To celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month—and of course St. Patrick’s Day!—we’re adding new images to our Free to Use and Reuse archive and releasing a new resources guide associated with the Irish-American experience.
Last month, we launched our Free to Use archive featuring sets of themed content: travel posters, presidential portraits, Civil War drawings and all manner of dogs—mutts, services animals and fancy show champions. All the sets highlighted in the archive—and these are just a few examples—are fee to use and reuse, meaning there are no known copyright restrictions associated with the content, and you can do whatever you want with it.
The new content associated with Irish-Americans originates from collections throughout the Library—the American Folklife Center, the Geography and Map Division, the Music Division and the Prints and Photographs Division. Included are color lithographs, historical photographs, sheet music, maps and images of famous Irish-Americans—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Ford, Grace Kelly and the Kennedys among them.
Our new resources guide introduces the wonderful primary and secondary resources on Irish-American heritage available through the Library of Congress. A variety of formats can be explored, including photographs, historical newspaper articles and audio recordings of interviews and music. In addition to freely available online resources from the Library’s collections, selected online resources from sites outside of the Library are also listed. Other materials, such as printed books and subscription databases, are available onsite at the Library and through other libraries. This selective guide is not intended to be exhaustive; see Search Tips for finding more materials.
Scroll down for a few more examples from our Free to Use archive associated with Irish-Americans and make sure to check out other sets in the archive. And if you find a creative way to reuse any of the images, let us know by commenting on this post!
Cheers!
Comments (4)
is there any thing on the Leonard family from 1800 ?
Very curiously searching for any Fitzpatrick’s still living in Killkenny, Ireland. Have some necessary information on my timeline….Joyce Melaragno …would love to connect with possible long-lost cousins
We are researching John Neal b. 1718 in Northern Ireland, d. 1791 in Harrisburg, Pa.
also his son William N. Neal b. 1736 in ireland, d. Indiana County, Pa. in 1813. John bought land in Dauphin Co, Pa in 1738 and brought his wife and William to Philadelphia around 1750-1760. Thank YouSharon
Hi Sharon,
Try our excellent Ask a Librarian service, which puts in contact with a reference librarian, just as if you came into the LOC and asked at a reference desk. This link will take you directly to to the genealogy desk: https://ask.loc.gov/genealogy-local-history/.
All best,
Neely