Collections with Manuscripts/Mixed Material
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CollectionAaron Copland Collection The first release of the online collection contains approximately 1,000 items that yield a total of about 5,000 images. These items date from 1899 to 1981, with most from the 1920s through…- Contributor: Kraft, Victor - Copland, Aaron
- Date: 1841
Collection Items: View 982 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 20,206 Items
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CollectionSelections of Prayer Materials from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia The African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) holds a sizable collection of prayer materials from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Prayers commonly serve as a supplication, confession, or praise, among…Collection Items: View 118 Items
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CollectionAinu and Ezochi Rare Collection This collection of rare materials brings together books, manuscripts, and maps produced during the 18th and 19th centuries that document Japanese exploration and observation of the island and prefecture now known as…Collection Items: View 92 Items
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection The Alan Lomax Collection includes ethnographic field documentation, materials from Lomax’s various projects, and cross-cultural research created and collected by Alan Lomax and others on traditional song, music, dance, and body movement…- Contributor: Archive of American Folk Song - American Folklife Center - Association for Cultural Equity - Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1933
Collection Items: View 6,612 Items
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CollectionAlexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress The collection contains over 145,000 items. The online version contains 4,695 items (equaling about 51,500 images), consists of correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone…- Contributor: Fairchild, Marian - Bell, Alexander Graham - Hubbard, Gardiner G. (Gardiner Greene) - Bell, Alexander Melville - Bell, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
- Date: 1862
Collection Items: View 4,715 Items
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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: First Church in Albany - Hamilton, Alexander
Collection Items: View 882 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)
Collection Items: View 124 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) - Spafford, Horatio Gates - Vester, Bertha Spafford - Spafford, Anna T.
- Date: 1870
Collection Items: View 536 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 359 Items
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CollectionAndre Kostelanetz Collection Andre Kostelanetz (1901-1980) was a Russian-born conductor, arranger, and pianist known for juxtaposing popular and classical repertoire in radio broadcasts during the 1930s and 1940s. He had a highly successful concert career…- Contributor: Kostelanetz, Andre
- Date: 1922
Collection Items: View 185 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 17,171 Items
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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)
Collection Items: View 98 Items
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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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CollectionArmenian Rarities Collection The lands of the Armenians were for millennia located in Eastern Anatolia, on the Armenian Highlands, and into the Caucasus Mountain range. First mentioned almost contemporaneously by a Greek and Persian source…Collection Items: View 59 Items
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CollectionAssociated Press News Dispatches, 1915-1930 The collection of news dispatches of the Washington, D.C., Bureau of the Associated Press spans the period 1915-1930 and consists of 375 volumes (387,082 images), housed in 254 boxes, the contents of…- Contributor: Associated Press. Washington Bureau
Collection Items: View 380 Items
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CollectionWarp and Weft of Yap's Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia The Habele Outer Island Education Fund in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) received a 2022 Community Collections Grant (CCG) from the American Folklife Center to document traditional lavalava cloth weaving on…- Contributor: Raigetal, Regina R. - Habele Outer Island Education Fund - American Folklife Center - Tauwl, Modesta L. - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Date: 2022
Collection Items: View 71 Items
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CollectionBallets Russes de Serge Diaghilev The world of ballet changed dramatically when the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev took Paris by storm at the Théâtre du Châtelet in May of 1909. Armed with ground-breaking choreographic originality and…- Date: 1909
Collection Items: View 193 Items
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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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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) - Oswald, Richard - Franklin, William Temple
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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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CollectionBess Lomax Hawes Collection The Bess Lomax Hawes collection is comprised of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax…- Contributor: Gilkyson, Terry - Odetta - Miller, Frank - Hawes, Butch - Dehr, Rich - Berman, Marcia - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Mohr, Larry - Hawes, Bess Lomax
- Date: 1894
Collection Items: View 365 Items
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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
Collection Items: View 7 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: Blackwell, Kitty Barry - Blackwell, Elizabeth - Blackwell, Emily - Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown - Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Blackwell, Alice Stone - Blackwell, H. B. (Henry Browne) - Stone, Lucy
Collection Items: View 2,313 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: Woodbury, Levi - Blair, Francis Preston - Blair, Gist - Blair, Montgomery - Blair, Woodbury - Stevens, Samuel - Blair, Frank P., (Francis Preston) - Clapp, Charles Q.
