joan Trumpauer - Mosnier, Joseph - Arellanes, Gloria - Jones, James Oscar - Adams-Johnson, Frankye - Conway, Purcell Maurice - Sherrod, Shirley - Ulmer, Joeann Anderson - Geiger, Jack - Dahmer, Ellie J. - Long, Worth W. - Magee, Clarence - Mtume, Norma - Tillow, Kay - King, Lonnie C. - Guyot, Lawrence - Dittmer, John - McKinney, Samuel Berry - Taylor, Kieran Walsh - Abernathy, Ralph David - Cleaver, Kathleen - Marshall, Cecilia - Library of Congress - Noonan, Martha P. - Sobol, Richard B. - Carter, Robert L. - Miller, James E. - Brown, Amos C. (Amos Cleophilus) - Hayling, Robert Bagner - Williams, Cecil J. - Ladner, Joyce A. - Funchess, Glenda - Carlos, John - Griffin, Willie James - Crosby, David L. - Carawan, Guy - Holloway, Lucius - Mahone, Sam - Smith, Jeanette - Roxborough, Mildred Bond - McCarty, Michael D. - Suggs, Harold - Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Jenkins, Willie Elliot - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel - Broadway, Louise W. - Greenberg, Jack - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - Dudley, John F. - Stewart, Eleanor - Lucy, William - McNichols, Steven - Churchville, John Elliott - Branch, Taylor - Miller, Carolyn - Holloway, Emma Kate - Suggs, Frances L. - Guster, Leesco - Burras, Carol Cummings - Booker, Simeon - Bishop, John Melville - Dixon, Aaron - Williams, Junius W. - Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus) - Collins, Barbara Maria - Diamond, Dion T. - Southern Oral History Program - Lowery, Joseph E. - Vivian, C. T. - Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James) - Anderson, Fletcher - Hrabowski, Freeman A. - Derby, Doris Adelaide - Crosby, Patricia A. - Strickland, William - Hildreth, Marilyn Luper - Varela, Maria - Walter, Mildred Pitts - Bruce, Walter - McDew, Charles - Avery, Annie Pearl - Moldovan, Alfred - Rosenberg, John M. - Siler, Charles E. - McLaurin, Charles - Zapata, Luis - Anderson, Cynthia Baker - Patton, Gwendolyn M. - Bailey, D'army - Hutchings, Phil - Dahmer, Vernon - Abernathy, Donzaleigh - Parker, Wheeler - Jackson, Gertrude Newsome - Sobol, Anne Buxton - Camarillo, Mateo - Crosby, Emilye - Connor, Peggy Jean - Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah - Seeger, Pete - Blake, Harry - Cotton, Dorothy F. - Jones, Nathaniel Hawthorne - Burns, Julia Matilda - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Leventhal, Willy S. (Willy Siegel) - Henderson, Juadine - Reece, Dwandalyn R. - Thelwell, Michael - Tuttle, Rick - Young, Carrie Lamar - Jenkins, Mary F. - Hicks, Valeria Payton - American Folklife Center - George, Virginia Simms - Sales, Ruby - Huggins, Ericka - Greene, Freddie - Alexander, Roberta - Fuller, Linda - Sellers, Cleveland - McClary, Robert - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Duncan, Gwendolyn Annette - Jones, Clarence B.
- Date: 2010
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CollectionFrederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847-1874 This online collection presents newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous orators, authors, and journalists of the 19th century.- Date: 1847
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CollectionFrederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress The papers of nineteenth-century African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), who escaped from slavery and then risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher, consist of approximately 7,400…- Contributor: Douglass, Helen - Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1900
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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 123 Items
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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: Moore, Henry P. - McPherson & Oliver - Paxson, Chas. (Charles) - M'clees, Jas. E. (James E.) - Kimball, M. H. - Kellogg Brothers - Gladstone, William A. - Ball, James Presley
- Date: 1861
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CollectionLGBTQ+ Politics and Political Candidates Web Archive The LGBTQ+ Politics and Political Candidates Web Archive captures digital content related to LBGTQ+ political candidates and political issues and topics at various levels of government, with a focus on lesser-known local…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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CollectionLGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive The LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive collects and preserves online content which documents LGBTQ+ history, scholarship, and culture in the United States and around the world. Sites include domestic and international non-profit organizations,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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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: Solidarity Center (Afl-Cio) - Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria) - Sigmund Freud Copyrights (Firm) - Macdowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) - Streit Council for a Union of Democracies - National Council of Jewish Women - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (U.S.) - American Society of Landscape Architects - National Urban League - National Coalition for History ... Solidarity Center (Afl-Cio) - Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna, Austria) - Sigmund Freud Copyrights (Firm) - Macdowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.) - Streit Council for a Union of Democracies - National Council of Jewish Women - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (U.S.) - American Society of Landscape Architects - National Urban League - National Coalition for History - American Studies Association - National Endowment for Democracy (U.S.) - Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit - Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training - National Consumers' League - Freud Museum (London, England) - American Council of Learned Societies - Society of Woman Geographers - Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society - Navy League of the United States - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - Phi Beta Kappa - Sigmund Freud Archives - Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century - Library of Congress - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Center for International Private Enterprise - American Historical Association - League of Women Voters (U.S.) - Ameen Rihani Organization
- Date: 2008
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CollectionMaps of Liberia, 1830-1870 This collection of Liberia maps includes twenty examples from the American Colonization Society (ACS), organized in 1817 to resettle free black Americans in West Africa. These maps show early settlements in Liberia,…- Contributor: American Colonization Society - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 1998
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CollectionNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records The processed records of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund consist of approximately 80,000 items of which about 80% (210,299 images) have been digitized thus far. Spanning the years 1915-1968, with…- Contributor: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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CollectionNow What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 Consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia.…- Contributor: Gregory, Richard - Spiritual Four Quartet - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Gaines, Elwood - Gibson, Gus - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Thomas, John Lee - Turner, Alma - Ford, Osa - Winrow, Anthony ... Gregory, Richard - Spiritual Four Quartet - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Gaines, Elwood - Gibson, Gus - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Thomas, John Lee - Turner, Alma - Ford, Osa - Winrow, Anthony - Ford, T. J. - Bond, Edward - Traveller Home Singers - Stripling, Sidney - Ellis, Charles - Turner, Oscar - Johnson, Warren G. - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Holloway High School Quartet - Bond, James - Chestain, Sonny - Turner, Monroe - Parker, Cleve - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Fisk University - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Ezell, Buster - Chastain, Will - Richardson, Zema - Mathis, Allison - Monch, Matthew
- Date: 1938
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CollectionRosa Parks Papers The papers of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) span the years 1866-2006, with the bulk of the material dating from 1955 to 2000. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 items in the Manuscript Division,…- Contributor: Williams, Aubrey Willis - Parks, Rosa
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CollectionSlavery and the Judiciary, 1740 to 1860 This collection consists of 105 library books and manuscripts, totalling approximately 8,700 pages drawn principally from the Law Library and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Law Library - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- Date: 2002
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CollectionVoices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states. Twenty-two interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2004
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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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CollectionWomen's and Gender Studies Web Archive The Women's and Gender Studies Web Archive collects and preserves online content on topics of importance to the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies. Collection priorities include primary sources, first hand…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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CollectionZine Web Archive The Library of Congress has a growing collection of zines. The Zine Web Archive was created to supplement the physical zine collection. In general, zines are: self-published, self-created, self-distributed, and non-commercial. The…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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CollectionZora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress This collection present ten plays written by Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited as unpublished typescripts in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944, most of the plays remained…- Contributor: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Date: 1925
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