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U.S. History
See the separate
New Jersey and
Newark guides for local history.
African American:
African American History
http://afgen.com/history.html
This attractively designed site provides concise biographical information on
African-American movers and shakers. It also links to important historical
documents discussing the question of slavery in the US, and offers a history
of Black Nationalism.
African-American History
http://afroamhistory.about.com
Primary source documents, photos, biographies, and current events' effects on
African Americans are among the historical topics included here.
African American History Timeline
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=african-american-history-timeline-home-page
This page provides a timeline that can be browsed by century. Other resources
for geneaology, speeches, and digital archives can also be viewed.
African American Journey
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/aajourney
Created by the editors of World Book in honor of Black History Month, African
American Journey chronicles American blacks' struggle for freedom and
equality. The site traces this struggle from its origins in the slave trade
to contemporary civil rights movements.
Black History Hotlist
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html
A compilation of internet sites divided by subject--The Civil Rights Movement,The
Million Man March, leaders, and more.
Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to
Black History
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory
This user-friendly site has been designed with the high school student in
mind. It features a timeline spanning the 16th century through the
present, an A-Z list of articles on a wide variety of Black History topics,
plus a study guide and a fairly extensive bibliography.
Biographical:
The American Presidency
http://ap.grolier.com
American Presidency offers a broad range of in-depth information including
biographies of nominees and key figures in presidential races, programs,
scandals, and updated articles on the upcoming election.
Colonial Hall
http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.php
Biographies are supplied for signers of the Declaration of Independence,
signers of the Articles of Confederation, and signers of the U.S. Constitution.
In some instances, biographies of the signers' wives are also provided.
First
Ladies Of The United States Of America
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
The title of this site says it all. Starting with Martha Custis Washington
and ending, for now, with Laura Welch Bush, First Ladies packs a great deal
of salient bibliographical information into relatively short, well-organized
entries. Each entry links to the corresponding president's biographical
sketch.
From Revolution to Reconstruction
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm
Biographies are supplied for many American historical figures.
Presidents
Of The United States Of America
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
Presidents provides overviews of the lives of all the Chief Executives,
beginning with George Washington. Accompanying each overview is a portrait or
picture of the president, a link to the president's inaugural address, and a
link to the corresponding first lady's biographical sketch.
WPA Life Histories:
1936 - 1940
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html
Gathering together hundreds of people's life stories, WPA presents a vivid
and moving portrait of American society during the Depression years. The
nearly 3000 stories were written by over 300 writers from 24 states, and
touch on almost every aspect of a time gone by.
General:
AmDocs:
Documents for the Study of American History -
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs
A directory of primary documents, and their texts, are available here. Browse
by time period, beginning with 1492 and continuing into current times.
Includes inaugural addresses, diary extracts, treaties, letters, speeches,
and more.
EyeWitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
"A ringside seat to history," this site provides links to
information from the Ancient World to the present, including the 17th, 18th,
and 19th Centuries, the Civil War, and the Old West.
History Buff's Home Page
http://www.historybuff.com
Press coverage of events in US history forms the focus of this page. Both the
history of this coverage (e.g. "Colonial America Newspapers") and
the coverage itself (e.g. the full text of presidential inaugural addresses
or a Real Audio recording of the first recorded commercial) are included. The
site is searchable via a simple search engine.
HistoryNet: Where History Lives On The
Web
http://www.historynet.com
World and US history alike live on this website, which is essentially a
searchable database of articles. The US history articles are wide-ranging,
covering everything from an eyewitness account of a Civil War battle to the
legacy of the GI Bill. Don't forget to click on the tiny "additional
articles" icon at the top of each page to retrieve everything under the
category you're exploring.
The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com
Events in American history such as the Revolutionary War, the first landing on the moon,
and the Vietnam War can be browsed. Slideshows and photos are sometimes included.
Hispanic:
Cuban
Heritage Digital Collection
http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/chc.html
This site is currently comprised of archival collection finding aids and the
digitized content of those collections, including photographs, letters,
manuscripts, and other documents.
