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Part of The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals

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The books in this collection bear nineteenth century American imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. They have been digitized by the University of Michigan as part of the Making of America project, a major collaborative endeavor to preserve and provide access to historical texts. Currently, approximately 1,500 books are included in this American Memory site. The collection is particularly strong in poetry and in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning. Digital collections from other institutions complement and enhance the Library's own resources.

The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress and the University of Michigan do not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.


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The Civil War | Slavery and Abolition | Religion | Education | Self-Help and Self-Improvement | Travel and Westward Expansion | Poetry
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The digitization and presentation of these materials was carried out by the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service.*   Links marked * are to web pages not mounted at the Library of Congress. The digital reproductions of these books are mounted at the University of Michigan.


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