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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

[Map of Western North America]
Nicholas King (1771-1812) with
annotations by Meriwether Lewis
(1774-1809)
[Map of Western North America]
Manuscript map on paper, 1803
Geography & Map Division

"Mr. Watson -- come here!"

Lab notebook, March 10, 1876
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
Lab notebook, March 10, 1876
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Manuscript Division

A Brief System of Logick

Madison's Book of "Logick"

James Madison (1751-1836)
"A Brief System of Logick,"
ca. 1770-1772
Manuscript Division
State Department Transfer, 1903 (123.9)

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A CIVIL SOCIETY

The Woman's Lawyer

The Lawes Resolutions of Women's Rights: Or, The Lawe's Provisions for Woemen.
Attributed to Sir John
Dodderidge (1555-1625)
The Lawes Resolutions of
Women's Rights: Or,
The Lawe's Provisions for Woemen.

London: John More, Esq., 1632
Rare Book & Special
Collections Division
Purchase, 1815 (90.9)

A Georgia Courthouse

Interior of Green County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia
Stephen Shore (b. 1947)
[Interior of Green County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia]
Dye coupler color photograph,
ca. 1975
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of the Seagram Company, 1980 (88A)

 

A South Carolina Courthouse

Kershaw County Court House,
Jim Dow, photographer
Kershaw County Court House,
Camden, South Carolina

Dye coupler color photograph, ca. 1975
Prints & Photographs Division
Seagram County Court House Archives,
© Jim Dow
Gift of the Seagram Company, 1980 (88.8)

A Wife's Chronicle

Some Memories of A Long Life
Malvina Shanklin Harlan (1839-1916)
"Some Memories of A Long Life"
Typescript memoir, 1915 [published in the Journal of Supreme Court History, 2001]
Manuscript Division (102.2)

The "General Fundamentals"
of the Plymouth Colony

The Book of the General Laws of the Inhabitants of the Jurisdiction of New-Plimouth
The Book of the General Laws
of the Inhabitants of the Jurisdiction
of New-Plimouth.

Boston: Samuel Green, 1685
Law Library

A Quaker Book of Discipline

A Collection of Christian & Brotherly Advices
A Collection of Christian & Brotherly Advices Given forth from time to time By the Yearly-Meetings of Friends For Pennsylvania & New-Jersey, Held alternately at Burlington & Philadelphia Alphabetically digested under Proper Heads

Manuscript volume, ca. 1763
Manuscript Division

The Murder of Crispus Attucks

The Trial of William Wemms ... for the Murder of Crispus Attucks . . .
The Trial of William Wemms ...
for the Murder of Crispus Attucks . . .

Boston: J. Fleeming, 1770
Law Library

Acts Passed at a Congress

Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America...
Acts Passed at a Congress of the
United States of America, Begun and
Held at the City of New-York . . . .

New York: F. Childs and J. Swaine, printers to the United States, 1789
Law Library (92.3)

The Fifteenth Amendment

The 15th Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870
Thomas Kelly
after James C. Beard
The 15th Amendment.
Celebrated May 19th 1870.

New York: 1870
Lithograph with watercolor
Prints & Photographs Division

Copyright deposit, 1870 (89.1)

Roosevelt's Inauguration,
March 4, 1905

[Roosevelt in carriage on Pennsylvania Avenue going to the Capitol]
[Roosevelt in carriage on
Pennsylvania Avenue
going to the Capitol],

March 4, 1905
Copyprint
Prints & Photographs Division (92A.4)

McKinley's Inaugurations,
1897 and 1901

Colliers
Collier's.
Vol. 26, no. 24.
New York: March 16, 1901
Prints & Photographs Division (90.8)

Harrison's Inauguration

Presidential Inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison...
Presidential
Inauguration of
Wm. H. Harrison in Washington, D.C.,

March 4, 1841
Lithograph
Prints & Photographs Division (85A)

Buchanan's Inauguration

Inauguration of James Buchanan, President of the United States, at the east front of the U. S. Capitol
Inauguration of James Buchanan,
President of the United States,
at the east front of the U. S. Capitol
Albumen print, March 4, 1857
Manuscript Division (88A)

A White House Mob

James Hamilton to Martin Van Buren
President's Levee, or all Creation going to the White House
, Washington,
[March 4, 1829]
Illustrated in The Playfair Papers,
London: Saunders and Otley, 1841
Frontispiece
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (84.4)

