mission

STS-51 G Launch

(June 17, 1985) On June 17, 1985, Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-51 G mission launched on a Comsat deployment mission. It deployed three communication satellites. The mission lasted a little over seven days. ..I... more

Saint Giles with Christ Triumphant over Satan and the Mission of the A...

Nebuchadnezzar's ambassadors return with their mission unaccomplished

Christ Testifying his Mission

Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren 1471–1536 Augsburg)

A mapp of the travels and voyages of the apostles in their mission and...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes scenes of apostles at bottom of sheet. Attributed to Richard Blome. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also throu... more

Elevation and Plan of Parish of Great Bentley near Colchester, Mission...

Charles Pinckney, May 20, 1802. Accounts, Spanish Mission.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at http://www.loc.gov/collection/james-madison-papers/about-this-collection/.

Ein Tanz der Indianer in der Mission von St. José in Neu-Californien

Illustration shows a group of Native Americans with their bodies painted and wearing feathers in their hair, dancing in a clearing. Title from item. Illus. in: Bemerkungen auf einer reise um die welt in den jah... more

Dance of the Indians of the Mission of St. Joseph in New California / ...

Six Native Americans with elaborate body markings and hairstyles, dancing.

map from "Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in th...

This image has been taken from scan 000491 from volume 02 of "Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With an account of a subsequent mission to that country in... more

map from "Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in th...

This image has been taken from scan 000293 from volume 02 of "Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. With an account of a subsequent mission to that country in... more

map from "Greenland: being extracts from a journal kept in that countr...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "Greenland: being extracts from a journal kept in that country in ... 1770 to 1778. ... to which is prefixed, an introduction containing some accounts of the mann... more

map from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistic...

This image has been taken from scan 000480 from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With ... more

map from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistic...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With ... more

map from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistic...

This image has been taken from scan 000364 from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With ... more

map from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistic...

This image has been taken from scan 000238 from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With ... more

piazza from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statis...

This image has been taken from scan 000341 from "Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With ... more

Bangkok from "The Mission to Siam, and Hué the capital of Cochin Chin...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "The Mission to Siam, and Hué the capital of Cochin China, in the years 1821, 2. From the Journal of G. F. [Edited] with a memoir of the author, by Sir T. S. Raf... more

map from "Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, an...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from volume 02 of "Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, and residence in Peking in ... 1820-21. With corrections and notes by J. von Klaproth. Ill... more

map from "A journal of a mission to the Indians of the British Provinc...

This image has been taken from scan 000005 from "A journal of a mission to the Indians of the British Provinces, of New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and the Mohawks, on the Ouse, or Grand River, Upper Canada". T... more

A minister extraordinary taking passage & bound on a foreign mission t...

The second of two prints surrounding the scandalous trial of Methodist minister Ephraim K. Avery for the brutal murder of factory girl Sarah Maria Cornell. (See "A Very Bad Man," no. 1833-13). Contrary to Weite... more

artist:name=Sir James Sutherland from "An Account of the Transactions ...

This image has been taken from scan 000097 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

artist:name=Sir James Sutherland from "An Account of the Transactions ...

This image has been taken from scan 000384 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

artist:name=Sir James Sutherland from "An Account of the Transactions ...

This image has been taken from scan 000147 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

artist:name=Sir James Sutherland from "An Account of the Transactions ...

This image has been taken from scan 000078 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

engraver:name=L. from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's...

This image has been taken from scan 000550 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

kitten from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission t...

This image has been taken from scan 000295 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

artist:name=Miss Sewell from "An Account of the Transactions of His Ma...

This image has been taken from scan 000496 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

artist:name=Sir James Sutherland from "An Account of the Transactions ...

This image has been taken from scan 000064 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

artist:name=Sir James Sutherland from "An Account of the Transactions ...

This image has been taken from scan 000124 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

engraver:name=J. Netherclift from "An Account of the Transactions of H...

This image has been taken from scan 000789 from "An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11 ... To which is appended a brief history of the Wahauby. [Wi... more

A view of the Alamo Chapel located at #1 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, CIV Release Status: Released to ... more

A nighttime view of the Alamo Chapel located at #1 Alamo Plaza, San An...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, CIV Release Status: Released to ... more

harbor from "A narrative of the Greek Mission; or Sixteen Years in Mal...

