18th Century History "about the long 18th century and will cover the period from approximately 1660 through 1840"
18th Century History "about the long 18th century and will cover the period from approximately 1660 through 1840"
18th and 19th Century Maps - David Rumsey Collection use the Insight Browser with Internet Explorer for amazing control of maps
19th Century Advertising ad from Harper's Weekly
19th Century American Literary, Historical, and Cultural Studies
19th Century California Sheet Music some 2000 pieces of music published from 1852 to 1900
19th Century - Documenting the American South primary sources
19th Century: Harpweek business machines, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Russian-American Relations, presidential elections, the tobacco controversy in the 19th century
100 Years of Flight TIME looks back at an amazing century of inspirational people, daring moments, and ground-breaking aircraft
1824 Electoral College Vote, Tally of the National Archives
1846: Portrait of a Nation --portrait exhibit
1876 World's Fair the Centennial Exhibition
1895 Test, 8th Grade
1904 the Year: What a Difference a Century Makes a century ago average life expectancy in the US was 47, only 14% of homes had a bathtub, many other interesting facts
1912, Election of, Political Cartoons National Archives
The 1930s
1930s, Student Activism in the history of the American Student Union (ASU) and the New Deal
The 1940s
1950s, Literature and Culture
1950s, Painters and Poets of the --portrait exhibit
1960s - Psychedelic '60s music, literature, social change
19th Century Documents Project abolitionism, sectionalism, secession, and more... all pre-Civil War documents
20th Century--By Decade --Many good links (Fairfax County, VA Library)
AAD - Access to Archival Databases 50 million historic electronic records created by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics
About Famous People famous men and women in history. You'll find Presidents, First Ladies, Civil War Generals, Actors, Great and Fascinating Women, Musicians, and Much Much More
Abstracts of American Studies Dissertations
Ad*Access "images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955"
Advertisements old American ads
Advertisements - Gallery of Regrettable Food old American ads
Advertising in America, the Emergence of: 1850-1920 over 9000 images
AFRICAN AMERICANS --page of links
Alaska's Digital Archives
Alger Hiss Story: Search for the Truth exhaustive historical context for the committee hearings, the two trials, and the American political climate of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s - contains many original documents
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America
America in Caricature, 1765-1865 online exhibition from the Lilly Library, Indiana University’s rare book and manuscript library. Nice images, extensive text
America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library - contains images of documents from presidential campaigns from John Adams to Bob Dole
American and British History Resources
American Folklore contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States
American Government General articles-Grolier Online
American Journeys "more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later"
American Memory primary source materials regarding the history of the United States. Over a million items are available
American Museum of Photography
American Political Development hosted by the University of Virginia, this site hopes to promote the interdisciplinary study of "the historical roots of contemporary political developments in the United States"
The American Presidency Project "one of the most comprehensive Web sites devoted to the study of the US presidency" (Choice, ALA)
The American Presidency an image-rich overview of the roles, history, paraphernalia, and biographies of the presidents of the U.S.
American Revolution, Images of the National Archives
American Roots Music from PBS - "explore the roots of American music... blues, country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Cajun, Zydeco, Tejano, and Native American"
American Social History Project

Puzzle --extra credit project
American Sheet Music, 1820-1885 over 62,500 pieces of historical sheet music, searchable by author, subject, or title
The American South southern historical collection
American Studies Web "a topical database of over 2,000 web-based resources in American Studies"
American Time Capsule Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
American Variety Stage Vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870-1920; includes Houdini, theatre playbills, recordings, play scripts in English and Yiddish
The American West broad range of information
American West--biographies (PBS)
American Women Through Time
American Women's History: A Research Guide "provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections"
America's Maritime Heritage "about the people and communities that built ships, shipped goods, sailed ships, kept lights, rescued wrecks, fished waters, and kept the sea lanes open; about the use of waterways for commerce, transportation, defense, and recreation; about the traditions and skills, arts and crafts, artifacts and documents, and buildings, structures, and vessels that reflect our past maritime endeavors"
America's Story selected images and highlights
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec and Aztec
Ann Arbor: 1900-1975 African American women are interviewed about the history through which they lived
Annie Oakley her history
The Anti-Federalist Papers the arguments against the ratification of the constitution (1787-1789). "They contain warnings of dangers from tyranny that weaknesses in the proposed Constitution did not adequately provide against, and while some of those weaknesses were corrected by adoption of the Bill of Rights, others remained, and some of these dangers are now coming to pass"
Anti-Railroad Propaganda Poster: The Growth of Regionalism, 1800-1860 National Archives
Archive of Early American Images
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record hundreds of images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery
Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands explores the various aspects of the Dutch presence in America from the early 17th century up to the post World War II period.
