American Memory Titles and Topics
Carl Van Vechten Photographs, 1932-1964
Portraits of literary figures, artists, and celebrities; scenic views, mostly in the Northeast.
Broad topics: African Americans, celebrities and prominent individuals, scenic views
Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman Collection
Offers access to four Walt Whitman notebooks andcardboard butterfly that disappeared from the Library of Congress in 1942. They were returned
on February 24, 1995.
Broad topics: the arts, celebrities and prominent individuals, poetry, war (Civil War)
Color Photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information, ca. 1938-1944
Photographs of rural and small town America during the late 1930s and scenes of the defense and war mobilization effort from 1939-1944.
Broad topics: African Americans, agriculture, cities and towns, ethnicity, family, industry, labor, scenic views, transportation, war, women
Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916
Three groupings from the earliest period of the medium: President William McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, New York City, and San Francisco Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire
Broad topics: Celebrities and prominent individuals, cities and towns, emigration and immigration, ethnicity, labor, recreation, scenic views, transportation
Life History Manuscripts from the Folklore Project, WPA Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
Typescript interviews from the Federal Writers' Folklore Project offering the recollections of Americans from many walks of life.
Broad topics: African Americans, agriculture, cities and towns, emigration and immigration, ethnicity, family, industry, labor, recreation, women
The Nation's Forum Sound Recordings, 1918-1920
Political speeches by American leaders during World War I and the presidential election of 1920
Broad topics: Celebrities and prominent individuals, industry, labor, war
Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920
25,000 photographs of turn-of-the-century America from the Detroit Publishing Company.
Broad topics: Cities and towns, industry, scenic views, transportation.
Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress, 1861-1865
Civil War encampments, battlefields, and portraits as captured by Mathew Brady and his staff of photographers.
Broad topics: Celebrities and prominent individuals, cities and towns, industry, scenic views, transportation, war
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