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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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CollectionSamuel J. Gibson Diary and Correspondence The papers of Union soldier Samuel J. Gibson (1833-1878) consist of a diary kept by Gibson in 1864 while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and a letter to his…- Contributor: Gibson, Samuel J.
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CollectionNathan W. Daniels Diary and Scrapbook The papers of Union army officer and Freedmen’s Bureau advocate Nathan W. Daniels (1836-1867), spanning the years 1861-1867, consist of three volumes of a handwritten diary with photographs, illustrations, and newspaper clippings…- Contributor: Richmond, Cora L. V. (Cora Linn Victoria) - Daniels, Nathan W.
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CollectionWashington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 This collection represents three manuscript volumes that document daily life in Washington, D.C., through the eyes of U.S. Patent Office examiner Horatio Nelson Taft (1806-1888), including Taft's connection with Abraham Lincoln and…- Contributor: Taft, Horatio Nelson - Brady, Mathew B.
- Date: 1861
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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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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, Anna - Robles, Sebastian T. (Sebastian Tomas) - Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner) - Hamlin, Huybertie Pruyn
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CollectionBetty Herndon Maury Maury Papers The papers of diarist Betty Herndon Maury Maury (1835-1903) consist of a diary kept by Maury from June 3, 1861, to February 18, 1863. The two-volume diary was scanned from one reel…- Contributor: Maury, Betty Herndon Maury
- Date: 1861
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CollectionBronislava Nijinska Collection The collection of notable dancer, choreographer and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) contains a diverse variety of materials documenting dance and the arts in the twentieth century. Available here are over 200 collection…- Contributor: Exter, Alexandra - Nijinska, Bronislava - Pavlova, Anna - Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Chagall, Marc - Goncharova, Nataliiï¸ a︡ Sergeevna - Nijinska, Irina - Diaghilev, Serge - Rubinstein, Ida ... Exter, Alexandra - Nijinska, Bronislava - Pavlova, Anna - Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Chagall, Marc - Goncharova, Nataliiï¸ a︡ Sergeevna - Nijinska, Irina - Diaghilev, Serge - Rubinstein, Ida - Cuevas, George De - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Stravinsky, Igor - Annenkov, Iï¸ u︡ri - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Kirsta, Georg - Dolin, Anton - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Jacob's Pillow - Reinhardt, Max - Petipa, Marius - Vertès, Marcel - Poulenc, Francis
- Date: 1740
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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: Moore, William G. (William George) - Johnson, Andrew
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CollectionCivil War Maps Brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Virginia - Virginia Historical Society
- Date: 1999
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CollectionMontgomery C. Meigs Papers The papers of army officer, engineer, architect, and scientist Montgomery C. Meigs (1816-1892) consist of 11,000 items (42,508 images), most of which were digitized from 51 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning…- Contributor: Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham) - Meigs, Montgomery
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CollectionLewis H. Machen Family Papers The Gresham family material in the Lewis H. Machen Family Papers consists of seven diaries kept by Georgia teenager LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847-1865) during the Civil War, and approximately 550 items of…- Contributor: Machen, Emmeline - Machen, Arthur Webster - Machen, Minnie Gresham - Machen, James P. - Machen, Caroline Webster - Gresham, Leroy Wiley - Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry)
- Date: 1860
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CollectionJoseph Holt Papers The papers of commissioner of patents, United States postmaster general, secretary of war, judge advocate general of the United States Army, and lawyer Joseph Holt (1807-1894) consists of 20,000 items in 118…- Contributor: Holt, Joseph
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CollectionMary Church Terrell Papers The papers of educator, lecturer, suffragist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) consist of approximately 13,000 documents, comprising 25,323 images, all of which were digitized from 34 reels of previously…- Contributor: Terrell, Mary Church
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CollectionSamuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1793-1919 Approximately 6,500 items from the Samuel F. B. Morse Papers in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress have been digitized, including correspondence, diaries, printed matter, maps, drawings and miscellany. These…- Date: 1793
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CollectionCarrie Chapman Catt Papers The papers of suffragist, political strategist, and pacifist Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947) span the years 1848-1950, with the bulk of the material dating from 1890 to 1920. The collection consists of…Collection Items: View 573 Items
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CollectionCharles Wellington Reed Papers, 1776 to 1926 The papers of Civil War soldier and artist Charles Wellington Reed (1841-1926) span the years 1776-1926, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1862-1865, when he served with the…- Date: 1776
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CollectionMatthew Fontaine Maury Papers The papers of naval officer and oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873) consist of 14,650 items (22,631 images) scanned from original materials. Spanning the years 1825-1960, with the bulk concentrated in the period…- Contributor: Maury, Matthew Fontaine - Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) - Coblentz, Catherine Cate
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CollectionGeorge Brinton McClellan Papers The papers of U.S. Army officer and governor of New Jersey George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) consist of 33,000 items (59,477 images), most of which were digitized from 82 reels of previously produced…- Contributor: McClellan, George B. (George Brinton) - McClellan, Mary Ellen Marcy - Minter, Joseph F.
