Topical subject terms, geographical place names, occupations, and forms of material represented in finding aids. Subjects are selected from controlled lists of words and phrases used by the Library of Congress.
B
- B-17 bomber.
- B-36 bomber.
- B films.
- Babesiosis in cattle.
- Bacon's Rebellion, 1676.
- Baddeck (N.S.).
- Baddeck (N.S.)--Social life and customs.
- Bahai Faith.
- Balance of trade--United States.
- Bali Island (Indonesia)--History.
- Bali Island (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.
- Balinese (Indonesian people).
- Balinese (Indonesian people)--Social life and customs.
- Ballads, English--Appalachian Region.
- Ballads, English--Atlantic States.
- Ballads, English--England.
- Ballads, English--Georgia.
- Ballads, English--Ireland.
- Ballads, English--New England.
- Ballads, English--Ohio.
- Ballads, English--Ozark Mountains Region.
- Ballads, English--Scotland.
- Ballads, English--United States.
- Ballads, English--United States--Texts.
- Ballads, Scots--Scotland.
- Ballet companies--Russia.
- Ballet companies--Russia--Photographs.
- Ballet companies--United States.
- Ballet--Costume.
- Ballet dancers.
- Ballet dancers--Photographs.
- Ballet dancers--Russia.
- Ballet dancers--Russia (Federation).
- Ballet dancers--United States.
- Ballet programs.
- Ballet--Russia.
- Ballet--Stage-setting and scenery.
- Ballet--United States.
- Ballistic missile defenses.
- Ballistic missile defenses--United States.
- Ballistic missiles.
- Ballistics.
- Ballistics--Research.
- Ballooning.
- Balloonists.
- Balloons.
- Balloons, Captive.
- Balloons--Design and construction.
- Balloons--Piloting.
- Balloons--Testing.
- Ballston Spa (N.Y.)--History.
- Baltic States--History.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Commerce.
- Baltimore (Md.)--History.
- Baltimore (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Baltimore (Md.)--History--War of 1812.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Politics and government.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Race relations.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Social conditions.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Social life and customs.
- Baltimore (Md.)--Surveys.
- Band directors--United States.
- Bands (Music).
- Banjo music--Appalachian Region.
- Banjo music--Georgia.
- Banjoists--Georgia--Interviews.
- Bank deposits.
- Bank investments--Connecticut.
- Bank loans--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Bank loans--United States.
- Bankers.
- Bankruptcy.
- Bankruptcy--Canada.
- Bankruptcy--United States.
- Banks and banking.
- Banks and banking--California--San Francisco.
- Banks and banking--China.
- Banks and banking--Connecticut--Hartford.
- Banks and banking--Europe.
- Banks and banking--Florida.
- Banks and banking, International.
- Banks and banking--Kentucky--Lexington.
- Banks and banking--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Banks and banking--New York (State).
- Banks and banking--New York (State)--New York.
- Banks and banking--Ohio--Cleveland.
- Banks and banking--Poland.
- Banks and banking--Russia.
- Banks and banking--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.
- Banks and banking--South Carolina--Charleston.
- Banks and banking--Southern States.
- Banks and banking--United States.
- Banks and banking--Washington (D.C.).
- Baptismal records--Puerto Rico.
- Baptists.
- Baptists--Clergy.
- Baptists--Missions--Burma.
- Baptists--Missions--Nigeria.
- Baptists--New Hampshire--Concord.
- Baritones (Singers)--United States.
- Barrier Forts, Battle of the, China, 1856.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--Betting--United States.
- Baseball--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Baseball--England.
- Baseball executives.
- Baseball--France.
- Baseball managers.
- Baseball players.
- Baseball players--United States.
- Baseball teams.
- Baseball--United States.
- Bath (Me.)--History.
- Baths, Roman--England--Photographs.
- Bathyscaphe.
- Bathythermograph.
- Battleships--United States.
- Bawdy poetry, American.
- Bawdy songs--United States.
- Bawdy songs--United States--Texts.
