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"The heroic in a crisis are those who prepare by doing common-place duties well" - President Roosevelt, S. Royalton, Vt.

"The heroic in a crisis are those who prepare by doing common-place du...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt addressing a small crowd. H23913 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood.

Newsmen get dope from Senate majority after White House discussion in sit-strikes. Washington, D.C., March 27. Majority leader of the Senate, Senator Joseph T. Robinson discusses possible congressional action on the sit-down strike crisis with reporters following a White House conference today. After discussing all phases of the strike crisis with President Roosevelt, congressional leaders announced there is small chance that the federal government would intervene, 3/27/1937

Newsmen get dope from Senate majority after White House discussion in ...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The new crisis at the South by Rev. A. D. May 9, LL. D. [Berea, Ky. [n. d.].

The new crisis at the South by Rev. A. D. May 9, LL. D. [Berea, Ky. [n...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 243, Folder 49.

The burning of the Crisis, British Cartoon Print

The burning of the Crisis, British Cartoon Print

People burning a broadside entitled the Crisis. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection ( Library of Congress).

"The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act

"The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act

The print's title derives from the name of Hinton Rowan Helper's 1857 pamphlet "The Impending Crisis," an influential document in antislavery literature. Here the crisis is that of New York senator William H. S... More

Senate leaders leave White House conference on sit-down stike crisis. Washington, D.C., March 27. Senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson, (left) and Vice President Garner as they left a White House conference today with President Roosevelt on the sit-down strike situation. Senator Robinson announced that it is unlikely that the government would intervene in the strike, 3/27/1937

Senate leaders leave White House conference on sit-down stike crisis. ...

Two men standing next to each other in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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The crisis. An appeal to free men [...] / printed by David Allen & Sons, Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex.

The crisis. An appeal to free men [...] / printed by David Allen & Son...

Poster is text only, encouraging men to volunteer for military service. Wt. W10445/595.

Sherwood Eddy, author and lecturer, will discuss "America and the world crisis" 8th year of Des Moines Public Forum / / designed & made by Iowa Art Program, W.P.A.

Sherwood Eddy, author and lecturer, will discuss "America and the worl...

Poster announcing a public forum to be held at North High, Des Moines, Iowa, at which Sherwood Eddy will discuss "America and the world crisis."

Inflation. The money crisis in the Southern states during the American Civil War. Auction of a 25 gold piece at Danville, Virginia. From a sketch by a Union prisoner which appeared in Frank Leslie's Weekly of February 13, 1864

Inflation. The money crisis in the Southern states during the American...

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[Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C. ]

[Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C. ]

Contact sheet folder caption: Iran students demonstrate. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

[Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C.]

[Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C.]

Contact sheet folder caption: Iran students demonstrate. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

"The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act

"The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act

The print's title derives from the name of Hinton Rowan Helper's 1857 pamphlet "The Impending Crisis," an influential document in antislavery literature. Here the crisis is that of New York senator William H. S... More

J.K. Hackett & Charlotte Walker, "The Crisis"

J.K. Hackett & Charlotte Walker, "The Crisis"

Photograph shows actor James Keteltas Hackett (1869-1926). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Public forum - Eric Grimwade, journalist and commentator, will discuss focal points of the world crisis / designed & made by Iowa Art Program, W.P.A.

Public forum - Eric Grimwade, journalist and commentator, will discuss...

Poster for a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Friends, countrymen and fellow-citizens! : The present crisis demands your serious attention. You are now about giving your suffrages for members of the General Assembly ...

Friends, countrymen and fellow-citizens! : The present crisis demands ...

Signed: A Constitutional mechanic. Imprint from Bristol. Not in Evans. Bristol B6491 Shipton & Mooney 45069 LC copy annotated on verso: 1786 Election Paper. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library ... More

William L. Hodge to Thomas Corwin, Thursday, October 18, 1860  (Copy of letter advising Lincoln how to handle sectional crisis)
Schuyler Colfax to [Ralph P. Lowe], Tuesday, January 01, 1861  (Secession crisis; with endorsement)
The American Crisis. by the author of Common Sense [Thomas Paine] "These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country..."

The American Crisis. by the author of Common Sense [Thomas Paine] "The...

Written in Dec. 1776. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412 DB This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. Rev.; Broadsides [1776]; BI WORKS; RBD; Shelf.

The money crisis in the South - auction sale of a five dollar gold piece at Danville near the N. Carolina border

The money crisis in the South - auction sale of a five dollar gold pie...

