Travels and Voyages Books on travel and voyages. Selected from multiple collections across the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Slavic Books Books published from the Slavic countries. Selected from multiple collections across the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Magic Apparatus Magic apparatus from the McManus-Young Collections in the Rare Book and Special Collection Division.

Science, Magic and Mathematics Books on the topic of multi-disciplinary topics addressing science, magic and mathematics from multiple collections within the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Gastronomy Books Books on the topic of gastronomy. Selected mainly from Pennell and Bitting Collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Prints by John James Audubon A selection of prints from the John James Audubon Birds of America Collection.

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 Documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.

American Books Books published in and/or cover the topic of the United States.

Mormon Books Important early printed books related to the history of the Mormons.

The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana From the Stern Collection, primary and secondary materials relating to Abraham Lincoln. Includes letters, pamphlets, broadsides, realia and assorted ephemera.

The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection Taking the illustrated book as its central theme and containing books from the last six centuries and manuscripts from the three preceding.

"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations" Approximately 400 items relating to inaugurations from George Washington's to Barack Obama's inauguration. Includes diaries and letters, handwritten drafts, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860

Over a hundred pamphlets and books concerning the experiences of African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States.

America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets

Song sheets spanning the period from the turn of the nineteenth century to the 1880s.

The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920

Rare items from the collection include English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, theater playbills and program, photographs and memorabilia documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini.

National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection

(NAWSA) contains nearly 800 books and pamphlets documenting the suffrage campaign. They were collected between 1890 and 1938 by members of NAWSA. The bulk of the collection is derived from the library of Carrie Chapman Catt. Additional materials were donated from the libraries of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Smith Miller and Mary A. Livermore. See the blog post: “Roll up your sleeves, set your mind to making history.”

American Women: A Gateway to Resources at the Library of Congress

Women's history materials drawn from a plethora of Library sources including the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

The Lewis Carrol Scrapbook

An original scrapbook kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. It contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and manuscript materials..