ivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp NP-5-C, Barracks No. 5

Primary Source Spotlight: Civilian Conservation Corps

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Mississippi River

Primary Source Spotlight: Mississippi River

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Big Fish Supper Club

Collection Connections: America’s Roadways

John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive Collection overview Free to Use and Reuse: Selections from the archive Roadside America Flickr album Roadside America Story Map Caught Our Eyes: Coffee and Donuts, Anyone? Picture This August 9, 2012 “Exclamation Points”—John Margolies Photographs of Roadside America Ready for Touring Picture This June 21, 2017 On the Road…

Title IX

Today in History: Title IX

Today in History–June 23–Congress passed the landmark legislation, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which, as amended (20 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq.) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions and programs receiving federal funding. Learn more in this research guide overview and the resources linked to above and below….

Disability Justice

Collections Spotlight: Disability Resources

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Clifden. County Galway, Ireland

World Spotlight: Ireland

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Venezuela

World Spotlight: Venezuela

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Six Nations

Primary Source Spotlight: The Iroquois Confederacy

Senate Resolution 702 — 115th Congress (2017-2018) was agreed to on November 26, 2018. It recognized the contributions of Native Americans to the United States, including the Iroquois Confederacy. Whereas Congress has recognized the contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy and the influence of the Iroquois Confederacy on the Founding Fathers in the drafting of the…

Pakistan

World Spotlight: Pakistan

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Land of the Incas

World Spotlight: Peru

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Voting Rights Act 1965

Primary Source Spotlight: Voting Rights Act of 1965

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