Digital Collections
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CollectionAbraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress The papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, representative from Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 40,550 documents dating from 1774 to 1948, although most of the collection spans…- Contributor: Lincoln, Abraham
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CollectionAfghanistan Web Archive The Afghanistan Web Archive is comprised primarily of websites produced by the Afghan government, specifically the executive branch. Also included are a selection of sites from statistical reporting agencies, banking institutions, universities,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2009
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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. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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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. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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CollectionAfrican Government Web Archive The African Government Web Archive provides links to information from key African government ministries, institutions and organizations for the 51 countries in Africa south of the Sahara. This will ensure that the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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CollectionAlexander Hamilton Papers The papers of Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1757-1804), first treasury secretary of the United States, consist of his personal and public correspondence, drafts of his writings (although not his Federalist essays), and correspondence…- Contributor: Hamilton, Alexander - First Church in Albany
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CollectionAlexander Hamilton Stephens Papers The papers of Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), lawyer, journalist, governor of Georgia, member of both houses of the United States Congress, and vice president of the Confederate States of America, span the…- Contributor: Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton)
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CollectionThe Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana The collection contains more than 11,100 items. This online release presents more than 1,300 items with more than 4,000 images and a date range of 1824-1931. It includes the complete collection of…- Contributor: Stern, Alfred Whital - Library of Congress - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1824
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CollectionAmerican Federation of Labor Records The records of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) span the years 1883-1925 and consist of letterpress volumes of correspondence of Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) and William Green (1870-1952), presidents of the organization,…- Contributor: American Federation of Labor
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CollectionAmerican Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I The Nation's Forum recordings were made between 1918 and 1920 in an effort to preserve the voices of prominent Americans; in most cases, they are the only surviving recordings of a speaker.…- Contributor: Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Cox, James M. (James Middleton) - Baker, Newton Diehl - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - Lewis, James - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Poindexter, Miles - Daniels, Josephus - Lodge, Henry Cabot ... Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Cox, James M. (James Middleton) - Baker, Newton Diehl - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) - Lewis, James - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Poindexter, Miles - Daniels, Josephus - Lodge, Henry Cabot - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Butler, Nicholas Murray - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt - Lane, Franklin K. - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Clark, Champ - Wood, Leonard - Gompers, Samuel - Colby, Bainbridge - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - De Valera, Éamon - Coolidge, Calvin - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison) - White, George - Long, Breckinridge
- Date: 1918
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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
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CollectionAndrew Johnson Papers The papers of vice president, senator, and representative Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who became the seventeenth president of the Unites States in 1865 after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, consist of 40,000 items (63,710 images),…- Contributor: Johnson, Andrew - Moore, William G. (William George)
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CollectionAnna E. Dickinson Papers The papers of lecturer, reformer, actress, and author Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (1842-1932) span the period 1859-1951, but are chiefly concentrated in the years from 1859 to 1911. The collection consists of approximately…- Contributor: Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth)
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CollectionAnna Maria Brodeau Thornton Papers The seven volumes of diaries and notebooks, 1793-1861, of Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (ca.1775-1865) document her position at the center of a Washington, D.C., social circle that included George and Martha Washington,…- Contributor: Thornton, Anna Maria Brodeau
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CollectionAzerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Government Web Archive The countries of Central Asia represent a key geographic area of strategic interest for the United States and other major world powers, including China, the European Union, India, Iran, Russia and Turkey.…Collection Items: View 361 Items
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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
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CollectionBenjamin Franklin Papers The papers of statesman, publisher, scientist, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) consist of approximately 8,000 items spanning the years 1726 to 1907, with most dating from the 1770s and 1780s. The collection's…- Contributor: Franklin, Benjamin - United States. Legation (France) - Franklin, William Temple - Oswald, Richard
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CollectionBenjamin Harrison Papers The papers of U.S. senator from Indiana and U.S. Army officer Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), who became the twenty-third president of the United States, consist of 69,600 items (178,479 images), most of which…- Contributor: Harrison, Benjamin
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CollectionBlackwell Family Papers The Blackwell Family Papers span the years 1759-1960, with the bulk of the material dating from 1845 to 1890. Consisting of approximately 29,000 items (58,002 images), most of which were digitized from…- Contributor: Stone, Lucy - Blackwell, Kitty Barry - Blackwell, Emily - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Blackwell, Alice Stone - Blackwell, H. B. (Henry Browne) - Blackwell, Elizabeth - Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown
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CollectionBlair Family Papers The papers of the Blair family, a prominent nineteenth-century political family, consist of 19,100 items (48,166 images) most of which were digitized from 49 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years…- Contributor: Blair, Gist - Stevens, Samuel - Blair, Montgomery - Blair, Frank P., (Francis Preston) - Woodbury, Levi - Blair, Francis Preston - Clapp, Charles Q. - Blair, Woodbury
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CollectionBosnian Political and Social Issues Web Archive The Bosnian Political and Social Issues Web Archive is comprised of sites that address political and social issues and inform public policy. Content includes websites of Bosnian-Herzegovinian political parties, non-governmental organizations, voluntary…Collection Items: View 49 Items
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CollectionBrady-Handy Collection In 1954 the Library of Congress purchased from Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans, the daughters of Levin C. Handy approximately 10,000 original, duplicate, and copy negatives. The L.C. Handy Studio…- Contributor: Handy, Levin C. (Levin Corbin) - Brady, Mathew B.
