Digital Collections
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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: Archive of American Folk Song - Association for Cultural Equity - Lomax, Alan - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1933
Collection Items: View 6,612 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
Collection Items: View 185 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 17,171 Items
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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: Gilkyson, Terry - Hawes, Bess Lomax - Odetta - Hawes, Butch - Berman, Marcia - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Mohr, Larry - Dehr, Rich - Miller, Frank
- Date: 1894
Collection Items: View 365 Items
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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: Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, Alan - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1937
Collection Items: View 141 Items
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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, Juliana Smith - Reynolds, Tilton C.
- Date: 1851
Collection Items: View 174 Items
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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: Dena Pictures, Inc - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - Fine, Sylvia - Halsman, Philippe - Kaye, Danny - McDowall, Roddy
- Date: 1913
Collection Items: View 2,055 Items
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CollectionHispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of an ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of…- Contributor: Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Chávez, Adelaido - Medina, Esteban - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Rael, Juan Bautista - Chávez, Adolfo - American Folklife Center - Archuleta, Ricardo - Mares, Remigio - Romero, Alfredo ... Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Chávez, Adelaido - Medina, Esteban - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Rael, Juan Bautista - Chávez, Adolfo - American Folklife Center - Archuleta, Ricardo - Mares, Remigio - Romero, Alfredo - Cantú, José Ignacio - García, Pedro - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Trujillo, Amado - Arellano, Narciso - Montoya, Luis - Anaya, Nieves - Lobato, Salomé - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Lobato, Julián - Anaya, Ernestina - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Arellano, Esequiel
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 226 Items
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CollectionIrving Fine Collection, ca. 1914-1962 The career of Irving Fine (1914-1962), composer, conductor, writer, and academic, is documented in the Library of Congress Music Division by approximately 4,350 items from the Irving Fine Collection. Comprising manuscript and…- Contributor: Fine, Irving
- Date: 1930
Collection Items: View 80 Items
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CollectionJames Madison Papers, 1723-1859 James Madison (1751-1836) is one of 23 presidents whose papers are held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The Madison Papers consist of approximately 12,000 items, spanning the period…- Contributor: Madison, James
- Date: 1723
Collection Items: View 12,017 Items
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CollectionJohn A. Lomax and Alan Lomax Papers John A. Lomax, Sr., and his son Alan Lomax became stewards of a nascent Archive of American Folk-Song in September 1933. Their tenure lasted until Alan separated from the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Archive of American Folk Song - Library of Congress. Music Division - Lomax, Alan - Lomax, John A. (John Avery)
- Date: 1907
Collection Items: View 415 Items
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CollectionLars Schmidt Collection Swedish theatrical producer, director, and publisher Lars Schmidt (1917-2009) spent over 50 years in the theater business. He began as a licensee of American plays and owner of a theater boat in…- Contributor: Schmidt, Lars
- Date: 1910
Collection Items: View 269 Items
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CollectionLeonard Bernstein About the Leonard Bernstein Collection The Leonard Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress is as exceptional as its name would suggest. Bernstein, arguably the most prominent figure in American classical music…- Contributor: Harmon, Charlie - Bernstein, Leonard - Gottlieb, Jack - Coates, Helen
- Date: 1900
Collection Items: View 3,832 Items
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CollectionLowell Folklife Project Collection The Lowell Folklife Project was conducted in 1987-1988 as a cooperative project of the American Folklife Center and the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, with support from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts…- Contributor: DeNatale, Douglas - United States. National Park Service - Norkunas, Martha K. - American Folklife Center - Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - Lueders-Booth, John - Bell, Michael Edward - Refugee Arts Group - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities ... DeNatale, Douglas - United States. National Park Service - Norkunas, Martha K. - American Folklife Center - Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - Lueders-Booth, John - Bell, Michael Edward - Refugee Arts Group - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Taylor, David Alan - University of Lowell - Rankin, Tom - Bartis, Peter - Montaño, Mario - Fertig, Barbara C. - Fleischhauer, Carl - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Wachs, Eleanor F.
