Compiled
by Kenneth Drexler, Digital Reference Specialist
The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain
a wide variety of material associated with the Spanish-American
War, including manuscripts, maps, broadsides, photographs,
prints, sheet music, and films. This guide compiles links
to digital materials related to the Spanish-American War
that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web
site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites
focusing on the Spanish-American War and a bibliography containing
selections for both general and younger readers.
Library of Congress Web Site | External
Web Sites | Selected Bibliography
The
Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
This collection features 68 motion pictures produced between
1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent
Philippine Revolution. The Spanish-American War was the
first U.S. war in which the motion picture camera played
a role. These films were made by the Edison Manufacturing
Company and the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company
and consist of actualities filmed in the U.S., Cuba, and
the Philippines, showing troops, ships, notable figures,
and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other
war-time events.
The
Special Presentation presents the motion pictures in
chronological order together with brief essays that provide
a historical context for their filming.
Also included in this collection is The
World of 1898: The Spanish-American War. Created
by the Library of Congress Hispanic Division, this
presentation provides resources and documents about
the Spanish-American War, the period before the war,
and some of the fascinating people who participated
in the fighting or commented about it. Information
about Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain,
and the United States is provided in chronologies,
bibliographies, and a variety of pictorial and textual
material from bilingual sources, supplemented by an
overview essay about the war and the period.
Highlights of films from the Spanish-American War include:
- Burial of the U.S.S.
Maine victims in Key West, Florida, March 27, 1898.
- Theodore
Roosevelt and the Rough Riders training in Tampa,
Florida, April 1898.
- U.S.
troops landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, June 22,
1898.
The
African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
This selection of manuscript and printed text and images
drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society
illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920.
Search
this collection to locate materials related to African
American soldiers serving in the Spanish-American War, including
a newspaper article on the
Tenth Cavalry at El Caney, Cuba, and a photograph of
a regimental
band during the war.
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
These life histories were compiled and transcribed by the
staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project
for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration
(WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection
includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300
writers from 24 states. Search
on the phrase Spanish-American War to find recollections
of veterans of the war.
An
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other
Printed Ephemera
The Printed Ephemera collection at the Library of Congress
is a rich repository of Americana. In total, the collection
comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth
century to the present and encompasses key events and eras
in American history.
Examples of printed ephemera from the Spanish-American
War era include:
Historic
American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
This collection presents 3,042 pieces of sheet music drawn
from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library at Duke University, including music about the Spanish-American
War.
Map
Collections
The focus of this collection is Americana and cartographic
treasures of the Library of Congress. These images were
created from maps and atlases selected from the collections
of the Geography and Map Division. This collection contains
four maps related to the Spanish-American
War.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This collection comprises periodicals published in the
United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during
the second half of the century. The periodicals selected
illuminate the subject areas of education, psychology, American
history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
Examples of articles about the Spanish-American War include:
Search
this collection to find additional articles about the
Spanish-American War and its aftermath.
Puerto
Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century
Perspectives
This collection portrays the early history of the commonwealth
of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political
writings, and histories drawn from the Library of Congress's
General Collections. Among the topics it highlights are
the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition
among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections
by veterans of the Spanish-American War.
Highlights from the Spanish-American War include:
Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit
Publishing Company, 1880-1920
This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing
Company Collection includes more than 80 photographs of
the Spanish-American
War.
Taking
the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991
The Panoramic Photograph Collection contains approximately
four thousand images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes,
and group portraits. They offer an overview of the nation,
its enterprises and its interests, with a focus on the start
of the twentieth century when the panoramic photo format
was at the height of its popularity. This collection includes
ten photographs of the wreck
of the U.S.S. Maine taken
in 1911. It also contains an 1899 photograph of General.
Fitzhugh Lee and staff at Camp Columbia near Havana,
Cuba.
Jump
Back in Time: Commodore George Dewey Was Born, December
26, 1837.
Jump
Back in Time: U.S.S. Maine Was
Sunk, February 15, 1898.
Jump
Back in Time: Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, July
1, 1898.
Jump
Back in Time: U.S. Raised the Flag in Puerto Rico, October
18, 1898.
