Access online collections: view maps & photographs; read letters, diaries & newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; listen to sound recordings & watch historic films.

The Collection Development Overviews in this section are brief descriptions of various segments of the Library of Congress’ collections. Originally written in the summer of 1993, the overviews were revised …

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Finding Aids to Archival Collections at the Library of Congress contains finding aids for the special collections held by Library Divisions and Research Centers. Use this site to locate finding aids …

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Pictorial materials are found in many units of the Library of Congress. The Prints & Photographs Division, alone, holds more than 15 million items, including photographs, prints, drawings and …

The Main Reading Room works with partners across the Library to digitize General collections materials, helping all Library users gain access to unique collection items. We regularly digitize select items …

Contains over 20 million catalog records for books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, images, and electronic resources in the Library of Congress collections.

Explore our subject and collections guides prepared by Library of Congress staff. These guides cover Library of Congress materials and databases available on-site, as well as select free online resources.

The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in …