Introduction
American Memory is the Library of Congress offering of
primary-source and archival collections relating to American culture
and history. These collections are the Library of Congress's key
contribution to the national digital library. Most of these
collections have been drawn from the holdings of the Library's special
collections divisions. Each collection is accompanied by introductory
material, users' guides, and bibliographies for further research. Only
a small portion of the huge collections of the Library of Congress is
digitized. The Digital Collections mainly include historical and
uncopyrighted or out-of-copyright materials. It is a constantly growing
collection that contains both primary materials and secondary materials
(e.g. indexes, finding aids).
The available services are listed on the left side of the screen. We
recommend that you browse and select collections of interest. The Information Desk provides special tours and
answers frequently asked questions. A particular effort has been made
to provide
information for educators and life-long learners (the "learning
pages") to help use the collections.
Samples from collections
Sample Special Presentations
The Progress of
a People: Special Presentation from the African-American Pamphlets fromthe
Daniel A. P. Murray Collection, 1880-1920
Become a Historical Detective
Time Line for theCivil
War: Special Presentation from the Selected Civil War Photographs
To Form aMore
Perfect Union: An Introduction to the Congressional Documents: SpecialPresentation
from the Documents from the Continental Congress and ConstitutionalConvention,
1774-1789
Mirror Images:Daguerreotypes
at the Library of Congress: Special Presentation from theDaguerreotypes,
1842-1862
From War to Normalcy:An
Introduction to the Nation's Forum Collection: Special Presentationfrom
the The Nation's Forum Sound Recordings, 1918-1920
Voices fromthe
Thirties: An Introduction to the WPA Life Histories Collection: SpecialPresentation
from the Life History Manuscripts from the Folklore Project,WPA Federal
Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940
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