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 Name |
Description |
| American Memory from the Library of Congress Access American Memory |
Presents digital versions of primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. Includes manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, music, and maps. |
| AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History Access AmDocs |
Features documents related to American history from the 15th century to the present. Contains letters, manuscripts, speeches, constitutions, songs, proclamations, treaties, State of the Union addresses, and other documents. Maintained by George Laughead, Jr., manager of the Kansas Heritage Group. |
| History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web Access History Matters |
A gateway to primary documents, images, audio files, and secondary articles concerning U.S. History. Developed by American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning, City University of New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. |
| Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 Access Immigration to the United States |
Historical materials from Harvard's library, archives, and museums documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression. The collection includes approximately 1,800 books and pamphlets, 6,000 photographs, 200 maps, and 13,000 pages from manuscript and archival collections. |
| Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Access Valley of the Shadow |
A digital archive of thousands of letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches and records from two communities, one Northern and one Southern, during the time of the Civil War. Maintained by the University of Virginia's Virginia Center for Digital History. |
| American Women's History: A Research Guide Access American Women's History |
Provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. Maintained by Ken Middleton, a reference librarian at Middle Tennessee State University Library. |
| ECHO (Exploring and Collecting History Online) Access ECHO |
A portal to over 5,000 websites concerning the history of science, technology, and industry. Maintained by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media. |
| In the First Person: an index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives Access In the First Person |
Provides in-depth indexing of more than 4000 collections of oral history in English from around the world. Updated quarterly. Maintained by Alexander Street Press. |
| Making of America Access Making of America |
Provides access to digitized monographs and journal articles of the nineteenth century in the areas of education, psychology, history, sociology, religion, and science. Maintained by Cornell University Library. |
| Women Working, 1800-1930 Access Women Working |
Provides access to digitized books, pamphlets, manuscripts and images from the collections of Harvard University Libraries and Museums on the topic of women in the U.S. economy from 1800-1930. |
| Intute: Arts and Humanities Access Intute: Arts and Humanities |
Gateway to web resources in the fields of art, music, history, philosophy, religion, English and foreign languages. Maintained by Intute, a consortium of British universities. |