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Voyage on the Great Titanic Resources

About the Ship

• 1890-1900 Photograph: The pier, Southampton, England
• 1912 Map: Path sailed by the Titanic
• 1911 Photograph: The Titanic
• 1911 Photograph: The Titanic to be launched
• 1912 Photograph: The Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Main dining room on the salon deck of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: The veranda cafe and palm court of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Great promenade deck of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: View of the stern and rudder of the Titanic in drydock
• 1914 Newspaper Pictorial: The New York Times
• Topics in Chronicling America - The Building of the Titanic

Passengers and Crew

• 1912 Photograph: Mrs. J.J. Brown
• 1890-1920 Photograph: Mrs. James J. Molly Brown
• 1912 Photograph: Captain A.H. Rostron and Mrs. J.J. Brown
• 1912 Photograph: Capt. Smith of the Titanic on the eve of its departure from Southampton
• 1912 Photograph: Titanic survivors, Ida Sophia Fischer Hippach and daughter, Jean Gertrude Hippach
• 1940 Photograph: Washington, D.C. Bicycling on Sunday in East Potomac Park, in front of the statue erected to the memory of the victims of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Survivors of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Survivors of the Titanic disaster, Louis and Michel Navratil, of Nice, France, on their mother's lap
• 1912 Photograph: Children survivors of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Orphans of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Harold Bride, surviving wireless operator of the Titanic with feet bandaged

The Disaster

• 1912 Print: The great Titanic disaster
• 1912 Photograph: View from S.S. Carpathia of the iceberg which sank the Titanic
• 1912 Publication: Publications on the Hebraic and Judaic Collections

Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers

• New York Tribune: April 11, 1912 (Report from Southampton)
• New York Tribune: April 16, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 17, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 18, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 19, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 20, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 22, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 23, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 24, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 25, 1912
• New York Tribune: April 26, 1912
• 1998 Library of Congress Information Bulletin: Titanic Treasure Trove: Reference Bonanza on Ill-Fated Unsinkable Ship.
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress: The Titanic Disaster
• Today in History: April 14, 1912 R.M.S. Titanic
• Teachers Guide: Researching the Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic

Rescue and Survival

• 1912 Photograph: Two photographs of the Carpathia with Titanic lifeboats
• 1912 Photograph: Steamship Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: S.S. Carpathia in dock, New York City
• 1912 Photograph: Capt. Rostron of the Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Captain Arthur Henry Rostron of the Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Survivors of Titanic on Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Photocopy of hand-written account by Captain of R.M.S. Carpathia describing his response to the distress signal of the Titanic
• 1912 Photograph: Stuart Collett - one of the survivors arriving on the Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Harder and Mrs. Charles M. Hayes talking aboard the Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Groups of Titanic survivors aboard rescue ship Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Group of survivors of the Titanic disaster aboard the Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Titanic survivors on way to rescue-ship Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Titanic life boats on the way to Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Medal presented to Captain Rostron
• 1912 Photograph: Bryce James, Ambassador from Great Britain and Captain Rostron
• 1912 Photograph: Crowd awaiting survivors from Carpathia
• 1912 Photograph: Crowd in front of White Star offices
• 1912 Photograph: At White Star office after Titanic disaster
• 1912 Drawing: Which? fate--or economy in life boats?
• 1912 Sheet Music: The band played Nearer my God to thee as the ship went down.
• 1913 Online Book: In Memoriam: The Titanic Disaster
• 1915 Online Book: The Sinking of the Titanic: And Other Poems

Selected Resources from Outside the Library of Congress

• MaritimeQuest: Titanic Photo Gallery
• RMS Titanic, Inc.
• Titanic Inquiry Project
• http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
• Marconi Calling (Click on Archive, then Events and scroll down to Titanic under 1912)
• Inside the Titanic

Like the Willow Tree Resources

World War I

• A Guide to World War I Materials
• Presentation: American Memory Timeline: U.S. Participation in the Great War (World War I)
• Presentation: A Closer Look at the Stars and Stripes Learn about the purpose, organization and content of this eight-page weekly newspaper published for Army forces in France from February 8, 1918, to June 13, 1919.
• Veterans History: Alice L. Mikel Duffield
• 1918-1919 Poster: The health of the child is the power of the nation

