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Loc: Librarians of Congress
This page from the Library of Congress provides a brief discussion of Archibald MacLeish's appointment as Librarian of Congress. Scroll down through the discussions of other librarians to get to MacLeish.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Line of June 4, 1967
Discusses the history of the demarcation lines between Israel and Syria--lines which in part caused the June War.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Israeli Population Statistics Table
A table sorting population demographics by religion, age, and urban centers.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Un Partition Plan, September 1947
This authentic UN map depicts the political lines to be drawn to partition Palestine as established in 1947.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Partition Plan
The background for creating a plan to partition Palestine, as well as the details of the plan itself and its effects are discussed.
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Loc: "O Captain! My Captain!"
This site from the Library of Congress provides comments on a poem written by Walt Whitman at the death of Abraham Lincoln. Image of the manuscript available at this Library of Congress site.
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Loc: B. B. French's Diary
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Benjamin Brown French, politician and Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, kept a diary. The Library of Congress has digitalized for display the December 25, 1851, entry...
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Loc: Early Cooperation: Economic Cooperation
This resource from the Library of Congress details the early economic cooperative arrangements between the former Soviet Union and the United States. The site links to other information regarding this topic.
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Loc: The Richard Rodgers Collection
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Below the long list of Rodgers' works you'll find an extensive timeline of his life and composition history.
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Loc: The Young Republic
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Painter and printer John Rubens Smith sketched rivers, roads, cities, bridges, and mills throughout America between the years 1810 and 1840. Digital images of his art are provided...
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Loc: Miranda Rights
This site from the Library of Congress contains the original handwritten notes of Chief Justice Earl Warren on Miranda v. Arizona. A note written by Justice William E. Brennan offering suggested changes to Warren's ideas is also available.
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Loc: Romanticism in Dresden
This site from the Library of Congress provides an exerpt regarding the Romantic movement in Germany. The information that is presented is medium in length and worth checking out on the subject.
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Loc: American Treasures: "Mr. Watson Come Here!"
The American Library of Congress has Alexander Graham Bell's lab notebook in which he tells the story of the first successful telephone exchange.
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Loc: Manuel Rojas
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, includes a brief synopsis of Rojas during his war years. The information, while short, is factual and worth checking out on the subject.
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Loc: Native American Reference Weblist
The Library of Congress provides a series of sites about Native Americans, featuring their history, literature and culture, news and current events,government and law, their libraries, museums, and archives, and, lastly, their tribes and...
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Loc: America's Story: The Battle of Antietam
What was the bloodiest battle in all American history? The Battle of Antietam , during the Civil War, wins this dubious honor. The Library of Congress has more information about this famous battle along with some actual photographs.
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Loc: America's Story: Assassination of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln has the distinction of being the first President to be assassinated. The Library of Congress has more information about the events surrounding this historic event.
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Loc: America's Story: Henry Wirz
From the Library of Congress comes the story of the hanging of Henry Wirz, former commander of the terrible Confederate prison in Andersonville, GA.
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Loc: America's Story; A New Nation
As America was forming its government, many problems needed to be solved. The Library of Congress tells you more about this time and some of its interesting people.
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Loc: Churchill and the Great Republic: Memo. Of Conservation, Yalta
From a larger Library of Congress exhibit on Winston Churchill, this document is a memorandum of a conversation Churchill had during a dinner at the Yalta Conference. Zooming in allows the document to be read.
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Loc: John Milton Hay
This site from the Library of Congress provides a very brief biography of U.S. Secretary of State from 1898-1905, John Milton Hay. Includes some photographs.
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Loc: Portuguese Exploration Along the Northeast Coast of North America
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, gives a history of the Portuguese explorations of North America. The information is fairly brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
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Loc: George Dewey
This site, from the Library of Congress, gives an overview of the military life of George Dewey and the part he played in the Battle of Manila Bay.
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Loc: Emilio Aguinaldo
This site, from the Library of Congress, provides a biography of Emilio Aguinaldo which gives details of his actions for an independent Philippines.