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Publisher: Library of Congress A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books 
 This exhibition presents "the woodcut-illustrated books purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald at the Dyson Perrins sale, now part of the legendary Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. These books were printed within the first century after Gutenberg mastered the art of printing with moveable type." Provides an exhibition overview, illustrated essays on woodcuts in books in the 15th and 16th centuries, and an object checklist. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/heavenlycraft/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jul 4, 2005 Ancient Manuscripts From the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu
"Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded as a commercial center in West Africa nine hundred years ago. Dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, the ancient manuscripts presented in this exhibition cover every aspect of human endeavor and are indicative of the high level of civilization attained by West Africans during the Middle Ages." Browsable and searchable. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/ Topics: Faiths, Literary Movements and Periods, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Regions of the World, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Oct 1, 2003 1492: An Ongoing Voyage
This online exhibit "focuse[s] on "those people who were in this hemisphere before 1492 and on those from Europe and Africa who arrived in the 16th and early 17th centuries." The information is brief, but includes maps, art, an article on Christopher Columbus, and facsimiles of different manuscripts. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/ Topics: Geography, History, Holidays and Observances Individually, Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Sep 2, 2004 Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
Topics in this collection of twenty-six films include the 1906 earthquake, the Panama Pacific Exposition (1915), and a 1903 Chinese funeral. Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject and film title. Also features brief information on early San Francisco history, an overview of America during the early nineteenth century, and selected bibliographies on San Francisco and early motion pictures. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/sfhome.html Topics: California: History, Geography, Geology Last updated Mar 22, 2006 The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
"The books in this collection bear nineteenth century American imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. They have been digitized by the University of Michigan. ... Currently, approximately 1,500 books are included." Searchable, or browsable by subject, author, title, or theme, such as the Civil War, slavery and abolition, religion, education, self-help and self-improvement, travel and westward expansion, and poetry. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/mnchome.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, United States History Last updated Apr 6, 2005 The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection
This site presents "an original scrapbook that was kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Better known as Lewis Carroll, the Victorian-era children's author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' ... Dodgson was a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Oxford [England]. The scrapbook contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and a limited number of manuscript materials." The site also includes an essay, portrait gallery, and timeline. Searchable and browsable. From the Library of Congress. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/ Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Jul 27, 2004 Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and "Leaves of Grass"
An exhibition from the Library of Congress American Treasures commemorating the publication of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855. It "traces the different occupations and preparations that led Whitman to become the author of 'Leaves of Grass,' as well as his subsequent evolution as a poet." Features a biography, with images of books, letters, manuscripts, photographs, and related items. Includes letters from individuals such as Oscar Wilde and Ralph Waldo Emerson. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/whitman-home.html Topics: Correspondence, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Jul 26, 2005 Greece: Threat of Terrorism and Security at the Olympics
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report dated April 30, 2004, covering security threats, planning, and aid. Opens directly into a PDF file. http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/32822.pdf Topics: The Olympic Games: Issues, The Olympic Games: Past, Present, Future Last updated Jun 2, 2004 Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools
Billy Collins, poet laureate of the United States, has compiled a list of poems that can be read aloud to students every day school is in session. Each poem, selected "with high school students in mind," has publishing and copyright information related to it. From the Library of Congress site. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Oct 25, 2004 The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939
A browsable collection of images of items derived from the Federal Theater Project, established by Franklin Roosevelt as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Includes production notebooks, costume designs, playbills, posters, musical scores, and photographs from productions of Macbeth , The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus , and Power ; playscripts of other productions; and related Administrative Records . From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. lii.org Record of the Month, October 2001. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Performing Arts, Presidents by Name, United States History Last updated Jun 25, 2002 AIDS in Africa
This 2004 report presents information about the AIDS/HIV epidemic in Africa, including background and analysis of the situation, African leadership reactions, social and economic consequences, factors contributing to the spread of the disease, and treatment and assistance. Opens directly into a PDF file. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report from the Library of Congress. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/ib10050.pdf Topics: Infectious Diseases, Regions of the World, Women's Health Last updated Aug 24, 2005 Freedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953
This site "tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period ... [when] the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America's foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." Search and browse thousands of images representing memoranda, letters, photographs, and other resources. Offers biographical sketches of key figures such as Archibald Macleish and Luther Harris Evans. From the American Memory project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/freedoms_fortress/ Topics: Correspondence, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Issues Last updated Nov 16, 2004 Bob Hope and American Variety
This online exhibit uses photographs, theater programs, art works (the section on Faces of Bob Hope is delightful), pages from his joke file, and other memorabilia to illustrate the comedian's life and 70 year vaudeville, movie, radio, television, and touring career. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Performing Arts, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 3, 2002 Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertisements
This site features "a variety of television advertisements, never-broadcast outtakes, and experimental footage reflecting the historical development of television advertising for a major commercial product." Interesting examples of stop-motion filming, lighting studies, and international commercials. Searchable and browsable. From The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Aug 13, 2003 Veterans History Project
This site describes a project to collect "oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs, and other original materials from veterans of World Wars I and II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present)." Includes guidelines for participating in the project, including tips for interviewing veterans and writing memoirs. From the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/vets/ Topics: Communities & Groups, History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, United States History Last updated Apr 3, 2005 Afghanistan: A Country Study
This publication has considerable detail on history through 1995, as well as a link to a 2006 update. Includes the country's rulers, the Taliban, politics, the natural environment, ethnic groups, religion, education, health, and refugees. From the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/aftoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 15, 2006 Law Library of Congress: Afghanistan
Annotated links to government documents and related information about Afghanistan, including constitutions, executive branch, courts, laws, legal guides, and country studies and general resources. From the Law Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/afghanistan.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Regions of the World, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 2, 2008 Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896
