Digital Collections
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CollectionNewspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 This online collection is drawn from three primary sources: The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings, a volume published by the New York Times shortly after the armistice that compiled…- Date: 1914
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CollectionStars and Stripes: The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 This online collection includes the complete seventy-one-week run of The Stars and Stripes World War I edition. The Stars and Stripes was published in France by the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) of…- Date: 1918
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CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music From 1914 through 1920 the Library of Congress acquired over 14,000 pieces of sheet music relating to what ultimately became known as the First World War, with the greatest number coming from…- Date: 1914
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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
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CollectionWorld War I Centennial Web Archive The World War I Centennial Web Archive is a collection of websites presenting various projects and events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States involvement in the First World War. It…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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CollectionWorld War II Military Situation Maps This collection contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division - Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section - United States. Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 200?
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CollectionWorld War History: Newspaper Clippings, 1914-1926 This vast online collection of World War I era newspaper clippings is from a single unique source: the 400-volume, 80,000-page set, World War History: Daily Records and Comments as Appeared in American…Collection Items: View 407 Items
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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: Wood, Leonard - Gompers, Samuel - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Lodge, Henry Cabot - Lane, Franklin K. ... Wood, Leonard - Gompers, Samuel - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Owen, Robert L. (Robert Latham) - McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Lodge, Henry Cabot - Lane, Franklin K. - Coolidge, Calvin - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison) - De Valera, Éamon - Butler, Nicholas Murray - Hitchcock, Gilbert M. (Gilbert Monell) - Clark, Champ - Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison) - Colby, Bainbridge - Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt - Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé) - Cox, James M. (James Middleton) - Lewis, James - Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - Long, Breckinridge - Poindexter, Miles - Baker, Newton Diehl - Daniels, Josephus - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - White, George - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)
- Date: 1918
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CollectionPosters: World War I Posters This collection makes available online approximately 1,900 posters created between 1914 and 1920. Most relate directly to the war, but some German posters date from the post-war period and illustrate events such…- Date: 1914
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CollectionWar of 1812 Bicentennial Web Archive The War of 1812 Bicentennial Web Archive is a collection of websites of various projects and events commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The archive consists of over 30…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2012
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CollectionPosters: Spanish Civil War Posters The collection consists of approximately 120 posters created between 1936 and 1939 during the Spanish Civil War.- Contributor: Spain. Ministerio De Instrucción Pública Y Sanidad - Unión General De Trabajadores De España - Hinsberger, Aleix - Fontseré, Carles - F.A.I. (Organization : Spain) - Confederación Nacional Del Trabajo (Spain) - Bardasano, José - Catalonia (Spain). Comissariat De Propaganda - Falange Española. Jefatura Nacional De Prensa Y Propaganda. Seccion Mural - Puyol, Ramón
- Date: 1936
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CollectionFarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the…- Contributor: Wolcott, Marion Post - Bransby, David - Hollem, Howard R. - Vachon, John - United States. Office of War Information - Rothstein, Arthur - Rous, John - United States. Farm Security Administration - Liberman, Howard - Dixon, Royden ... Wolcott, Marion Post - Bransby, David - Hollem, Howard R. - Vachon, John - United States. Office of War Information - Rothstein, Arthur - Rous, John - United States. Farm Security Administration - Liberman, Howard - Dixon, Royden - Lee, Russell - Palmer, Alfred T. - Collier, John - Delano, Jack - Rosskam, Louise - Feininger, Andreas - Siegel, Arthur S. - Sherwood, Mark - Rittase, William M. - Collins, Marjory - Jacobs, Fenno - Downey, Jack
- Date: 1939
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CollectionFenton Crimean War Photographs Roger Fenton's Crimean War photographs represent one of the earliest systematic attempts to document a war through the medium of photography. Fenton, who spent fewer than four months in the Crimea (March…- Contributor: Fenton, Roger
- Date: 1855
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CollectionFarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives The photographs of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This U.S. government photography project was…- Contributor: United States. Farm Security Administration - United States. Office of War Information
- Date: 1935
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CollectionIraq War 2003 Web Archive On March 20, 2003, the United States began military action against Iraq for the stated purpose of deposing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and preventing his use of suspected nuclear weapons (weapons of…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2008
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CollectionThe Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands This online collection contains digitized items from the Library of Congress collection that was originally made available as The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands/De Atlantische Wereld: Amerika en Nederland digital library…Collection Items: View 82 Items
