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The online version of the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress comprises a selection of 4,695 items (totaling about 51,500 images). This presentation contains correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone and his involvement in the first telephone company, his family life, his interest in the education of the deaf, and his aeronautical and other scientific research. Dates span from 1862 to 1939, but the bulk of the materials are from 1865 to 1920

A very large collection covering all aspects of Graham Bell's work.

Sometimes the most prosaic historical evidence can be the most informative. Teachers can have students skim through these diaries to get a sense of what a president's day looked like in the early 1970s. Many of the names may surface in a Watergate lesson, do any of the events listed correspond to other events teachers talk about?

I"m a fan of Amanpour's anyway, but her show and the corresponding website is GREAT if you teach any kind of current events class, or APHuman Geo or something where you need current global stories!! :)

"Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library highlights two collections at the Library of Congress that illuminate the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the sixteenth president of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Papers housed in the Manuscript Division contain approximately 20,000 items including correspondence and papers accumulated primarily during Lincoln's presidency." Awesome.

Collection of letters from American Wars.

This online exhibition of letters and audio, created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Legacy Project, features correspondence from over 200 years of American conflicts, ranging from the Revolution to the war in Iraq. This exhibition uses the words of famous generals and lesser-known troops, as well as parents, sweethearts, and children, to explore such themes as leaving home, life in the military, the pride and worries of those left behind, and ultimate sacrifice.

Vincent Van Gogh's 902 letters from and to him, now available online freely. The letters are translated into English and richly annotated and illustrated with new transcriptions and translations edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker for the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Huyghens Institute - KNAW.

Wonder if any future historians will bookmark a collection of Damien Hirst's emails and share it to Diigo?

The link is broken. Please, add an ending slash: http://vangoghletters.org/vg/ Thanks for the suggestion

"The collection's 976 scientific drawings consist of 518 watercolor and/or pencil drawings of fishes and miscellaneous vertebrates and invertebrates, together with the original color drawings ultimately adapted on stone by lithographer A. Sonrel "

A collection of source materials produced by a scientific expedition to Brazil in the mid-nineteenth century.

Digitised images of selected original war diaries recording the daily activities of Australian Army units are available for the following conflicts: * First World War * Second World War * Korean War * South East Asian Conflicts

Only selected war diaries are included.

Surprisingly large collection of primary source sets for such a narrow topic. Lots of correspondence and photos.

text of letters