American Memory Project - The Library of Congress has added a collection of sound recordings to its American Memory project. The Nation's Forum collection consists of fifty-nine sound recordings of speeches by American leaders at the turn of the century. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. Speakers include...

The Library of Congress (LOC) has organized its digitized American Memory collection in a way designed to fit the needs of students and educators. The new site is called the LOC Learning Page. Resources to help educators incorporate the Library's primary sources into their curriculum are provided on the "Educator's Page," as well as answers to technical questions about the online materials. The...

The Library of Congress American Memory Project has announced the second and final release of the Thomas Jefferson Papers (reviewed in the April 16, 1999 Scout Report). This second release "completes presentation of all nine series of the Thomas Jefferson Papers. They now include approximately twenty-seven thousand items organized into nine series with a total of 83,000 images." The papers may be...