This image has been taken from scan 000011 from "A narrative of the Greek Mission; or Sixteen Years in Malta and Greece, including tours in the Peloponnesus, the Ægean, and the Ionian Isles; with Remarks on the... more

map from "Narrative of a Mission to India, and the countries bordering...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Narrative of a Mission to India, and the countries bordering on the Persian Gulf, by way of the Red Sea. [Translated from the French.]". The title and subject te... more

Mission Dolores / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner California and...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of mission; with attached blank leaf. Title from item. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 173. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.14

map from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qu...

This image has been taken from scan 000259 from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qui les ont enveloppées jusqu'à ce jour, suivies d'une dissertation particulière sur les actes et la... more

split from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs ...

This image has been taken from scan 000255 from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qui les ont enveloppées jusqu'à ce jour, suivies d'une dissertation particulière sur les actes et la... more

map from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qu...

This image has been taken from scan 000257 from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qui les ont enveloppées jusqu'à ce jour, suivies d'une dissertation particulière sur les actes et la... more

map from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qu...

This image has been taken from scan 000022 from "Origines Dijonnaises dégagées des fables et des erreurs qui les ont enveloppées jusqu'à ce jour, suivies d'une dissertation particulière sur les actes et la... more

Episcopal Mission, near Cape Palmas (Mt Vaughan)

Liberia.

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Catholic mis...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 341.

Cour du palais de la mission francaise a Teheran en 1848

Lithograph drawn from nature & lith. by Jules Laurens. Illus. in: Voyage en tùrquie... (Paris 1859) by Xavier Hommaire de Hell, plate 61. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... more

map from "The Mission to Kandahar, with appendices ... With supplement...

This image has been taken from scan 000034 from "The Mission to Kandahar, with appendices ... With supplementary report of the expedition into Upper Meeránzye and Kourrum in 1856". The title and subject terms ... more

Roman Catholic mission near Fort Colville, 1860

Photograph shows a wooden building of a Roman Catholic mission near Fort Colville, Washington. Title from item. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 21]. Unproc... more

Map from "Private Diary of travels, personal services, and public even...

This image has been taken from scan 000180 from volume 02 of "Private Diary of travels, personal services, and public events, during mission and employment with the European armies in the campaigns of 1812, 181... more

Kisherer? - the Roman Catholic mission on the left bank of the Kootena...

Photograph shows a log building at the Roman Catholic mission near the Kootenai River in Idaho. Title from item, supplemented by annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related... more

Relics shown in a tent erected in Franklin School House hall, Washingt...

Handwritten on verso: 1862. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 69, Folder 54.

Map of Mission [sic] Ridge showing the position attacked by the forces...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S169 Finished pen and ink manuscript. Oval-shaped map of the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, showing roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, houses, fences, and relief by hac... more

William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, [January 31, 1865] (Seward's mi...

The Mission of the Apostles (from the "Illustrated London News")

William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830–1900 Chertsey, Surrey)

California. Old Spanish "Mission San José," Alameda County

Jewish Cemetery, Ocean House Road, Mission Dolores

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 468. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Cemeteries. This record contains unverified old data f... more

Porch of the Mission of San Juan, Monterey County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 37. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... more

Exterior of the Old Mission Church, Mission Dolores, dedicated in 1776

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 461. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Mission Dolores. This record contains unverified old d... more

Catholic Burying Ground, Mission Dolores

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 463. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Cemeteries. This record contains unverified old data f... more

General view - mission and convent at Santa Cruz

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 43. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... more

The Mission Church at Santa Cruz

Little boy in front. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 44. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record con... more

From Corner Jones and California Streets, looking towards Mission Bay,...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 526. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... more

Mission San Juan, San Juan, Monterey County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 36. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... more

Mission Dolores, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 190. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Mission Dolores. This record contains unverified old d... more

Interior of the Old Mission Church, Mission Dolores - Dedicated in 177...

Old Spanish Bells at the Mission San Juan - Monterey County

The Old Mission Church, San Juan, Monterey County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 38. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... more

View from Pine Street, towards Mission Bay, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 162. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Churches and Synagogues. This record contains unverifi... more

Mission San José, Alameda County

Mission San Jose, near view - Alameda County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 30. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... more

map from "Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country, with an account ...

