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James
Madison Council and Donors
Through
the generosity of the James Madison Council, the Library's national
private-sector body of prominent cultural, business and philanthropic
leaders, and the contributions of donors, Gifts to the Nation
were funded. These gifts--historically significant items and collections,
endowed chairs for visiting scholars, endowed curatorships for library
specialists, and national focal points for scholarship--are listed
below with a full description available through the hypertext links.
| Category |
Gift |
|
Americana
|
Library
of Congress Bicentennial |
| The
Edwin L. Cox American Legacy Endowment |
| Reconstructing
the Foundation: The Jefferson Collection in the Library of
Congress |
| The
Jefferson Collection in the Library of Congress |
| Thomas
Jefferson's Copy of Cicero |
| Thomas
Jefferson's Copy of Memoires de Louis XIV |
| The
Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana |
|
Harry A. Blackmun Papers |
| Exchange
of Letters Between Stonewall Jackson, Gen. Shields, and Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks 1862, Discussing the Battle of Port Republic
|
| The
First American Haggadah |
| George
Washington, Signed Survey of Land in Frederick County, Virginia,
March 22, 1750 |
| Thomas
Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, February 27, 1815 |
| Thomas
Garfield's Reminiscences about his brother, President James
Garfield |
| Ernest
Hemingway Collection |
| Preservation
and Filming of American Records in Russian Archives |
| Edna
St. Vincent Millay Letters |
| Frank
M. Johnson, Jr. |
| Robert
H. Bork |
| Ebenezer
Sage Letter, July 24, 1810, Describing Interior of the White
House |
| The
Journal of Josiah Smith, 1780-1781 |
|
Maps,
Atlases
and Globes
|
Atlas
General de la Chine, de la Tartarie Chinoise, et du Tibet |
| A
Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent, With a Perspective
View of the State-House (Philadelphia, 1752) |
| Ornate
Wall Map of America, 1781 |
| Persian
Celestial Globe |
| Early
American Produced Atlas |
| Manuscript
Estate Plans of Antigua |
| Walter
W. Ristow Trust Fund |
| Collection
of Manuscript Drawn by Lafayette's Cartographer in the Field
during the American Revolution War |
Rare
Books
and
Foreign
Rarities
|
Great
Lectern Bible |
| A
Suit of Armor for Youth |
| Pablo
Picasso Etchings and Drypoints |
| Ship
of Fools |
| A
Silver Alphabet Hornbook |
| The
Word Returned |
| Two
Important African American Texts |
|
Performing
Arts
|
Bob
Hope Collection |
| The
Martha Graham Archives |
| Beethoven
Letter |
| American
Theatrical Memorabilia |
| Jazz
Long-Playing Discs |
| Aaron
Copland: Autobiographical Notes and Drafts |
| David
Raksin Collection |
| Louis
Kaufman Collection |
| J.
Thomas and Laurence Rimer Collection |
| Ice
Castles Screenplay, Score and Shot List |
|
Visual
Arts
|
British
Northwest Boundary Commission |
| Charles
M. Goodman Archive |
| 1960s
Civil Rights Photographs by James E. Hinton |
| Posters |
| Milton
Rogovin Collection |
| Aaron
Siskind |
| Unique
Photographic Autobiography Featuring Architecture and Gardens |
| Masterpieces
of Illuminated Americana by Arthur Szyk |
| Original
Drawings by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist |
|
Endowed
Chairs
|
The
Harissios Papamarkou Chair in Education |
|
The
Center for the Book
|
The
State Center for the Book Trust Fund |
|
Symposia
|
Democracy
and the Rule of Law in a Changing World Order |
| Frontiers
of the Mind in the Twenty-First Century |
|
Exhibitions
|
John
Bull and Uncle Sam |
| World
Treasures of the Library of Congress |
|
Special
Gifts
|
The
Myron M. Weinstein Memorial Lecture on the Hebraic Book |
| Special
Gifts to the James Madison Council Fund |
| Special
Memorial Gifts |
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