- Date: 1987
Collection Items: View 1,140 Items
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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) Collection (Library of Congress) - Lester, Eugene - Riegger, Wallingford - Hindemith, Paul - El-Dabh, Halim - Starer, Robert - Weissberger, L. Arnold - Horst, Louis - Tipton, Jennifer - Dello Joio, Norman ... Graham (Martha) Collection (Library of Congress) - Lester, Eugene - Riegger, Wallingford - Hindemith, Paul - El-Dabh, Halim - Starer, Robert - Weissberger, L. Arnold - Horst, Louis - Tipton, Jennifer - Dello Joio, Norman - Hovhaness, Alan - Noguchi, Isamu - Rosenthal, Jean - Menotti, Gian Carlo - Barber, Samuel - Copland, Aaron - Emmons, Beverly - Graham, Martha - Skelton, Thomas R. - Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance - Schuman, William - Martha Graham Dance Company - Karan, Donna - Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance - Ter-Arutunian, Rouben
- Date: 1896
Collection Items: View 1,026 Items
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CollectionMontana Folklife Survey Collection The Montana Folklife Survey was conducted in the summer of 1979 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the Montana Arts Council. The survey was a…- Contributor: McBride, Tom - Dockstader, Ray - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Wasson, George B. - Young, Kay - Montana Arts Council - Crummett, Michael - Toelken, Barre - Toelken, Miiko - Stanton, Gary Ward - Johnson, Paula J. - Fleischhauer, Carl - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 613 Items
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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: Turner, Alma - Bond, Edward - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Ellis, Charles - Ford, Osa - Mathis, Allison - Monch, Matthew - Bond, James - Turner, Monroe - Spiritual Four Quartet ... Turner, Alma - Bond, Edward - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Ellis, Charles - Ford, Osa - Mathis, Allison - Monch, Matthew - Bond, James - Turner, Monroe - Spiritual Four Quartet - Turner, Oscar - Johnson, Warren G. - Fisk University - Traveller Home Singers - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Thomas, John Lee - Chestain, Sonny - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Stripling, Sidney - Parker, Cleve - Gaines, Elwood - Richardson, Zema - Holloway High School Quartet - Gregory, Richard - Chastain, Will - Ford, T. J. - Winrow, Anthony - Gibson, Gus - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Ezell, Buster - Smith Band (Musical Group)
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 181 Items
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CollectionPinelands Folklife Project The Pinelands Folklife Project collection represents the culmination of a three-year effort to identify and record the cultural traditions in and around the Pinelands National Reserve in the Pine Barrens region of…- Contributor: Shourds, Harry V. - Vivian, V. Eugene - Cohen, David Steven - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Little, Silas - American Folklife Center - O'Connor, Malachi - Orr, Jay - Pinehawkers (Musical Group) - Morgan, Elizabeth M. ... Shourds, Harry V. - Vivian, V. Eugene - Cohen, David Steven - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Little, Silas - American Folklife Center - O'Connor, Malachi - Orr, Jay - Pinehawkers (Musical Group) - Morgan, Elizabeth M. - Ridgway, Arlene Martin - Parsons, Gerald E. - Moonsammy, Rita Zorn - Ridgway, Merce - Hufford, Mary - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Glassie, Henry - Cartwright, Christine A. - Czarnecki, Joseph P. - Pinelands Cultural Society - Lund, Jens - Samuelson, Sue - New Jersey. Pinelands Commission - Hunn, Eugene S. - O'Connor, Bonnie Blair - Pinelands Folklife Project (N.J.) - Thatcher, Elaine - Sinton, John W. - Rubinstein, Nora J. (Nora Jane) - Tweed, Stewart M. - Cervetto, Jack - Fleischhauer, Carl - McDonald, Dennis
- Date: 1983
Collection Items: View 1,325 Items
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CollectionRadio Research Project Manuscript Collection The January 1941 launch of the Radio Research Project marked the Library’s initial foray into broadcast media. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and supported by Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish, the project…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan - Library of Congress. Radio Research Project - Harrell, Charles Travers - Liss, Joseph - Cohen, Philip H.
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 168 Items
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CollectionRhode Island Folklife Project Collection The Rhode Island Folklife Project collection resulted from a field survey project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, conducted in cooperation with the Rhode Island Heritage Commission, the Rhode Island…- Contributor: Glawson, Francis - Rhode Island Folklife Project - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Burns, Thomas A. - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Bartis, Peter - Bell, Michael Edward - Goldstein, Kenneth S. - Harley, Nancy - Fleischhauer, Carl - Horenstein, Henry - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 979 Items
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CollectionRoman Totenberg Papers The violinist Roman Totenberg enjoyed an extraordinarily long and varied career. Born on January 1, 1911 in Łódź, Poland, he moved as a child with his family to Moscow where he first…- Contributor: Dvořák, Antonín - Beethoven, Ludwig Van - Brahms, Johannes - Schubert, Franz - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Totenberg, Roman - Kolsky, Ilka - Milhaud, Darius - Paganini, Nicol
- Date: 1846
Collection Items: View 125 Items
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CollectionSelections from the Katherine Dunham Collection [Katherine Dunham, dancer, three-quarter length portrait] (top to bottom) Katherine Dunham as Woman with a Cigar from Tropics, by Alfredo Valenti; Katherine Dunham in the 1940 Broadway hit production of Cabin in…- Contributor: Dunham, Katherine
- Date: 1920
Collection Items: View 125 Items
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CollectionSerge Koussevitzky Archive The Music Division at The Library of Congress is principal home to the legacy of Serge Koussevitzky (1874- 1951), indefatigable champion of 20th century composers and a vital figure in the world…- Contributor: Naumov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich - Koussevitzky, Olga - Serge Koussevitzky Collection (Library of Congress) - Koussevitzky, Serge
- Date: 1880
Collection Items: View 506 Items
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CollectionSouth-Central Georgia Folklife Project Collection The South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection resulted from an ethnographic field project conducted in the summer of 1977 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and the Arts Experiment…- Contributor: Jabbour, Alan - Coelho, Dennis - Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - McGraw, Hugh - Adler, Thomas A. - Stanley, David - Marshall, Howard W. - Robinson, Beverly J. - Hamrick, Raymond C. - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - Fleischhauer, Carl - Blackmarr, Syd - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 1,121 Items
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CollectionWilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress This selection of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s papers at the Library of Congress comprises about 10,121 items (approximately 49,084 digital images) documenting the lives of the Wright brothers and their pioneering work…- Date: 1900
Collection Items: View 1,179 Items
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CollectionWoody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 highlights letters between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the American Folklife Center archive) at…- Contributor: Archive of American Folk Song - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2001
Collection Items: View 59 Items
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CollectionWorld War II Rumor Project The World War II Rumor Project collection contains manuscript materials compiled by the Office of War Information (OWI). The OWI was established by an Executive order on June 13, 1942, for the…- Contributor: Horowitz, Eugene - United States. Office of War Information
- Date: 1942
Collection Items: View 144 Items