"Nearly nine hundred images by American photographer William Henry Jackson," exploring various types of transportation throughout North Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania. Also includes images of local inhabitants, streets, cities, landscapes, and members of the World's Transportation Commission. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and country. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wtc/wtchome.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Technology Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
A collection of over 1,300 photographs, primarily portraits of celebrities, taken by this American photographer. Searchable by keyword in bibliographic record, and browsable by subject and occupation (actors and actresses, African-American leaders, artists, authors, choreographers, composers, conductors, dancers, educators, journalists, publishers, musicians, photographers, playwrights, poets, sculptors, singers, and sports figures). Includes brief biographical information on Van Vechten. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/vanvechten/ Topics: Musicians, Photograph Collections, Photography, Poetry, Technology, Writing Last updated Dec 31, 2005 The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress
This site presents "a selection of ten plays written by [Zora Neale] Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. Deposited in the United States Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944. ... The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-American South." Includes a chronology, a bibliography, and searchable and browsable images of pages from the plays. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/hurston/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Performing Arts Last updated Dec 2, 2008 Dresden: Treasures From the Saxon State Library
Companion to an exhibit from 1996 of items from the Saxon State Library. "The most precious holdings of the Saxon State Library were moved [in 1939]. ... Because of this, they largely survived the bombing raids of February and March 1945." The site features a brief chronology of Dresden, Germany, through 1919, photographic views (mainly 1930-1949), and images of materials, including medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and Romantic era items. From the Library of Congress (LOC). http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/ Topics: Art by Region, History By Place Last updated Nov 2, 2005 African American Photos for Paris Exposition 1900
"The Paris Exposition of 1900 included a display devoted to the history and 'present conditions' of African Americans. W.E.B. Du Bois and special agent Thomas J. Calloway spearheaded the planning, collection and installation of the exhibit materials, which included 500 photographs." View photos from this collection (approximately 500) held by the Library of Congress. Searchable and browsable. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/anedubhtml/anedubabt.html Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Mar 3, 2005 The African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920
"This selection of manuscript and printed text and images drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920." Searchable by keyword (including full-text searching of pamphlets and serials published by the African Methodist Episcopal Church), and browsable by subject and source material (manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, newspapers, and serials). From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 26, 2005 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
"More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves" collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project during the Depression. It was originally published as the seventeen-volume "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" (1941). Search by keyword or browse the narratives and photographs. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 18, 2008 Voices From the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Audio interviews of over twenty former slaves, "born between 1823 and the early 1860s, [who] discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom." Includes brief biographies, photographs, and songs. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Baseball and Jackie Robinson: Jackie Robinson & Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
"This presentation was created to commemorate" the achievements of Jackie Robinson "and describe some aspects of the color line's development and the Negro Leagues." Includes photographs and illustrations, a timeline, an essay, and resources for teachers. Searchable, and browsable by subject. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/ Topics: Baseball, Black Resources, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
This companion site to a Library of Congress exhibit explores the life and works of New York City printmaker Robert Blackburn. The exhibit features information about Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, "the oldest and largest non-profit print workshop in the United States," as well as his earlier involvement with the Harlem Community Art Center (sponsored by the Works Progress Administration). Includes images of works by Blackburn and his colleagues. Searchable. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/blackburn/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 23, 2004 The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
This site collects approximately 2,000 items about "Douglass's life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by series (family papers, pamphlets, brochures, speeches, reports, broadsides, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, typescripts, articles, and maps). Includes biographical timeline, a family tree, links to full texts of Douglass's autobiographies, and related resources. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, United States History Last updated Jan 6, 2004 African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection 1818-1907
A collection of over 350 pamphlets presenting "a panoramic and eclectic review of black history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years." Searchable, and browsable by subject and author (including Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett). Also contains a timeline of black history (1852-1925), bibliography, and a virtual 1898 meeting of the National Afro-American Council. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html Topics: Black Resources, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 26, 2005 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Slaves and the Courts 1740-1860
This searchable collection contains over a hundred items documenting legal cases "concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States." Materials include accounts from "some of the defendants and plaintiffs themselves as well as those of abolitionists, presidents, politicians, slave owners, fugitive and free territory slaves, lawyers and judges, and justices of the U.S. Supreme Court." From the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Crime, Judicial Process, Labor, United States History Last updated Feb 1, 2005 African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University
Over 1,300 pieces of music associated with antebellum blackface minstrelsy, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and on into the 20th century. Composers include James Bland, Ernest Hogan, Bob Cole, James Reese Europe, and Will Marion Cook. "Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/sheetmusic/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 21, 2006 Afro-American Genealogical Research
Bibliography of resources for researching African American genealogy, including beginner's guides, guidebooks, case studies, and bibliographies. "African American Family Histories and Related Works in the Library of Congress" is also available by navigating up a level on this website to "Bibliographies & Guides." From the Library of Congress, Humanities and Social Sciences Division. http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/afro.html Topics: Black Resources, Families, History, Hobbies, People, People Last updated Jul 27, 2005 Migrant Workers Photographer: Dorothea Lange
Photographs documenting conditions in migrant labor camps in California's Imperial Valley, taken in February and March of 1937 under the auspices of the Resettlement Administration. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-41
A "collection documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. This collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera. ... [Includes] dance tunes, cowboy songs, traditional ballads, square dance and play party calls, camp council meetings, camp court proceedings, conversations, storytelling sessions, and personal experience narratives" of Dust Bowl refugees. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/ Topics: Agriculture, Emigration & Immigration, Internet, Labor, Music, United States History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
More than 160,000 black-and-white and 1600 color photographs from the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information collection have been digitized. Includes scenes of rural and small-town life, migrant labor, the effects of the Great Depression, and mobilization for World War II. Keyword searchable and browsable by subject, creator (photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, and Gordon Parks) and place. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Today in History: March 30, Seward's Folly