Jackson's First Inauguration

Arrangements for the Inauguration,
Arrangements for the Inauguration,

February 2, 1829
Holograph letter with printed emendations
Manuscript Division (83.6)

Grant's Inauguration

Inauguration of President Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Congress. Senate Gallery,

Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons,
Printed ticket, 1869
Rare Book & Special
Collections Division
(88.6)

Polk's Inauguration

Inaugural address
James K. Polk (1795-1849)
Inaugural address, March 4, 1845
Holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division (87.4)

The Gerrymander

The Gerrymander. A New Species of Monster
"The Gerrymander. A New
Species of Monster
"
Boston Gazette, March 26, 1812
Newspaper
Serial & Government
Publications Division
(90.6)

Laws of South Carolina

The Laws of the Province of South-Carolina, in Two Parts
The Laws of the Province of
South-Carolina, in Two Parts
. . . .

Charleston: Lewis Timothy, 1736
Law Division (92.1)

Laws of Virginia

Acts Passed at a General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, 1779
Acts Passed at a General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, 1779

Williamsburg: John Dixon and
Thomas Nicolson, 1779
Law Division (92.6)

Wanted advertisement in Spanish

The Pinkerton Agency

Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884)
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Wanted advertisement in Spanish
Manuscript Division (233, 233.1a,b)

Thank-you from a Condemned Murderer

Letter from Bruce Callins to Justice Blackmum
Bruce Callins to Harry A. Blackmun, [1994]
Holograph letter
Manuscript Division
Gift of Harry Blackmun, 1997 (232.2)

Roe v. Wade

Acts Passed at a General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the third day of May, 1779
Memorandum from Justice Harry Blackmun to Justice Warren Burger
[Jan. 16, 1973]
Typewritten memorandum, with emendations
Manuscript Division
Gift of Harry A. Blackmun, 1997 (235.2a,b)

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EDUCATION

Standardizing the English Language

A Grammatical Institute of the English Language . . .Part I
Noah Webster (1785-1843).
A Grammatical Institute of the
English Language . . .Part I
.

Hartford, Conn.: Hudson & Goodwin,
for the author [1783]
Rare Book & Special Collections Division
Gift of John D. Batchelder, 1936 (102B)

Public Schools for Young Americans

Young America, Warren County, Illinois.
Albert Ruger (1829-1899)
Young America, Warren County, Illinois.
Madison, Wisconsin: Ruger and Stone, 1869
Color lithographic print
Geography & Map Division
Copyright deposit (104A.2)

The Elementary Spelling Book

A Common American Language

Noah Webster (1758-1843)
The Elementary Spelling Book.
New York: G.F. Cooledge: [1829]
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (102C)

Education through Reading

English Grammar in Familiar Lectures
Samuel Kirkham
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures. Cincinnati: N. & G. Guilford, 1828
Rare Book & Special Collections Division
Gift of Jane Hamand, 1932 (107.8)

The Federal Art Project

Children's Drawings Art museum - classes
George Vander Sluis
Children's Drawings Art museum - classes
Color silkscreen, 1939
Prints & Photographs Division (108.6a)
LC-USZC2-918

The Pilgrims Progress From This World to That Which is to Come. (Part II)

A Pilgrim's Progress Illustrated

John Bunyan
The Pilgrims Progress From This World to That Which is to Come. (Part II)
Worchester: Issiah Thomas, 1790
Rare Book & Special Collection Division (102A.2)

Strict Moral Instruction for Children

A Token for Children.
James Janeway
A Token for Children.
Boston: 1728
Rare Book & Special Collection Division (102.4)

Teaching Life's Lessons

The Franklin Primer, Containing a New and Useful Selection of Moral Lessons. . .
Samuel Willard (1775-1859)
The Franklin Primer, Containing a New and Useful Selection of Moral Lessons. . .
Boston: John M Dunham, 1803
Rare Book & Special Collection Division (102B.6)

A More Playful Tone

The Juvenile National Calendar
John Latrobe (1803-1891)
The Juvenile National Calendar.
Baltimore: F. Lucas Jr. and Philadelphia: Ash & Mason [1825]
Rare Book & Special Collection Division (136B.5)
Purchase, 1997

