A collection of letters and interviews of soldiers as the relate and recall their feelings on VE day.

These six extensive collections provide first-person historical accounts, audio clips of music and thousands of photographs from Native American cultures. Audio requires Windows Media Player for PCs, and QuickTime for Mac.

This multimedia exhibition examines Whitman's life and writing career, as he continually revised his masterwork, "Leaves of Grass."

This video of Mary Pope Osborne is like having the author come to visit. She speaks about her life, how she developed her popular Magic Treehouse books, and the hard process of creating story magic. [32:36]

This site from the Library of Congress contains great, but somewhat brief, information on Spanish California. The text is about three paragraphs long, but has great information on the early Spanish settlers of California.

This website is an excellent resource for teaching with primary sources. This resource features Holocaust lessons, lesson plan strategies, and podcasts.

In this eighteen minute webcast, David Wiesner discusses how he has received inspiration for the writing of his books and the development of characters within his books. Related webcast links are provided for teachers, kids, families,...

Learn how static electricity results from an imbalance of electrical charges.

Have you ever wondered how high an armadillo can jump? This webpage will answer this question and some others giving you some basic facts about these amazing creatures.

This is a short biography of the Puerto Rican writer Jose de Diego.

This site provides information about Thomas Jefferson's legacy, the Library of Congress. Interesting information on the establishment and growth of the Library, the collections, buildings and librarians.