Collection Items: View 602 Items
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CollectionBlue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project was conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Ten folklorists from the American Folklife Center conducted fieldwork in August and…- Contributor: Wolfe, Charles K. - Todd, Zenna - Richardson, Larry - Cruise, Crystal - Severt, Carrie - Choate, Donna - Fleischhauer, Carl - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Eiler, Terry - Jarrell, Tommy ... Wolfe, Charles K. - Todd, Zenna - Richardson, Larry - Cruise, Crystal - Severt, Carrie - Choate, Donna - Fleischhauer, Carl - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Eiler, Terry - Jarrell, Tommy - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Owen, Margaret Counts - American Folklife Center - Mullen, Patrick B. - Stanley, Lura - Wilson, Joe - Adler, Thomas A. - United States. National Park Service - Jabbour, Alan - Patton, Ila - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Shockley, Maggie - Bryan, Mamie - Ray, Roxie - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Owen, Blanton - Marshall, Howard W.
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 2,103 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: Heavenly Gate Quartet - Ford, T. J. - Fisk University - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Holloway High School Quartet - Monch, Matthew - Thomas, John Lee - Bond, James - Ford, Osa - Gaines, Elwood ... Heavenly Gate Quartet - Ford, T. J. - Fisk University - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Holloway High School Quartet - Monch, Matthew - Thomas, John Lee - Bond, James - Ford, Osa - Gaines, Elwood - Mathis, Allison - Chestain, Sonny - Johnson, Warren G. - Gregory, Richard - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Stripling, Sidney - Traveller Home Singers - Parker, Cleve - Ezell, Buster - Gibson, Gus - Turner, Oscar - Ellis, Charles - Turner, Monroe - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Chastain, Will - Richardson, Zema - Winrow, Anthony - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Spiritual Four Quartet - Turner, Alma - Bond, Edward - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 181 Items
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CollectionBranch Rickey Papers The approximately 1,750 baseball scouting reports from the 1950s and 1960s presented here are part of the papers of Branch Rickey (1881-1965), best known as the executive who broke Major League Baseball's…- Contributor: Rickey, Branch
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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: Rubinstein, Ida - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Reinhardt, Max - Ashton, Frederick - Kirsta, Georg - Pavlova, Anna - Poulenc, Francis - Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Nijinska, Bronislava ... Rubinstein, Ida - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Reinhardt, Max - Ashton, Frederick - Kirsta, Georg - Pavlova, Anna - Poulenc, Francis - Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Nijinska, Bronislava - Petipa, Marius - Jacob's Pillow - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Exter, Alexandra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Chagall, Marc - Nijinska, Irina - Stravinsky, Igor - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Diaghilev, Serge - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Vertès, Marcel - Dolin, Anton - Cuevas, George De
- Date: 1740
Collection Items: View 211 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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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…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division - Catt, Carrie Chapman
Collection Items: View 573 Items
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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: Law Library of Congress (U.S.) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1998
Collection Items: View 40 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…- Contributor: Reed, Charles Wellington
- Date: 1776
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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) - Robles, Sebastian T. (Sebastian Tomas) - Hamlin, Huybertie Pruyn - Hamlin, Anna
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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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CollectionChicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art…- Contributor: Bradunas, Elena - Fleischhauer, Carl - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Brzovich, Mato - George, Philip B. - Klymasz, Shirley - American Folklife Center - Mack, James - Swenson, Greta E. - Kalčik, Susan J. ... Bradunas, Elena - Fleischhauer, Carl - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Brzovich, Mato - George, Philip B. - Klymasz, Shirley - American Folklife Center - Mack, James - Swenson, Greta E. - Kalčik, Susan J. - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Illinois Arts Council - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Choi, Chungmoo - March, Richard - Kubose, Minnie Somi - González, José Gamaliel - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Moloney, Mick - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Bartis, Peter - Dovydenas, Jonas - Robinson, Beverly J. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Lund, Jens - Epstein, Shifra - Hellenberg, Antony - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor)
- Date: 1976
Collection Items: View 1,138 Items
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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: Barton, Clara - Hubbell, Julian B. (Julian Bertine)
- Date: 1805
Collection Items: View 975 Items
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CollectionColorado Folklife Project Collection The Colorado Folklife Project was sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, working with John D. Farr, representative of the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide Foundation, Frisco, Colorado, to assist in…- Contributor: Emrich, Ron - American Folklife Center - Natanson, Barbara Orbach - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Marshall, Howard W. - Dettmer, Elke
- Date: 1980
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