GENERAL U.S. HISTORY RESOURCES

U.S. Government Resources (Archived photos, artifacts, and documents)

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JUMP BACK IN TIME -- A fun look at American history from the Library of Congress with stories and photos.

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THE LEARNING PAGE -- Vast collection of historical topics from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS -- Images and artifacts from American History. 

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES -- Historical pictures and documents in their On-Line Exhibit Hall. 

 

Documents

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AVALON PROJECT -- 20th Century historical documents from Yale University's web collection.

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INTERNET MODERN HISTORY SOURCEBOOK - An excellent collection of documents relating on a wide range of historical topics, including American.

bullet VOICE OF THE SHUTTLE--An excellent American history web site with primary documents and essays.
bulletINTERNET ARCHIVE -- a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
bulletHISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVES -- high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects.

 

Photos, Cartoons, and Sounds

bulletAMERICAN ART FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR -- Historic portraits and paintings.
bulletAMERICAN HISTORY 102 -- An extraordinary collection of photos and cartoons detailing American history from the Civil War to the present.
bulletEARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS -- From the Worcester Art Gallery's collection.
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EARTH STATION -- Collection of photos and sounds from American history.

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FAMOUS PEOPLE -- Selected portraits from the collection of the Library of Congress.

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GRAPHIC WITNESS -- Graphic art in wartime.

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HARPWEEK -- Cartoons and articles from the 19th Century issues of Harper's.  A GREAT site!!!

bulletHERBLOCK'S HISTORY -- Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium.
bulletHISTORY AND POLITICS OUT LOUD -- A searchable archive of politically significant audio material.
bulletA HISTORY TEACHER'S BAG OF TRICKS -- Collection of history slides (with descriptions) of a UC Davis history professor.
bulletIMAGES OF AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY
bulletPICTURE HISTORY -- an on-line archive of images and film footage illuminating more than 200 years of American history.
bulletPICTURING THE CENTURY -- 100 years of 20th Century photography from the National Archives.
bulletMUSIC FROM HISTORICAL PERIODS -- No actual music here, but some good reference articles.
bulletTHOMAS NAST -- A site devoted to analyzing this famous cartoonist's work from the 19th century.
bulletPAUL CONRAD -- This modern political cartoonist, despite his liberal sympathies, is merciless to whoever is in power.
bulletWIKIPEDIA -- Free encyclopedia with amazing details about everything under the sun.

 

Links and Miscellaneous

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TEACHER OZ'S KINGDOM OF HISTORY -- The ultimate History Links pages.

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RESOURCE CENTRAL -- Collection of links provided by American History Magazine.

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US HISTORY RESOURCES -- Chronologies, terms, outlines, and helpful links.

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U.S. HISTORY.ORG -- Detailing the most popular aspects of American history through images and links.

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THE BRITISH LIBRARY -- As their tag says, they are the "world's knowledge."  Great fun to just browse their collections.

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HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- Learning history through maps and statistics.  Great graphics!

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EYE WITNESS -- History through the eyes of those who witnessed it told through pictures and stories from the Ancient World to the 20th Century.

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HISTORY MATTERS -- Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses.  This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history.

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DIGITAL HISTORY -- Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research through on-line essays, primary sources, and visual history.

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THE POLITICAL GRAVEYARD -- A database of historic cemeteries with some interesting tidbits about politicians - dead and alive.

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WWW-VL HISTORY:  UNITED STATES -- An effort to create a historical database through links dealing with important events and people throughout U.S. history.  A great resource!

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AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY:  THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- Kingwood College Library has an amazing collection of links sprinkled throughout some terrific narratives about the 20th century divided by decades.

 

Textbooks

bulletTHE AMERICAN PROMISE -- Web page accompanying the Roark text we use in History 17A.
bulletAMERICA'S HISTORY -- Web page accompanying the Henretta text used in History 17B Online.
bulletCREATED EQUAL -- Web page accompanying the Jones text used in History 17B (in class). 

 

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