- Bays--Maine.
- Beaufort (N.C.)--Siege, 1862.
- Beauty contestants--New Jersey--Paterson.
- Beauvoir (Biloxi, Miss.)--History.
- Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862.
- Beechwood Plantation (Va.).
- Beetles--North America.
- Behaviorism (Psychology).
- Belgium.
- Belgium--Foreign relations--Confederate States of America.
- Belgium--Foreign relations--United States.
- Belgium--History--German occupation, 1914-1918.
- Belly dance.
- Belly dance music.
- Benefit performances--United States--19th century.
- Bengali Americans--Virginia--Music.
- Bengali (South Asian people)--United States--Music.
- Bengali (South Asian people)--Virginia--Music.
- Bengali (South Asian people)--Washington (D.C.)--Music.
- Berbers--Clothing--Morocco.
- Berbers--Morocco--Music.
- Beri-beri.
- Bering Sea controversy.
- Berlin (Germany)--Description and travel.
- Berlin (Germany)--History--1918-1945.
- Berlin (Germany)--History--Blockade, 1948-1949.
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- Bermuda Hundred Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Bermuda Islands--Commerce--Great Britain.
- Bermuda Islands--History.
- Beryllium.
- Beryllium industry.
- Bethesda (Md.)--Social life and customs.
- Bibliographers.
- Bibliography.
- Bibliophiles.
- Bicycle industry--Ohio--Dayton.
- Big band music.
- Big band music--Scores and parts.
- Big bang theory.
- Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.)--Discovery and exploration.
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)--History.
- Bills, legislative--United States.
- Bimetallism.
- Biochemistry.
- Biochemists.
- Biographers.
- Biographers--United States.
- Biography.
- Biography--20th century.
- Biological laboratories--Massachusetts--Woods Hole.
- Biologists.
- Biology.
- Biology--Classification.
- Biology--Research.
- Biology--Washington (D.C.)--Societies, etc.
- Biology--West (U.S.).
- Biophysicists.
- Biosphere.
- Biotechnology.
- Biotechnology industries.
- Biotechnology--Patents.
- Birds.
- Birds--Conservation.
- Birds--Food.
- Birds--Pictorial works.
- Birds--Tropics.
- Birth control.
- Bisexuality.
- Black Forest (Germany)--Description and travel.
- Black Hawk War, 1832.
- Black militant organizations--United States.
- Black nationalism.
- Black nationalism--United States.
- Black power--United States.
- Black race--Encyclopedias.
- Blacklisting of entertainers.
- Blacklisting of entertainers--United States.
- Blacks.
- Blacks--Africa.
- Blacks--Caribbean Area.
- Blacks--Cuba.
- Blacks--South America.
- Blacksmithing--Virginia--18th century.
- Bladensburg (Md.)--Commerce.
- Blind authors.
- Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972.
- Bloomington (Ill.)--History.
- Bluefields (Nicaragua)--History.
- Bluegrass music--1971-1980.
- Bluegrass music--1981-1990.
- Bluegrass music--1991-2000.
- Bluegrass music--California.
- Bluegrass music--Massachusetts.
- Bluegrass music--Middle Atlantic States.
- Bluegrass music--Ohio.
- Bluegrass music--Tennessee.
- Bluegrass music--Virginia.
- Blueprints.
- Blueprints (Reprographic copies).
- Blues festivals--Germany.
- Blues (Music)--1941-1950.
- Blues (Music)--1971-1980.
- Blues (Music)--1981-1990.
- Blues (Music)--Georgia.
- Blues (Music)--Piedmont (U.S. : Region).
- Blues (Music)--Virginia.
- Blues musicians--United States--Photographs.
- Boarding schools--Vermont--Brattleboro.
- Boardinghouses--Washington (D.C.).
- Body language.
- Bohemianism.
- Bolivar County (Miss.)--History.
- Bolivian Americans--Music.
- Bombardment.
- Bombardment--France--Cherbourg.
- Bombardment--France--Normandy.
