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Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inauguration: Scenes from March 4, 1865

Arizona’s Hassayampa River as it passes beneath a highway bridge, looking modern and not too mysterious. Clayton B. Fraser, Hassayampa Bridge at old U.S. Highway 80, Arlington, Arizona, circa 1993.

Of Note: Hassayampers Unite!

Man, left, and woman, right, standing. Woman seated at table, center. Framed photographs behind them. Seals on table. "Buy NAACP XMAS Seals" sign upright on table.

Memphis T. Garrison and the NAACP Christmas Seal Program

Two men in suits standing behind metal radiator on table

Intern Spotlight: Uncovering African American Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Manuscript Division

Hand written draft of a poem by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft.

New from the Manuscript Division: Two Recently Digitized Collections Offer Native American Content

Marble Lost and Found: The Numidian Marble of the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress

Handwritten title, "Diary - Journal - Jean Snowden - 1913."

Thanksgiving at Howard University: “A Gala Day for All”

Monochrome photograph showing Roosevelt in midst of crowd, many holding American flags

“I Felt So Bad that I Just Had to Write”: Children’s Post-Election Letters to Theodore Roosevelt, 1912

National Woman’s Party Research Fellowship: 2025 Application Period Opens