History Of Puerto
Rico
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml
The histories of Puerto Rico and the US have been inextricably bound for over
a century. This site provides a detailed timeline of the island's history
beginning in the fifteenth century, continuing through American involvement
in the late nineteenth century and ending with the current year. Links to
other Puerto Rican and Caribbean history sites are included.
Public Domain
Databases
http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/#pub
The resources listed here provide full text articles, statistical
information, or bibliographic citations. Some of the databases are
created and maintained by government agencies or other public entities
(universities) and are provided free on the internet.
Spanish Exploration And Conquest Of
Native America
http://www.floridahistory.com
The North American explorations of Hernando de Soto, Cabeza de Vaca and
Coronado constitute the focus of this highly informative site. Of special interest
are the detailed conquest maps and coverage of the explorers' impact on
Native Americans.
Web De Anza
http://anza.uoregon.edu
Using original diaries and letters, biographical information, timelines and
maps, this site explores Captain Juan Bautista de Anza's two 18th century
expeditions from New Spain to what is now Northern California. These
expeditions resulted in the colonization of San Francisco. The site allows
keyword searches of one of de Anza's diaries.
Military:
American Civil War
Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
The myriad links on this site lead to information on every aspect of the
Civil War: specific battles, biographies, histories of individual regiments,
music, flags, stamps, coinage and more.
The Great War: 1914-1918
http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm
Timelines, primary documents, statistics, battles, maps, and more.
Military Battles and Campaigns
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milhome.html
Historic military maps provided by the Library of Congress.
Military History Institute (MHI) Digital
Library
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg
The MHI Digital Library is the online counterpart of the US Army Center of
Military History. The mission of the Center is to write the official history
of the US Army. MHI provides full-text access (often via Adobe Acrobat) to
many of the Army documents relevant to this history such as
American Military History.
United States Civil War
Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu
The aim of this ambitious site is to post a link to all Civil War-related
links. Complete or not, the site does lead to a wealth of information, all
clearly organized by topic.
The Wars For Vietnam: 1945 - 1975
http://vietnam.vassar.edu
Vassar College professor Robert Brigham created this site to help students
come to their own conclusions about the nature and necessity of the Vietnam
conflicts. He has included a detailed overview / timeline of these clashes,
as well as numerous original documents. Rounding out the site are links to
other Vietnam-related sites on the Web.
World War I Document Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi
The biographies, chronologically arranged documents, personal reminiscences
and images on this site capture the World War I years with an immediacy
impossible to achieve with secondhand sources. The Archive includes
geographically arranged links to other World War I sites.
Native American:
Index of Native American
Resources on the Internet
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources
Provides links to various resources in history as well as language, culture,
archeology and various other topics of interest to Native Americans as well
as others who wish to learn more about Native Americans.
Native American Authors
http://www.ipl.org/div/natam
The site contains biographical information on Native American authors as well
as bibliographies of their works and links to other relevant online resources
including tribal websites. A bibliography of Native American literature
resources is included as well.
Native Americans
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/indians.htm
Native Americans is a general site. Thus Native American images, biographical
data and important historical events share the site with links to government,
education and organizational resources. This site also serves as an entry
point into the Native People's Web Ring.
Primary
Sources (Original Documents, Photos, Etc.):
Abraham Lincoln
Papers http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html
Items in the Abraham Lincoln Papers date from 1833 through 1916. Treasures
include Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, his March 4, 1865,
draft of his second Inaugural Address, and his August 23, 1864, memorandum
expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming
presidential contest. The bulk of the Lincoln Papers consists of
letters written to Lincoln by a wide variety of correspondents: friends, and
legal and political associates from Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois, days;
national and regional political figures and reformers; and local people and
organizations writing to their president.