Poster and Game Board

The Office Boy.
The Office Boy.
Salem, Massachussets, 1889
Color lithograph game board
Rare Book & Special Collection Division (108.9)

Early Board Game

Mansion of Happiness: An Instructive Moral and Entertaining Amusement
Anne Abbot.
Mansion of Happiness: An Instructive Moral and Entertaining Amusement.
Salem, Massachusetts: W. & S.B. Ives, 1843
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (107D.2)

A More Playful Tone

In the Forest
In the Forest.
Boston: L. Prang, ca. 1865
Rare Book & Special Collections Division
Gift/purchase from Marian S. Carson, 1997
(136C.12)

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ABOLITION & SUFFRAGE

A Narrative of Uncommon Sufferings

A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings.
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings.

Boston: Green & Russell, 1760
Rare Book & Special Collections Division

Susan B. Anthony, Defendant

An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony
An Account of the Proceedings on
the Trial of Susan B. Anthony. . . .

Rochester: 1874
Rare Book & Special Collections Division

Adams Defends the Mutineers

Brief in the Amistad Case
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
Brief in the Amistad Case
Autograph notes,
[February 24 and March 1, 1841]
Manuscript Division

The American Colonization Society

The Liberian Senate
Robert K. Griffin
The Liberian Senate
Watercolor and graphite
on paper, ca. 1856
Prints & Photographs Division
LC-USZC4-4908
LC-USZ62-117300

Death Before Slavery

Joseph Cinquez
[James or Isaac Sheffield]
Joseph Cinquez,
The brave Congolese Chief. . .

New York: Moses Y. Beach
Lithograph, 1839
Prints & Photographs Division

The Seneca Falls Convention

Our roll of honor
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902),
Our roll of honor, signatures to the "Declaration of Sentiments" Set Forth by the First Woman's Rights Convention held at Seneca Falls, New York July 19-20, 1848.
with emendations by her daughter Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940)
Manuscript Division

"O Let My People Go"

The Song of the Contrabands: "O Let My People Go"
Thomas Baker (active 1853-1862), arranger
The Song of the Contrabands:
"O Let My People Go"

New York: Horace Waters, 1861
Music Division
Copyright deposit, 1861

Women's Suffrage Music

Wifey is a Real Suffragette
C. W. Custer
"Wifey is a Real Suffragette"
Chicago: Delmar Music Company, 1919
Music Division
Copyright deposit

The North Star

The North Star
The North Star
(Rochester, New York)
April 7, 1849
Newspaper
Serial & Government
Publications Division
(99.2)

Abolition of Slavery

Resolution, 38th Congress of the U.S.
Resolution, 38th Congress of the U.S.
submitted to the Legislatures of the Several States a proposition to amend the Constitution, signed Feb. 1, 1865 by Abraham Lincoln, signed in the Senate, April 8, 1864, signed in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1865
Holograph document, February 1, 1865
Manuscript Division
Gift of Robert Todd Lincoln, 1923 (100)

Lucretia Mott

A Group of Philadelphia Abolitionists
A Group of Philadelphia Abolitionists
with Lucretia Mott
[seated second from the right].
Philadelphia: F. Gutekunst
Offset lithograph, ca. 1840s
Manuscript Division
Gift of National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1938 (97A.8)

The Woman's Bible

The Woman's Bible
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
"The Woman's Bible,"
commentary on Genesis 2: 21-25
Draft holograph manuscript
Manuscript Division
Gift of Harriot Stanton Blatch, 1927 (97A.9)

Suffrage Scrapbook

scrapbook
Elizabeth Smith Miller (1882-1911)
Scrapbook, 1910-11
Rare Book & Special Collections Division
Gift of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, 1938 (97D.9, 97D.10)

A Colored Woman in a White World

A Colored Woman in the White World
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954)
Draft pages for
A Colored Woman in the White World

Typescript pages
Manuscript Division
Gift of Mary Church Terrell (96.3a,b)

A 1791 Anti-Slavery Sermon

The Injustice and Impolicy of the Slave Trade and of the Slavery of Africans . . . A Sermon.
Jonathan Edwards, D.D. (1745-1801)
The Injustice and Impolicy of the Slave Trade and of the Slavery of Africans . . . A Sermon.
New Haven, Connecticut:
Thomas and Samuel Green, 1791
Rare Book & Special
Collections Division
(96A)

Fugitive Slave Anthony Burns

Anthony Burns
Anthony Burns.

Boston: R. M. Edwards, 1855
Wood engraving with letterpress
Prints & Photographs Division
Copyright deposit, 1855 (100A)

Satirizing Anti-Suffragists

Making the Polls Attractive to Anti-Suffragists
Ralph Barton (1891-1931)
"Making the Polls Attractive to Anti-Suffragists" in Puck. (New York: February 20, 1915)
Prints & Photographs Division
Copyright deposit, 1915 (97A.11)
LC-USZC2-1208

The Child's Anti-Slavery Book

The Child's Anti-Slavery Book:
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book:
Containing a Few Words about
American Slave Children. . . .

New York: Carlton and Porter, 1859
Rare Book & Special
Collections Division
(98A)

The Anti-Slavery Convention

Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention
Declaration of the
Anti-Slavery Convention

Philadelphia: December 4, 1833
Broadside
Rare Book & Special
Collections Division (99.3)

A Degree in Medicine

Some Famous Women
Anonymous
"Some Famous Women"
[essay on Elizabeth Blackwell]
Ink on paper, n.d.
Manuscript Division
Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1960-1961 (104A.1)

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. First National Convention

Selling Suffrage West to East

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. First National Convention,
Washington, D. C., December 6-13 [1915]
Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4
Welcome to Envoys of Women Voters, December 6 [1915]
Mass Meeting, Belasco Theatre, December 12 [1915]
Rare Book & Special Collections Division (52.9a)

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CIVIL RIGHTS

"With All Deliberate Speed"

Annotated draft decree regarding Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965)
Annotated draft decree regarding
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,
April 8, 1955
Manuscript Division

Civil Rights

Drinking Fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse
Danny Lyon (b. 1942)
Drinking Fountains in the Dougherty County Courthouse, Albany, Georgia, ca. 1963
in Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement portfolio, 1994
Gelatin silver prints
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of Emory E. Clark, 1996 (84.1 a,b)

The Scottsboro Nine

New York Times (July 25, 1937)
New York Times
(July 25, 1937)
Front page
Serial & Government
Publications Division
(107.3)

Freedom Riders

Background Map: 1961 Freedom Rides
Background Map: 1961 Freedom Rides

[New York]: Associated Press News feature
Printed map and text, ca. 1962
Geography & Map Division (84.6)

Cherokee Newspaper

Cherokee Phoenix
Cherokee Phoenix
New Echota, Georgia,
June 18, 1828
Serial & Government
Publications Division
(92A.6)

"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free."

Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor

(musicians not credited)
Gelatin silver print,
ca. 1950-54
Music Division
Gift, 19 (107A,B,C)

By th'way, what's that big word?

Cartoonist Bill Mauldin

Bill Mauldin (1921-2003)
"By th'way, what's that big word?," 1962
Ink, crayon, and opaque white over graphite under-drawing on layered paper
Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 15, 1962
Prints & Photographs Division
Gift of the artist (82.6b)
Shown online with permission of the artist's estate

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THE SUPREME COURT

A Matter of Conscience

Billy (William H.) Gobitas (1925-1989) to School Directors, Minersville, Pennsylvania
Billy (William H.) Gobitas (1925-1989)
to School Directors, Minersville,
Pennsylvania

Handwritten letter, November 5, 1935
Manuscript Division

A Pillar of Justice

Paul Conrad (b. 1924) Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
Paul Conrad (b. 1924)
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
© Los Angeles Times
Ink on paper, 1993
Prints & Photographs Division

Miranda Rights

Warren's handwritten notes concerning the Miranda decision
Earl Warren
Warren's handwritten notes
concerning the Miranda decision

Miranda v. Arizona
Preliminary notes, 1966
Manuscript Division

Cherokee Nation Denied
Foreign Nation Status

Cherokee Nation Denied Foreign Nation Status
Smith Thompson (1768-1843)
Holograph manuscript, 1831
Manuscript Division
Acquired by gift and purchase, 1913

George Washington (1732-1799) to the U.S. Senate

First Justices of The Court

George Washington (1732-1799)
to the U.S. Senate

Letterbook copy in a clerical hand, September 24, 1789
Manuscript Division
State Department transfer, 1909 (108.2)

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