Primary Source Spotlight: Fathers
Images
- Fathers image set
- Dad image set
- Daddy image set
- Father’s Day image set
- Father & son banquet (poster)
Books
Articles
- Memories of My Father 1940 article Elsie Bell Grosvenor
- Honor Your Father . . . At Least Once a Year Wise Guide June 2003
Poems
- Gratitude to a Father 1730
- Father 1912
- The Father of a Soldier 1918
- The California Daddy c1938-40
- Proud Father audio recording
Plays
Historical newspaper articles & advertisements
Music
- America Singing [to fathers]: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
- Sheet Music
- Our Veteran Fathers 1864
- Would I Could See My Father 1864
- Kiss Me, Father, Ere I Die 1865
- Father’s Coming Home 1870
- Father’s Remembrance 1871
- Take Father’s Advice, Willie Dear 1871
- Father’s at Sea 1874
- Sweet Good Night Dear Father 1875
- My Father’s Farm 1878
- Father and Sons 1884
- What’s the Matter with Father 1910
- Oh Father, Don’t Sell My Heart 1911
- The War Your Father Fought 1919
- My Dad’s the Pitcher-man 1913
- Don’t Forget Your Dear Old Dad 1916
- We Are the Lads, Just Like Our Dads 1917
- Daddy Mine 1918
- Our American Dads 1919
U.S. legislation related to Father’s Day
First Dads: Parenting & Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama webcast video recording
Library blog posts
- Beyond Father’s Day: The Story of the Backyard Barbecue Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
- Fathers and Daughters Picture This!
- A Few Examples of Dads’ Traditions Folklife Today
- Celebrating Father’s Day with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress Teaching with the Library
- Father’s Day – Pic of the Week In Custodia Legis
- Happy Father’s Day In the Muse
- My Father, Leonard Bernstein Timeless Stories from the Library