"On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska for seven million dollars. Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal with Russia, which came to be known as 'Seward's folly.'" This article provides information about events, and links to related photos and information about Alaskan and U.S. history. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar30.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 25, 2005 Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
Reflecting the different perspectives of Spain and the United States, this site contains material which documents the history of Spanish expansion in North America through the South, the Southwest, and north to Alaska. Digital collections of texts, manuscripts, letters, maps, prints, photographs, films, and early edition books can be viewed online. Available in English and Spanish, the site is a collaboration of the Library of Congress and The National Library of Spain. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/ Topics: Geography, History, History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 12, 2003 History of the US Income Tax
"If, in the midst of sorting receipts and studying the latest changes in the US income tax laws, you suddenly wonder 'What is the origin of this annual ritual in the weeks leading up to April 15th?'" visit this site. Features links to information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other resources, images from Library of Congress collections, and reading suggestions. From Ellen Terrell of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/irs_history.html Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated May 7, 2006 Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III
This site "presents clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient pictographic writing system known as cuneiform from the Library of Congress' collections." Contents include "school tablets, accounting records, and commemorative inscriptions." Features 38 cuneiform tablets, along with links to related resources. Searchable; browsable by title and subject. From the African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/cuneihtml/ Topics: Archaeology, History By Place, Language, Writing Last updated Mar 9, 2005 The Poetry & Literature Center of the Library of Congress
Offers information on poetry awards and events at the Library of Congress, "cybercasts" of readings by the present poet laureate and previous ones, and a description of the library's Archive of Recorded Poetry & Literature. Also serves as the official site for the poet laureate of the United States, with a history of that position since 1937. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/ Topics: Poetry Last updated Sep 2, 2004 Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
A complete collection of images contained in Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian , "one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced." It contains 2226 illustrations. Search by keyword or browse by subject, Native American tribe or geographic location, or volume. There is an essay that attempts to place Edward S. Curtis in Context . Another from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Topics: Native Americans, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Feb 20, 2003 American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
"This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resources illustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing, crafts, transportation, education, and employment." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 6, 2006 History of the American West, 1860-1920
"Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the ... Denver Public Library ... illustrate Colorado towns and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans." The site features special presentations on Native American women, Denver, and World War II troops, as well as thousands of photos browsable by photographer, place, or topic. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html Topics: Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated May 18, 2004 Origins of American Animation
The American Memory Project has released 21 short, animated films, and 2 fragments from 1900-1921 (available in RealMedia, MPEG, and QuickTime formats). The bibliographic records are browsable by title, subject, or date as well as searchable by keyword. "The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings." Be sure to read the Notes on the Origins of American Animation . The essay explains the history of each film in the collection, plus a general history of early animation. While they are entertaining and amusing, remember that "...these films also reveal the social attitudes of early twentieth-century America." From the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Recreation Last updated Jan 5, 2004 From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
To commemorate the 350th anniversary (2004) of Jewish settlement in the United States, the Library of Congress created this exhibition featuring more than 200 items from its Judaica collection. The items portray the Jewish experience from immigration and acculturation to discrimination, acceptance, and assimilation. Items displayed include George Washington's letter to the Newport Hebrew Congregation, General Grant's edict banning Jews from Kentucky, and Abraham Lincoln's letter rescinding that ban. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 19, 2004 For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
Online commemorative exhibit of the Marshall Plan, the U.S. economic aid program for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. The site features a timeline, photographs, political cartoons, letters, and printed material that "document the early days of this acclaimed international initiative." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Regions of the World, World War II Last updated Sep 21, 2005 America's Story from America's Library
Child-friendly Web site launched to mark the 200th anniversary of the Library of Congress. Provides access to a broad array of primary sources on amazing Americans, events in American history, the nation's states and capital, and American sports, hobbies, pastimes, movies, and music. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Jul 11, 2004 Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture
An exhibit about the American anthropologist and writer. It includes selected materials from the vast collection of manuscripts, diaries, letters, field notes, drawings, prints, photographs, sound recordings, and film in the Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science, Social Science Last updated Oct 2, 2004 American Folklife Center
The center's purpose is "to encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife from this country and around the world." Includes images, sounds (recordings and music), and written accounts. Also provides information about the center's programs, events, and internship opportunities, as well as links to ethnographic resources. Searchable. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ Topics: Archaeology, Education, Musical Genres, Religion, Science, Science, Social Science Last updated Aug 29, 2004 Today in History: The First Arbor Day
The history of Arbor Day with vintage posters and related links. According to this site, "Nebraskans planted more than a million trees on April 10, 1872, in celebration of the first Arbor Day." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr10.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Mar 26, 2003 Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
"This exhibit focuses on these five projects: a prototypical suburb, resorts, an automobile objective, a desert retreat. Although none was ever realized, they embody Wright's changing views of the fundamental relationship between building and land." An overview, sketches, plans, elevations, perspectives, and models of each project are provided. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Travel Last updated Aug 31, 2004 20th Century American Architecture & Interior Design: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
Contains "over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Subjects are concentrated chiefly in the northeastern United States, especially the New York City area, and Florida." Subjects include "the homes of notable Americans... U.S. presidents... [and] the 1939-40 New York World's Fair." Searchable, and browsable by subject. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
Explores "achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Includes photographs, measured drawings, color transparencies, and more. Searchable, and browsable by subject, and place. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, History, Libraries & Archives by Type, Science, Technology Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Washington As It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959
A collection of over 14,000 photographs documenting "the architecture and social life of the Washington [D.C.] metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential, and government buildings, as well as street scenes and views of neighborhoods." Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/horydczak/ Topics: Architecture by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 19, 2007 The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated
An exhibit of a photographic survey of eleven regions of the Russian Empire, taken in 1909-1912 and again in 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). It is divided into sections that include Architecture , Ethnic Diversity , Transportation , and People at Work . There is also an explanation of digichromatography, the process by which color images were made from the photographer's glass negatives. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Technology Last updated Dec 27, 2002 America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839 - 1864
A searchable and browsable collection of hundreds of photographs taken between 1839 and 1864. The majority are portraits taken by the Mathew Brady studio. Includes photographic views of buildings and monuments in the Washington-Baltimore area, street scenes in Philadelphia, and "studio portraits by black photographers James P. Ball and Francis Grice." Includes background about the medium, a glossary, timeline, and a bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photography, Technology Last updated Jul 7, 2004 American Treasures of the Library of Congress
Online companion of the of the "permanent [Library of Congress] exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past." Includes facsimilies of original documents, photographs and artworks, maps, and more. Browsable "in the manner of Thomas Jefferson's own library.... Memory (History); Reason (Philosophy, including Law, Science and Geography); and Imagination (Fine Arts, including Architecture, Music, Literature and Sports)." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/ Topics: History, United States History Last updated Sep 2, 2004 September 11, 2001, Documentary Project
This "presentation of almost 200 audio and video interviews, 45 graphic items, and 21 written narratives" presents "heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, History, Nonfiction by Genre, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 12, 2005 National Film Preservation Board
This Board "works to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film heritage." The site includes the National Film Registry, documents related to film preservation research, and the directory "Public Motion Picture Research Centers and Film Archives." A nice selection of related links in "Other Film Resources" rounds out this site. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/film/ Topics: Archives, Film, Movies, & Video, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship Last updated Sep 2, 2004 America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
A collection of 150 motion pictures illustrating "work, school, and leisure activities in the United States." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by title and subject. Includes films of "the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming...." Also contains related essays and a bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes Last updated Jul 19, 2002 The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906
"This collection contains forty-five films of New York dating from 1898 to 1906." Includes information on pioneer cameramen of the time and the actuality film, essays "New York City at the Turn of the Century" and "America at the Turn of the Century," and selected bibliographies on New York history and early motion pictures. Searchable by keyword, and browsable by subject and film title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 7, 2004 U.S. National Film Registry
The National Film Preservation Board was established in 1988 to choose up to 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important films" each year that would "illustrate the vibrant diversity of American film-making." This site contains several lists browsable by title, date entered into registry, performer, or production year. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/film/filmnfr.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Internet, Recreation, Recreation, Web Design and Management Last updated Aug 31, 2004 Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century
Materials from the Chautauqua circuit, an early 20th-century traveling show that featured "lecturers, teachers, preachers, statesmen and politicians, actors, singers and opera stars, glee clubs and concert companies, magicians, whistlers and other performers." Features thousands of "publicity brochures, promotional advertisements and flyers." Includes a bibliography, and link to essay "What Was Chautauqua?" From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/chautauqua/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, United States History Last updated May 7, 2006 Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
This site contains "104 films which record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919." Includes four sound recordings, a biographical timeline, and essay. Searchable, and browsable by title and subject. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/troosevelt_film/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Libraries & Archives by Type, Presidents by Name Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
This site presents an introduction to the international resources of the Library of Congress. It provides information about the international collection, a set of links to "electronic resources on the nations of the world selected by Library of Congress subject experts," links to research guides and databases on subjects such as country studies and global legal information, and access to other related material. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Social Science Last updated Sep 2, 2004 Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress
"In almost every section of the Library of Congress, staff have sought and received an abundance of original material including prints, photographs, drawings, poems, eye-witness accounts and personal reactions, headlines, books, magazines, songs, maps, videotapes and films." related to September 11, 2001. Includes children's artwork and audio reactions, posters and chapbook covers, and aerial views. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Mar 29, 2006 When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood
Dozens of photographs, from the nineteenth century to today, that "capture the experience of childhood as it is connected across time, different cultures, and diverse socioeconomic backgrounds." Browse the main exhibit page, or search the collection. From the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/young/ Topics: Photograph Collections Last updated Nov 26, 2002 Language and Literature: Asia
"This pathfinder includes information about language and literature in Asia." Includes links to sites with romanization tables, linguistic information, and language-learning and dictionary resources. From the Library of Congress. http://connexion.oclc.org/WebZ/XPathfinderQuery?sessionid=0:term=6902:xid=LCP Topics: Language, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 14, 2005 The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance
The Japanese artform Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating, or sorrowful, world") is featured in this online exhibition of prints, books, and drawings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, from the Library of Congress collections. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/ Topics: Art by Region Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Elections ... the American Way
Introduction to the electoral system in the United States. Topics include requirements to be a presidential candidate, who can vote and how this has changed over time, the political party system, how presidents are elected (including the primary system and electoral votes), and significant issues through time. Part of a website designed for teachers from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/home.html Topics: Elections, Politics Last updated Oct 8, 2009 The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers
This presentation of almost 50,000 images "documents the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlights their pioneering work which led to the world's first powered, controlled and sustained flight. Included ... are correspondence, diaries and notebooks, scrapbooks, drawings, printed matter, and other documents, as well as the Wrights' collection of glass-plate photographic negatives." Also features a timeline and family tree. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wrighthtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Transportation Last updated Nov 20, 2009 Dream of Flight
This Library of Congress presentation "commemorating the centennial of flight" uses the "Library's rarest and most significant materials to explore the notion that flight, whether fanciful or actual, has inspired and occupied a central place in most cultures." Items of special interest to children and families are highlighted with an icon. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-home.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Transportation Last updated Oct 20, 2004 Iraq: A Country Study
(Note: last updated 1988.) Part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook series "describing and analyzing [Iraq's] political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors." Searchable. From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 9, 2003 Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939