- Date: 1855
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CollectionBrazilian Elections Web Archive This collection of websites documents the Brazilian elections and covers three presidential elections for the years 2010, 2014, and 2018. Each election consists of two rounds, and multiple parties run for municipal,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2010
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CollectionBrazilian Environmental Policy Web Archive The Brazilian Environmental Policy web archive presents a sampling of municipal web-content produced between 2010 and 2021 – following Brazil’s inclusion as one of the five emerging “BRICS” economies. This expanded economic…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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CollectionBulgarian Political and Social Issues Web Archive The Bulgarian Political and Social Issues Web Archive is comprised of sites that address political and social issues and inform public policy. Content includes websites of Bulgarian politicians, political parties, non-governmental organizations,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. European Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2019
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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
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CollectionCalvin Coolidge Papers The papers of John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), thirtieth president of the United States, consist of approximately 179,000 documents (222,732 images), which have been digitized from 190 reels of previously reproduced microfilm. Held…- Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin
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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
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CollectionCartoon Drawings Offers more than 9,000 original drawings for editorial cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips spanning the late 1700s to the present, primarily from 1880 to 1980. The cartoons cover people and events throughout…- Contributor: Mahony, Felix - Muḥaṣṣiṣ, Ardashīr - Conacher, John C. - Cesare, Oscar Edward - Covarrubias, Miguel - Berryman, Clifford Kennedy - Crockett, Gib - Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell) - Johnson, Herbert - Kirby, Rollin - Kelly, Walt - Mauldin, Bill - Frueh, Alfred Joseph - Bartholomew, Charles Lewis
- Date: 1794
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CollectionCartoon Drawings: Herblock Collection Herbert L. Block (1909-2001), known to the world as Herblock, was one of the most influential political commentators and editorial cartoonists in American history. His long chronicle of major social and political…- Contributor: Block, Herbert
- Date: 1930
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CollectionCartoon Drawings: Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon Contains 2,085 drawings, prints, and paintings related to the art of caricature, cartoon, and illustration, spanning the years 1780 to 1977 and includes works by 521 American and foreign artists and illustrators.…- Contributor: Swann, Erwin - Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1780
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CollectionCartoon Prints, American This assemblage of more than 800 prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art. Most of the prints are from the division's PC/US series,…- Contributor: Robinson, Henry R. - Childs, John - Baillie, James S. - Clay, Edward Williams - Currier & Ives - Bucholzer, H. - Maurer, Louis - Currier, Nathaniel - Magee, John L.
- Date: 1766
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CollectionCartoon Prints, British The Prints and Photographs Division holds one of the largest collections of British political and satirical prints in America. The approximately 9,000 prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the collection highlight British…- Date: 1620
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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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CollectionCharles S. Hamlin Papers The digitized portion (8,096 items; 17,808 images) of the papers of lawyer, politician, assistant secretary of the treasury, and governor of the Federal Reserve Board Charles S. Hamlin (1861-1938) includes diaries (1887-1937),…- Contributor: Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner) - Hamlin, Anna - Hamlin, Huybertie Pruyn - Robles, Sebastian T. (Sebastian Tomas)
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CollectionCharles William Le Gendre Papers This selection of the first five containers (1,760 items; 4,774 images) of the papers of army officer and diplomat Charles William Le Gendre (1830-1899) spans the years 1866-1893, but is concentrated in…- Contributor: Le Gendre, Charles William
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CollectionChester Alan Arthur Papers The papers of Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886), who became the twenty-first president of the United States in 1881 after James A. Garfield’s assassination, consist of 4,400 items (7,675 images), most of which…- Contributor: Arthur, Chester Alan
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CollectionCode of Federal Regulations The Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) is "the codification of the general and permanent rules by the department and agencies of the Federal Government." This is a historical collection of the Code…- Date: 1938
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CollectionConfederate States of America Records The records of the Confederate States of America span the years 1854-1889, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1861-1865, during the Civil War in America. The collection relates…- Contributor: Confederate States of America. Department of Justice - Wadsworth, James Wolcott - Confederate States of America. War Department - Confederate States of America. Department of State - Confederate States of America - Confederate States of America. Department of the Treasury - Confederate States of America. Navy - Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee - Confederate States of America. Post-Office Department
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CollectionCopyright Historical Record Books Collection, 1870-1977 (Preview) The U.S. Copyright Office is governed by Title 17 of the United States Code, which requires the Register of Copyrights to maintain and provide public access to copyright records. This collection is…
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