AnyDay-In-History births, deaths, events, and holidays for today's date
Archiving Early America primary source material from 18th Century America
Arms Trade Revealed, The --"examines the role of the United States in the global arms trade. According to the authors, the US accounted for more than half of all weapons exports in the 1990s; the majority of these weapons went to governments considered to be non-democratic or repressive. This book guides readers through the political and policy-making processes of American arms trafficking in six self-contained chapters" (Scout Report)
Armstrong, Louis: A Cultural Legacy --portrait exhibit
Articles of Confederation - Nine Months in York Town "Find out all about the Articles of Confederation and the people involved"
Austin History Center from the Austin Public Library - over one million items, including a history of the construction of the capital, and the history of Victorian architecture in the city
Baker, Josephine in Paris --portrait exhibit
Bay of Pigs: 40 Years After
"Been Here So Long" Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives... includes photo gallery
Best History Sites "award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts" - includes all historical periods, plus art and maps
Bexar County Historic Markers
Bexar County History Resources links
Bill of Rights: Early America
Bill of Rights: Grolier
BIOGRAPHIES (separate page)
Biography of America huge history site
Bisbee Deportation of 1917 In response to a strike called by the IWW among copper miners in the town of Bisbee, Arizona in 1917, local businessmen and law enforcement illegally rounded up over 1,100 striking workers, herded them into boxcars, and transported them over the Mexican border where they were abandoned (Scout Report)
Black Ships and Samurai about Commodore Perry forcing himself on the Japanese - a wealth of rarely seen graphics from both sides of this historic encounter, and original textual commentaries by Professor Dower
Bob Hope and American Variety exhibit by the Library of Congress
Bodie, CA ghost town
Boondocks.net Anti-Imperialism in the United States and much more -- protests against Indian shows, political cartoons and photographs, wartime posters and advertising, Mark Twain on the Philippines, photographs of the Spanish-American War, the White Man's Burden, worlds fairs...
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Boston African American Project
Bound for Glory: American in Color, 1939-1943 depression era photographs
Brady, Mathew --portrait exhibit
Brown v. Board of Education, Documents Related to National Archives
Brush Creek Follies photos and short clips of the history and characters of a famous Kansas City radio program
Buddhism in the U.S. "has a long and multi-faceted history in the U.S., beginning with the first wave of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. in the 1870s"
Bytes O' History historic games and games about history which can be downloaded
California Heritage Collection --images
California History Net (slow loading)
California Shipwrecks resources for underwater archaeologists
Calvin Photographic Collection gelatin dry plates and glass plate negatives produced by Samuel Calvin from the 1880s to the 1920s, mostly about Iowa
Camping With the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher "Anthropologist Alice Fletcher lived with Dakota Sioux women on reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota for six weeks in the fall of 1881 and recorded her experiences in two journals" (Scout Report). Includes drawings and photographs
CANADA page of links
Canada, History - Veterans Affairs Canada WWI, WWII, Korean War, more
The Canadian West pictures and records of early settlement of Western Canada
Carter - Jimmy Carter, American Experience lots of information on the Camp David Accords and the Iranian hostage crisis
Castro Speech Database
Catlin, George and His Indian Gallery "Catlin was the first artist to record the Plains Indians in their own territories"
Celebrity Caricature in America --an exhibit
Censored News Stories (what the major media did not cover):

1976--The Trilateral Commission

1976--U.S. Involvement in Biological Warfare

More censored stories
CENSORSHIP --page of links
Center for American History University of Texas at Austin
Chicago History Society files --explores some of the most notable events and characters in Chicago's history: infamous (Al Capone, The Black Sox scandal), tragic (the Chicago Fire), and enterprising (The World's Columbian Exposition, A Century of Progress). Each story is told through photos and narrative, with an additional photo gallery, bibliography, and artifacts collection also available. Future exhibits are planned on Parades, Protests and Politics; The Pullman Era; The Stockyards; and The Haymarket Affair (Scout Report)
Chicago Public Library Digital Collections many historical images of Chicago
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 Library of Congress - essays and photographs
Chronology of Events in Americas from AD 1 forward
Churchill and the Great Republic examines the life and career of Winston Spencer Churchill and emphasizes his lifelong links with the United States--the nation he called "the great Republic."