A collection of 20 Official Indoor Baseball Guides and 15 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guides, which "featured editorials from baseball writers on the state of the game, statistics, photographs, and analysis of the previous season for all the Major League teams and for many of the so-called minor leagues across the nation." Searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/spalding/ Topics: Baseball, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 16, 2009 Bibliography of Published Baseball Music and Songs in the Collections of the Music Division at the Library of Congress
This site lists "over 400 musical works and songs related to baseball." Materials listed in the collection include music about baseball in general and songs dedicated to individual players and teams. A chronology shows the first baseball song — "The Baseball Polka" — dates from 1858. Browsable by title or date. From the Library of Congress, Performing Arts Reading Room, Music Division. http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/baseballbib.html Topics: Baseball, Music, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 13, 2004 Early Baseball Pictures, 1860s - 1920s
"Library of Congress staff selected this sampler of thirty-four images related to early baseball (1860s-1920s) from various files and collections in the Prints and Photographs Division. The factors that guided image selection included showing interesting games, some famous players, a variety of teams, different types of pictorial formats, and images with no copyright restrictions." Searchable, and browsable by subject. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/jrgmabout.html Topics: Baseball, Photograph Collections, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Baseball Cards, 1887-1914
An exhibit of 2,100 early trading cards featuring many greats of the game including Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, King Kelly, Connie Mack, Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker, and Cy Young. Keyword searching is available as well as browsing by player name, team, league, city, or card set. Includes a brief bibliography. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/ Topics: Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 10, 2004 The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
A collection of "900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century," taken by photographers Fred Hulstrand and F.A. Pazandak. Includes images of sod homes, farms, agricultural machinery, one-room schools, and children. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject. Also features an historical overview of North Dakota, information on farm implements, and a selected bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 5, 2004 National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
A massive, searchable repository of cataloging records for manuscripts. The "Eligibility Guidelines" clarify what kind of manuscripts are included in this database, while various tip sheets and a FAQ provide additional guidance. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 11, 2005 A World of Books: Annotated Surveys of Noteworthy Books from Around the Globe
"A series of annual pamphlets first started in 1998," featuring "some of the most important and interesting books published abroad that an American public may have overlooked." Includes fiction and nonfiction. Also browsable by country. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/int-world.html Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Nov 16, 2004 National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
The site's mission is "to provide program users, librarians, and the public a wide range of access to NLS publications, program information, and bibliographic data." Describes this free library service that distributes braille and audio materials to eligible borrowers. Features a FAQ, lists of audio and braille books, and an online catalog. Searchable. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/nls/ Topics: Disabilities, Librarianship, Literature & Books Last updated Aug 31, 2004 United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures/Brasil e Estados Unidos: Expandindo Fronteiras, Comparando Culturas
This searchable site "explores the history of Brazil, interactions between Brazil and the United States from the eighteenth century to the present, and the parallels and contrasts between Brazilian and American culture and history." Features a timeline and essays accompanied by digitized material from books, maps, prints, photographs, and manuscripts. A project of the National Library of Brazil and the Library of Congress. Available in English and Portuguese. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/brhtml/ Topics: International Governments, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Apr 6, 2004 An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
A collection of over 7,000 advertisements, catalogs, newspaper clippings, leaflets, menus, pamphlets, proclamations, programs, timetables, and other ephemera. Searchable by keyword, and browsable by author, title, genre, and originating location. Items "capture the experience of the American Revolution, slavery, the western land rush, the American Civil War, woman suffrage, and the Industrial Revolution from the viewpoint of those who lived through those events." From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Technology Last updated Jul 10, 2008 "I Do Solemnly Swear ... ": Presidential Inaugurations
"Approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 54 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music." From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/ Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, The United States Presidency Last updated Apr 27, 2005 Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence from the Haymarket Affair, 1886-1887
"This collection showcases more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair. The violent confrontation between Chicago police and labor protesters in 1886 proved to be a pivotal setback in the struggle for American workers' rights." Search by keyword or browse by subject, names, or transcript and exhibits from the trial of Illinois vs. August Spies et al. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtml/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 3, 2004 The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
This collection of "original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West" features materials on Native Americans, blacks, women, leaders, industry, agriculture, and more. Includes books, periodicals, pamphlets, scientific publications, broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, financial records, maps, artifacts, and pictorial images -- all from the holdings of the University of Chicago Library and the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html Topics: Agriculture, Black Resources, Correspondence, Geography, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Water Last updated Feb 4, 2005 California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties
"A multi-format ethnographic field collection that includes sound recordings, still photographs, drawings, and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California," collected by the WPA California Folk Music Project from 1938 through 1940. Includes profile of Project director Sidney Robertson Cowell. Searchable by keyword; browsable by performer, musical instrument, and audio title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html Topics: Music, Musical Genres Last updated Mar 23, 2005 Lawrence and Houseworth Collection
"More than 900 albumen silver half stereographs published by Lawrence and Houseworth of San Francisco. ...The photographs depict major settlements, boom towns, placer and hydraulic mining operations, shipping and transportation routes, and such points of scenic interest throughout northern California and western Nevada as the Yosemite Valley and the Calaveras Redwoods. The collection also includes an extensive pictorial survey of mid-nineteenth-century San Francisco." Searchable and browsable. From the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/lawhouhtml/lawhouabt.html Topics: Geology, Parks, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology Last updated Mar 2, 2005 The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
A collection of about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials illustrating "nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California." Includes original illustrations, cartoons, letters, diary excerpts, speeches, sheet music, and other images and printed matter. Search or browse the material by subject, name, title, group, or theme. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html Topics: California: History, Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Jul 15, 2006 Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
In 1943, Ansel Adams documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there. This site provides side-by-side digital scans of both Adams' 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints, collection highlights, Adams' book "Born Free and Equal," a selected bibliography, and a chronology of Adams' life. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/anseladams/ Topics: California: History, History, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Feb 17, 2007 Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
