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CollectionToday in History Today in History is a Library of Congress presentation of historic events illuminated by items from the Library’s Digital Collections. This feature premiered in April, 1997 to highlight items from the Library’s groundbreaking American Memory digital collections (1994-2016). The essays were written by American Memory Program Staff, and are fact-checked and updated by reference staff from the Library’s Researcher & Reference Services Division. Each...
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MapBohrod's America, its history
America, its history Pictorial map. Shows scenes from America's history with names of historical events superimposed on a map of the United States. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Associated American Artists - Bohrod, Aaron
- Date: 1946
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Book/Printed MaterialAnnals of American history
Encyclopædia britannica annals of American history "Annals of American History illuminate U.S. history from 1493 to modern times in over 2,000 primary documents"--Secondary page.- Date: 2002-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialAmerican county histories to 1900
American county histories "These books include chapters with detailed coverage of local history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, the medical and legal professions, churches and ministers, industry and manufacturing, banking and insurance, schools and teachers, noted celebrations, fire departments and associations, cemeteries, family histories, health and vital statistics, roads and bridges, public officials and legislators, and...- Contributor: Accessible Archives
- Date: 2000-01-01
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NewspaperThe Mississippi enterprise (Jackson, Miss.), February 26, 1944, (MISSISSIPPI'S NEGRO HISTORY WEEK EDITION)
- Contributor: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date: 1944-02-26
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Book/Printed MaterialGilder Lehrman Institute of American History Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Provides historians and educators resources for the study of American history from prerevolutionary to modern times, with searchable access to the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History's holdings, exhibits, and educational programs.
- Contributor: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Date: 2002
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NewspaperThe American union (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]), July 4, 1861
- Contributor: West Virginia University
- Date: 1861-07-04
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NewspaperThe American union (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]), July 5, 1861
- Contributor: West Virginia University
- Date: 1861-07-05
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NewspaperThe American union (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]), July 6, 1861
- Contributor: West Virginia University
- Date: 1861-07-06
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NewspaperThe American union (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]), July 9, 1861
- Contributor: West Virginia University
- Date: 1861-07-09
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NewspaperThe American union (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]), July 11, 1861
- Contributor: West Virginia University
- Date: 1861-07-11
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Book/Printed MaterialSmithsonian, Native American history and culture
Native American history and culture | Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Native American resources Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Presents information about the history and culture of Native Americans, provided as part of the Smithsonian FAQs site. Notes that the Smithsonian Institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a group of national museums and galleries. Details exhibitions found at the National Museum of the American Indian and other Smithsonian museums and centers. Includes information about genealogical research and indigenous knowledge. Lists bibliographies of readings...- Contributor: National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
- Date: 2001
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Software, E-ResourceAmerican social history online Aquifer American social history online is a research project of the Digital Library Federation and is focused on finding, gathering, and collecting distributed and disparate scholarly content in American Social History. Contains images (photographs and cultural materials), books and pamphlets, journal articles, maps, sheet music, videos, data sets, political cartoons and posters, and oral histories.
- Contributor: Dlf Aquifer
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Book/Printed MaterialAmerican Indian history and related issues
American Indian studies Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available A list of links to information about the history and culture of the Native American experience in North America as well as that of the Indian people in Central America and Mexico.- Contributor: Johnson, Troy R. - California State University, Long Beach. American Indian Studies Program
- Date: 2000
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BlogAfrican American History Month February is African American History Month. The month celebrates the contributions that African Americans have made to American history in their struggles for freedom and equality and deepens our understanding of our Nation’s history. On the Law Library’s Commemorative Observations page for African American History Month, you can find an overview of the day as …
- Contributor: Sellers, Christine
- Date: 2011-02-03
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BlogAfrican American History Month Last year Christine wrote about some of the laws and history relating to African American History Month, which is observed every February. We thought we’d take a closer look and expand on some of the information in that post. Although a law designating February as African American History Month was not passed until 1986 (more …
- Contributor: Wood, Margaret
- Date: 2012-02-21
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BlogPinteresting African American History February is African American History Month, an annual celebration that has existed since 1926. This year’s theme, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture.” This year also marks the centennial of ASALH, which was established in 1915 by Carter G. …
- Contributor: Allen, Erin
- Date: 2015-02-05
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Oxford companion to American military history
American military history Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Includes bibliographical references and index. Available also online via the Internet.- Contributor: Chambers, John Whiteclay - Anderson, Fred
- Date: 1999