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Battle on the Ballot: Political Outsiders in US Presidential Elections

Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

Recreational Tourism in the Mountain West

American Aviatrixes: Women with Wings

Primary Source Sets

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The Fifteenth Amendment

Exploration of the Americas

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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

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

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DPLA Welcomes Laura DeBonis and Katherine Maher to Board of Directors
October 2, 2018
We are thrilled to announce that Katherine Maher, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and independent consultant Laura DeBonis have joined the Digital Public Library of America’s Board of Directors.…
Let the Gifs Begin! GIF IT UP 2018 takes place October 1-31
October 1, 2018
International gif-making competition GIF IT UP returns for the month of October. Join the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and partners Europeana, Trove (Australia), and DigitalNZ (New Zealand) to…
Teaching and Learning with DPLA
September 5, 2018
It’s a new academic year and we are as excited as all of you to sharpen our pencils (or dust off our keyboards!) and dive into another year of teaching…

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