A collection of "49 diaries, in 59 volumes, of pioneers trekking westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific between 1847 and the meeting of the rails in 1869. In addition to the diaries, the collection includes 43 maps, 82 photographs and illustrations, and 7 published guides for immigrants." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/upbhtml/ Topics: Christianity, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Oct 8, 2002 Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom, Masterpieces of Illumination
Fifteen annotated images of works from Polish-born Arthur Szyk, "one of America's leading political artists during World War II." From the Library of Congress, Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/szyk/szyk-ex.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Blondie Gets Married!: Comic Strip Drawings by Chic Young
"Presents twenty-seven drawings" of the comic strip Blondie by its creator, Chic Young. Browsable by topic (courtship, wedding, family, mailman, work, love, homemaking, food, naps, and baths). Includes background essay. From the Library of Congress, Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/blondie/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
Features the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Herb Block. He was best known for caricatures of American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton and for his work during the Watergate investigation. The site includes annotated artwork, a biography of Herblock, and his own writing on political cartooning. An exhibit from the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/ Topics: Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Politics by Place Last updated Jun 2, 2005 What is FRBR?: A Conceptual Model for the Bibliographic Universe (2004)
"This pamphlet provides a brief overview of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) as developed by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). Using full-color graphics, What is FRBR? outlines the background of the development of the Functional Requirements, the concepts involved and their potential impact on cataloging rules, bibliographic structures and systems design for cataloging applications." From the Library of Congress Cataloging Distribution Service. http://www.loc.gov/cds/FRBR.html Topics: Internet, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Nonfiction by Genre, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Web Design and Management Last updated Oct 25, 2004 Library of Congress Authorities
"Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and display authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations." Searchable. http://authorities.loc.gov/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Social Science Last updated Jul 9, 2002 Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging
This site explains in simple terms "what a MARC [MAchine-Readable Cataloging] record is and ... provide[s] the basic information needed to understand and evaluate a MARC record." Presents a history of the bibliographic format and tells why MARC records are necessary in cataloging library materials. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Sep 1, 2004 American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
A collection of nearly 3,000 lantern slides showing "views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. In addition to photographs, views of locations around the country include plans, maps, and models." From the Library of Congress' American Memory Project. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/landscape/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Gardening, Parks Last updated Jul 10, 2008 The Library of Congress: Hispanic Reading Room
Collection of research materials for "the geographical areas [and cultures] of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia ... and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S., and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania." Features exhibits and photo collections, genealogy resources, bibliographies and finding aids, and more. Some material available in Spanish and Portuguese. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/ Topics: Regions of the World, United States History Last updated Sep 26, 2006 Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933
"This collection comprises over 55,000 images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives between 1902 and 1933 by photographers employed by the Chicago Daily News , then one of Chicago's leading newspapers." The photos are from the collection of the Chicago Historical Society; over one-third are related to sports. Search by keyword, or browse by names or subjects. Another excellent site from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 15, 2003 The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairytale
"Since its publication in September 1900, L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has become America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale." This online exhibit has three sections: "To Please a Child" featuring images and material relating to Baum, To See the Wizard with material relating to stage and screen productions, and To Own the Wizard with collectible items inspired by the books and movie. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/ Topics: Children's Literature, Mysteries and More Last updated Nov 12, 2002 American Memory: Today in History
Every day, enjoy a well-researched and beautifully-presented bit of American history, featuring at least one and often several brief illustrated historical narratives. The descriptions include numerous links to related resources in the Library of Congress American Memory collection. Also provides an archive, searchable by keyword, day, or month. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/ Topics: History Last updated Aug 8, 2002 Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
This online exhibit "explores the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping of early American life and politics, and in forming the American Republic [covering the 1600s through the 1800s]." Includes annotated images of "books, manuscripts, letters, prints, paintings, [and] artifacts." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Government, Religion, Social Issues, United States History Last updated Aug 31, 2004 Early Virginia Religious Petitions
This site "presents images of 423 petitions submitted to the Virginia legislature between 1774 and 1802." Searchable by keywords in bibliographic record, and browsable by geographic location and date. Includes information on the debate between church and state; the circulation, presentation, and form of petitions of the era; a chronology of religious development in America (1607-1835); maps; and related resources. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/petitions/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, Religion, Social Issues, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 7, 2006 Selected Internet Resources — 17-Year Periodical Cicadas (2004)
Annotated links to Web resources on the insects that appear every 13 or 17 years in the northeastern U.S. Includes links to general resources and sites on entomology, control, and other topics. Provides access to articles, teaching resources, and university sites. From the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/cicadas.html Topics: Biology, Insects & Arachnids Last updated Aug 4, 2004 Civil War Photographs
This collection of 1,118 Civil War photographs can be searched by keyword, browsed by subject, or viewed by year. There is a list of represented photographers (most of the photographs were made under the direction of Matthew Brady), a brief article on how photographs of the era were made, bibliographies, related links, and an essay, Does the Camera Ever Lie? , about how the photographer got his desired message into his pictures. Administered by the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html Topics: Photograph Collections: History, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 24, 2004 Brady-Handy Collection
This collection features images from approximately 5,000 glass negatives by photographers Mathew Brady and Levin C. Handy, "chiefly portraits of presidents, members of Congress, military and naval officers, justices of the Supreme Court, actors, artists, religious leaders, and other notables. Also includes views of Washington, D.C., and vicinity." Searchable and browsable. Includes links to related collections. From the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/brhchtml/brhcabt.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Technology, The United States Presidency, United States History Last updated Aug 10, 2005 Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
This site includes "recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides." Browse subject headings, name, or archival name. Searchable by keyword. The Before, During, and After the Civil War presentation provides a good background. Another incredible collection from the Library of Congress American Memory project. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 24, 2004 The Civil War Through a Child's Eye
This lesson plan from the Library of Congress uses materials from the American Memory project to focus "on the use of historical fiction and primary sources to expand students' perceptions of the Civil War era. Literature and photographic images reflect, communicate, and influence human perspectives of historical events." The site features a teacher's guide, a slide show, and links to related information. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/civilwar/index.html Topics: History, Lesson Plans, Literature & Books, Literature: Fiction, Photograph Collections: History, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Sep 8, 2009 The Gettysburg Address