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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
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CollectionBenajah Jay Antrim Journals The journals (5 items; 517 images) of Benajah Jay Antrim (1819-1903), a chemist, photographer, mathematical instrument maker, and artist, are comprised of three volumes of handwritten diary entries and two complementary volumes…- Contributor: Antrim, Benajah Jay
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CollectionScience Blogs Web Archive The Science Blogs Web Archive provides resources for scholars and others conducting research on science writing, research, teaching and communication, as well as scientific discourse in the United States. Science blogs are…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2013
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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: Blackwell, Emily - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Blackwell, H. B. (Henry Browne) - Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown - Blackwell, Alice Stone - Blackwell, Elizabeth - Blackwell, Kitty Barry - Stone, Lucy
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CollectionTheodore Roosevelt Papers The papers of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), public official, author, decorated veteran of the Spanish-American War, governor of New York, and president of the United States (1901-1909), consist of approximately 276,000 documents (roughly…- Contributor: Roosevelt, Theodore - Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler
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CollectionSalmon P. Chase Papers The papers of Ohio governor, Lincoln cabinet official, and Supreme Court justice Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) span the years 1755-1898, with the bulk of the material originating between 1824 and 1872. They…Collection Items: View 306 Items
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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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CollectionGrover Cleveland Papers The papers of New York governor and lawyer Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), who became the twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States, consist of 108,200 items (192,602 images), most of which were…- Contributor: Cleveland, Frances Folsom - Cleveland, Grover
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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, Frank P., (Francis Preston) - Stevens, Samuel - Blair, Francis Preston - Blair, Woodbury - Blair, Montgomery - Clapp, Charles Q. - Blair, Gist - Woodbury, Levi
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CollectionGideon Welles Papers The papers of Gideon Welles (1802-1878), newspaper editor and U.S. secretary of the navy under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, consist of 15,070 items (26,302 images), most of which were digitized…- Contributor: Welles, Gideon - Learned, Henry Barrett - Welles, Edgar Thaddeus
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CollectionFranklin Pierce Papers The papers of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), army officer, representative and senator from New Hampshire, and fourteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 2,350 items dating from 1820 to 1869. They include…- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
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CollectionMargaret Bayard Smith Papers The papers of Margaret Bayard Smith (1778-1844), author and leader in Washington, D.C., social and political circles during the first decades of the nineteenth century, span the years 1789-1874, with the bulk…- Contributor: Smith, Margaret Bayard
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CollectionJames A. Garfield Papers The papers of U.S. president, army officer, lawyer, and educator James A. Garfield (1831-1881) consist of approximately 80,000 items (200,083 images), most of which were digitized from 177 reels of previously produced…- Contributor: Stanley-Brown, Mary Garfield - Garfield, James A. (James Abram)
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CollectionJames K. Polk Papers The papers of James K. Polk (1795-1849), governor of Tennessee, representative from Tennessee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and eleventh president of the United States, contain approximately 20,500 items dating from…- Contributor: Polk, James K. (James Knox) - Polk, Sarah Childress
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CollectionSusan B. Anthony Papers The papers of reformer and suffragist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) span the period 1846-1934 with the bulk of the material dating from 1846 to 1906. The collection, consisting of approximately 500 items…- Contributor: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) - Anthony, Mary S.
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CollectionClara Barton Papers The papers of nurse, educator, philanthropist, and lecturer Clara Barton (1821-1912) consist of 62,000 items (81,608 images), most of which were digitized from 123 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years…- Contributor: Hubbell, Julian B. (Julian Bertine) - Barton, Clara
- Date: 1805
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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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CollectionGeorge Washington Papers The papers of army officer and first U.S. president George Washington (1732-1799) held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress constitute the largest collection of original Washington papers in the…- Date: 1592
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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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CollectionSmall Press Expo Comic and Comic Art Web Archive Collection Period: August 9, 2011 to ongoing. The Small Press Expo (SPX) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit created in 1994 to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics. SPX hosts an…- Contributor: Small Press Expo Collection (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division - Library of Congress - Small Press Expo
- Date: 2011
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