manuscripts

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...

Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More

J. Fischer & Bro. Music Publishers Collection

Typus arithmeticae. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The form of arithmetic, possibly muse of arithmetic, shown as woman standing between Boethius writing Arabic numerals and Pythagorus doing reckoning with counters. Illus. in: Margarita philosophica / Gregor Rei... More

Poor Richard's Almanac - Public domain document scan

Title page - 1748.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Delaware I...

Call for a Council Fire Public domain scan of manuscript related to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Matthew Boulton, July 1, 1787, Prices of Tableware

Prices of Tableware Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, February 26, 1787

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Andre Limozin, July 30, 1788

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Fitzsimmons, November 14, 1792

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

James Wilkinson to Thomas Jefferson, November 29, 1800

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Thomas Jefferson to Conrad Hanse, August 29, 1801, Chariot and Horses

Chariot and Horses Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Mason L. Weems, June 12, 1801

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Benjamin H. Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings to Thomas Jeffer...

Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, July 4, 1808

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Cornelius Camden Blatchly, October 21, 1822

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Thomas Jefferson to Andre Etienne Ferussac, 1824

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James Madison to Henry Lee, August 14, 1833.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Andrew Jackson to E. Young, July 4, 1836

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Andrew Jackson, Jr. to Planters Bank of Tennessee, January 30, 1839

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Andrew Jackson to Thomas Crutcher, January 5, 1842

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Andrew Jackson to Green, December 15, 1843

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[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding sword and American flag, ...

Addressed to Mr. W.F. McClinton, Biggsvill., Ills.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Union sailor with American flag, with mess...

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[Civil War envelope showing eagle atop American flag and "American Con...

Addressed to Miss Marslin Blanchard, Keeseville, Essex County, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861

Public domain scan of a poetry manuscript, poem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Grafton, Virginia, now occupied by General McClellan's forces

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 233 (1861 June 15), p. 381 (center).

[Envelope showing Confederate flag, addressed to Miss Lou Taylor, No. ...

Civil War envelope showing slave master holding whip as slave attempts...

Addressed to John Heagy Esq., Highspire P.O., Dauphin Co., Penna. ; postmarked Hummelstown, Pa., September 25 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferso...

Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Continental Army soldier with sword and Ame...

Addressed to Mr. Joseph A. Houston, Washington, D.C., Fourth Vt. Regiment, Co. H ; postmarked East [...], Feb. 18 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Frank Kaplan, Mr. ... More

[Civil War envelope] - Public domain dedication image

Addressed to Mr. William W. Blanchar[d?], South Abington, Mass.; bears 3 cent stamp. Notations on recto: Oct. 15, 1863; soldiers letter; please forward this. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

James E. Doughty to Unknown, Saturday, March 07, 1863 (Cover letter)

Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].

Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.

Subject and Names Index for Miller Scrapbook 1908-1909

Handwritten by Anne Fitzhugh Miller; only pages with entries are reproduced.

Portion of an illustrated Japanese or Chinese manuscript or scroll tha...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese scroll painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Greek Orthodox priest at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holdin...

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Woman Suffrage and the Home by Henry Blackwell, NAWSA suffrage scrapbo...

Woman suffrage is needed to represent the home and school and improve public morals and economy.

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's remarks introducing Nathaniel Schmidt to Geneva...

In hand of Anne Fitzhugh Miller

Dwight manuscripts. Rare historical documents are exhibited by the Soc...

Portion of an illustrated Japanese or Chinese manuscript or scroll tha...

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Edwin Markham to Anne Fitzhugh Miller, accepting appointment to New Yo...

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Votes For Women New York State Woman Suffrage Association membership c...

Manuscript, [ Unidentified] [8]

Costume design for Female with attached gold fabric swatch and red fabric swatch (Content) n.d. (date) (White blouse with yellow, red, and blue ribbons on the sleeves, black bodice, white apron with yellow, blu... More

[ Customs receipt for Ernest Newlandsmith, Paris], [October 1?], 1931

Statement of Permission from Woody Guthrie to Library of Congress, Mar...

Statement of Permission authorizing the Library of Congress to release his recording of "Gypsy Davy;" includes the handwritten note "Beat the Axis." External display permitted by Guthrie family

Washington, D.C. Employees of the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska branc...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Lawrence J. Ullman, business in Tarrytown, New York. Manuscript a...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from Aaron Copland to Irving Fine, June 18, 1957.

[Shady Lane Farm stationery]

Birthday letter to Chuck Berry - Public domain document scan

Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan wish Chuck Berry a happy 60th birthday. They note that his music "will live forever" because his performance of "Johnny B. Goode" are included on the Voyager interstellar records attac... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: John Custi...

Will Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Nathaniel ...

Public domain scan of George Washington correspondence, American revolution New York history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: John Gill ...

Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Apollos Mo...

Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: S...

