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Taking place in Chicago on April 17-18, 2019, DPLAfest will explore how libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural organizations across the country leverage technology to serve, inform, and empower communities.

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Online Exhibitions

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American Empire

Roosevelt's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps

Race to the Moon

Activism in the US

Primary Source Sets

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Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern American Architecture

Reservations, Resistance, and the Indian Reorganization Act, 1900-1940

The Homestead Strike

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Pop Art in the US

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Education

Educators and students explore our Primary Source Sets to discover history and culture through primary sources and ideas for classroom use.

Family Research

Genealogists use our search tools to find free materials for their family history research projects.

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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong learners enjoy browsing by topic and viewing Online Exhibitions to learn more about their interests.

Scholarly Research

Scholarly researchers use DPLA to find open access sources from archives across the country through a single portal.

If you’re new to DPLA, these research guides will give you a head start using our site. The guides reflect a few key activities that attract visitors to DPLA, but you can explore many other interests here too.

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DPLA News

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DPLA receives $1.5 million grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
January 15, 2019
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded DPLA a $1.5 million grant. The grant will enable DPLA to…
Digital Virginias is now a DPLA Hub
January 8, 2019
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new service hub, Digital Virginias, with over 58,000 items now discoverable in DPLA.
DPLA Update Q&A
November 14, 2018
STAFF CHANGES Q: Why did DPLA eliminate six positions? A: We had to think critically about structuring the staff to ensure that we can sustain the organization in the long…