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[Bien Avisé, Mal Avisé (Morality play) [from old catalog]]Bien Aduise ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Quarta musculos commonstrantium figura, omnes in posteriori corporis

Anatomical rare view of cadaver standing on skull holding head sections, with bones and musculature keyed to surrounding text. Illus. and text in: De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome / Andreas Vesalius.... More

[Spanish conquistadors before throne of Indian king - full title page]

Engraving on full page of text. Illus. in: Historie Naturael en Morael van de Westersche Indien (Amsterdam, 1624). Reference copy may be in SSF - Indians of Mexico Misc. This record contains unverified, old dat... More

James Lovell and William C. Houston to Benjamin Franklin, July 11, 178...

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

Abiel Foster to Thomas Jefferson, March 26, 1785

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Thomas Gleaves - Andrew Jackson correspondence

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Elgar to James Madison, May 8, 1802. Membership certificate for the Sa...

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Richard Hackley to James Madison, February 9, 1821.

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[Civil War envelope showing Columbia and American flag with message "C...

Addressed to Mr. George H. Waldron, South Vassalboro, Maine; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Oxford, November 5, 1861. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing American flag and shield, with message "Th...

Addressed to Mr. F.E. Hurd, Great Falls, N.H.; postmarked Portsmouth, N.H., May 13; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing woman nursing soldier with message "Lovely ...

Addressed to Mrs. F. Behymer, Shelbyville, Illinois ; postmarked Richmond, Kentucky ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Amberman Postal History, Clifton Park, New York,... More

James B. Gardenhire to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 22, 1861 (Ca...

[Civil War envelope showing eagle holding olive branch atop shield, wi...

Addressed to Mr. Patrick Kernan, Esq., Camp Chace, care of Capt. Pike, Columbus, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag above star design...

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[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and ...

Addressed to Mrs. A.C. Elsbree, Lewis Centre, Delaware Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Colonel Horatio Gates Sickel o...

Addressed to Mr. William H. Heft, Richlandtown P.O., Bucks County, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked at Washington, D.C., December 1862. The 32nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was the 3rd of the Pennsylvani... More

Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February 26, 1865 (Teleg...

Promissory Note from Thomas Sanders, April 11, 1891

Chart, undated - Public domain document scan

The Manuscript [book] - Public domain dedication image

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Our Roll of Honor. Listing women and men who signed the Declaration of...

Souvenir card listing 68 women and 32 men who signed the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848

Militant Suffragette Leader Emmeline Pankhurst Pleads for Vote

Various clippings report Emmeline Pankhurst's speaking tour to Auburn and Syracuse, N.Y.; speaking style; suffrage methods; suggest American don't need to stoop to violence to succeed.

A page from Adolph's passport, 1913-1921

Referral note from Dr. T.B. Haddad to Bertha Vester asking help for im...

The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded by a group of American and Swedish Christian fundamentali... More

Letter from Aaron Copland to Carlos Chávez, September 23, 1958.

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

two same date; with Deposition by John Street

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

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Jean B. Do...

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

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Mary Ann Bickerdyke Papers: Subject file; Civil War activities; Memoir...

Speech before the American Anti-Slavery Society

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

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

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Silas Dean...

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Sigmund Freud Papers: Oversize, 1859-1985; Writings; 1919; "Zur psycho...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 2. General Correspondence. 1858-1864: A...

Support; sends newspaper article

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

Southwest branch of Pacific Railroad

Sigmund Freud Papers: Oversize, 1859-1985; Writings; 1935; "Die Feinhe...

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Lee De Forest's schematic diagrams and scientific notes on hotel stati...

Reproduction number: A27 (color slide; page 1); A28 (color slide; page 2) The prolific American inventor Lee De Forest (1873-1961), is one of several contenders for the title "Father of Radio." Having obtained ... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...

Public domain scan of American Folklife Center performance studies, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Felix Frankfurter's draft decree to enforce the Brown v. Board of Educ...