Contains digitized images and transcriptions of two early drafts of the speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln. Includes translations of the speech in many languages, related correspondence, information on the preservation of the speech, and the "only known Photograph of President Lincoln at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/ Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency Last updated Sep 6, 2004 Civil War Maps: Civil War Maps, 1861-1865
"This presentation contains approximately 2,240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks." Includes related essays. Searchable, and browsable by place, subject, creator, and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/ Topics: History, Maps, Military, U.S. Maps, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Oct 9, 2004 Library of Congress Classification Outline
Browse "the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/ Topics: Librarianship, Social Science Last updated Feb 12, 2007 Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
A collection of 21 films "showing various views of Westinghouse companies" and their operations. Most of the films feature the Westinghouse Air Brake, Machine, and Electric and Manufacturing Companies, located in Pennsylvania. Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject and title. Includes information on the company, working conditions, and founder George Westinghouse. Also features a timeline and a selected bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Recreation Last updated Mar 26, 2002 Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
This searcable and browsable site showcases the life and work of Thomas A. Edison, the "Wizard of Menlo Park," who patented 1,093 inventions, including the phonograph, the incandescent bulb, and some that became the basis for today's motion picture and sound recording industries. Features early motion pictures and sound recordings, photographs, a biography, and a timeline of significant events. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Internet, Music, Notable People, Science, Technology Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Saddam Hussein Trial
Background materials about the trial of Saddam Hussein, which started in October 2005. Features articles about the historical context of the trial, the tribunal, the legal process, and related legal topics such as "whether the death penalty is available under Iraqi law for the offense of crimes against humanity." Includes related readings and links. From the Law Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/law/help/hussein/ Topics: Crime, International Governments, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Dec 1, 2007 The Aaron Copland Collection
The site includes approximately one thousand items selected from Copland's correspondence, writings, photographs, and music sketches, dating "from 1899 to 1981, with most from the 1920s through the 1950s." Features a timeline of important events in Copland's life, and essays on Copland's life, work, and music. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/ Topics: Music, Musicians, Notable People, Photograph Collections Last updated Apr 3, 2006 The Leonard Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989
A collection of photographs, manuscripts of lectures, and correspondence of the composer, writer, and teacher. Searchable by keyword and browsable by title, name, and subject. Includes a chronology and bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/bernstein/ Topics: Music, Musicians, Notable People, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 26, 2009 THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Databases providing access to the full texts of bills and laws from the United States Congress, the daily Congressional Record, relevant proceedings and proposed legislation, committee reports, and roll call votes, variously available from the present back to the 93rd Congress (1973). The site includes links to major U.S. legislative Web sites. http://thomas.loc.gov/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government Last updated Sep 7, 2003 The Library of Congress: Preservation
Information about the preservation of books and other media, from the Library of Congress (LC). The section "Caring for Your Collections" offers advice for laypersons "on the care of books, photos, videos, and other media." Also find technical information for librarians and archivists, advice for locating conservators and appraisers, a FAQ, and schedules for live chats with LC preservation staff. Some material available in Spanish. http://www.loc.gov/preserv/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 14, 2004 James Madison Papers
This collection on James Madison consists of "approximately 12,000 items captured in some 72,000 digital images. They document the life of the man who came to be known as the 'Father of the Constitution' through correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation" and other documents. Some images include transcriptions; others may be hard to read. Includes a timeline and essays. Searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name Last updated Apr 21, 2005 Research Help: Nations
Links to legal resources for countries and territories of the world. Includes links to constitutions, general legal guides, specific country information, and executive, judicial, and legal branches. From the Law Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations.php Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, International Governments, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Law, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 29, 2009 Research Help: U.S. States & Territories
A collection of links to legal resources for the U.S. states and territories. Includes executive, legislative, judicial branches, as well as legal guides and other related links. Find bills, laws, acts, decisions, state constitutions, and more. From the Law Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/states.php Topics: Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.) Last updated Sep 29, 2009 Report of the Independent Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives
The 1998 report that Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr sent to Congress, alleging that it held "substantial and credible information" that could constitute grounds for the impeachment of President Clinton. Includes a chronology and dramatis personae. http://www.gpo.gov/congress/icreport/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy 1921-1929
"Assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the [Calvin] Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition." Contains materials related to merchandising, advertising, consumer activism, African Americans and consumerism, wealth, and poverty. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html Topics: Presidents by Name Last updated Feb 6, 2005 American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
This collection "consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918-1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. Speakers include: Warren G. Harding, James Cox, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, and John J. Pershing. Speeches range from one to five minutes." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/ Topics: Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship with the United States
The Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress has digitized a collection of little known documents, 13 volumes of an 111 volume set given to President Calvin Coolidge in 1926 from Poland. Approximately 1/6 of the total population of Poland at that time signed original illustrated graphical art works. These signatures included "national, provincial, and local government officials, representatives of religious, social, business, academic, and military institutions..." A beautiful site to browse. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/pldechtml/pldechome.html Topics: International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Sep 22, 2005 Online Service Providers: Designation by Service Provider of Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement
"The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law on October 28, 1998, amended the copyright law to provide limitations for service provider liability relating to material online." Features the full-text of the law, a directory of service provider agents, and information on how service providers can designate such agents. From the Library of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office. http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/ Topics: Intellectual Property Last updated Dec 8, 2003 The Section 108 Study Group
This group "of copyright experts, [was] convened by the Library of Congress [in 2005], and charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives." The site provides information about section 108 (which "permits libraries and archives to make certain uses of copyrighted materials ... [to] ensure the availability of works over time"), background papers, and news. http://www.section108.gov/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Intellectual Property, Libraries & Archives by Type, Media Last updated Sep 15, 2009 United States Copyright Office