Wood engraving from a sketch by a Union prisoner. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864 Feb. 13. Reference copy may be in LOT 4402. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. C... More

Samuel Denison to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 31, 1861  (Secession crisis analogous to Biblical episode)
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Alexander H. Stephens to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 14, 1860  (Sectional crisis)
Minneapolis, Minnesota. At a meeting of the Swedish Club, a businessmen's social organization. The club has been in existence for many years and in addition to having lectures and programs, it participates in various public campaigns. The meeting was held at the Saint Anthony Club and the speaker was Elmer Peterson, a radio commentator who spoke on "Sweden's position in the present world crisis"

Minneapolis, Minnesota. At a meeting of the Swedish Club, a businessme...

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Carl Schurz to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 28, 1860  (Secession crisis)
The American crisis (No. 1) By the author of Common sense. [Boston] Sold opposite the court house Queen Street [1776].

The American crisis (No. 1) By the author of Common sense. [Boston] So...

Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Title.; Stamped on verso: 595. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Pri... More

The crisis. Answer to the call now! [...] / printed by Roberts & Leete, Ltd., London, S.E.

The crisis. Answer to the call now! [...] / printed by Roberts & Leete...

Poster is text only, encouraging men to volunteer for military service.

[Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C.]

[Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C.]

Contact sheet folder caption: Iran students demonstrate. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Chinese Ambassador listens to Kung broadcast from China. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. The Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, as he listens to broadcast of Dr. H.H. Kung, Finance Minister and Acting Head of National Government in his radio talk on the seizure of General Issimo Chaing Kai-Shek at Sain- Fu. Dr. Kung asserted the crisis "gives the world an opportunity to attest anew the solidarity of the body politic in modern China"

Chinese Ambassador listens to Kung broadcast from China. Washington, D...

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After White House sit-down strike conference. Washington, D.C., March 27. Speaker William B. Bankhead, (left) and House Majority Leader Samuel Rayburn leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt and congressional leaders on the sit-down strike crisis. The government will not intervene, congressional leaders announced following the meeting, 3/27/1937

After White House sit-down strike conference. Washington, D.C., March ...

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[President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown after disembarking from their helicopter to meet about the Iran Hostage Crisis at Camp David, Maryland]

[President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of S...

Contact sheet folder caption: Camp David meeting w/Pres. Carter .... MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

[Men bowing in prayer at an Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration, Washington, D.C.]

[Men bowing in prayer at an Iran Hostage Crisis student demonstration,...

Contact sheet folder caption: Iranian student demonstration. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

[President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown after disembarking from their helicopter to meet about the Iran Hostage Crisis at Camp David, Maryland]

[President Jimmy Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of S...

Contact sheet folder caption: Camp David meeting w/Pres. Carter .... MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Town representatives. The present election presents a crisis at which it is important that every representative should be faithful to the character and wishes of the people. The citizens of New-Haven are decidedly opposed by a great majority, to

Town representatives. The present election presents a crisis at which ...

Political campaign Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 12, Folder 54.

Discuss rail strike threat. Washington, D.C., May 20. David B. Robertson (right) President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginermen, discuss with Chairman Burton K. Wheeler of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, the threatened "Nation-Wide" strike bode of the railway labor unions which would no good to the already extreme railroad crisis.

Discuss rail strike threat. Washington, D.C., May 20. David B. Roberts...

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Carl Schurz to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Report from East on public reaction to the “present crisis”)
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Report from Washington on cabinet appointments and crisis with South)
John E. Wool to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 11, 1861  (Secession crisis)
William L. Hodge to Thomas Corwin, Thursday, October 18, 1860  (Copy of letter advising Lincoln how to handle sectional crisis)
D. F Caldwell to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 31, 1860  (Secession crisis)
"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rufus S. King to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 19, 1861  (Recommends peaceful solution to secession crisis)
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Salmon P. Chase to Norman B. Judd, Sunday, January 20, 1861  (Secession crisis)
The  crisis - Public domain World War One sheet music

The crisis - Public domain World War One sheet music

words and music by James Arnott. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

The  crisis - Public domain World War One sheet music

The crisis - Public domain World War One sheet music

words and music by James Arnott. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

James W. Schaumburg to Simon Cameron, Monday, December 17, 1860  (Secession crisis)
The awful crisis which has arrived must be felt by us all, however, we may differ as to the causes which have produced it, or the measures which may avert its calamity ... [Richmond, Printed by T. Nicolson, 1799].

The awful crisis which has arrived must be felt by us all, however, we...

