The Library of Congress offers a PDF of the text of the book, El Salvador: A Country Study. The book includes a detailed synopsis of the civil war in El Salvador, beginning on page 39.

The Library of Congress presents over 2,000 prints from the work of the famed photographer,Edward S. Curtis, who recorded Native American dress, ceremonies, life, and culture representing over 80 tribes during the first half of the 20th...

Companion website to the Library of Congress' exhibition about Carl Jung's Red Book. The exhibition puts Red Book in context with a small sample of items related to Jung.

This Executive Order signed by President Bill Clinton on 8/4/99 is an order that describes the balance between state and federal governments, as warranted by the Framers of the Constitution and federalism.

As the Official site, there are recordings, lectures, letters, photos, publications, scripts, etc. that are unavailable elsewhere. Links to the Library of Congress' Leonard Bernstein Collection, another excellent source.

View this digital copy of "The Secret Garden" by Francis Hodgson Burnett in a scanned format from the Library of Congress' Rare Book Collection.

A wonderful resource on Japan can be found here. It provides an in-depth study of the history of the country, their society and culture, education and arts, economy, relations with other nations, politics, national security, and much...

Take a journey back in time through the "Garden State" of New Jersey. A brief of overview of this historical state, as well as fascinating photographs enrich this site from The Library of Congress.

Take a journey back in time through the "Garden State" of New Jersey. A brief of overview of this historical state, as well as fascinating photographs enrich this site from The Library of Congress.

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Selected images of the Ford Theater, James Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators, and Lincoln's funeral procession.

Frederick Douglass gave as speech praising John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry. He viewed Brown as a real hero of the abolitionist cause. Read his speech or listen to an excerpt.

A brief description of Onate's life and work with links to related stories and many good sites about the Spanish exploration in the U.S.

Although the 15th amendment gave the freedom to vote to African Americans, little was done to enforce it. 90% of African-Americans living in the South were not able to vote, and in the North where voting was easier, the African American...

This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Painter and printer John Rubens Smith sketched rivers, roads, cities, bridges, and mills throughout America between the years 1810 and 1840. Digital images of his art are provided...

This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Below the long list of Rodgers' works you'll find an extensive timeline of his life and composition history.

Abraham Lincoln has the distinction of being the first President to be assassinated. The Library of Congress has more information about the events surrounding this historic event.

This site from the Library of Congress shows that among the victims of the Great Terror were artists and intellectuals who were required to promote the socialist consciousness under Stalin.

Check out this page from the Library of Congress for a chronology of events in Puerto Rico during and after the Spanish-American War.

Check out this page from the Library of Congress and choose to read a wartime essay about Cuba, see a timeline, or look at maps of Cuba. Includes photos too!

This site from the Library of Congress discusses the alliance between the Allies and the USSR after Germany chose to break an agreement and invade Soviet Union. Links to primary source documents are included.

This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, gives a history of the Portuguese explorations of North America. The information is fairly brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.

In honor of Law Day, the Library of Congress hosted a program: Cultural Issues in the Courts. A panel of cross-cultural experts discussed the cases in which various individuals from other countries pleaded "cultural defense," stating...

Search the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress with this online bibliography resource. There are over 5,000 titles that explore both the social sciences and the humanities.