Copyright information from the official source. Contains basic facts, a FAQ, law and legislative documents, fee information, application forms, and information on licensing and registering a work. Features a number of circulars and factsheets on a variety of topics such as fair use, specialized material copyrights, and duration of copyright. Search databases for records of registrations and ownership documents. Some publications available in Spanish. http://www.copyright.gov/ Topics: Intellectual Property Last updated Dec 8, 2003 Guthrie, Woody -- 1912-1967
Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950 contains "letters between Woody Guthrie and staff [primarily curator Alan Lomax] of the Archive of American Folk Song." Searchable by keyword and browsable by title, subject, and date. Includes a biographical essay and timeline, bibliography, and selected discography of the folk/protest singer and songwriter. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wwghtml/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Aug 1, 2002 American Memory Timeline
Primary sources for seven time periods of United States history are provided at this site covering 1783-1968. Each period is subdivided into various topics and contains an overview. Included are images, letters, lyrics, interviews, and more. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/ Topics: United States History Last updated Apr 27, 2005 Ask A Librarian
Have a question that needs an answer? Interact with real librarians on the Web through this "online reference service from the Library of Congress." Services available for live chat are marked with yellow balloons. Hours of availability are noted in each section. Be sure to check the "Reference Correspondence Policy" at the bottom of the main page. Note: your local library may offer virtual reference services--check there first. http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ Topics: Librarian Specialties, Librarianship Last updated Aug 12, 2004 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
"A multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida." Includes recordings of blues, work songs, children's songs, dance music, and religious music; interviews; an essay by ethnologist Zora Neale Hurston; a bibliography; and links. Searchable, and browsable by performer, audio title, manuscript title, and geographic location. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/florida/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Aug 12, 2008 The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress
This site exhibits material by and about this author, educator, and political philosopher, including selected correspondence, manuscripts, brief biographical information, and essays exploring Arendt's work and views on totalitarianism and evil. Searchable by keyword and browsable by series. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/arendthtml/ Topics: Correspondence, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Philosophy, Politics, Social Science Last updated May 21, 2002 Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress
This collection documents Morse's invention of the electromagnetic telegraph, role in developing telegraph systems, "career as a painter, his family life, his travels, and his interest in early photography, religion, and the nativist movement." Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, maps, drawings, and material from various publications. Also features a biographical timeline and a family tree. Searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/ Topics: Correspondence, Electrical Energy, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science, Technology Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion 1820-1890
A selection of archival materials from Connecticut's Mystic Seaport Museum, including "logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels," providing "a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by subject, name (author), and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Museums, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation, United States History Last updated Mar 24, 2003 Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II
This exhibit focuses on eight women who chronicled American life during the war, both at home and overseas: Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, Clare Boothe Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, Dorothea Lange, and May Craig. Features biographical sketches and samples of their work as well as a brief history of women in journalism. Includes a list of women correspondents that worked during World War II. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 11, 2006 Portals to the World: North Korea
Selected Internet resources on North Korea, organized by such topics as business, geography, government, media, science, and tourism. Each category provides a list of annotated links. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/northkorea/northkorea.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Feb 24, 2005 Portals to the World: Saudi Arabia
Selected Internet resources on Saudi Arabia, organized by such topics as general, business, culture, education, geography, government, history, language, media, religion, tourism, and others. Each category provides a list of annotated links. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/saudiarabia/saudiarabia.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Apr 15, 2003 Portals to the World: Turkey
Selected Internet resources on Turkey, organized by such topics as general, business, culture, education, geography, government, history, language, media, religion, tourism, and others. Each category provides a list of annotated links. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/turkey/turkey.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Apr 15, 2003 Country Studies
Online version of a series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. This series contains studies of more than 100 countries. You can search across all countries or any combination of countries, browse the table of contents for a specific country, or read the full text for any of the countries listed. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Politics, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Social Science Last updated Feb 13, 2003 Germany: A Country Study
Contains a historical overview, and information on the geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Germany. Includes a glossary, a bibliography, statistical tables, and "English Equivalents of Selected German Place-Names." Searchable. "Completed [in] November 1994." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/detoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 16, 2004 Ghana: A Country Study
Information on the history, geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Oman. Includes a chronology of important events, a glossary, a bibliography, and statistical tables. Searchable. "Completed [in] November 1994." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ghtoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 16, 2004 Guyana: A Country Study
Information on the history, geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Guyana. Includes a glossary, a bibliography, and statistical tables. Searchable. "Completed [in] January 1992." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/gytoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Mar 8, 2005 Honduras: A Country Study
Contains a historical overview, and information on the geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Honduras. Includes a glossary, a bibliography, and statistical tables. Searchable. "Completed [in] December 1993." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/hntoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Jan 25, 2005 Hungary: A Country Study
Contains a historical overview, and information on the geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Hungary. Includes a chronology of important events, a glossary, a bibliography, and statistical tables. Searchable. "Completed [in] September 1989." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/hutoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 16, 2004 India: A Country Study
Contains a historical overview, and information on the geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of India. Includes a chronology of important events, a glossary, a bibliography, and statistical tables. Searchable. "Completed [in] September 1995." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Jan 3, 2005 Israel: A Country Study
Contains a historical overview, and information on the geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Israel. Includes a list of political parties and organizations, a glossary, a bibliography, and statistical tables. Searchable. "Completed [in] December 1988." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iltoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, International Governments, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 16, 2004 Japan: A Country Study
Contains a historical overview, and information on the geography, economy, government, transportation and telecommunications, foreign relations, national security, languages, religions, and people and society of Japan. Includes a chronology of major historical periods, a glossary, and a bibliography. "Completed [in] January 1994." A part of the Web site Country Studies, from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Government, Government, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 16, 2004 Kyrgyzstan: A Country Study
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