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Rare Book and Special Collections Division |
LC/Ameritech Competition
American Folklife Center
- African-American Music, Southern U.S. ~ Recordings ~ 1938-1943
- Title: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/build.html
- Folk Culture, Florida ~ Multiformat ~ 1937-1942
- Title: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/flwpahtml/ffbuild.html
- Folk Fiddle Music, Southern Appalachian ~ Henry Reed ~ Multiformat ~ 1966-1967
- Title: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hrhtml/hrbuild.html
- Folk Music, California ~ Sidney Robertson Cowell ~ Multiformat ~ 1930s
- Title: California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowtech.html
- Folk Music, Southern U.S. ~ John Lomax and Ruby Lomax ~ Multiformat ~ 1939
- Title: Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lodigit.html
- Omaha Indian Music ~ Multiformat
- Title: Omaha Indian Music
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml/omhbuild.html
- Quilts and Quiltmaking ~ Multiformat ~ 1978-1996
- Title: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/qlthtml/qltbuild.html
- Ranching Culture, Nevada ~ Multiformat ~ 1945-1982
- Title: Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ncrhtml/crdigit.html
Collaborative Projects
- Nineteenth-Century Books ~ 1850-1877
- Title: The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/mncbuild.html
- Nineteenth-Century Periodicals ~ 1850-1877
- Title: The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/sncbuild.html
- Religious Petitions, Virginia ~ 1764-1802
- Title: Early Virginia Religious Petitions
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/repehtml/rpbuild.html
General Collections
- California, First-Person Narratives ~ Books ~ 1849-1900
- Title: "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbedtec.html
- Coolidge Era ~ Multiformat ~ 1924-1929
- Title: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/ccdigit.html
- Puerto Rico Books and Pamphlets ~ 1831-1929
- Title: Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/prhtml/prbuild.html
Geography and Map Division
- Civil War Maps ~ 1861-1865
- Title: Civil War Maps
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmddigit.html
- Liberia ~ Maps ~ 1830-1870
- Title: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmddigit.html
- Maps ~ 1544-1999
- Title: Map Collections: 1544-1999
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmddigit.html
- National Parks ~ Maps
- Title: Mapping the National Parks
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmddigit.html
- Panoramic Maps ~ 1847-1929
- Title: Panoramic Maps
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/pandigit.html
- Railroads ~ Maps ~ 1828-1900
- Title: Railroad Maps, 1828-1900
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmddigit.html
- Revolution Era ~ Maps ~ 1750-1789
- Title: The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789.
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmddigit.html
Hispanic Division
- Puerto Rico Books and Pamphlets ~ 1831-1929
- Title: Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/prhtml/prbuild.html
Law Library
- U.S. Congress ~ Documents ~ 1774-1873
- Title: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwdigit.html
Manuscript Division
- Bell, Alexander Graham ~ Papers ~ 1862-1939
- Title: Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/belldigit.html
- Coolidge Era ~ Multiformat ~ 1924-1929
- Title: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/ccdigit.html
- Jefferson, Thomas ~ Papers ~ 1606-1827
- Title: The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mtjhtml/mtjdigit.html
- Lincoln, Abraham ~ Papers ~ ca. 1850-1865
- Title: Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alabout.html
- Religious Petitions, Virginia ~ 1764-1802
- Title: Early Virginia Religious Petitions
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/repehtml/rpbuild.html
- Washington, George ~ Papers ~ 1741-1799
- Title: George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwdigit.html
Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
- Coolidge Era ~ Multiformat ~ 1924-1929
- Title: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/ccdigit.html
- Edison Companies ~ Film and Sound Recordings
- Title: Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/eddigit.html
- Film, Animated ~ 1900-1921
- Title: Origins of American Animation
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oadigit.html
- Roosevelt, Theodore ~ Films ~ 1898-1919
- Title: Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/trfdigit.html
- Spanish-American War ~ Films ~ 1898-1901
- Title: The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sawhtml/sadigit.html
- Work and Leisure ~ Films ~ 1894-1915
- Title: America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/awlbuild.html
Music Division
- Civil War Era ~ Band Music ~ Multiformat
- Title: Band Music from the Civil War Era
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmbuild.html
- Federal Theatre Project ~ Multiformat ~ 1935-1939
- Title: The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/ftover.html
- Jazz ~ William P. Gottlieb ~ Photographs ~ 1938-1948
- Title: William P. Gottlieb: Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wgdigit.html
- Sheet Music ~ 1870-1885
- Title: Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smtech.html
Prints and Photographs Division
- Architecture and Engineering ~ HABS/HAER ~ Multiformat ~ 1933-present
- Title: Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhdigit.html
- Architecture and Interior Design ~ Gottscho and Schleisner ~ Photographs ~ 1935-1955
- Title: Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner , 1935-1955
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gschtml/gottech.html
- Baseball Cards ~ 1887-1914
- Title: Baseball Cards, 1887-1914
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbdigit.html
- Coolidge Era ~ Multiformat ~ 1924-1929
- Title: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/ccdigit.html
- Daguerreotype Photographs ~ 1839-1864
- Title: America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1862
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/dagtech.html
- Depression Era to World War II ~ FSA/OWI ~ Photographs ~ 1935-1945
- Title: America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fatech.html
- Panoramic Photographs ~ 1851-1991
- Title: Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pnhtml/pntech1.html
- Presidents and First Ladies ~ Portraits
- Title: By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/pptech.html
- Transportation, Global ~ Photographs ~ 1894-1896
- Title: Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wtc/wtctech.html
- Turn-of-the-Century America ~ Detroit Publishing Company ~ Photographs ~ 1880-1920
- Title: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880 - 1920
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dettech.html
- Washington, D.C. ~ Theodor Horydczak ~ Photographs ~ 1923-1959
- Title: Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/thchtml/thtech.html
- Woman Suffrage ~ Photographs and Prints ~ 1850-1920
- Title: By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwtech.html
Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- African Americans ~ Pamphlets ~ 1824-1909
- Title: From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapcbld.html
- Broadsides and Printed Ephemera ~ ca. 1600-2000
- Title: An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/petech.html
- Lincoln, Abraham, and Civil War ~ Sheet Music ~ Alfred Whital Stern ~ 1859-1909
- Title: "We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/scsmhtml/scsmbld.html
- Song Sheets ~ ca. 1800-1880
- Title: America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amsshtml/amssbld.html
Award-Winning Collections from the LC/Ameritech Competition
- African Americans ~ Ohio ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1920
- Title: The African-American Experience in Ohio: Selections from the Ohio Historical Society
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/build.html
- African Americans ~ Sheet Music ~ 1850-1920
- Title: African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmbuild.html
- Environment, Natural ~ Photographs ~ 1891-1936
- Title: American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936: Images from the University of Chicago Library
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/icuhtml/build.html
- Landscape and Architectural Design ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1920
- Title: American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: a Study Collection from the Harvard Graduate School of Design
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/build.html
- Native American Culture, Pacific Northwest ~ Multiformat
- Title: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/wauhtml/build.html
- Sheet Music ~ 1850-1920
- Title: Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncdhtml/build.html
- Small Town Life, Mid-Atlantic ~ Stereoscopic Photographs ~ 1850-1920
- Title: Small-Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert Dennis Collection, 1850-1920
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/nyplhtml/build.html
Southern U.S. ~ Personal Narratives ~ 1860-1920Title: First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/build.html
Texas Border ~ Photographs ~ 1900-1920Title: The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/txuhtml/build.html
Western U.S. ~ Photographs ~ 1860-1920Title: History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/build.html
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