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Loc: The Marx Brothers: A Resource Guide
A guide that has a variety of resources to study the Marx Brothers' lives and work.
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Loc: The Gershwin Legacy: George and Ira Gershwin
With their famous music and lyrics, the Library of Congress presents an in depth exhibit of primary source materials from the Gershwin brothers.
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Loc: Everyday Mysteries: Spiders and Their Webs
Have you ever wondered how spiders avoid getting stuck in their own webs? Check out this excellent explanation.
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Loc: African American History Month
The Research Department of the LOC provides the history of the founding of African American History Month. Documents from the Legislative and Executive Branches are hyperlinked.
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Loc: On the Homefront
This site from the Library of Congress provides posters and information on the home front during World War II and World War I. What were the people at home doing to help the men and women in the armed forces? See posters on Volunteer...
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Loc: What in the World Is That?
Can you match the picture to the correct invention? Read about these inventions and the importance of them. Also included are related sites to find further information about each invention.
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Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Are the Northern Lights?
What are the Northern Lights? This brief yet fact filled article explains all the important details including origin, composition, colors and appearance. Photos and maps are included.
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Loc: Inaugural Pilgrim Finds Her History
87 year old civil rights activist, Isaac Lowe, came from her small California town to Washington, D.C. to witness the inauguration of the President Barack Obama in 2009. Her story is featured in this article.
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Loc: Voices of Civil Rights
Exhibition documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the United States presented by the Library of Congress. Includes personal stories, photos, and historical facts.
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Loc: African American Mosaic: Wpa
A short description with primary source examples of the aid African American artists received from the WPA.
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Loc: John Bull and Uncle Sam
Part of an exhibit that talks about the British exploration and settlement of America.
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Loc: Lyrical Legacy: 400 Years of American Song and Poetry
Explore eighteen American songs and poems each represented by an original primary source document, along with historical background information and, in many cases, sound recordings and alternate versions.
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Loc: George Washington's Commission as Commander in Chief
Collection of primary documents about Washington as Commander in Chief.
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Loc: Creation Accounts and Depictions
Creation stories, myths and art from around the world are presented in this exhibit from the Library of Congress. Each item is briefly described.
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Loc: The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention
Husband-and-wife design team, Charles and Ray Eames, revolutionized postwar America with loads of practical inventions and designs for everyday living. Exhibition tells the story of their lives and careers.
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Loc: Madison's Treasures
Documents presented here relate to two seminal events in which Madison played a major role: the drafting and ratification of the Constitution of the United States (1787-1788) and the introduction (1789) in the First Federal Congress of...
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Loc: American Beauties: Drawings From the Golden Age
Online Exhibit of stylized icons of feminine beauty from America's "Golden age of illustration" (1880?1920s).
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Loc: The Cultures and Histories of the Americas
An online exhibit of a vast array of documents, artifacts, and maps detailing cultures in the Americas including the indigenous groups as well as Europeans after contact. From the Library of Congress.
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Loc: A Heavenly Craft: Woodcut in Early Printed Books
Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...
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Loc: War's End Ve Day
A collection of letters and interviews of soldiers as the relate and recall their feelings on VE day.
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Loc: Hispanic Americans in Congress: Dennis Chavez
Read biographical information about this United States Senator from New Mexico of Hispanic descent.
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Loc: American Treasures of Library of Congress: Imagination
This site is on an unusual exhibit at the Library of Congress that focuses on the American imagination in the realm of the arts. Here you can find original documents and drawings in architecture, music, literature and more.
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Loc: Vatican Exhibit: The City Recovers
This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...
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Loc: Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture
This page chronicles an exhibit hosted by the Library of Congress of manuscripts and documents from the Vatican Library. Includes manuscripts of both a secular and religious nature as well as a detailed history of the Vatican Library....