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Library of Congress: Classic Books: Waite Hoyt: Babe Ruth as I Knew Him

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through a digital version of the historic book, Babe Ruth as I Knew Him, a brief illustrated book written by Ruth's teammate Waite Hoyt. From the Library of Congress' collection of classic literature.
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Loc: Meeting of Frontiers

For Students 9th - 10th
A collaborative effort between the Library of Congress, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the Russian State Library, and others. Compare and contrast the frontier stories and practices of the United States and Russia. There are...
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Loc: Exploring the Early Americas: Interactive Presentations

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive collection of presentations from the Library of Congress provides glimpses into the fascinating history of pre-Columbian Americas.
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Loc: American Memory: Tactics and Techniques of the National Woman's Party [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive essay lays out the tactics the National Woman's Party used in its campaign to obtain women's suffrage. In addition to an explanation of the various tactics are many photographs from the Library of Congress' Records of...
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Loc: Women of Protest: Photographs From National Woman's Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a collection of photographs from the Library of Congress that show the militant tactics of the National Woman's Party in its support of woman's suffrage. In addition to the photographs, there are articles about this branch of the...
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Loc: American Memory: American Women: Marching for the Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
The day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, 5,000 marchers along with floats, bands, and mounted groups paraded down Pennslvania Avenue in support of women's suffrage. Read about the parade, the actions of those watching the...
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Loc: American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Columbus's Three Voyages

For Students 9th - 10th
View one of the top treasures in the Library of Congress, the parchment on which is written the earliest description of Columbus's first three voyages to the New World.
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Loc: Primary Documents in American History: The Articles of Confederation

For Students 9th - 10th
The original Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between thirteen states, created in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It preceded the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
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Loc: Photographs From the Age of Jazz

For Students 9th - 10th
This William P. Gottlieb Collection from the Library of Congress contains over 1600 photographs of celebrated jazz artists and documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948.
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Loc: Jefferson's Legacy (Brief History of Loc)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about Thomas Jefferson's legacy, the Library of Congress. Interesting information on the establishment and growth of the Library, the collections, buildings and librarians.
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Loc: Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library serves as a gateway to two other American Memory Collections on Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress and the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana. Also included within...
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Loc: From the Home Front and the Front Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition consists of original materials and oral histories drawn from the Veterans History Project collections at the Library of Congress. With an emphasis on World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), the Korean War...
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Loc: From Haven to Home: 350 Years of u.s. Jewish Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth online exhibit features more than two hundred treasures of American Jewish life from the Library of Congress and other cultural institutions.
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Loc: Religion and the State Governments

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress is an essay describing the state responses to religion after independence was declared.
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Loc: American Memory: Taking the Long View, 1851 1991

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of panoramic photographs covering many subjects from the Library of Congress.
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Loc: Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the Library of Congress links directly to a chronology of events leading to the declaration of independence from Great Britain, the drafting of the document, and Jefferson's vison as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
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Loc: Indian Land Cessions in the United States 1784 1894

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides links to the original land cession deals between Indians and the Federal Government are provided. Search for documents can be accomplished by searching for Indian tribe, state/territory, or...
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Loc: Early Motion Pictures, Sound Records of Edison Companies

For Students 1st - 9th
The Library of Congress provides information on Thomas Edison's profound contribution to the music industry.
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Loc: America's Story: George Marshall and the Marshall Plan

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Library of Congress presents a brief history of Nobel Prize winner George Marshall for his development and implementation of the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe's devastated countries following World War II. Listen to part of...
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Loc: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress exhibition provides information and pictures of documents as well as photographs of the Russian Church era in Alaska.
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Loc: African American Mosaic: Influence of Prominent Abolitionists

For Students 9th - 10th
See documents and pictures of those actively involved in the anti-slavery movement. From the Library of Congress.
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Loc: American Treasures: Washington Records the British Surrender at Yorktown

For Students 9th - 10th
See a copy of George Washington's diary, written in his own hand, which describes the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. From a collection in the Library of Congress.
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Loc: Revelations From the Russian Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
This particular page from the Library of Congress is the homepage with an outline of hyperlinks to numerous articles that could provide background information regarding the former Soviet Union.
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Loc: Scrolls From the Dead Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition from the Library of Congress presents a selection from the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses the challenges of verifying their authenticity as well as the history of their discovery and of being hidden away.