James Madison Council Fund    
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Acquire rare and unique items    
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Preserve and protect collections for future generations 
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Acquire rare and unique items

Assist in building the national collection, adding unique and highly sought after materials to the Library's holdings. 
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American Folklife Center

Support America's first national archive of traditional life, and one of the oldest and largest of such repositories in the world. 
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Asian Division Gift Fund

The Asian Division Gift Fund supports projects and activities such as exhibits, conferences, publications, lectures and special acquisitions and processing of Asian materials. These activities will both enhance the Asian Division and improve public awareness of and access to one of the Library’s most valuable collections.
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Elizabeth Ridgway Education Fund

Support teacher training activities and programs that allow students to interact with the Library and its educational materials onsite, online, or in the classroom. Gifts are in memory of the Library’s friend and colleague Elizabeth Ridgway, Director, Educational Outreach. 
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Exhibitions and Educational Programs

Support innovative exhibitions, digital outreach, publications and a wide range of educational programming designed to make the Library’s collections more accessible than ever! 
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Friends of Music

Support the Library's internationally recognized concert series featuring legendary artists from around the world. Your contributions help make these concerts free to the public. 
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Friends of the Poetry and Literature Center

This new community of literature lovers will ensure the stability and growth of the Center's activities and its signature Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry position. 
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Geography and Maps - Philip Lee Phillips Society

Support the acquisition of rare maps and further the development, enhancement and promotion of the world's largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection. 
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Hispanic Division - Archer M. Huntington Society

Support Luso-Hispanic-related internet and publications highlighting the educational, literary and other cultural programs of the Hispanic Division. 
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James Madison Council Fund

Donations to the James Madison Council Fund enable the Library to make its resources available to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations, including making hundreds of educational, cultural, and scholarly initiatives possible throughout the Library and the nation. 
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Law Library of Congress

Support the Law Library - the world’s largest collection of law books and legal resources - by contributing to its collections and sponsoring programs that promote a better understanding of law. 
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Literacy and Reading Programs

Support the world's largest library in its efforts to promote literacy and to stimulate interest in books, reading and libraries through its Center for the Book. 
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Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound

Support efforts to preserve and provide access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts, and sound recordings. 
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National Book Festival

Since 2001, the annual National Book Festival has been the premier celebration of the joy of reading and the creativity of America's authors, illustrators, and poets. Support this unique annual celebration of books and reading. 
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

Help make recorded, large print or Braille books, magazines, music scores and specially designed playback equipment available at no charge to U.S. residents with visual or other physical limitations. 
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Preserve and protect collections for future generations

Support key programs and activities focused on the preservation of rare and unique archival materials and collections. 
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Reuben Foster Simms Friends of Preservation

Support programs and activities for the advancement of preservation of heritage collections at the Library of Congress and nationwide.
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Scholarly Programs

Support lectures, conferences, symposia with visiting scholars, professional visitor exchanges, internships, exhibits and publications. 
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Veterans History Project

Every veteran has his or her own war, and each is custodian of unique stories and memories. Support the Library’s efforts to preserve their legacy with the gathering, processing, preservation, and access to riveting oral histories and personal documents collected from veterans from all wars.  
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World Digital Library

The World Digital Library is a collaborative project, led by the Library of Congress, to digitize and provide access to primary cultural resources from around the world, including the major Asian, Islamic and non-Western cultures.
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Where it is needed most.

Help fund the most critical of initiatives that bring the Library's vast resources to people around the country and throughout the world.
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