Collections that provide descriptive searching are:
- African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Subject, Name, or Title indexes. Lyrics are not transcribed; and therefore not searchable.
- America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
- From the main page, select to search either the 45,000 black-and-white or the 1,600 color photograph collection. The level of cataloging varies considerably. Because the color photo collection has greater depth in subject cataloging, searching it separately yields better results. Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject, Creator, or State and Country indexes. Searching by place or topic works better than searching by specific dates.
- American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936: Images from the University of Chicago Library
- Search by keyword or browse Subject, or Geographic Location indexes.
- American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920, A Study Collection from the Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Subject, State, or Name indexes.
- American
Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920
Election, 1918-1920
- Browse Subject or Speaker indexes of the descriptive information, or search by keyword in the full text of the speeches (included in Notes section of descriptive information).
- America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index. Often, cataloging information is minimal because little is known about the daguerreotype. Catalogers use any physical evidence that is available, as well as consulting additional primary and secondary sources. Any external source is indicated in a note, and when a sitter’s identity remains unconfirmed, the probable sitter’s name is recorded in a note.
- Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index.
- Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896
- Search descriptive information by keyword, browse a Subject index, or browse Select a Country from the Trip Itinerary for help with place searches.
- Baseball Cards, 1887-1914
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Player, Team, League, City, or Card Set indexes.
- Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
- Even though there are no written transcripts of the audio recordings, the descriptive information has extensive notes which are searchable by keyword. Browse Subject or Topics indexes.
- Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Subject or Geographic Location indexes.
- Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Subject or Occupational indexes.
- Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
- Search the Catalog of Wind Instruments by keyword or browse the Maker/Instrument index.
- Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916
- Conduct a global keyword search of the descriptive information of Early Motion Picture collections, browse a Subject index, or search each collection individually. Within each collection, search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject or Title index. The descriptive information has extensive (searchable) notes. Collections include:
- Early Virginia Religious Petitions
- Search by keyword or browse Geographic Locations or Date indexes. The text is not searchable, but the descriptive information includes summaries of the petitions which are searched.
- Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
- Search by keyword or browse Subject or Name indexes.
- Inside an American Factory: The Westinghouse Works, 1904
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916.
- Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916
- Last Days of a President: McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916
- Life of a City: New York, 1898-1906
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916.
- Map Collections:
1500-2004
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Subject, Creator, or Geographic Location indexes. Map Collections is organized into seven major categories which can each be searched separately. Because a map will be assigned to only one category, a global search of the collections will yield the most complete results. Within each category, search a list of map titles. The collection categories are:
- Inside an American Factory: The Westinghouse Works, 1904
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916.
- Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s
- In this multi-format collection, search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index.
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Author, Subject, or Title indexes.
- The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index of one or both collections. The descriptive information are rich, including a notes section describing the picture, making it possible to search for a phrase like derby hats.
- Origins of American Animation
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916.
- Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Name or Subject indexes.
- Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996
- Search by keyword or browse Subject, Gallery of Photographs, or Sound Recordings indexes
- Railroad Maps of North America
- Search by keyword or browse Subject, Creator, Title, or Geographic Location
indexes. This collection is also accessible from Map
Collections 1500-2004.
- San Francisco Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916.
- Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress, 1861-1865
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index.
- The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection
- Search by keyword or browse the Subject index.
- The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916
- Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Subject, Creator, or State and Country indexes.
- Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
- See Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1916
- Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index.
- "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Name and Subject index.
- Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse a Subject index.
- "We'll Sing to Abe Our Song": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War, from the Alfred Whithal Stern Collection of Lincolniana
- Search by keyword or browse Titles, Name, Subject, or Publisher indexes. Lyrics are transcribed in the notes section of the item record.
- William P. Gottlieb: Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
- Search by keyword or browse the Name, Subject, or Venue indexes.
- Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years
- Search descriptive information by keyword or browse Name or Subject indexes. Although the documents are not searchable, the finding aids are robust. Use the Chronological List to see a list of documents within each different time frame. A list of themes (e.g., Women, Arts and Literature, etc.) at the bottom of the main page links to an essay on the topic which contains multiple links to individual documents. A Related Terms section at the bottom of individual documents provides links to related items within the collection.
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