Civil Rights, Voices of personal stories of the civil rights movement
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission National Archives
Civil War--also see SLAVERY
Civil Rights Oral History Interviews the 1960s in Spokane
CIVIL WAR page of links
Classics of American Colonial History original documents
A Classification of American Wealth details on the wealthiest families in U.S. history beginning in 1675 (this is a book in progress), special sections on manor lords, planters, shipping merchants, New York City landlords, and early industrialists
Cleveland History, Virtual collection of maps, texts, and images
COLD WAR notes and quotes
Cold War, CNN Special, TV episodes about
Cold War--CNN Series with Educator's Guide
Cold War Notes
Cold War--excerpts from Noam Chomsky
Cold War CNN special
Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents --Avalon Project
Colonial Hall biographies of America's founders
Colonial House from PBS; audio and video diaries in which the twenty-eight colonists from the UK and US give accounts of their experiences learning to live in 1628
Colonial Williamsburg outdoor living-history museum
Common-Place "a common place for exploring and exchanging ideas about early American history and culture. A bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine, Common-place speaks--and listens--to scholars, museum curators, teachers, hobbyists, and just about anyone interested in American history before 1900"
Conelrad history of atomic culture - an "eerie, creepy look at Cold War culture" - audio clips, ephemera, atomic pressbook (this is a fun site if you are old enough to remember fall out shelters and NORAD tracking Santa)
Coney Island: The Ups and Downs of America's First Amusement Park from PBS, the film, timeline, gallery, people and events
Connecticut, 1636-1776, Public Records of the Colony of original materials
Conservation and Environmental Maps historic and recent American maps which show "changes in the landscape, including natural and man-made features, recreational and wilderness areas, geology, topography, wetland area, vegetation, and wildlife."
Constitution, The (Article) --Groliers Online
Constitution, The (Text) --Groliers Online
Constitution - The Anti-Federalist Papers the arguments against the ratification of the constitution (1787-1789). "They contain warnings of dangers from tyranny that weaknesses in the proposed Constitution did not adequately provide against, and while some of those weaknesses were corrected by adoption of the Bill of Rights, others remained, and some of these dangers are now coming to pass"
The Constitution Society "dedicated to research and public education on the principles of constitutional republican government"
Coolidge, Calvin primary resource for information about our thirtieth president
Cuba--Castro Speeches, 1950's to Present
Cuban Missile Crisis --documents
CURRENT EVENTS --page of links
Current events--ACLU National Freedom Scorecard --ratings of elected officials
Daguerreian Society gallery of daguerreotypes
Declaration of Independence "provides a wealth of information about the signers of the Declaration, the history of the Declaration, and an online version of the Declaration for you to read"
Defense Review, Quadrennial "the spectrum of opinion regarding directions of U.S. post-Cold War military planning and strategy with regularly updated links to online articles, reports, and government documents"
Democracy for the Few, by Michael Parenti - excerpts
Depression - FDR's First Inaugural Address: Declaring "War" on the Great Depression National Archives
Depression - FDR's Fireside Chat on the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program National Archives
Desert Storm - Fog of War articles and images from the Washington Post
Deterring Democracy, by Noam Chomsky - excerpts
Diary, Correspondence, and Papers of Robert "King" Carter of Virginia, 1701-1732 original source materials
Documenting the American South first person narratives, Southern literature, lots of historical information
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement browseable by subject categories and searchable by keyword. Subject categories include General and Theoretical, Medical and Reproductive Rights, Organizations and Activism, Sexuality and Lesbian Feminism, Socialist Feminism, Women of Color, and others. Most documents are offered in transcription, with some limited facsimile versions available
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
Documents in Law, History, and Government --the Avalon Project
Donner Party, includes pictures and journals
Dorothy Parker's New York a visual history of DP's life in New York during the 1920s, focusing on her time as a member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table
Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
Drawing the Western Frontier: James E. Taylor Album "Taylor’s newspaper illustrations served to popularize stereotypes of the Western frontier during the post-Civil War years. Like other illustrators and writers of the period, he depicted Indian-White relations in terms of savagery versus civilization and encouraged Americans to visualize the nation’s Westward expansion in heroic terms"
Dred Scott Case 85 original documents
Dred Scott Case, 1857--documents
Drive-Ins a tribute to the American Drive-In Theater. The first was opened in Camden, New Jersey in 1933 by Richard Hollingshead. They began falling on hard times in the late 1960s and are now experiencing a small renaissance
Early American Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum; includes timeline
Early Modern Women Database early modern Europe and the Americas; covers 1500-1800
Early Washington Maps highlights the early struggles between Britain and the colonies
Eating Utensils, The History of
Edison --Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
Educational Resources: U.S. History
Election Studies, National covers five decades
Ellis Island, Explore Your Family History at American Family Immigration History Center
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 collection of over 9,000 advertising images from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Encyclopedia Britannica: The 1911 Edition wonderful resource, but remember its age
Engines of Our Inginuity "explores the role of human creativity in the formation of our material and intellectual culture... [covers] cable cars to Civil War submarines, from the connection between Romantic poets and Victorian science to the invention of the bar code" (Scout Report)
Espionage--Freedom of Information Act --FBI Reading Room of most requested documents
Eugenics Movement, American "Eugenics was, quite literally, an effort to breed better human beings – by encouraging the reproduction of people with "good" genes and discouraging those with "bad" genes. Eugenicists effectively lobbied for social legislation to keep racial and ethnic groups separate, to restrict immigration from southern and eastern Europe, and to sterilize people considered "genetically unfit." Elements of the American eugenics movement were models for the Nazis"
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage
EyeWitness relive history through the eyes and ears of those who were there; plus photo of the week, voices of the 20th Century, It Happened This Month
Family Life in 19th Century Ohio Covers Family life, singing schools, religion, rural values, temperance, parlor music, and minstrel songs.
