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American Folklife Center | Collaborative Projects | General Collections | Geography & Map Division Hispanic Division | Law Library of Congress | Manuscript Division | Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division | Music Division | Prints and Photographs Division | 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 ~ 1860-1920
Title: First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/build.html

Texas Border ~ Photographs ~ 1900-1920
Title: 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 ~ 1860-1920
Title: 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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