Library and Manuscript Collections

• Broadsides and Posters

  
  Advertisements, proclamations, notices, and opinion pieces used to broadcast the news to the public.

• Certificates

  
  Official documents providing protection against impressment, and allotting pay to family members at home.

• Correspondence

  
  Personal and professional letters from sailors and officers to colleagues, family, and friends.

• Logs and Journals

  
  Official records and intimate accounts of life in the American navy.

• Pamphlets

  
  Essays, treatises, and opinion pieces on current events, social issues, and the political climate of the time.

• Photographs

  

  Images of Constitution and her crew, 1850s to the present.

• Poetry

  

  The exploits of Constitution and her crew set to verse by sailors and supporters alike.

• Printed Media

  
  Magazines and newspapers, late 18th century to the present day.

• Rare Books

  
  A wide variety of books owned and used by sailors, from instructional manuals and dictionaries, to bibles and biographies.

• Scrapbooks

  

  This collection currently features five scrapbooks compiled by crewmembers during Constitution's National Cruise, 1931-1934.