Famous American Trials tells the story of twenty-two famous American trials with images, primary documents, analyses, and overviews
Farm, Wessel's Living History all about an old family farm in Nebraska
FBI --site map
FBI, History of the
The Feather Trade and the American Conservation Movement the strange origins of the Audubon Society and other early conservation groups; a virtual exhibition from the Smithsonian
Federalism, Cases and Materials on American developed for use in American Government and Public Policy courses taught at Purdue University
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project view transcripts of many old cookbooks; can also view the original pages
Fifties Web
Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertising
The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
First Decade of Income Tax Cartoons
Flags Historic and current U.S.
Florida Memory Project
Flowerdew Hundred an early land grant in Virginia located along the James river. Archaeological excavations have uncovered artifacts from the earliest days of habitation through the 20th century - 300 images available
Folk Song Collection, Max Hunter over 1,500 Ozark Mountain folk songs recorded between 1956 and 1976
Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Dimplomatic Studies and Training, Frontline Diplomacy
Forgotten New York [City] has street scenes, old advertising, subways & trains, street lamps, signs, cobblestones, alleys, cemeteries, missing streets, trolleys, forgotten tours, and things you wouldn't believe are in NY (like ponds, lakes, farms, fishing villages, etc.)
Franklin, Benjamin: In His Own Words
Franklin, Ben, Electric lots of information about Franklin, a full text copy of his autobiography, a timeline, his biography, much more
Franklin, Ben, at 300
Franklin and His Friends Ben Franklin as scientist
Franklin Institute founded in 1824 to teach scientists and artisans; now a science museum and research institute which awards the Franklin Institute and Bower awards annually; site contains a great deal on the history of science
The Frederick Douglass Papers more than 16,000 images from the Library of Congress
Free Speech Movement Digital Archive the history of student protests at UC Berkeley during the mid-60s
Freedom: A History of US PBS special based on the work of Joy Hakim
Frontline Diplomacy: Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Dimplomatic Studies and Training,
Gammel's The Laws of Texas (Volumes 1-10) published over 100 years ago and never reprinted; invaluable for history researchers; includes documents from the time of colonization through statehood - congressional and legislative sessions, constitutions, selected journals of the constitutional conventions, and early colonization laws
Gangster Era-- Freedom of Information Act --FBI Reading Room of most requested documents
GENEALOGY page of links
Gentleman's Page: A Practical Guide for the 19th Century American Man 19th Century manners, what to wear, ballroom etiquette, table manners, how to use calling cards, behavior in the presence of ladies and much more; based on period photos and quotes
George Washington: A National Treasure a Smithsonian Institute historic tour
German-American Internments During WWII "By the end of the war, 11,000 persons of German ancestry, including many American-born children, were interned"
Give WAR a Chance from PBS - compares diplomacy and the military in post-Vietnam era
GENEALOGY --page of links
Gold Rush Yukon, Klondike, Alaska gold rushes
Goldman, Emma PBS special
Googie space-age, ultra-modern, boomerang shapes and tiki style from the past
Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s a gallery of travel ephemera
Great Speeches Collection The History Place
HAITI notes and quotes
Halsman, Philippe --photograph exhibit (1940s through 1970s)
Hamilton, Alexander: The Man Who Made Modern America
Hanford, Washington "enough dangerous materials were dumped at Hanford to have "the potential to induce cancer in every person currently on the planet, 208 million times over."" - the DOE is proposing to terminate its environmental mission at Hanford, the most contaminated area in the Western Hemisphere, as well as at other sites.
