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CollectionAmazing Grace This collection highlights the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace” from the earliest printing of the song to selected performances of it on published and field recordings. These items have been collected…- Date: 1930
Collection Items: View 51 Items
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CollectionAmerican Colony in Jerusalem, 1870-2006 The papers of the American Colony in Jerusalem, a non-denominational utopian Christian community, consist of approximately 16,600 items, spanning the years 1786-2007, of which about three-fourths of the materials (50,288 images) have…- Contributor: Vester, Bertha Spafford - Spafford, Anna T. - Spafford, Horatio Gates - American Colony (Jerusalem)
- Date: 1870
Collection Items: View 536 Items
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CollectionCoptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the…- Contributor: Newlandsmith, Ernest - Moftah, Ragheb - Tóth, Margit - Wilson, Marian Robertson
- Date: 1926
Collection Items: View 370 Items
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CollectionEdward F. Edinger Papers The papers (3,100 items; 10,077 images) of leading Jungian analyst Edward F. Edinger (1922-1998) span the years 1550 (photostatic copy of an alchemical treatise) to 2016, with the bulk of the material…- Contributor: Edinger, Edward F.
Collection Items: View 154 Items
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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 132 Items
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CollectionHannah Arendt Papers The papers of author, educator, political philosopher, and public intellectual Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) constitute a large and diverse collection (25,000 items; 82,597 images) reflecting a complex career. The collection spans the years…- Contributor: Arendt, Hannah - Blücher, Heinrich
- Date: 1898
Collection Items: View 1,552 Items
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CollectionHebraic Manuscripts A Digital Project Funded through the Generosity of the David Berg Foundation The Hebraic Section of the Library of Congress houses some 230 manuscripts written in Hebrew and in cognate languages such…Collection Items: View 255 Items
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CollectionIslamic Manuscripts from Mali This online collection contains over 30 digitized manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, both located in Timbuktu, Mali. This collection was originally…Collection Items: View 40 Items
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CollectionLamb Studios Archive This online presentation offers images of nearly 2,500 design sketches for stained glass windows, murals, mosaics, furnishings, metalwork, and interior architecture. The drawings feature striking watercolors created from the 1860s to the…- Contributor: J. & R. Lamb Studios
- Date: 1869
Collection Items: View 2,456 Items
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CollectionLao Buddhist New Year Festival in Southern Louisiana This collection documents the 2022 Louisiana Lao New Year Festival (LLNY) presented April 15-17, 2022, by Wat Thammarattanaram, a Buddhist temple and monastery in Broussard (Iberia Parish), Louisiana. With the support of…- Contributor: Xanamane, Aet - Xanamane, Phouthone - Nunez, Heddy L. - American Folklife Center - Phoumylay, Fancy - Thalanh, Sith - Phoumylay, Palixay - Ounechith, Bouasone - Xanamane, Phanat - Khambounleuang, Oubonlath Alee ... Xanamane, Aet - Xanamane, Phouthone - Nunez, Heddy L. - American Folklife Center - Phoumylay, Fancy - Thalanh, Sith - Phoumylay, Palixay - Ounechith, Bouasone - Xanamane, Phanat - Khambounleuang, Oubonlath Alee - Haggood, Sami - Sengsouly, Meng - Luangphone, Nithy - Xanamane, Samko - Somchit, Amy - Xanamane, Kingston - Hamdani, Badar - Louangsouphom, Chanthaly - Pakdi, Inseng - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Sengsouly, Khanthaly - Phoumylay, Khamsone - Malathong, Vetsouvanh Ning - Xanamane, Amonelath - Thongdy, Kira
- Date: 2022
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CollectionManuscripts from the Monasteries of Mt. Athos The twenty monasteries which comprise the historic and legendary yet largely inaccessible monastic complex on Mt. Athos in Greece house a rich collection of over 11,000 manuscripts. In 1952 and 1953, the…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 1952
Collection Items: View 258 Items
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CollectionManuscripts in St. Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai The renowned Eastern Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine’s on Mt. Sinai was constructed by the Byzantine Emperor, Justinian I, in the late sixth century AD over the relics of the martyred saint…- Contributor: Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai) - Clark, Kenneth Willis
- Date: 1950
Collection Items: View 1,691 Items
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CollectionManuscripts in the Libraries of the Greek and Armenian Patriarchates in Jerusalem As Jerusalem, the location of Christ’s Passion, has been central to the Christian religion since its inception, all the early churches sought a presence in that storied and holy city. The Greek…- Contributor: Stone, Michael E.
- Date: 1969
Collection Items: View 1,009 Items
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CollectionMatson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection This collection is a rich source of historical images of the Middle East. The majority of the images depict Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank) from 1898 to 1946. Most…- Contributor: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department - Matson Photo Service
- Date: 1898
Collection Items: View 22,061 Items
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CollectionPapal Transition 2005 Web Archive On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84; seventeen days later, on April 19, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI was elected the 265th pope of the Roman…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2008
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CollectionPapal Transition 2013 Web Archive The resignation of a presiding Pope of the Catholic Church is an event that has not happened in 600 years. In 2005, the Library of Congress captured websites relating to the death…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2013
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CollectionPolitical Islam Web Archive The Political Islam Web Archive is a collection of websites from Islamic political parties and political Islamist organizations. In Afghanistan, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey, Islamic religious parties already, or…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2013
Collection Items: View 109 Items
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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
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CollectionSelections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy “Whoever writes the bismillah in a beautiful writing enters Paradise without judgment.” (1-84-154.56) Scholars and practitioners of Islamic calligraphy have long considered the written word the quintessential medium for expressing religious sentiment…Collection Items: View 273 Items
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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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CollectionSigmund Freud Papers Digitization of this collection was made possible by The Polonsky Foundation.- Contributor: Freud, Sigmund
Collection Items: View 2,205 Items
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CollectionSikkim Photos (Kandell Collection) This selection of 300 images portrays the people and landscape of a kingdom high in the Himalaya Mountains. Sikkim, now part of India, borders on Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. Dr. Kandell captured…- Contributor: Tse Ten Tashi - Kandell, Alice S.
- Date: 1965
Collection Items: View 373 Items