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CollectionThe Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures This presentation features 68 motion pictures, produced between 1898 and 1901, of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which the motion…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
- Date: 1998
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CollectionAnsel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's most well-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese-Americans interned there during World War II. For the first time, digital scans…- Contributor: Adams, Ansel
- Date: 1943
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CollectionJapanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942-1946 Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World War II, these newspapers provide a unique look into the daily lives of the people who…- Date: 1942
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CollectionVeterans History Project Collection Offering an unparalleled digital archive of primary source material, the Veterans History Project (VHP) Collection preserves and makes accessible the firsthand narratives of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I…Collection Items: View 92,290 Items
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CollectionAfter the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,…- Date: 1941
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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
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CollectionGeorge S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945 The diaries of U.S. army officer George S. Patton (1885-1945) are part of a larger collection of Patton papers available for research use onsite in the Manuscript Reading Room of the Library…- Date: 1910
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CollectionHorydczak Collection The Theodor Horydczak Collection (about 14,350 photographs online) documents the architecture and social life of the Washington metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential,…- Contributor: Horydczak, Theodor
- Date: 1915
Collection Items: View 14,331 Items
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CollectionSeptember 11, 2001 Web Archive The September 11, 2001 Web Archive preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks…- Contributor: Webarchivist.org (Organization) - Library of Congress - Internet Archive (Firm) - Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Date: 2004
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CollectionInternational Tribunals Web Archive The International Tribunals Web Archive contains selected websites on the most important international courts and tribunals created since World War II to adjudicate legal issues of a transnational nature. The collection preserves…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Law Library
- Date: 2014
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CollectionOffice of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) Reports On June 27, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved an order External issued by the Council of National Defense, a First World War era group of six Cabinet Secretaries, revived to coordinate…Collection Items: View 1,198 Items
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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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CollectionPuerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives The digital collection Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives is one component of a collaborative project undertaken by the Library of Congress Hispanic Division and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
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CollectionHotchkiss Map Collection The Hotchkiss Map Collection contains cartographic items made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828-1899), a topographic engineer in the Confederate Army. Hotchkiss made detailed battle maps primarily of the Shenandoah Valley, some of…- Date: 1828
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CollectionGeorgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Correspondence This collection of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz Correspondence and Related Material (157 items; 618 images) consists mostly of letters, 1929-1947, written by painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) and her husband, Photo-Secession movement…- Contributor: O'Keeffe, Georgia - Stieglitz, Alfred
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CollectionHidden Treasures at the Library of Congress This Week's Hidden Treasure in Partnership with HISTORY This Week's Hidden Treasure is an exciting opportunity to examine historically meaningful and culturally relevant artifacts from the treasured collections of the Library of…Collection Items: View 27 Items
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CollectionJohn J. Pershing Papers The diaries, notebooks, and address books of John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948), U.S. army officer and commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, are part of a larger collection of…- Contributor: Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Pershing, Helen F. (Helen Frances)
- Date: 1860
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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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CollectionRobert Lansing Papers The private memoranda, desk diaries, and notes, 1915-1922, of diplomat and lawyer Robert Lansing (1864-1928) consist of 22 volumes (3,090 images) located in containers 63-67 of a larger collection of Lansing papers…- Contributor: Lansing, Robert
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CollectionCrisis in Darfur 2006 Web Archive Described by the United Nations as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the current conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur began in early 2003, when rebels attacked government targets and then expanded…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2006
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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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CollectionMilitary Battles and Campaigns This category contains maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation.…- Date: 1570
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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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CollectionJubal Anderson Early Papers The papers of United States and Confederate army officer, lawyer, and Virginia state legislator Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) consist of 5,000 items (5,368 images) in 18 containers. Spanning the years 1829-1930, the…- Contributor: Early, Jubal Anderson
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