Harper's Ferry Raid--documents
Haymarket Affair: Chicago Anarchists on Trial images, chronology, and documents related to the 1886 labor protests in Chicago
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium caricatures presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton; includes historical notes with each cartoon
The Hermitage: Home of President Andrew Jackson
Hillside Letters in the Western Landscape "Giant capital letters adorn hillsides near many cities and towns in the American West. These letters, typically constructed of whitewashed or painted stones or of concrete, are cultural signatures... diffused quickly and widely early in this century" - includes photographs of many of the hillside letters
Hispanic Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
Historic Pelham tells the history of Pelham, NY
Historic Topographic Maps of the San Francisco Bay area from 1895 to present
Historical Text Archive: United States articles, links
The History Channel many programs and features
History Channel Traveler places and events that celebrate history
History Cooperative for historical research
A History of Concession Development In Yellowstone National Park, 1872-1966
History of the United States CAPITAL "a chronicle of design, construction, and politics" - PDF format; many photos and 12 chapters by an architectural historian
History Matters hundreds of primary documents and audio clips, plus much more
History Matters: The US Survey Course on the Web (focuses on primary sources)
History-wired, A Few of Our Favorite Things Smithsonian virtual museum tour; hundreds of artifacts from 1400 to 2000
Hoaxes, Museum of from pre-1700 to today
Hobo Signs drawings and meanings
Holocaust Denial On Trial David Irving v. Penguin Books; the research behind the trial
Home Economics, What Was? exhibition, biographies, timeline, interviews
Honky Tonks radio program that explored the origins and development of America's popular music tradition in the first five decades of the 20th century
Hudson River Portfolio prints, maps, photographs, guidebooks, histories, and literature
Human Rights Watch, World Report 1999 --covers 68 countries.. "Users in the US may be particularly interested in the detailed critique of American policies on human rights both internationally and within its own borders" (Scout Report)
HyperHistory Online 3,000 years of world history, the people, the events, the maps, covering science, technology, economy, culture, philosophy, art, music, poetry, religion, politics, war -- this is a chart of history, organized by date; includes people's lifelines; events section includes year by year events for this century
I Hear America Singing timeline, major composers, cultural influences, nine audio renditions of famous American songs
Images "Footage.net" --stock, archival, and news footage to copy
Images of American Political History
Immigration History Research Center "an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. The IHRC collects, preserves, and makes available archival and published resources documenting immigration and ethnicity on a national scope. These materials are particularly rich for ethnic groups that originated in eastern, central, and southern Europe and the Near East -- those who came to this country during the great wave of migration that gained momentum in the 1880s and peaked in the first decades of the 20th century"
Immigration to the US, 1789-1930
Influenza Epidemic of 1918 the complete story, documents and photos
Inventing Thanksgiving how fabricated and utterly bizarre this American "holiday" really is - the formation of national identity and the concept of a civil religion
Jamestown Rediscovery --Historical Research in Virginia
Japanese American Internment during WWII
Jay, John - The Papers of John Jay includes biography and background information
JAZZ & BLACK MUSIC --page of links
Jazz Roots: Early Jazz History an overview of early jazz music and musicians (1895-1920), pictures, timeline, the Cotton Club, Jazz books, fun facts
Jefferson Digital Archive, Thomas in-depth biography and materials written by him and to him; also includes large annotated bibliographies; University of Virginia Library
JFK Link "archive of material relevant to the life, administration, death and legacy of the 35th President of the United States"
Jim Crow, The History of
Jim Janke's Old West
John Muir National Historic Site
Johnson Library and Museum, Lyndon Baines oral histories, favorite foods and religion, photographs, information about his cabinet, audio and video files
Journal of American History current issue online
Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian
July 1942: United We Stand seven months after entering WW II American magazines staged a massive campaign called "United We Stand"; magazines nationwide displayed the American flag on their covers
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 1854--documents
Kennedy - JFK Link "archive of material relevant to the life, administration, death and legacy of the 35th President of the United States"
King, Jr., A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther written by Prof. Melvin Sylvester of Long Island University
King, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
Korea, Marilyn Monroe in, 1954 --collection of photographs
Labadie Collection books, photographs and papers of a Detroit Anarchist, labor activist and printer (1850-1933)
Labadie, Jo, and His Gift to Michigan University of Michigan exhibit of Detroit Anarchist, labor activist and printer (1850-1933)
Las Vegas, Early History of images, letters, blueprints
Lawmaking.. U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873
Levittown, PA: Building the Suburban Dream To its 70,000-plus residents, Levittown represented the American Dream of homeownership. To many others, Levittown epitomized postwar suburbia—-a place often criticized but widely copied
Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb documents the social, cultural, and visual history of that much maligned epitome of post-World War II suburban living
Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West from the Smithsonian
Lewis and Clark Expedition National Archives
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong excerpts from the book by James Loewen
Life Magazine classic pictures and magazine covers from 1936-1972
Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life covers ballads, hymns and spiritual, patriotic odes, minstrels, musicals, protest songs
Lincoln Historical Digitization, Abraham images, speeches, music
Lincoln Memorabilia a virtual exhibit from McGill University
Lincoln North: a virtual exhibit all about the man and his times; includes posters, letters and other memorabilia
The Lindbergh Case: The Trial of the Century about the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, a national hero
Links to the Past National Parks Service
Linus Pauling Centenary famous molecular chemist
Los Angeles: Past, Present & Future the culture and sites of LA
Lost America the abandoned roadside west
Lost and Found Sound NPR's series on life in the last 100 years as illustrated by sound recordings
Lost Museum P.T. Barnum's American Museum - a prime tourist attraction until its spectacular conflagration in 1865
Lower East Side Tenement Museum history of 97 Orchard St.