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress - Capturing the
Spanish-American War
This online exhibition presents drawings by William Glackens,
an American artist who was sent to Cuba during the Spanish-American
War to capture the action for McClure's
Magazine. Published at a time when photographers
had made documentary sketch artists virtually obsolete,
Glacken's work represents the apotheosis of American graphic
journalism.
Pictorial
Americana: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library
of Congress
Pictorial Americana, a 1955
Library of Congress publication, contains a chapter listing
selected images related to the Spanish-American
War and the Philippine Insurrection.
Search the Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) for additional
images concerning the Spanish-American
War.
December
26, 1837
George Dewey, naval hero of the Spanish-American War,
was born in Montpelier, Vermont, on December 26, 1837.
February
15, 1898
On February 15, 1898, an explosion of unknown origin
sank the battleship U.S.S. Maine
in the Havana, Cuba, harbor, killing 266 of the 354 crew
members. The sinking of the Maine incited United States
passions against Spain, eventually leading to a naval
blockade of Cuba and a declaration of war.
April
25, 1898
On April 25,1898, the United States formally declared
war against Spain.
June
10, 1898
On June 10, 1898, U.S. Marines landed at Guantanamo Bay.
For the next month, American troops fought a land war
in Cuba, which resulted in the end of Spanish colonial
rule in the Western Hemisphere.
July
1, 1898
On July 1, 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his volunteer
cavalry, the Rough Riders, stormed Kettle Hill, and then
joined in the capture of the San Juan Hill complex. Thus
they helped to secure a U.S. victory in the Battle of
Santiago, the decisive battle of the short-lived Spanish-American
War.
October
18, 1898
On October 18, 1898, American troops fighting the Spanish-American
War raised the United States flag in Puerto Rico, formalizing
U.S. control of the former Spanish colony.
Crucible of Empire:
The Spanish-American War
This site on the Spanish-American War is a companion
to a PBS documentary on the war. It includes a transcript
of the film, a timeline, essays on yellow journalism,
and examples of music from the 1890s related to the war.
Military
Resources: Spanish-American War & the Philippine Insurrection
A compilation of resources on the Spanish-American War
compiled by the Archives Library Information Center at
the National Archives and Records Administration. It includes
links to information at the National Archives, as well
as links to external sites.
A
War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and
the Spanish-American Conflict
This site created by the New York Public Library provides
a re-examination of the Spanish-American War and its consequences
beyond traditional military, political, and diplomatic
perspectives.
Online
Bookshelves: War with Spain
The U.S. Army Center of Military History provides the
full text of online books related to the Spanish-American
War and a bibliography of suggested readings.
The Spanish American
War Centennial Website
This site commemorates the centennial of the Spanish-American
War. It contains a wide variety of information on the
war, including an overview of the war, a chronology, action
reports, diaries, unit profiles, rosters, photographs,
and genealogy research tips.
Bradford, James C. ed. Crucible of
Empire: The Spanish-American War & Its Aftermath.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1993.
LC call number: E715 .C78 1993 [Catalog
Record]
Freidel, Frank B. The Splendid Little
War. Boston: Little, Brown, 1958.
LC call number: E715 .F7 [Catalog
Record]
Hendrickson, Kenneth E. The Spanish-American
War. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003.
LC call number: E715 .H48 2003 [Catalog
Record]
Musicant, Ivan. Empire by Default:
The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century.
New York: H. Holt, 1998.
LC call number: E404 .B37 [Catalog
Record]
Trask, David F. The War with Spain
in 1898. New York: Macmillan, 1981.
LC call number: E715 .T7 [Catalog
Record]
Dolan, Edward F. The Spanish-American
War. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 2001.
LC call number: E715 .D65 2001. [Catalog
Record]
Golay, Michael. Spanish-American War.
New York: Facts on File, 2003.
LC call number: E715 .G58 2003. [Catalog
Record]
Kupferberg, Audrey E. The Spanish-American
War. San Diego: Blackbirch Press, 2005.
LC call number: E715 .K87 2004 [Catalog
Record]
Somerlott, Robert. The Spanish-American
War: Remember the Maine! Berkeley Heights, N.J.:
Enslow Publishers, 2002.
LC call number: E715 .S76 2002 [Catalog
Record]
Wukovits, John F. The Spanish-American
War. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002.
LC call number: E715 .W85 2002 [Catalog
Record]
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