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CollectionBorn in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the…- Contributor: Federal Writers' Project - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division
- Date: 2001
Collection Items: View 603 Items
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CollectionAfrican American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection "African American Perspectives" gives a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture and is primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African…- Date: 1875
Collection Items: View 892 Items
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CollectionSlavery and the Judiciary, 1740 to 1860 This collection consists of 105 library books and manuscripts, totalling approximately 8,700 pages drawn principally from the Law Library and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Law Library - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- Date: 2002
Collection Items: View 109 Items
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CollectionVoices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states. Twenty-two interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2004
Collection Items: View 66 Items
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CollectionFrederick Douglass Newspapers, 1847-1874 This online collection presents newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous orators, authors, and journalists of the 19th century.- Date: 1847
Collection Items: View 590 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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CollectionFrederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress The papers of nineteenth-century African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), who escaped from slavery and then risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher, consist of approximately 7,400…- Contributor: Douglass, Helen - Douglass, Frederick
- Date: 1900
Collection Items: View 1,013 Items
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CollectionMyrtilla Miner Papers The papers of educator and abolitionist Myrtilla Miner (1815-1864) consist of approximately 600 items comprising 2,122 images, all of which were digitized from four reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years…- Contributor: Miner, Myrtilla
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CollectionLibrary of Congress Websites Web Archive The Library of Congress Websites Web Archive is a collection of websites representing the Library's online presence. Some archived URLs map to specific parts of the organization, for example the American Folklife…- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
Collection Items: View 106 Items
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CollectionMillard Fillmore Papers The papers of Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), educator, U.S. representative from New York, vice president, and thirteenth president of the United States, contain approximately thirty-five items spanning the years 1839-1925, with the bulk…- Contributor: Fillmore, Millard
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CollectionHorace Greeley Papers The papers of journalist Horace Greeley (1811-1872) consist of 2,000 items (4,958 images) in seven containers, and span the years 1812 to 1928, with the bulk dating from 1860 to 1872. The…- Contributor: Greeley, Horace
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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, Edgar Thaddeus - Welles, Gideon - Learned, Henry Barrett
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CollectionElizabeth Cady Stanton Papers The papers of suffragist, reformer, and feminist theorist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) cover the years 1814 to 1946, with most of the material concentrated between 1840 and 1902. Consisting of approximately 1,000…- Contributor: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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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
Collection Items: View 231 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, Tilton C. - Reynolds, Juliana Smith
- Date: 1851
Collection Items: View 174 Items
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CollectionFrederick Law Olmsted Papers The papers of farmer, writer, reformer, landscape architect, urban and suburban planner, and conservationist Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) consist of approximately 24,000 items (roughly 47,300 images), most of which were digitized from…- Contributor: Olmsted, John - Olmsted, Gideon - Olmsted, Frederick Law
Collection Items: View 741 Items
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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 - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress
- Date: 1824
Collection Items: View 1,535 Items
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CollectionMaps of Liberia, 1830-1870 This collection of Liberia maps includes twenty examples from the American Colonization Society (ACS), organized in 1817 to resettle free black Americans in West Africa. These maps show early settlements in Liberia,…- Contributor: American Colonization Society - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1998
Collection Items: View 25 Items
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CollectionDonald Benham Civil War Collection The Donald Benham Civil War Collection consists of 300 items (576 images) in one container, and spans the years 1806 to 1916, with the bulk dating from 1850 to 1870. The collection…- Contributor: Benham, Donald
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CollectionEast Florida Papers This collection consists primarily of the records (65,000 items; 190,918 images) of the Spanish colonial government of East Florida from 1784, when Spain regained the colony from Great Britain according to the…Collection Items: View 480 Items
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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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CollectionThaddeus Stevens Papers The papers of lawyer and United States representative from Pennsylvania Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) consist of 4,750 items (7,769 images) in eight containers and one oversize folder. The material spans the years 1811-1927,…- Contributor: Stevens, Thaddeus
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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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CollectionOmar Ibn Said Collection The Omar Ibn Said Collection consists of 42 digitized documents in both English and Arabic, including an 1831 manuscript in Arabic on "The Life of Omar Ibn Said," a West African slave…- Contributor: Thomson, William Hanna - Cotheal, Alexander Isaac - Kebe, Lamine - American Bible Society - American Ethnological Society - Dwight, Theodore - Beard, Derrick Joshua - Dukur, Muḥammad - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division ... Thomson, William Hanna - Cotheal, Alexander Isaac - Kebe, Lamine - American Bible Society - American Ethnological Society - Dwight, Theodore - Beard, Derrick Joshua - Dukur, Muḥammad - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Bird, Isaac - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - See, Sheikh Sana - Rothman, Adam - Said, Omar Ibn - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1741
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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, Mary S. - Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell)
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CollectionAmerican Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 This collection of life histories consists of approximately 2,900 documents, compiled and transcribed by more than 300 writers from 24 states, working on the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers’ Project, a…- Contributor: Federal Writers' Project - United States. Work Projects Administration - United States. Works Progress Administration - Writers' Program (U.S.)
- Date: 1936
Collection Items: View 2,838 Items
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CollectionHerndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana The Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana consists of 4,600 items (9,729 images), most of which were digitized from 15 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years circa 1824-1933, the collection contains papers…- Contributor: Lincoln, Abraham - Weik, Jesse William - Herndon, William Henry
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CollectionPrinted Ephemera: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera The collection contains, among other materials, posters, playbills, songsheets, notices, invitations, proclamations, petitions, timetables, leaflets, propaganda, manifestos, ballots, tickets, menus, and business cards. There are more than 28,000 items in the collection…- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 10,843 Items
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CollectionWalt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection The papers of poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892) in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection consist of approximately 28,000 items spanning from 1763 to 1985. The bulk of the items date from the 1840s…Collection Items: View 2,928 Items