About this Collection | World War History: Newspaper Clippings, 1914-1926 | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
This vast online collection of World War I era newspaper clippings is from a single unique source: the 400-volume, 80,000-page set, World War History: Daily Records and Comments as Appeared in American and Foreign Newspapers, 1914-1926. Beginning with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 and extending to the November 11, 1918 armistice and years after, the clippi
About this Collection | Robert Lansing Papers | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
The private memoranda, desk diaries, and notes, 1915-1922, of diplomat and lawyer Robert Lansing (1864-1928) consist of 22 volumes (3,090 images) located in containers 63-67 of a larger collection of Lansing papers available for research use onsite in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. They were digitized from 3 reels of previously produced microfilm. The entire collection spans the
About this Collection | Japanese Censorship Collection | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
The Japanese Censorship Collection contains 1,327 marked-up copies of censored monographs and galley proofs for approximately 1,100 titles, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. They include copies submitted by publishers for examination by censors in the Home Ministry of the Japanese imperial government as well as books lawfully confiscated by the ministry and local authorities for censor review. The
About this Collection | Thaddeus Stevens Papers | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
The papers of lawyer and United States representative from Pennsylvania Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) consist of 4,750 items (7,769 images) in eight containers and one oversize folder. The material spans the years 1811-1927, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1850 to 1868. The collection consists principally of correspondence supplemented by speeches, legal, business, and financial records
About this Collection | Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942-1946 | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World War II, these newspapers provide a unique look into the daily lives of the people who were held in these camps. They include articles written in English and Japanese, typed, handwritten and drawn. They advertise community events, provide logistical information about the camps and
About this Collection | Tibetan Oral History Archive Project | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
The Tibetan Oral History and Archive Project (TOHAP) is a digital online web archive of oral history interviews in Tibetan and Chinese with accompanying written transcripts (in English) that documents the social and political history of modern Tibet. The interview tapes can be listened to simultaneous with reading the transcripts. The translations were made in a literal style to retain a flavor of
About this Collection | Coptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the earliest music transcriptions by explorers, missionaries, and scholars in Egypt, highlighting Moftah's efforts to notate, record, and preserve all Coptic Orthodox hymns. Learn more about curren
About this Collection | African American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
"African American Perspectives" gives a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture and is primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African American Pamphlet Collection and the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection with a date range of 1822 through 1909. Most were written by African-American authors, though some were written by
About this Collection | Abdul Hamid II Collection | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
This collection contains 1,819 photographs in 51 large-format albums date from about 1880 to 1893. They portray the Ottoman Empire during the reign of one of its last sultans, Abdul-Hamid II and highlight the modernization of numerous aspects of the Ottoman Empire. Most of the places depicted are within the boundaries of modern-day Turkey, but buildings and sites in Iraq, Lebanon, Greece and other
About this Collection | Rosa Parks Papers | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
The papers of Rosa Parks (1913-2005) span the years 1866-2006, with the bulk of the material dating from 1955 to 2000. The collection, which contains approximately 7,500 items in the Manuscript Division, as well as 2,500 photographs in the Prints and Photographs Division, documents many aspects of Parks's private life and public activism on behalf of civil rights for African Americans. The collec
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Today in History - November 27
November 27, 1746, marks the birth of Robert R. Livingston, jurist and statesman. Born into a wealthy and influential New York family, Livingston’s great-grandfather had purchased the Native American claims to large tracts of land along the Hudson River, eventually acquiring an estate of some 162,000 acres. Clermont, the family estate, is today a 500-acre historic site. U.S. Capitol Paintings. Bus
Today in History - December 10
On December 10, 1869, John Campbell, governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in U.S. history explicitly granting women the right to vote. Commemorated in later years as Wyoming Day, the event was one of many firsts for women achieved in the Equality State. Woman suffrage in Wyoming Territory.–Scene at the polls in Cheyenne. Photo by Kirkland. Illus. in: Frank Leslie’s illustrated
Today in History - November 29
Louisa May Alcott, the second daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott, teacher and transcendentalist philosopher, and Abigail May, social worker and reformer, was born in the “disagreeable month” of November, just like her literary creation Jo March, the rambunctious heroine of Little WomenExternal. “November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year,” said Margaret, standing at the window one dull
Today in History - December 16
On the afternoon of December 16, 1864, Union troops led by General George H. Thomas devastated Confederate forces at Nashville, Tennessee. The battle had begun the day before when Thomas initiated an attack after waiting some two weeks for troop reinforcements and favorable weather. Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley Looking Northeast. George N. Barnard, photographer; March 1864. Panoramic Photogr
Today in History - December 8
Citizens of Louisiana ratified a new state constitution on December 8, 1879. The post-Reconstruction constitution reorganized the Louisiana judiciary and moved the state capital from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Louisianians revised and passed new constitutions ten times from 1812 to 1921. New Orleans, La. and its Vicinity. J. Wells; Virtue & Co., 1863. Panoramic Maps. Geography & Map Division Loca
Proposal No. 2018-02: Subfield Coding in Field 041 for Accessibility in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)
The Library of Congress >> Especially for Librarians and Archivists >> Standards HOME >> MARC Development >> Proposals List MARC PROPOSAL NO. 2018-02 DATE: May 25, 2018 REVISED: NAME: Subfield Coding in Field 041 for Accessibility in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format SOURCE: Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange (CCM) SUMMARY: This paper proposes adding new subfields in field 041 (Language Code)
Proposal No. 2018-03: Defining New Fields to Record Accessibility Content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)
The Library of Congress >> Especially for Librarians and Archivists >> Standards HOME >> MARC Development >> Proposals List MARC PROPOSAL NO. 2018-03 DATE: May 25, 2018 REVISED: NAME: Defining New Fields to Record Accessibility Content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format SOURCE: Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange (CCM), Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) SUMMARY: This proposal presents opti
Today in History - December 11
On December 11, 1919, the citizens of Enterprise, Alabama, erected a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that devastated their fields but forced residents to end their dependence on cotton and to pursue mixed farming and manufacturing. Measuring an average length of six millimeters (one-quarter inch), the insect entered the United States via Mexico in the 1890s and reached southeastern Alabama i
Today in History - December 13
With the following words, Daniel Webster concluded his successful defense of the inviolability of the royal charter of Dartmouth CollegeExternal, which was originally obtained on December 13, 1769: Dartmouth College… Ammi B. Young, artist; Stodart & Currier, lithographers; [New York]: Published by B.O. Tyler, [1834 or 1835]. Popular Graphic Arts. Prints & Photographs Division It is, Sir, as I have
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