General Resources in American History
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NARA 100 Milestone Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone
AP US History: Docs http://www.historyteacher.net/APUSHCourse/Weblinks/Weblinks4.htm
OurDocuments.gov http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
Ad Access Database (advertisements)
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/browse.html
AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
American and British History Resources on the Internet
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
American History and Government Hotlist http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/government.html
American Hypertexts http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
American Colonist's Library (primary sources) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fnews/1294965/posts
American Memory Learning Page http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/
American Memory Collection Finder http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
American Originals (NARA) American Originals: The Original Exhibit
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/introduction.html
Avalon Project: American History A Documentary Record 1492-1988 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/chrono.htm
Black History: Primary Source Links http://www.sdst.org/shs/library//blackprimary.html
Census Statistics http://www.census.gov
Charters of Freedom http://www.archives.gov/national-archivesexperience/charters/charters.html
Chronology of US Historical Documents (U. Oklahoma) http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
CIA/EDRC: Popular Documents Collection http://www.foia.ucia.gov/
Conversations with History (interviews with notables)
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
Core Documents of U.S Democracy http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/education/
Documents in Early American History
http://clio.missouristate.edu/FTMiller/Docs/docs.htm
Emergence of Advertising in America http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/
Eye Witness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It http://www.ibiscom.com
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/
Conversations with History (Interviews) http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
Electronic Literature Foundation (ELF) http://www.thegreatbooks.org/
EyeWitness: History through the Eyes http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Eyewitness to Labor History
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/tam/reiss/opener.html
From Revolution to Reconstruction http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/usa.htm
Founders' Constitution http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
History Central Source Documents http://www.historycentral.com/documents/index.html
Historic Documents (Project Vote Smart)
http://www.votesmart.org/resource_histdocs.php
Historical List of Policy Documents
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/html/historical/
Historical Text Archive http://historicaltextarchive.com/
History Central: Primary Sources http://www.historycentral.com/documents/index.html
History and Politics Out Loud (HPOL) http://www.hpol.org/
Images of American Political History http://bill.ballpaul.net/iaph/main.php
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HistoryNet http://www.thehistorynet.com
Internet Archive of Texts and Documents http://history.hanover.edu/texts.html
Making of America Project (American social history in journals and books--Antebellum
through Reconstruction)
http://library5.library.cornell.edu/moa/
National Archives Search http://www.archives.gov/search/index.html
National Archives Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
National Archives Online Exhibits http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/index.html
National Archives: America’s Historical Documents http://www.archives.gov/historicaldocs/
New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/
New York Public Library Digital Library http://digital.nypl.org/
Nineteenth Century Documents http://www.furman.edu/~benson/docs/
Oral History Online! http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/
Our Documents http://ourdocuments.gov
Primary Sources Network http://er.lib.msu.edu/psource.cfm
Primary Sources, Activities, and Training for Educators and Students
http://www.archives.gov/education/
Project Gutenberg: Listing by Author http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Smithsonian Institution http://www.sil.si.edu/
Texts and Documents http://history.hanover.edu/texts.html
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov/
Uncle Sam - Migrating Government Publications
http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/migrating/mig.html
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
U.S. Historical Documents http://www.law.ou.edu/ushist.html
WWW-VL History Index http://vlib.org/vlhist/index
Yale University Library Primary Sources Research
http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm
Event-Specific
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American Posters of World War I http://www.library.georgetown.edu/exhibition/first-callamerican-posters-world-war-one-collection-roger-n-mohovich
American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
Avalon Project: World War II Documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm
Black History: Primary Source Links http://www.sdst.org/shs/library//blackprimary.html
Civil War Women--Primary Sources http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html
Dr. Seuss Went to War (political cartoons) http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/
Ellis Island Database Search http://stevemorse.org/
Gulf War: An Oral History http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
Historic Government Publications of World War II http://worldwar2.smu.edu/
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive http://jarda.cdlib.org/
Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/
North American Slave Narratives http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/
Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art of World War
II http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_ho
me.html
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Private Art (Letters to and from the homefront--WWII) http://www.private-art.com/
Publications of the War http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/
Rutgers Oral History Archive of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the
Cold War http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/
Salem Witchcraft Papers http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/
Suffragists Oral History Project http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/suffragist/
They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of World War II http://www.pbs.org/theydrewfire/
Veterans' History Project http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/
War Stories http://www.newseum.org/warstories/
World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
War Poster Collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/postersweb/index.html
War Relocation Authority: Photographs of Japanese-American Relocation and
Resettlement http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/calher/jvac/@Generic__BookView
World War I Trenches on the Web http://www.worldwar1.com/
World War II Oral HistoryWeb Site http://www.tankbooks.com
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project http://www.densho.org/
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections http://content.lib.washington.edu/
Museum of History and Industry, Seattle (Collections and Research page)
http://www.seattlehistory.org/col_res.cfm
Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Primary Source Sets from the Library of Congress American Memory site (check out the
main page at http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/;
includes many more links to helpful resources):
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Japanese American Internment
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/internment/
Jim Crow in America
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/civil-rights/
Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/thanksgiving/
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/dust-bowlmigration/
Women’s Suffrage
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/womenssuffrage/
Native American Assimilation Through Education
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/assimilation/
The Constitution
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/constitution/
Hispanic Exploration of America
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/hispanicexploration/
Baseball in America
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/baseball/
Immigration
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/immigration/
The NAACP and Civil Rights
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/naacp/
Veterans’ History Project
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/veterans/
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Veterans’ Stories: Struggles for Participation
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/veterans/stru
ggles.html
Primary Source Investigations from the Library of Congress Song of America site (main
page: http://www.loc.gov/creativity/hampson/workshop/psi.html)
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Civil War http://www.loc.gov/creativity/hampson/workshop/civilwar.html
Reform (Labor and Suffrage)
http://www.loc.gov/creativity/hampson/workshop/reform.html
Harlem Renaissance
http://www.loc.gov/creativity/hampson/workshop/harlem.html
Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Harding
http://www.loc.gov/creativity/hampson/workshop/campaign.html
Source: Joyce Valenza, Springfield High School
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/
Also includes some additions by Mrs. Abe and Ms.
Lynch