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Loc: Petal From the Rose Elizabeth Shippen Green
The Library of Congress offers an overview of the exhibition of illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green, whose work appeared in Harper's Monthly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Loc: Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom
A great biographical site on the caricaturist and cartoonist Arthur Szyk (1894-1951 CE). There are nice images of religious, war, political and personal caricatures.
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Loc: The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith
An exhibition of The Water-Babies illustations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Originally shown in the Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Library of Congress June through September 1999.
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Loc: Poetry 180: Neglect
This eight-stanza poem describes a neglected fruit tree that will not bear healthy fruit.
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Loc: Frank Lloyd Wright Designs for an American Landscape
A site covering Frank Lloyd Wright from 1922-1932. Specific information on how his architecture was designed with the environment in mind. The Exhibition was at the Library of Congress from 1966 until 1997.
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Loc: September 11 Acquisitions
The Library of Congress has received original material including photographs, drawings, poems, eye-witness accounts, maps, and much more concerning the attacks on September 11th. They have archived this is a special exhibition.
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Loc: American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Women's Trade Union Seal
Find the seal of the National Women's Trade Union League, a union formed by women to address issues not being supported by unions with mostly men as members.
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Loc: Benjamin Franklin: In His Own Words
This extensive exhibition offers observations on various facets of Franklin's life, as well as his writing and other accomplishments.
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Loc: Political Cartoons and Debates
A rich Web resource from the Library of Congress for lesson plans that require researching historic political cartoons and utilizing primary source documents.
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Loc: Webcast: Mary Pope Osborne: Book Fest 2005
This video of Mary Pope Osborne is like having the author come to visit. She speaks about her life, how she developed her popular Magic Treehouse books, and the hard process of creating story magic. [32:36]
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Loc: American Memory: George Washington Papers: Series 2 Letterbooks
The list in Washington's own hand of his nominations for various offices in his administration including Attorney General.
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Loc: Exploration and Settlement: Duke's Map of New York
A Dutch map from 1661 showing New Amsterdam. Part of a map collection from the British Library.
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Loc: Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving
Teaching guide that uses primary sources to cover the history, traditions, and events of the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Provides additional online resources.
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Loc: Documentary Heritage of the Civil War
Part of a larger effort to document the Civil War through primary resources consisting of personal narratives, Part I covers the "election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession crisis, the outbreak of hostilities, mobilizing for war, and...
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Loc: Reformation in Germany
A brief explanation of the Reformation along with pictures of significant manuscripts and letters of the reformers from the Treasures of Saxon State Library at the Library of Congress.
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Loc: A Voice of Her Own: Phillis Wheatley
The Library of Congress series biography of Phillis Wheatley also includes links to her selected writings.
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Loc: Robert Frost
The site from the Library of Congress includes the handwritten version of Frost's poem, "The Gift Outright," that Frost delivered from memory at Kennedy's inauguration.
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Loc: Seneca Falls Convention Scrapbook
Explore digital photographs of newspaper clippings about the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights in 1848. Includes a photo depicting Stanton in the controversial bloomer outfit.
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Loc: American Treasures: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant
Susan B. Anthony's own copy of her trial proceedings. Content includes a description of the exhibit, as well as many pictures.
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Loc: American Treasures: Something's Coming
Inspiration for the song "Something's Coming" from "West Side Story" came from a speech Arthur Laurents had written for the character Tony in his libretto for the musical.
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Loc: Samuel De Champlain's 1607 Map
This page provides the history and significance of Samuel de Champlain's map of New France and the St. Lawrence River in 1607.
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Loc: American Treasures: World's Columbian Exposition
Description and link to a map of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
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Loc: American Treasures: Artifacts of Assassination
This site describes the articles in Abraham Lincoln's pockets the evening he was assassinated. Includes a photograph of the items. Also included are newspaper clippings about the assassination and the playbill from Ford's Theater.
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Loc: Stagestruck! Performing Arts Caricatures
A short overview of the coming of age of the caricature during the early twentieth century. Exhibition was in the Library of Congress Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon from November 1998 to April 1999.