Maine Folklife Center "collection of folklore, oral history, traditional music, and photographs of Maine and Eastern Canada"
Making of American digital library of primary sources
Manufacturer's Catalogs From the First Decade of American Automobiles
Mark Twain based on the movie by Ken Burns
Mark Twain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad --an exhibit
Marshall, George C., Soldier of Peace --an exhibit
Martin Luther King and the Memphis Sanitation Workers, Court Documents Related to National Archives
Maryland State Archives, Documents for the Classroom
McCarthy Era, Student Voices from World War II and the oral history
McCarthyism - Telegraph from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman National Archives
McIntyre, Pennsylvania: The Everyday Life Of A Coal Mining Company Town: 1910-1947
McKinley Assassination
Medal of Honor Citations -- US Army Center of Military History
Military History, U.S. Army Center of
Mississippian Moundbuilders and Their Artifacts "At a time when Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages and crusaders fought holy wars to gain Jerusalem for the Church, a Native American culture thrived in what is now the Midwest and Southeast United States"
Monticello extensive site
Monticello, the Home of Thomas Jefferson about his projects and interests
Museum of Afro American History --Boston
MUSEUMS page of links
Music--Historic American Sheet Music --collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music.. digital images of 3042 pieces
National Archives
National Trust for Historic Preservation The need for the National Trust has increased since its founding in 1949. When historic buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that helps us know who we are, and we lose opportunities to live and work in the kinds of interesting and attractive surroundings that older buildings can provide
National Museum of American History
NATIVE AMERICANS page of links
New Americans new cultures coming into the country
New Deal Era and Its Origins, 1918-1945
New Perspectives on the West PBS special on the people, places and historical events (arranged by years)
New York World's Fair: 1964-5
Newsfilm Library a major collection at the University of South Carolina; film clips and still images are available online; the catalog can be searched
Nixon Tapes, National Security Archive primary documents and audio selections dealing with the relationship between President Richard Nixon and the former president of Mexico, Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Nineteenth Century--The Feather Trade and the American Conservation Movement...
No Job For a Woman the effects of war on women's lives during the 20th and 21st centuries
Notable Presidential Pardons from Jurist
Ogden Museum of Southern Art LSU - Louisiana's treasures
Ohio Exploration Society about the history of structures, cemeteries, Indian Mounds, Parks, Fields, hauntings, and how to explore historic locations
Ohio Memory primary sources which document Ohio's past
Oklahoma, Chronicles of covers 1923 to 1942
Oliphant's Anthem Pulitzer Prize winning cartoons on America
Oregon Trail a "complete primer" on the Trail, images and text covering over two dozen historic sites along the trail, a collection of fascinating anecdotes about incidents and (mis)adventures suffered by pioneers along the way, and, last but by no means least, an archive of diaries, memoirs, and period books written during the overland period
Our Shared History --National Parks Service
Ozarks - Max Hunter Folk Song Collection over 1,500 Ozark Mountain folk songs recorded between 1956 and 1976
Panoramas: The North American Landscape in Art how we are affected--socially, mythically, and personally--by the landscapes we inhabit - the exhibit includes paintings, drawings, textiles, and photographs
The Papers of George Washington
Paul Robeson, The Many Faces of National Archives
Penny Illustrated Paper massive collection of early images
Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies, and Audiotapes the Nixon tapes and the Supreme Court tape, briefs and opinions
The Pentagon's Spies declassified spy documents and history
A People's History of the United States excerpts from the book by Howard Zinn
Peopling North America: Population Movements and Migration covers early migrations, European migrations, African migrations, Asian & African labour, migrations after WWII
Philadelphia US History
Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933 over 55,000 images of urban life
The Picture Collection (requires registration)
Picture Collection, New York Public Library "a collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. It consists of images of New York City, Costume, Design, American History and other subjects" - you can browse the pictures by choosing a decade
Picture History lots of photos from the past
Picturing the Century: One Hundred Years of Photography from the National Archives Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island . . . the Wright Brothers fly . . . building the Empire State Building . . . a Depression-era soup line . . . Omaha Beach . . . the mushroom cloud . . . Lyndon Johnson taking the Presidential oath . . . a young marine in Da Nang . . . footprints on the Moon . . . war in the Persian Gulf . .
