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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: United States. Office of War Information - Horowitz, Eugene
- Date: 1942
Collection Items: View 144 Items
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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: United States. Army. Army Group, 1st. Headquarters - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Allied Forces. Army Group, 12th. Engineer Section - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 200?
Collection Items: View 424 Items
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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: Feininger, Andreas - United States. Office of War Information - Rittase, William M. - Siegel, Arthur S. - Hollem, Howard R. - Downey, Jack - Sherwood, Mark - Jacobs, Fenno - Rosskam, Louise - Lee, Russell ... Feininger, Andreas - United States. Office of War Information - Rittase, William M. - Siegel, Arthur S. - Hollem, Howard R. - Downey, Jack - Sherwood, Mark - Jacobs, Fenno - Rosskam, Louise - Lee, Russell - Bransby, David - Palmer, Alfred T. - Vachon, John - United States. Farm Security Administration - Rothstein, Arthur - Collins, Marjory - Wolcott, Marion Post - Dixon, Royden - Delano, Jack - Liberman, Howard - Rous, John - Collier, John
- Date: 1939
Collection Items: View 1,623 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 1,871 Items
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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. Office of War Information - United States. Farm Security Administration
- Date: 1935
Collection Items: View 171,042 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 4,685 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 258 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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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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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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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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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
Collection Items: View 250 Items
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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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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. Law Library - Library of Congress
- Date: 2014
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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: Robles, Sebastian T. (Sebastian Tomas) - Hamlin, Anna - Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner) - Hamlin, Huybertie Pruyn
Collection Items: View 209 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 103 Items
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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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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
Collection Items: View 9,218 Items
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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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CollectionEugene Meyer Papers The subject files, 1929-1959, of investment banker, financier, public official, and newspaperman Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) relating to his tenure as fifth chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1930-1933, consist of correspondence, memoranda,…- Contributor: Meyer, Eugene
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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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CollectionPosters: WPA Posters This collection consists of 907 posters produced from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more…- Date: 1936
Collection Items: View 947 Items
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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: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Blackwell, Alice Stone - Stone, Lucy - Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown - Blackwell, Kitty Barry - Blackwell, Emily - Blackwell, H. B. (Henry Browne) - Blackwell, Elizabeth
Collection Items: View 2,313 Items
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CollectionOlmsted Associates Records The digitized portion of the Olmsted Associates Records consist of approximately 149,000 items (366,518 images), scanned from 532 reels of microfilm reproducing the two largest series in the collection, the Letterbooks, 1884-1899,…- Contributor: Olmsted, John Charles - Frederick Law Olmsted (Firm) - F.L. And J.C. Olmsted (Firm) - Olmsted Associates - F.L. Olmsted and Company - Olmsted Brothers - Olmsted, Frederick Law - Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot
Collection Items: View 6,688 Items
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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: Clapp, Charles Q. - Blair, Francis Preston - Woodbury, Levi - Blair, Frank P., (Francis Preston) - Blair, Gist - Blair, Montgomery - Stevens, Samuel - Blair, Woodbury
Collection Items: View 602 Items
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CollectionPersian Language Rare Materials The Library of Congress is home to a noteworthy collection of rare Persian language manuscripts, lithographic books and early imprints, as well as printed books, housed in the African and Middle Eastern…Collection Items: View 513 Items
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CollectionNow What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 Consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia.…- Contributor: Gregory, Richard - Bond, James - Ellis, Charles - Stripling, Sidney - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Gibson, Gus - Traveller Home Singers - Winrow, Anthony - Monch, Matthew ... Gregory, Richard - Bond, James - Ellis, Charles - Stripling, Sidney - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Gibson, Gus - Traveller Home Singers - Winrow, Anthony - Monch, Matthew - Parker, Cleve - Holloway High School Quartet - Ford, T. J. - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Thomas, John Lee - Bond, Edward - Chastain, Will - Turner, Oscar - Mathis, Allison - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Ezell, Buster - Chestain, Sonny - Turner, Alma - Fisk University - Spiritual Four Quartet - Turner, Monroe - Johnson, Warren G. - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Ford, Osa - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Richardson, Zema - Gaines, Elwood
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 181 Items
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CollectionFreedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953 Freedom’s Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953, contains a selection of 209 letters, memoranda, photographs, and publications (1,176 images) documenting a momentous period in the history of the Library of Congress when…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress
- Date: 2004
Collection Items: View 226 Items
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CollectionJohn A. Lomax and Alan Lomax Papers John A. Lomax, Sr., and his son Alan Lomax became stewards of a nascent Archive of American Folk-Song in September 1933. Their tenure lasted until Alan separated from the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan - Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 1907
Collection Items: View 415 Items
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CollectionCalifornia Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell This online presentation, California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties, comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in 12 languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians. It includes sound…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
- Date: 1997
Collection Items: View 1,246 Items
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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 1,199 Items
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CollectionVoices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection is an online presentation of selections from a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting the everyday life of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1998
Collection Items: View 533 Items
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CollectionFlorida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections combines sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - Kennedy, Stetson
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 494 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, Helen F. (Helen Frances) - Pershing, John J. (John Joseph)
- Date: 1860
Collection Items: View 91 Items
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CollectionSouthern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip This recording trip is an ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan - Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Archive of American Folk Song
- Date: 1934
Collection Items: View 895 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: American Colony (Jerusalem) - Vester, Bertha Spafford - Spafford, Anna T. - Spafford, Horatio Gates
- Date: 1870
Collection Items: View 536 Items
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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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CollectionRoman Totenberg Papers The violinist Roman Totenberg enjoyed an extraordinarily long and varied career. Born on January 1, 1911 in Łódź, Poland, he moved as a child with his family to Moscow where he first…- Contributor: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Beethoven, Ludwig Van - Dvořák, Antonín - Totenberg, Roman - Milhaud, Darius - Schubert, Franz - Brahms, Johannes - Kolsky, Ilka - Paganini, Nicol
- Date: 1846
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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, Eleanor Butler - Roosevelt, Theodore
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CollectionSeptember 11, 2001, Documentary Project Flight Attendant. Photo by David A. Taylor, September 2001. September 11, 2001, Documentary Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The September 11, 2001 Documentary Project captures the reactions, eyewitness accounts,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2001
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