Collections

Story: The Tumultuous Relationship of Hamilton Moore and Lucy Ann Searcy

Hamilton G. Moore, a native of Anderson County, Kentucky and Mexican War Veteran, sought out the hand of Lucy Ann Searcy for a number of years before they finally married in 1855. Their relationship quickly became tumultuous as Hamilton continued to travel following their marriage, despite Lucy now carrying their future son, W.D. Moore. Hamilton caught TB in 1856 and spent the last year of his life trying to get back to Kentucky to see his son and wife one last time.

Story: WWII Letters Home - Carl V. Birdwhistell 1942-1945

Carl Vinson Birdwhistell of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky enlisted on February 4, 1942 and was assigned to the 1127th Quartermasters, Army Air Corps. He later joined the 41st Service Group and deployed to Morocco that December. His division moved to Sicily, Italy, and France through August 1945. Carl returned home in October 1945 after 44 months of service.

Collection: Liljenquist Family - Civil War Photographs

Collection: Civil War Buildings

Collection: California and the West

Lovely photos from 1898-1907 from travels in the west

Collection: Wright Brothers Collection: 1897-1928

Among the materials the Wright Brothers estate gave the Library of Congress in 1948 were 300 glass plate negatives and two nitrate negatives, most taken by the Wright brothers themselves between 1897 and 1928. About 200 views from 1900 to 1911 document their successes and failures with their new flying machines. The collection provides an excellent pictorial record of the Wright brothers laboratory, engines, models, experimental planes, runways, flights, and even their accidents. The collection also contains individual portraits and group pictures of the Wright brothers and their family and friends, as well as photos of their homes, other buildings, towns, and landscapes.

Collection: FSA/OWI Color Transparencies

Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. They complement the better-known black-and-white FSA/OWI photographs, made during the same period

Story: WWII Publicity Campaign at the Douglas Aircraft Facility

Story: Portraits of African American Women - 1900 Paris Exposition

Story: Portraits of African American Men - 1900 Paris Exposition

Collection: School Days in 1943, by Philip Bonn

Collection: Marjory Collins - FSA/OWI Jan 1942 - June 1943

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. Photographer Marjory Collins was hired by the Office of War Information to photograph American life and support of the war effort. Across some 50 assignments, Ms. Collins captured iconic images of workers, families, and children all along the eastern part of the U.S. Her photos span January 1942 - June 1943 In 1944 Collins worked freelance for a construction company in Alaska before travelling to Africa and Europe on government and commercial assignments. Thereafter she worked mainly as an editor and a writer covering civil rights, the Vietnam War and women's movements. In the 1960s she edited American Journal of Public Health.[1] In the 1980s she moved to San Francisco where she obtained an M.A. in American Studies at Antioch College West. She died in 1985 at the age of 73.[1]