Pill, The: American Experience PBS special on the history of the pill
Pioneer Life Database, Washington State online multimedia collections
Political Graveyard Where the dead politicians are buried
Presidential Elections, 1860-1912 features political cartoons, campaign overviews, historical context, biographical sketches
Presidential Inaugurations: "I do solemnly swear..." "a collection of approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 54 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music"
Presidential Libraries
Presidential Timeline with archives from Hoover to Clinton
Presidents, American: Life Portraits resources from C-Span, especially for teachers
Presidents, Medical History of American Did you know that Franklin Pierce snored? Or that he suffered from depression? Chester Arthur suffered from kidney disease. While including major medical conditions, this resource also cataloges the minor physical ailments of the presidents, from Polk's shaking hands, to Ford's clumsiness
Presidents & First Ladies Grolier Online
Presidents of the United States photograph and history of each presidency
PRIMARY SOURCES historical documents links
Progressivism, Political Cartoons Illustrating National Archives
Protest Records play protest songs on MP3
Public Archaeology in the U.S.: A Timeline
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Puritan and Reformed Writings full text of sermons and more
Radio History, United States Early concentrates on 1897-1927; many articles by period
Reclaiming the Everglades South Florida's natural history, 1884-1934
Record of American Democracy, 1984-1990 "We find it remarkable that the electoral record of the world's leading democracy is routinely lost or discarded. Election returns in the U.S. are collected by precinct and passed on to county offices in every state. In these county offices, the official electoral record then gets stuffed under desks, recycled, occasionally put into archives, or most often discarded. For the first time, a substantial piece of the entire electoral record of American democracy has been preserved. We hope someone (or our elected officials) takes on the task of institutionalizing the formal preservation of this record. For now, we hope the scientific community will take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity"
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic Library of Congress on the importance of religion in the founding and making of the United States
Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937 audio timeline, map of activities, slideshow, essays, audio reminiscences, a very thorough introduction to one of the major events in American labor history
Revolution Image Bank
Rockefeller, John D., and the Standard Oil Company --Seven hyperlinked chapters cover nineteenth century oil industry technology, trusts and monopolies, Rockefeller commercial practices, and the development of the Standard Oil Company
Rockefellers companion Website to the PBS documentary The Rockefellers; In addition to a transcript of the broadcast and a timeline of the Rockefellers's history from 1839 to 1985, the Website posts primary documents giving insight into the business practices, politics, and personal temperament of John D. Rockefeller
Roosevelt, Franklin D. from the family home
Roosevelt, Theodore --exhibit of portraits
Roosevelt Collection, Theodore complete texts of many books by him and about him
Sacramento History particularly focuses on agriculture and transportation
Salem Witch Trials, 1692 page of links
SAN ANTONIO page of links (lots on the missions)
San Francisco Cable Car Museum provides not only an historical perspective of the importance of the cable car to San Francisco, but an insight into the daily operations of today's system
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection photographs and works on paper of San Francisco and California views from 1850 to the present
San Francisco, Virtual Museum of the City of major exhibits include the Gold Rush, the Great Fire and Earthquake, and a history of the Golden Gate Bridge
Save Our Sounds archive of American Indian music, the oral histories of ex-slaves, and hundreds of thousands of other speeches, poems, songs, and spoken-word projects that recount our country's history (YIL)
The "Second Wave" and Beyond: Primary sources of the Women's Movement, 1960 to Present
Sedition Law, A Violation of the: U.S. v. Thomas Cooper National Archives
Shaker Historic Trail essays and a complete list of the sites along the Shaker Historic Trail, which range in location from Maine to Kentucky
The Shifting Pattern of Black Migration From and Into the Nonmetropolitan South, 1965-1995 a statistical study from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (PDF format)
Shootdown in Peru primary documents from the Clinton administration on an accidental shooting of a civilian aircraft in 1994
Sioux Treaty of 1868 National Archives
Slavery--Africans in America --PBS offers this companion site to their new television series that "chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States (Scout Report)
Slavery and Sectionalism, documents
Slaves and the Courts: 1740-1860 "contains just over a hundred pamphlets and books (published between 1772 and 1889) concerning the difficult and troubling experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States"
Smithsonian Institution
Social Hygiene Posters, 1910-1970
Social Security History Page Who was issued the first card? What's the lowest number? Did Woolworth's once issue SSNs?
Sold in Oregon exhibit of late nineteenth and early twentieth century products from Oregon and their trademarks
Sonic Memorial Project collection of all kinds of audio records, lots on the WTC before and after 9-11
The Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College "manuscripts, photographs, periodicals and other primary sources in women's history."