Requests Abraham Lincoln in case

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to John Berkley Grimball

Addressed to J. Berkley Grimball Esq., Spartanburg, S.C., from W. Manigault regarding taxes, June 16, 1864; postmarked Adams Run, S.C. Jun. 17; stamped paid. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased fr... More

Letter and corrected reprint of Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain"...

Reproduction number: A83 (color slide of letter); A84 (color slide of poem reprint); LC-MSS-77909-1 (B&W negative of poem reprint) Inspired by the death of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Walt Whitman (1... More

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Valentine ...

Contract as Overseer Public domain scan of a manuscript related to George Washington and American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Israel Shr...

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Chapman Levy to Andrew Jackson, December 3, 1832

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Seizure of C. E. Hillman

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Diaries, 1845-1899; 1861, June 15-1862, May...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Affairs at Portsmouth

New York Harbor - Public domain document scan

Stereograph shows a sail boat and ship in New York Harbor. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Card number: No. 845. Gottheim collection code: GNY 17. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of ster... More

Sigmund Freud Papers: Oversize, 1859-1985; Writings; 1956; "Bericht üb...

Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 June ...

Reproduction number: A57 (color slide; first and second drafts); A58 (color slide; final draft) Langston Hughes (1902-1967), known for his lyric poetry, often wrote insightful commentaries about African-America... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Hurston, Zora Neale

1957, "O Lula" song Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Georgia Exhibit, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the southern third of Georgia.

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, American Patchwork, 1978-1991, Dre...

Includes edits, scripts, releases, credits, synchro-rights, and stills materials

Greek Manuscripts 1848. Medica - Mount Sinai manuscripts

Manuscript was filmed and made available in 1952. Copied on paper.

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Apollos Mo...

Public domain scan of a letter to George Washington, American revolution history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Business card ...

Sigmund Freud Papers: General Correspondence, 1871-1996; Rilke, Rainer...

Receipts for financial aid and parcels from Totenberg family to Ferste...

Sigmund Freud Papers: Interviews and Recollections, 1914-1998; Set B, ...

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Subject File, 1884-1962; International Cou...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Recommends Cameron for cabinet

Walt Whitman Papers: Reproductions; Photocopies; Interior Department, ...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Slavonic Slavic Manuscripts 21. Oktoëchos Octoechos; Oktoikh

Copied on paper. Titled on microfilm: Liturgical (Oktoikh). Date unknown.

Salmon P. Chase Papers: General Correspondence, 1810-1898; 1863; Sept....

Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Miscellany; Photographs

Promissory Notes, Frederick Douglass papers

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Building Repairs, 1882-1889 - Public domain document scan

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Booklet, samples of lace edgings and insertions, with prices per yard,...

Black leather-bound sample booklet with accordion-style purple paper page insert and samples of types of lace (product numbers 28-50), with prices per yard for each style. Associated with marketing for the Ame... More

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Miscellany,...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Carrie Chapman Catt Papers: Subject File, 1848-1950; Seneca Falls Conv...

William T. Sherman Papers: General Correspondence, 1837-1891; 1863, Fe...

Joseph Holt Papers: Financial Papers, 1822-1894; Ledgers; Family expen...

Arabic Manuscripts 393. Canons of Oecumenical Councils

Copied on paper. Public domain scan - Arabic medieval manuscript, St. Catherine Mount Sinai, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Greek Manuscripts 350. Logoi - Mount Sinai

Manuscript was filmed and made available in 1952. Copied on paper.

Anna E. Dickinson Papers: Miscellany, 1863-1951; Newspaper clippings; ...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Washington's first inaugural address, 30 April 1789

Reproduction number: A115 (color slide; page 1) George Washington (1732-1799) delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall, New York City, on 30 April 1789. Th... More

Panagios Taphos 205. Life of Katerina, Theodoros Studites, John Chryso...

Copied on paper.

Sigmund Freud Papers: General Correspondence, 1871-1996; Fliess, Wilhe...

General Correspondence: Williamson, Pliny W., 1911

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Greek Manuscripts 925. Kondakarion Kontakion

Copied on vellum. Public domain scan of a Byzantine Greek manuscript from Saint Catherine monastery, mount Sinai, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George S. Patton Papers: Diaries, 1910-1945; Annotated transcripts; 19...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Les amours d'été divertissement en un acte & en vaudevilles

par MM. de Piis & Barré ; représenté pour la première fois, à la muette, devant Leurs Majestés, le jeudi 20 septembre 1781; & à Paris, le mardi 25 du même mois, par les Comédiens italiens ordinaires du roi. (st... More

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Addenda, 17...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers: Speeches and Writings, 1848-1902; Books...

The New England primer, improved : for the more easy attaining the tru...

Signatures: [A]⁸ B-E⁸. Heartman, C.F. New England primer, 198 Shaw & Shoemaker 4726 Includes a small illustration for each letter of the alphabet, and an illustration of John Rogers, martyr. LC copy imperfect:... More