Reproduction number: A36 (color slide; pages 1 and 2); LC-MSS-47571-3 (B&W negative; page 2) On 17 May 1954 Chief Justice Earl Warren (1891-1974) delivered the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion in Brown v. Boar... More

Felicia Montealegre (Bernstein) to Leonard Bernstein, August 19

excerpt: "I Love You "

Khāvarānʹnāmah - Persian manuscript

Long poem on the Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. Manuscript. Persian. [Source of title] [Statement of responsibility] Written in Iran or India. Paper; fine quality, cream-colored, thin, and polished; script is i... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Columbia College, Ne...

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

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

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Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Photocop...

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to Dr. John Rison

Addressed to Dr. John Rison, Box 952, Richmond, Virginia; postmarked Lexington, Miss. April 13; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delawar... More

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to S.A. White

Addressed to Mr. S.A. White, Camp of Instruction, near Columbia, S.C., in care of Capt. Radcliff; manuscript cancelled Powers Shop, S.C. Jan. 15; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Pur... More

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

Recommendation for Thomas Jenckes

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

Sends medal

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

Telegram reporting on bridges

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

Warns Lincoln about Reverend Lanahan

Walt Whitman Papers: Literary file; Prose; "Idea of Piece Peace in a S...

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

Seeks copy of Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

Letter from Eli W. Blake, Jr. to Alexander Graham Bell, May 27, 1879

Sigmund Freud Papers: Oversize, 1859-1985; Writings; 1926; "Hemmung, S...

Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 14, South Caro...

Interviews were conducted in Adams Run, Brittons Neck, Charleston, Claussens, Columbia, Conway, Estill, Florence, Gaffney, Georgetown County, Greenwood, Lena, Luray, Marion, Murrells Inlet, Murrell's Inlet, New... More

Rosa Parks Papers: Printed Matter, 1947-2005; Depictions of Parks; Car...

Rosa Parks Papers: Books Owned by Parks, 1866-2001; Terkel, Studs; Div...

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George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Horatio Sh...

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

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Correspondence, 1886-1954; Undated; L

Wells, Ida B, 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

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 8, Addition I, 1846-1893; Souvenirs, a...

Article by Alexander Graham Bell, June 1903

Walt Whitman Papers: Reproductions; Photocopies; National Archives and...

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Joseph Holt Papers: Financial Papers, 1822-1894; Bills and receipts; U...

Clothing, 1873-1889, 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

"Self-Made Men." Address before the Students of the Indian Industrial ...

Page 48 is reading of a letter from Jefferson to a black, self-made man.

Patent, January 14, 1913 - Public domain document scan

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

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Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Equ...

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

Foreign Affairs

James A. Garfield Papers: Series 15, Scrapbooks, 1855-1885; Vol. 39, A...

Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, June 9, 1895

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Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Seaman v. Bedell, Po...

Greek Manuscripts 1883. Logic - Mount Sinai manuscripts

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

Rosa Parks Papers: Books Owned by Parks, 1866-2001; Parks, Rosa; Rosa ...

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Greek Manuscripts 407. Isaac of Syria

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

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

Ulysses S. Grant Papers: Series 10, Addition III, 1819-1969; Personal ...

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Italy, 1954-1955

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Young People's Concerts Scripts: Berlioz Takes a Trip typescript on pi...

From: Young People's Concerts Television Scripts Series

Article by Alexander Graham Bell, undated

Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Equ...

Groceries - Folder 1 of 6 - 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

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; School building...

Sigmund Freud Papers: Oversize, 1859-1985; Writings; 1909-1910; Notes ...

Rosa Parks Papers: Family Papers, 1900-2005; Letters to and from Rosa ...

Furnishings, 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

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...

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Anna E. Dickinson Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1868-1907; Plays...

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Cantometrics, c...

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Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Writings File, circa 1846-1899; Other writi...

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Collectibles, Personal Papers

Unused postcards Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Supplementa...

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John Carvel Arnold Papers: Miscellaneous fragments and envelopes

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The art of dancing its theory and practice

by F. Leslie Clendenen. Drawings by Mrs. Clendenen. Intended for amateurs as well as for professional teachers ... (statement of responsibility) Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsim... More

Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman: Notes an...