- Bombardment--Germany.
- Bombers.
- Bombing, Aerial--Japan.
- Bombings--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City.
- Bombs.
- Bonds.
- Bonds--United States.
- Boogie woogie (Music).
- Book clubs (Bookselling)--United States.
- Book collecting.
- Book collecting--United States.
- Book collectors--Archives.
- Book design.
- Book design--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Book designers.
- Book designers--Vermont.
- Book designers' mock-ups (Publishing).
- Book editors.
- Book reviewing.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookplates.
- Books.
- Books and reading--United States.
- Books--Reviews.
- Books--United States--Reviews.
- Booksellers.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Soviet Union.
- Booksellers and bookselling--United States.
- Boonville (Mo.)--History.
- Bosnia and Hercegovina--Foreign relations--United States.
- Boston (Mass.)--Commerce.
- Boston (Mass.)--Commerce--19th century.
- Boston (Mass.)--Social life and customs.
- Botanists.
- Botanists--Autographs.
- Botany.
- Botany--China.
- Botany--Japan.
- Botany--Study and teaching.
- Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)--History.
- Boundaries.
- Bounties, Military--United States.
- Bounties--United States.
- Boxing.
- Boycotts.
- Boycotts--United States.
- Boys--Education--United States.
- Bradford (Pa.)--Commerce.
- Brand name products.
- Brass band music.
- Brazil--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Brazil--Commerce--United States.
- Brazil--Description and travel.
- Brazil--Discovery and exploration.
- Brazil--Foreign relations--United States.
- Brazil--History.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1822-1889.
- Brazil--Religion.
- Brazil--Social life and customs.
- Breach of promise.
- Bread industry--Public relations.
- Brest (France)--History, Military.
- Brewing industry--Public relations.
- Bridges--Design and construction.
- Bridges--Missouri River.
- Bridges--Potomac River.
- Bristol (Va.)--Commerce.
- British Americans--Iowa--Independence--Social life and customs.
- British Americans--Music.
- British Guiana--Boundaries--Venezuela.
- Broadcast advertising--United States.
- Broadcast executives.
- Broadcast journalism.
- Broadcast journalism--California--San Francisco.
- Broadcast journalism--New York (State)--New York.
- Broadcast journalism--Washington (D.C.).
- Broadcasters.
- Broadcasting policy--United States.
- Broadsides.
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- Brokers.
- Bromides.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Commerce.
- Bryology.
- Bryophytes.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhist architecture--China--Xishuangbanna Daizu Zizhizhou--Photographs.
- Buddhist chants--China--Tibet.
- Buddhist dance--China--Tibet.
- Buddhist temples--China--Xishuangbanna Daizu Zizhizhou--Photographs.
- Budget deficits--United States.
- Budget--Poland.
- Budget--United States.
- Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Description and travel.
- Buffalo (N.Y.)--History.
- Buffalo (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- Buildings--1880-1940.
- Buildings--New York (State)--New York.
- Buildings--Poland.
- Buildings--Washington (D.C.).
- Bulgaria--Music.
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
- Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862.
- Buried treasure.
- Burma--Politics and government.
- Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.
- Buses.
- Business.
- Business brokerage.
- Business brokerage--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Business brokerage--New York (State)--New York.
- Business brokerage--Washington (D.C.).
- Business education--Curricula.
- Business enterprises.
- Business enterprises--Idaho.
- Business enterprises--Maryland--Maryville.
- Business enterprises--Pennsylvania.
- Business enterprises--Poland.
- Business enterprises--Utah.
- Business failures--United States.
- Business records.
- Business records--Connecticut--Stonington.
- Business records--New York (State).
- Business records--Vermont--Westminster.
- Business records--Virginia.
- Business records--Washington (D.C.).
- Businessmen.
- Businesspeople.
- Businesspeople--Autographs.
- Businesswomen.
- Busing for school integration.
- Busing for school integration--United States.
- Busts.
- Buttons (Information artifacts)--1920-1930.
- Byzantine Empire--History.