poetry, manuscripts

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clara Barton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1849-1947; Poetry; 18...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

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LC #220 Whitman's Cardboard Butterfly

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

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Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Poems (various authors) - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply 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 st... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flags, shield, arrows,...

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

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr.

You are about to apply 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 st... More

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

You are about to apply 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 st... More

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

Memorabilia, 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

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with sword floating above marchin...

Addressed to Miss Mary J. Chambers, Toledo, Tama County, Iowa; illegible postmark. Handwritten poem on verso: In years agone, when quiet reigned, throughout this happy land. Before rebellion had attained, so g... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr.

You are about to apply 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 st... More

Letter from Archibald MacLeish to T. S. Eliot, October 7, 1944

Archibald MacLeish expresses disappointment that T.S. Eliot has declined his invitation to take the position of Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Poems, undated - Public domain document scan

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William Blake - Photograph of a page from William Blake's Milton, unda...

Transcribed from item: "Los and Enitharmon Regard With Horror the Flaming Orc. Blake's Milton. 1804." Item is from the Rosenwald Collection.

Photograph of Robert Penn Warren, undated

Robert Penn Warren, Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

You are about to apply 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 st... More

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861

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Poems, undated - Public domain document scan

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[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with sword floating above marchin...

Addressed to Miss Mary J. Chambers, Toledo, Tama County, Iowa; illegible postmark. Handwritten poem on verso: In years agone, when quiet reigned, throughout this happy land. Before rebellion had attained, so g... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

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Press Release No. 468, "Robert Frost, Noted American Poet, to Give Rea...

London Town. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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Portrait of Allen Tate, undated

Allen Tate, Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Black Identity Project, 1968-1970,...

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits engr. by William Blake and J. Chapman].

Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1839 Plate 1 (Edmund Pitts, Esq.) also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with eagle, American flag, and co...

Addressed to Mr. Thos. Van Sichin, Metuchin [i.e. Metuchen], New Jersey; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Hathaway, Samuel - Douglass Frederick collection

You are about to apply 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 st... More

Clara Barton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1849-1947; Poetry; 18...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Portrait of Allen Tate, undated

Allen Tate, Library of Congress Consultant in Poetry. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clara Barton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1849-1947; Poetry; Un...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Portrait of Joseph Auslander, undated

Joseph Auslander, Consultant in Poetry (1939-1944). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Memorabilia - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply 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 st... More

Letter from Theodore Spencer to Robert Penn Warren, March 26, 1945

Theodore Spencer's letter to Robert Penn Warren regarding candidates for Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

Address by Frederick Douglass,and Poem by A. C. Hills

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

Letter from Alexander Melville Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, March 2,...

Available text: Transcription

Poems by Alexander Graham Bell, from 1858 to 1859

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Douglass, Frederick (Death) - Folder 10 of 34

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

Douglass, Frederick (Death) - Folder 31 of 34

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

Douglass, Frederick (General) - Folder 7 of 9

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

Address by Frederick Douglass,and Poem by A. C. Hills

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

Poems, undated, Alexander Graham Bell family papers

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Poems (various authors), 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

Douglass, Frederick (Death) - Folder 10 of 34

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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr

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

Douglass, Frederick (General) - Folder 7 of 9

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

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black an... More

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Douglass, Frederick (General) - Folder 7 of 9

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

Poems (various authors), 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

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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black an... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

Address by Frederick Douglass,and Poem by A. C. Hills

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

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black an... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr

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

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

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

Memorabilia, 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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Douglass, Frederick (Autograph Book)

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

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black an... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr

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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

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

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

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

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black an... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence Undated: T

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

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Qaṣīdah - Persian manuscript - Public domain document scan

Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms. Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in Iran. Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines... More

Douglass Frederick correspondence 1893, Apr

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

Nizami Ganjavi - Iskandarnāmah - Persian manuscript

Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black an... More

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