American Memory Historical Collections
http://memory.loc.gov
The spectacular American Memory, created by the Library of Congress, provides
access to a portion of the Library's holdings in American History. Included
are unique documents, moving pictures, sounds and photographs. These
digitized items are grouped into 60 collections, from "African-American
Odyssey" to "Votes for Women." Together the collections
contain over one million items online.
Core Documents Of US
Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
With this very straightforward site, the Government Printing Office provides
access to the essential texts which have shaped, and continue to shape, our
democracy. These texts range from the Articles of Confederation and the Gettysburg
Address to the United States Code.
Perry Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
Finely reproduced maps showing early inhabitants, exploration and settlement,
and territorial growth of the US form the core of this interesting site.
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents
of the United States of America
http://www.bartleby.com/124
This site is the online version of a printed Senate document bearing the same
title. The site consists of links to the inaugural addresses of all the US
presidents. Accompanying most addresses is a presidential portrait or
photograph. As an added feature, Bill Clinton's second inaugural address is
available in audio or visual format, as well as in text. A list of
non-inaugurated presidents gives brief descriptions of the circumstances in
which these men ascended to the role of Chief Executive.
Making Of America
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp
Making of America provides in-depth documentation of the period spanning the
antebellum years through reconstruction. The site features approximately 1600
books and 50,000 journal articles dating from this eventful period.
Illustrations accompany many of the items.
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org
This multi-faceted site evokes the entire New Deal era via texts and
photographs. Teachers will appreciate the suggested lesson plans and Web
projects.
Psychedelic
'60s
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/sixties/index.html
This vibrant, polychromatic site from the University of Virginia touches on
many aspects of the 60's, including protest, drugs and rock-and-roll.
Information on nineteenth and twentieth century precursors to the hippie
movement enhances the site's historical value. While much of the text
appearing in Psychedelic '60s is not primary material, the numerous
photographs and illustrations are.
Red Scare (1918 -
1921)
http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/DIGITAL/redscare/ABOUT_RS.HTM
Red Scare is a database of images which capture societal upheaval in the US
during the years immediately following World War I. These images depict not
only "Reds" and "Anarchists," but the broad social
conditions from which virulent anti-red sentiment sprang. Images are arranged
both by subject and chronologically.
Secession Era Editorials Project
http://history.furman.edu/editorials/see.py
A fair number of important nineteenth century documents are available thanks
to this project. The Civil War inevitably forms the focus of many of these
documents, although pre and post-War texts appear as well.
West:
American West
http://www.americanwest.com/index2.htm
The site includes information and links about many topics such as cowboys, Native Americans,
outlaws, and more.
New Perspectives On The West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
Although created as a companion to the PBS television series The West, New
Perspectives stands on its own. The site is organized into the main areas of
"People," "Places," "Events," and
"Resources," which includes an Archives section of primary
documents. Taken together, these areas provide a wealth of information
on the history and personalities that have defined the Western United States.
The Wild West
http://www.historynet.com/culture/wild_west
A collection of historical essays about the American frontier covering subjects
such as gunfighters and lawmen, the Gold Rush, the Pony Express, and more. Some
of the individuals profiled include Jesse James, Doc Holliday, Annie Oakley, and
others.
Women:
What Did
You Do In The War, Grandma?
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html
These oral histories illuminate the personal and the political
simultaneously. The stories of 26 Rhode Island women's lives are captivating
because of the specifics they supply. They are also of interest thanks to the
light they shed on the changes the war years brought to American women and to
US society as a whole. The site includes a helpful World War II timeline.
Witchcraft In Salem
Village
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft
The Danvers Archival Center has placed a major portion of its Salem Village
witchcraft collection online. Original documents and informed commentary help
make sense of this most unusual episode in New World history.
Women And Social Movements In The
United States
http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com
This site is organized into a number of broad themes, called projects.
Examples of projects include "The Appeal of Female Moral Reform"
and "Pacifism vs. Patriotism in Women's Organizations in the
1920s." A concise introductory essay places each project in its
historical context, while a document list offers access to pertinent texts.
Last updated 8/29/07
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