Also published as an 8 vol. pamphlet of 16 p. under title: The address of the minority in the Virginia legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the Alien and... More

Joseph Desha to his constituents ... Fellow citizens. The second session of the tenth Congress will close on Friday next, it being the constitutional period. I deem it my indispensable duty at this momentous crisis, to give you an outline of our

Joseph Desha to his constituents ... Fellow citizens. The second sessi...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 21, Folder 33.

To the public. The Crisis being deemed by the Parliament of England a libel ...

To the public. The Crisis being deemed by the Parliament of England a ...

Revolutionary War period broadside - no illus. Illus. in: Broadside Collection - Rare Book Division. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist. 1776; Broadsides; BI.

To the electors of the Western district. A crisis has arrived in the affairs of our country, by which the comparative merits of federal policy on the one hand, and of democratic policy on the other are now brought to the test of actual experimen
Abraham Lincoln to Winfield Scott, Friday, November 09, 1860  (Response to Scott's “Views" on the imminent secession crisis)
Delorma Brooks to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 25, 1861  (Recommends solution to sectional crisis)
Delorma Brooks to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 25, 1861  (Recommends solution to sectional crisis)
Carl Schurz to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Report from East on public reaction to the “present crisis”)
Winfield Scott to James Buchanan, Saturday, December 15, 1860  (Jackson's actions during Nullification Crisis of 1833)
Samuel T. Glover to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, February 05, 1861  (Secession crisis)
Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, Sunday, March 03, 1861  (Advice on how to handle secession crisis)
Beriah Magoffin to Oliver P. Morton, Thursday, April 25, 1861  (Copy of Telegram regarding peaceful solution to secession crisis)
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Schuyler Colfax to [Ralph P. Lowe], Tuesday, January 01, 1861  (Secession crisis; with endorsement)
Samuel T. Glover to Thomas Corwin, Wednesday, December 26, 1860  (Secession crisis)
William H. Triplett to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 28, 1861  (Secession crisis)
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge to William H. Seward, Thursday, March 07, 1861  (Secession Crisis)
Worthington G. Snethen to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 08, 1861  (Secession crisis)
James W. Schaumburg to Simon Cameron, Monday, December 17, 1860  (Secession crisis)
James W. Schaumburg to Simon Cameron, Monday, December 17, 1860  (Secession crisis)
Orville H. Browning to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 15, 1861  (Sectional crisis and cabinet appointments [Judd])
Gentlemen, At this perilous crisis of our national affairs, it is confidently believed you will cordially co-operate with the friends of peace in all proper measures to soften the calamities and shorten the duration of war. With this confidence,

Gentlemen, At this perilous crisis of our national affairs, it is conf...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 49, Folder 26.

Alfred B. Ely to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 16, 1861  (Cabinet appointments and secession crisis)
William B. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 06, 1861  (Sentiment in Pennsylvania regarding secession crisis)
To the inhabitants of the City and Colony of New-York. Fathers, Brethren, and Fellow countrymen. In this alarming crisis, of our public affairs, it is the incumbent duty of every well wisher to the rights and privileges of this much injured coun

To the inhabitants of the City and Colony of New-York. Fathers, Brethr...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 106, Folder 9.

To the inhabitants of the City of Washington. Fellow citizens. A crisis has arrived in our city affairs, well calculated to excite the most intense anxiety in the mind of every reflecting man in the community .... With this view, it is believed

To the inhabitants of the City of Washington. Fellow citizens. A crisi...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 195, Folder 6.

Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8. Dr. James T. Shotwell, Columbia University Professor, witness before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, today endorsed the Thomas Amendment of the Neutrality Act which would permit designation of the aggressor nations and application of economic pressure. He said, 'the time for the determination of policy is now; it should not be left for emergency legislation in the hour of crisis'

Columbia professor endorses Thomas Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 8....

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Delorma Brooks to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 25, 1861  (Recommends solution to sectional crisis)
Carl Schurz to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Report from East on public reaction to the “present crisis”)
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Report from Washington on cabinet appointments and crisis with South)
D. F Caldwell to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 31, 1860  (Secession crisis)
"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October 19, 1939

"Libraries in the Contemporary Crisis," by Archibald MacLeish, October...

Speech given at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, Sunday, March 03, 1861  (Advice on how to handle secession crisis)
Samuel Denison to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 31, 1861  (Secession crisis analogous to Biblical episode)
Beriah Magoffin to Oliver P. Morton, Thursday, April 25, 1861  (Copy of Telegram regarding peaceful solution to secession crisis)
Francis Preston Blair Sr. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Secession crisis)
Francis Preston Blair Sr. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 18, 1860  (Secession crisis)
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians / first published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn

Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians ...

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