Influenza

• 1918 Document: Influenza spread by droplets sprayed from nose and throat
• 1918 Document: Advice as to the Care of Patients Suffering from Influenza and Pneumonia and as to the Prevention of These Diseases
• 1918 Article: “Medical Sciences Newest Discoveries About the Spanish Influenza” The Washington Times
• 1918 Article: “Uncle Sam’s Advice on the Flu” Pullman Herald
• 1910-1920 Photograph: Walter Reed Hospital Flu Ward
• 1918 Photograph: Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918
• 1918 Photograph: Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918
• 1920 Photograph: Red Cross class being instructed in the mysteries of an ambulance motor
• American Life Histories–Texas: Dr. Curtis Atkinson
• 1938 Recording: Influenza
• Lryics

Recommended Influenza Resources Outside of the Library of Congress

• Maine Center for Disease Control: 1918 Pandemic Influenza in Maine
• US Department of Health and Human Services: The Great Pandemic
• PBS American Experience: Influenza 1918
• Stanford: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
• National Archives: The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Shakers

• American Treasures of the Library of Congress: A Shaker Community
• Religion and the New Republic: The Shakers
• 1916 Electronic Book: Poland Spring; views and a brief description of the Poland Spring house, the Mansion house and baths, the Riccar Inn, the spring and bottling works and other points of interest.
• 1883 Sheet Music: “Little Shaking Quakers”
• 1919 Sheet Music: “All the Quakers are Shoulder Shakers (Down in Quaker Town)”
• 1847 Document: Third and Last Entertainment by the Shaking Quakers
• 1853 Watercolor: Shaker religious greeting
• 1849 Map: Diagram of the south part of Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH
• 1835 Sketches: Sketches of the various Societies of Belivers
• 1823 Article: “The Shakers” The North American Review
• 1872 Article: “Fifteen Years a Shakeress” The Galaxy
• 1876 Article: “A Shaker Village” The Atlantic Monthly
• 1892 Article: “A Shaker Community” The New England Magazine
• Building Records
• Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community Meetinghouse
• Shaker Church Family Barns
• Shaker Church Family Boys' Shop
• Shaker Church Family Community Buildings
• Shaker Church Family Washhouse
• Shaker Ministry's Shop
• Undated Print: The home of the society of Christian believers, vulgarly called shakers
• 1830 Engraving: Shakers near New Lebanon, NY
• 1906 Photographs: Shaker Village, Pittsfield [i.e. Hancock], MA
• Main St.
• Homes of the Shakers
• Shaker mills
• Shaker Town Road
• 1907 Photograph: the beginnings of Shaker apple sauce
• 1900 Photograph: Poland Spring Hotel
• 1900 Photograph: Poland Spring House
• 1900 Photograph: The Stable, Poland Spring Hotel
• 1931-1936 Photograph: Sister Alice Smith hands extended
• 1931-1936 Photograph: Sister Alice Smith hands working with textiles
• 1931-1936 Photograph: Sister Alice Smith, hands weaving
• 1931-1936 Photograph: Eldress Fannie Estabrook knitting
• 1931-1936 Photograph: Peg boards, corner shot
• 1931-1936 Photograph: Wooden pegs
• 1935 Photograph: Dustpan and brush, Sister Alice Smith
• 1935 Photograph: Box in oval light
• 1935 Photograph: Rocker with taped seat
• 1935 Photograph: Brother Ricardo Belden, box maker
• 1935 Photograph: Hands with plane, Brother Ricardo Belden
• 1935 Photograph: Smithing, Brother Ricardo Belden
• 1935 Photograph: Sister Mathilde "Tillie" Schnell
• 1931-1936 Photograph: A sister's hands, ironing
• 1936 Photograph: Shaker barn
• 1857 Wood Engraving: Five scenes from a Shaker colony illustrating the production of herb cakes

Recommended Shaker Resources Outside of the Library of Congress

• Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village Exbibit Brochures
• The United Society of Shakers at Sabbathday Lake
• Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
• Poland Spring Preservation Society – History
• The Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine: Their Quilts and Shaker History
• Maine Memory Network: In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age , alternate link
• National Gallery of Art – Shaker Crafts
• 2008 National Public Radio Article: Simple Gifts: the Shaker Way to Cooking
• 2005 National Public Radio “All Things Considered” Program Audio: Last Shaker Community Maps Out Future by Charlotte Albright
• American Music Preservation - Shaker Music History
• Electronic Book: A Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers