A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring education and assimilation of Indian peoples from the 1880-1920s. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions. Photos, early film footage, federal government reports, cartoons, and maps tell the complex tale of the efforts to assimilate Native Americans through education

A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring natural disasters. This set also includes a Teachers Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine accounts by Americans from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of their life changing experiences with nature.

Poster showing battleship H.M.C.S. Rainbow, and smaller scenes of navy activities. Title from item.

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing "Executive Order" signed by Woodrow Wilson authorizing the increase of Naval strength to 87,000 men. Poster caption continues: Help your country and help yourself by enlisting in the Navy, the first line of defense.... Be one of the leaders in your city and enlist in the Navy now! U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 34 East 23rd St. N.Y. City.

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing "Executive Order" signed by Woodrow Wilson authorizing the increase of Naval strength to 87,000 men. Poster caption continues: Help your country and help yourself by enlisting in the Navy, the first line of defense.... Be one of the leaders in your city and enlist in the Navy now! U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 146 Tremont St.

Poster showing a sailor taking a man in a suit by the shoulder, and gesturing toward battle ships at sea and a figure of Liberty waving the American flag. U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 34 East 23rd St., New York. The Mayor's Committee on National Defense, Recruiting Committee. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Poster showing a sailor taking a man in a suit by the shoulder, and gesturing toward battleships at sea and a figure of Liberty waving the American flag. U.S. Navy Recruiting Station.

Poster showing a sailor wading as he carries a soldier on his shoulder. Apply Navy Recruiting Station [blank]. Title from item.

Poster showing Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Caption: I want you in the Navy and I want you now. Copyright 1917 Leslie-Judge Co., N.Y. Reprinted by request from Leslie's preparedness number, July 6, 1916.

Poster showing sailors in a crow's nest, one using a telescope. Title from item.

Highlights from the past and present of Nebraska, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress..

Highlights from the past and present of Nevada, from the rich online collections of the Library of Congress.

War Office, 19th October, 1914. Poster is text only, with small arms and monogram of King George V above. Title from item.

The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washington. Sunday Feby. 25.," no. 1838-17.) Whig editor James Watson Webb was largely blamed for provoking the match. Here the artist ridicules Webb's claim, published in the "New York American," that he initially intended to persuade Cilley to face him instead of Graves. Should Cilley have refused, Webb allegedly planned to shoot him in the right arm, preventing the duel. In a ludicrous scene, Chambers shows Webb rehearsing his plan in Gadsby's Hotel in Washington with accomplices Daniel Jackson (far left) and one Major Morell. The two hold the arms of a seated black minstrel "Boots," who stands in for Cilley, as Webb aims his pistol at the victim. Jackson: "I will enter first, as I once belonged to the Party, he will not suspect me: I will talk about Indian Contracts, Blankets &c. till a chance offers to sieze him, or knock him down: when you Maj: and the Col. [Webb] must rush in and do your parts: am I not 'a second Daniel.'" Morell (here identified as "Maj. Sturgeon"): "For fear he should be armed Dan, I will fill a gauze Bag full of Red Pepper, to dash in his face. Webb (armed with two pistols, aiming one at "Boots"): Be sure you hold him fast, as I am told he is not to be trifled with, when I will say, 'Sir, you must fight "me; this is my quarrel:'" if he refuses to do so, or say that I am a "Gentleman," I will shatter his right Arm by G**!!!!!" Boots: "Ah you sure he no loaded? O! massa Col. if your kurige hold um out, t'will be a scene ob de biggest kind ob interestariety." The print's title continues: "And rehearsed with the assistance of Boots, in front of Gadsby's large Mirror, by these Chivalric individuals; shewing the exact attitude the "Hero" of the "Piece Was" to take, to shatter a man's right arm, like a "Gentleman." Drawn by permission & sanctioned by the famous "Earl" of "Dartmoor," the Grand Knight Templar of this New Code of Honor!!!!" (Dartmoor was an English prison notorious for its barbaric conditions.) As in "Scene in Washington," Webb is accompanied by a turkey in full plumage, a reference to his flamboyant and pompous personality. Here a spider web (a punning clue to his name, which is otherwise not given in the print) stretches from his left arm to his side.|Entered . . . 1838 by W. Chambers . . . Southern District of New York.|The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on March 31, 1838.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Weitenkampf, p. 55-56.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1838-18.

A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the New Deal and its impact during the Great Depression. This set also includes a Teacher s Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.

Students use Library of Congress primary sources to examine the circumstances and lives of those who endured the Great Depression and received relief from New Deal programs.

This site presents thousands of images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project, established during the first term of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, scripts and administrative documents.