This image has been taken from scan 000023 from "Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country, with an account of a mission to Ras Ali in 1848. From the MSS. of the late W. C. Plowden ... Edited by ... T. C. Plow... more

map from "Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country, with an account ...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country, with an account of a mission to Ras Ali in 1848. From the MSS. of the late W. C. Plowden ... Edited by ... T. C. Plow... more

Old Brewery, Five Points Mission, New York

F. A. Mead

Mission of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac], side view

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 229.

Mission of Tumacacori

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 225.

Mission of Tumacacori - man in foreground

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 243.

Zion's mission

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

map from "De Dahomé. Souvenirs de voyage et de mission"

This image has been taken from scan 000081 from "De Dahomé. Souvenirs de voyage et de mission". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library'... more

map from "[Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statisti...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "[Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee; with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa. [With... more

bridge from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [Wit...

This image has been taken from scan 000197 from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [With maps and plans.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by... more

ship from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [With ...

This image has been taken from scan 000193 from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [With maps and plans.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by... more

Map from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [With m...

This image has been taken from scan 000189 from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [With maps and plans.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by... more

technology from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. ...

This image has been taken from scan 000195 from "Souvenirs d'une mission aux États-Unis d'Amérique. [With maps and plans.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by... more

map from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of t...

This image has been taken from scan 000077 from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with notes, an introduction, and lives of Mr. Bogle an... more

map from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of t...

This image has been taken from scan 000489 from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with notes, an introduction, and lives of Mr. Bogle an... more

Santa Barbara and Mission Church

map from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of t...

This image has been taken from scan 000071 from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with notes, an introduction, and lives of Mr. Bogle an... more

Lhasa from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of...

This image has been taken from scan 000450 from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with notes, an introduction, and lives of Mr. Bogle an... more

Old Mission Church, Santa Barbara

Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916)

scanned image from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet...

This image has been taken from scan 000383 from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with notes, an introduction, and lives of Mr. Bogle an... more

map from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of t...

This image has been taken from scan 000145 from "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with notes, an introduction, and lives of Mr. Bogle an... more

Mission Indians of Southern California making baskets and hair ropes

Wood engraving after drawing by Frenzeny. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1877 Oct. 20, p. 821. Reference copy may be in LOT 4391 B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... more

New York City - ladies of the Flower and Fruit Mission waiting upon pa...

With insert of exterior of the tent. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1880 Oct. 2), p. 69. Reference copy may be in LOT 4399. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capti... more

[Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California]

map from "Our Mission to the Court of Marocco in 1880, under Sir J. D....

This image has been taken from scan 000399 from "Our Mission to the Court of Marocco in 1880, under Sir J. D. Hay ... Illustrated from photographs, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been gene... more

The only mission in California where Franciscan monks still remain fro...

This image has been taken from scan 000112 from "Pacific Bank Handbook of California". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr p... more

[Feast day at San Estevan del Rey Mission, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico]

35762 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishin... more

Roman Catholic mission from "San Antonio de Bexar. A guide and history...

This image has been taken from scan 000057 from "San Antonio de Bexar. A guide and history. Compiled and edited by William Corner. Illustrated. [With plates.]". The title and subject terms of this image have be... more

Mission Concepción from "San Antonio de Bexar. A guide and history. Co...

This image has been taken from scan 000023 from "San Antonio de Bexar. A guide and history. Compiled and edited by William Corner. Illustrated. [With plates.]". The title and subject terms of this image have be... more

The Mission, Santa Barbara, Cal. / Reed, photo.

34388 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso : "N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara, Cal. Portraits and views." No. 3.

Chapel of the Jesuit Mission, Tadousac [sic]

map from "The New World of Central Africa. With a history of the first...

This image has been taken from scan 000024 from "The New World of Central Africa. With a history of the first Christian Mission on the Congo ... With maps ... and illustrations". The title and subject terms of ... more

photograph from "The New World of Central Africa. With a history of th...

This image has been taken from scan 000394 from "The New World of Central Africa. With a history of the first Christian Mission on the Congo ... With maps ... and illustrations". The title and subject terms of ... more