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    Primary Documents in American History, created by Kenneth Drexler and Mark F. Hall, Digital Reference Specialists (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress) The Library of Congress is home to many of the most important documents in American history. This Web site provides links to materials digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress that supplement and enhance the study of these crucial documents. Each section of this site links to a list of important documents from that era. For each item on these lists there...
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    Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years In honor of the Manuscript Division's centennial, its staff has selected for online display approximately ninety representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Included are the papers of presidents, cabinet ministers, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, military officers and diplomats, reformers and political activists, artists and writers, scientists and inventors, and other prominent Americans whose lives reflect our country's...
  • U.S. History Primary Source Timeline Explore important topics and moments in U.S. history through historical primary sources from the Library of Congress.
  • Web Page
    American History (Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections: An Illustrated Guide) American History: Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections: an Illustrated Guide. The Library of Congress has an outstanding collection of research materials in American history. The rarest of these books, pamphlets, broadsides, and material in other formats reside in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Beginning with the European exploration and discovery of the Americas through the present, the division's collection...
  • Book/Printed Material
    Chronicling America
  • Collection
    Today in History Today in History is a Library of Congress presentation of historic events illuminated by items from the Library’s Digital Collections. This feature premiered in April, 1997 to highlight items from the Library’s groundbreaking American Memory digital collections (1994-2016). The essays were written by American Memory Program Staff, and are fact-checked and updated by reference staff from the Library’s Researcher & Reference Services Division. Each...

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  • Book/Printed Material
    American history: Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Willson, Marcius
    • Date: 1847
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history: Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Willson, Marcius
    • Date: 1851
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Sanford, Albert Hart - James, James Alton
    • Date: 1919
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Sanford, Albert Hart - James, James Alton
    • Date: 1909
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Sanford, Albert Hart - James, James Alton
    • Date: 1917
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Sanford, Albert Hart - James, James Alton
    • Date: 1913
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history ... Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Bibliography at end of most of the chapters. Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Perry, Arthur C. (Arthur Cecil) - Price, Gertrude A.
    • Date: 1913
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history; Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Huffman, Burton Edgar
    • Date: 1913
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Newton, Lewis W.
    • Date: 1915
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history ... Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Perry, Arthur C. (Arthur Cecil)
    • Date: 1919
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    American history 1 drawing : color ; folded sheet 24 x 16 cm.
    • Date: 1995
  • Web Page
    African American History Month February is African American History Month. Paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
    • Contributor: Us Smithsonian Institution - Us Holocaust Memorial Museum - National Archives and Records Administration - National Endowment for the Humanities - The Library of Congress - National Gallery of Art
  • Web Page
    African American History Month February is African American History Month. Paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
  • Web Page
    African American History Month February is African American History Month. Paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
    • Contributor: Us Smithsonian Institution - Us Holocaust Memorial Museum - National Archives and Records Administration - National Endowment for the Humanities - The Library of Congress - National Gallery of Art
  • Book/Printed Material
    The student's American history, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available "A short list of books on American history": p. xxiv-xxix. Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)
    • Date: 1906
  • Book/Printed Material
    American history, 1493-1945. Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Contains books, maps, artwork, and other primary source materials from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. It is divided into two modules: Module 1 Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859; and Module 2 Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945.
    • Contributor: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
    • Date: 2014
  • Blog
    Pinteresting African American History Pinteresting African American History. A blog post at "Library of Congress Blog" on 2015-02-05.
    • Contributor: Allen, Erin
    • Date: 2015-02-05
  • Book/Printed Material
    Studies in American history Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available "List of authorities": p. 408-420. Includes index. On spine: American history: Sheldon Barnes. Also available in digital form.
    • Contributor: Barnes, Earl - Barnes, Mary Sheldon
    • Date: 1891
  • Blog
    African American History Month African American History Month. A blog post at "In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress" on 2011-02-03.
    • Contributor: Sellers, Christine
    • Date: 2011-02-03
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