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip includes recordings of fiddle tunes, cowboy songs, field hollers, lullabies, and spirituals
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR page of links
SPEECHES page of links
Sprawl City a website about consumption growth and population growth and their roles in the urban sprawl that destroys natural habitat and farmland around U.S. cities
Sputnik, Memo of a Conference with President Eisenhower after National Archives
Spy Letters of the American Revolution "stories of spies and letters" from the Clements Library, University of Michigan... articles and pictures about spy networks, Saratoga, Benedict Arnold, women spies, and much more
St. Augustine: America's Ancient City once a tiny military outpost of Spain, predates the European settlements at Jamestown by 42 years
Student Voices from World War II and the McCarthy Era oral history
Studs Terkel: Conversations with America collection of the interviews he conducted to write his books about America
Suffrage and Stanton
Suffrage in the West, Petition of Amelia Bloomer National Archives
Sumner Caning, 1856--documents
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America full text of 163 books published for children in America between 1815 and 1865
Tangled Roots Exploring the Histories of Americans of Irish Heritage and Americans of African Heritage - A collection of primary documents from the 17th century to the present provides portraits of people and events from the history of African and Irish Americans
Tax History Museum covers American taxes from 1660 to present
Tax History Project includes a museum, photo gallery, and presidential tax returns
Teaching With Historic Places "uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects"
Telephone History Web Site "information about antique telephones, wiring diagrams, where to obtain parts and the Antique Telephone Collectors Association is provided"
Tenayuca, Emma: Development of Labor Unions in San Antonio, 1930s interview includes footnotes and audio
Territorial Kansas digital collection of photographs, handwritten letters, and other documents to presenting the turbulent territorial years of Kansas history, 1854 through January 1861, when Kansas joined the Union as a non-slave state
Terrorism and Usama Bin Laden documents from the New York court trial of Usama Bin Laden and others for the August 7, 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar al-Salaam, Tanzania
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board homepage
Texas Historic Sites Atlas
Texas History (Lone Star Junction)
TEXAS SMALL TOWN HISTORY (Rob Hines)
Texas Tejanos historical reseasrch on Tejano pioneers
Texas, The New Handbook of
Texas - The South Texas Border, 1900-1920 Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection
Tiananmen Papers a U.S. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book - reveals U.S. perceptions of the 1989 Chinese crisis
Times Square - Live Cam
Times Square Official Website photos, historical notes, attractions
Today in American History
Tracked in America the history of America spying on its citizens
Trails to Utah and The Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 contains 49 diaries of pioneers who made their way westward across America to Utah, Montana, and the Pacific from 1847 to 1869
Transcendentalism Web, American authors and texts, roots and influences, ideas and thought, literary criticism
Travels In America, 1750-1920 collection of 253 published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo National Archives
Truman Library and Museum, Harry S.
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Truth in Advertising vintage cigarette ads
Underground Railroad Freedom Center, National to educate about history and to "promote collaborative learning, dialogue, and action to inspire today's freedom movements"
U.S. Senate, members and committees
U.S. Steel Gary Works: Photograph Collection, 1906-1971 more than 2,200 images of the world's largest steel mill; includes teacher's guide and lesson plans
Vice-Presidents Grolier Online
Victorian Web
VIETNAM notes and quotes
Virginia Historical Inventory "a collection of detailed reports, photographs, and maps, documenting the architectural, cultural, and family histories of thousands of 18th- and 19th-century buildings in communities across Virginia."
Virtual Map Library over 70 historic maps online
Virtual Museum of New France French involvement in the New World in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries
Voter Turnout, 1945 to present
Waco: Rules of Engagement, An explosive documentary film. Waco: The Rules of Engagement is the first full length work to present the complete picture of the tragic events outside of Waco, Texas that resulted in the killing of four federal agents and the gassing and fiery deaths of 76 men, women and children of the Branch Davidian religious sect... "One of the most disturbing films you'll ever see, this low-key documentary methodically and convincingly makes the case that the government -- not David Koresh -- caused the fatal fire at the Branch Davidian compound in April 1993. A powerful indictment, this long, gripping film may be necessary viewing for any person in a free society." --LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

War Library, American
Warletters.com "extraordinary correspondence from American wars"
Washington, George and Martha Portraits from the Presidential Years... exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery
Washington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861- 1865 three manuscripts about daily life in Washington, DC
Washington, George, Papers, full text at the Library of Congress
Watergate Tapes recordings in RealAudio
Wax Cylinders, Early Recorded Sounds & history, cylinder of the month, Thomas Edison commemorative, notes for collectors, early ads for the invention, much more
Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890 Library of Congress "collections includes logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels"
Wharton, Edith --exhibit of portraits about her world
Wisconsin Pioneer Experience a digital collection of original sources documenting 19th Century Wisconsin history - diaries, letters, personal narratives
WITCHCRAFT page of links
Within These Walls everyday history of American families from 1757 to 1945
Women in American History from Encyclopedia Britannica; 1600s through the present; comprehensive overview of American Women's history and time line; articles include lengthy entries for individuals, organizations, and themes; Media Gallery offers the database's strongest feature---a collection of approximately 30 audio and video files ranging from a poetry reading by Rita Dove to a video clip from Thelma and Louise
Women in Military Service for America historical data and information about a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
Women--National Museum of Women's History
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party
Women Working, 1800-1930 women in the US economy
Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives biography, quotes, CDs and memorabilia for sale, database of archives under construction
WorkLore: Brooklyn Workers Speak compares working in the past to working today
World's Fair of 1876 the Centennial Exhibition
WPA Life Histories manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940
WPA, Posters From the, 1936-1943
Wright Brothers in Photographs
WTO History Project focuses on the 1999 protests in Seattle - collection of interviews with protest leaders and participants
WWI - Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during WWI National Archives
WWI - Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents National Archives
WWI - WORLD WAR I page of links
WWII - WORLD WAR II page of links
Yo Yo History, Museum of and related skill toys
Your Place in Time, 20th Century America
ZINN, HOWARD page of links

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