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Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification)

How to find books and other materials using their Library of Congress call numbers.

Class F--History of the Americas

  • 1-975--United States local history
  • 1001-1145.2--British America (including Canada), Dutch America
  • 1170--French America
  • 1201-3799--Latin America. Spanish America

Subclasses

F1-975--United States local history

F1-15--New England

F16-30--Maine

F31-45--New Hampshire

F46-60--Vermont

F61-75--Massachusetts

F76-90--Rhode Island

F91-105--Connecticut

F106--Atlantic coast.  Middle Atlantic States

F116-130--New York

F131-145--New Jersey

F146-160--Pennsylvania

F161-175--Delaware

F176-190--Maryland

F191-205--District of Columbia.  Washington

F206-220--The South.  South Atlantic States

F221-235--Virginia

F236-250--West Virginia

F251-265--North Carolina

F266-280--South Carolina

F281-295--Georgia

F296-301--Gulf States.  West Florida

F306-320--Florida

F321-335--Alabama

F336-350--Mississippi

F350.5-355--Mississippi River and Valley.  Middle West

F366-380--Louisiana

F381-395--Texas

F396--Old Southwest.  Lower Mississippi Valley

F406-420--Arkansas

F431-445--Tennessee

F446-460--Kentucky

F461-475--Missouri

F476-485--Old Northwest.  Northwest Territory

F486-500--Ohio

F516-520--Ohio River and Valley

F521-535--Indiana

F536-550--Illinois

F550.5-553.2--The Lake region.  Great Lakes

F561-575--Michigan

F576-590--Wisconsin

F590.3-596.3--The West.  Trans-Mississippi Region.  Great Plains

F597--The Northwest

F598--Missouri River and Valley

F601-615--Minnesota

F616-630--Iowa

F631-645--North Dakota

F646-660--South Dakota

F661-675--Nebraska

F676-690--Kansas

F691-705--Oklahoma

F721-722--Rocky Mountains.  Yellowstone National Park

F726-740--Montana

F741-755--Idaho

F756-770--Wyoming

F771-785--Colorado

F786-790--New Southwest.  Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley

F791-805--New Mexico

F806-820--Arizona

F821-835--Utah

F836-850--Nevada

F850.5-851.5--Pacific States

F851.7--Cascade Range

F852-854--Pacific Northwest.  Columbia River and Valley.  Northwest boundary since 1846

F856-870--California

F871-885--Oregon

F886-900--Washington

F901-951--Alaska

F951--Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

F965--The territories of the United States (General)

F970--Insular possessions of the United States (General)

F975--Central American, West Indian, and other countries protected by and having close political affiliations with the United States (General)

F1001-1145.2--British America

F1001-1145.2--Canada

F1001-1035--General

F1035.8--Maritime provinces.  Atlantic coast of Canada

F1036-1040--Nova Scotia.  Acadia

F1041-1045--New Brunswick

F1046-1049.7--Prince Edward Island

F1050--St. Lawrence Gulf, River and Valley (General)

F1051-1055--Quebec

F1056-1059.7--Ontario

F1060-1060.97--Canadian Northwest.  Northwest Territories

F1061-1065--Manitoba

F1067--Assiniboia

F1070-1074.7--Saskatchewan

F1075-1080--Alberta

F1086-1089.7--British Columbia

F1090--Rocky Mountains of Canada

F1090.5--Arctic regions

F1091-1095.5--Yukon

F1096-1100.5--Mackenzie

F1101-1105.7--Franklin

F1106-1110.5--Keewatin

F1121-1139--Newfoundland

F1135-1139--Labrador

F1140--The Labrador Peninsula

F1141-1145.2--Nunavut

Other than Canada

Bahamas, see F1650+

Bermudas, see F1630+

British East asnd West Florida, 1763-1783, see F301, F314

British Guiana, see F2361+

British Honduras (Belize), see F1441+

British West Indies, see F2131+

Falkland Islands, see F3031+

Thirteen North American Colonies before 1776, see E186+

Dutch America

Colony in Brazil, 1625-1661, see F2532

Dutch Guinea, see F2401+

Dutch West Indies, see F2141

New Netherlands to 1664, see F122.1

New Sweden (Dutch possession, 1655-1664), see F167

F1170--French America

F1170--Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Other French America

Colony in Brazil, 1555-1567, see F2529

Colony in Florida, 1562-1565, see F314

French Guinana, see F2441+

French West Indies, see F2151

Louisiana, 1698-1803, see F372

New France and Acadia, 1600-1763, see F1030, F1038

F1201-3799--Latin America.  Spanish America

F1201-1392--Mexico

F1218.5-1221--Antiquities.  Indians

F1401-1419--Latin America (General)

F1421-1440--Central America

F1435-1435.3--Mayas

F1441-1457--Belize

F1461-1477--Guatemala

F1481-1497--Salvador (El Salvador)

F1501-1517--Honduras

F1521-1537--Nicaragua

F1541-1557--Costa Rica

F1561-1577--Panama

F1569.C2--Canal Zone.  Panama Canal

F1601-1629--West Indies

F1630-1640--Bermudas

F1650-1660--Bahamas

F1741-1991--Greater Antilles

F1751-1854.9--Cuba

F1788-1788.22--Communist regime

F1861-1896--Jamaica

F1900-1941--Haiti (Island).  Hispaniola

F1912-1930--Haiti (Republic)

F1931-1941--Dominican Republic

F1951-1983--Puerto Rico

F1991--Navassa

F2001-2151--Lesser Antilles

Groups of islands, by geographical distribution

F2006--Leeward islands

F2011--Windward Islands

F2016--Islands along Venezuela coast

F2033-2129--Individual islands

Groups of islands, by political allegiance

F2131-2133--British West Indies

F2136--Virgin Islands of the United States

F2141--Netherlands West Indies.  Dutch West Indies

F2151--French West Indies

F2155-2191--Caribbean area.  Caribbean Sea

F2201-3799--South America

F2201-2239--General

F2251-2299--Colombia

F2301-2349--Venezuela

F2351--Guiana

F2361-2391--Guyana.  British Guiana

F2401-2431--Surinam

F2441-2471--French Guiana

F2501-2659--Brazil

F2661-2699--Paraguay

F2701-2799--Uruguay

F2801-3021--Argentina

F3031-3031.5--Falkland Islands

F3051-3285--Chile

F3301-3359--Bolivia

F3401-3619--Peru

F3701-3799--Ecuador