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Digital Collections

The Library of Congress has made digitized versions of its extraordinary collections available online since 1994.  The links on this page are your gateway to an ever-growing treasury of digitized photographs, prints, drawings, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books and other multimedia collections held by the Library.

|| Spotlight on Digital Collections ||

Jackie Robinson American Memory
Millions of digital items that document American history and culture.


Buffalo BillAmerica's Library for Kids and Family
American history for kids and families.


ExhibitionsChronicling America
Enhaned access to America's historic newspapers.


ExhibitionsExhibitions
Presentations of treasures from our collections, past and present.


portals to the world iconGlobal Gateway
Bilingual presentations in collaboration with overseas libraries and selected international collections of the Library.


MINERVAMinerva Web Archiving Project
Archived Web sites covering U.S. national elections, September 11 and more.


Katherine Dunham Music, Theater and Dance
The Library's collection of scores, sheet music, audio, films.


Nat King Cole Performing Arts Encyclopedia
A guide to the Library’s performing arts collections and exhibitions.


Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
More than 1 million prints and photographs from the Library’s collections.


Thomas Jefferson statue inside the Jefforson building of the Library of Congress THOMAS
U.S. legislative information including bills, Congressional Record, presidential nominations and more.


George WashingtonToday in History
This day in history, based on the American Memory collections.


Alvin DicksonVeterans History Project
Collecting and preserving stories of wartime service on the front lines and on the home front.

|| Collections Available from Reading Rooms ||

  • American Folklife Center
  • Asian
  • European
  • Geography and Maps
  • Hispanic
  • Law
  • Local History and Genealogy
  • Manuscripts
  • Motion Picture and Television
  • Newspapers
  • Prints and Photographs
  • Rare Book and Special Collections
  • Recorded Sound
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