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Guide: U.S. History| The American Experience (PBS Online) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/index.html This site allows you to view online various historical documentaries that PBS has done throughout the years. |
| The Biographies of the Founding Fathers (Colonial
Hall) http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.php Biographical sketches for more than 100 of America's Founding Fathers, adapted from the 1829 book Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, and the 1856 book The United States Manual of Biography and History, by James V. Marshall. |
| Florida Memory Project (State of Florida) http://www.floridamemory.com Provides various online documents, images and other archival materials related to Florida history. |
| Florida on Florida (Florida Electronic Library) http://bibt10f-8.fcla.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx A searchable catalog of various digital materials for Florida and Florida history. |
| From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Hypertext on
American History from the Colonial Period until Modern Times (University of Groningen,
The Netherlands) http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/index.htm A history site providing numerous online summaries, biographies, essays and more about American History. |
| History of the United States (Mississippi State University) http://historicaltextarchive.com A portal to various history related sources including articles and thousands of links. |
| OAIster (UIUC & University of Michigan) http://www.oaister.org This search site pulls in all types data for historical digital resources such as images, audio files and much more . |
| US History.org (Independence Hall Association) http://www.ushistory.org Provides general online information relating to numerous topics in United States history. |
Historical Documents
Historical documents are previously published items that have been written by an individual or group of people on a specific topic. Examples are speeches, essays, and government publications.
| AMDOCS-Documents for the study of American History
(University of Kansas) http://www.vlib.us/amdocs Numerous primary documents beginning with excerpts from Christopher Columbus's 1492 journal. |
| The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
(Yale Law School) http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp Documents arranged by author, title, subject, time period, major document collections, and includes a searchable database. Large collection of American historical documents. |
| From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents (University
of Groningen, The Netherlands) http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm Primary documents, especially from the 16th century through the 19th century. |
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History and Historiography (Stanford University) |
| Nixon White House Tapes (C-Span) http://www.c-span.org/executive/presidential/nixon.asp Growing collection of C-SPAN Radio's American Political Archives Program that present excerpts of the Nixon White House Tapes recorded between 1971 and 1973. |
Presidential Speeches (Miller Center of Public Affairs) |
| Supreme Court Decisions Homepage (FedWorld/FLITE) http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm Contains the full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975. |
Archives and Special Collections
Material in special collections and archives is another source of information to use when conducting research. Examples include unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs, and photographs. Much of this material is available on the Internet through digitization projects.
| American Memory Collections (Library
of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse National Digital Library includes numerous historical collections and online exhibitions ranging from Presidential Papers to sports and the arts. |
| Books Published by CSI (Center for the Study of Intelligence) https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/index.html Contains full-text books about specific historical incidents and themes on American foreign relations. |
| English Online Resources (University of Virginia) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/eng-on.html Modern English Collection of the electronic text center includes historical American documents in the African-American; American Civil War; Thomas Jefferson Collections. |
| Making of America (University of Michigan and Cornell
University) http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ Digitization project that contains around 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles published in the nineteenth century. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project (Stanford
University) http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php Inventory of King's major sermons, speeches, public statements, published writings, manuscripts, and substantial notes and outlines. Includes some full text for many items. |
| National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) http://www.archives.gov/index.html Archival Research Catalog (ARC) lists and describes almost half of NARA’s nationwide holdings in its Regional Archives, Presidential Libraries, and the Washington, DC area—including more than 124,000 digital items. Site includes links to other sources of historical federal records. |
| Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html Digital collection of historical maps and atlases. |
Historical Statistics
Statistics are useful sources of information because they help support facts and conclusions in essays. However, historical statistics are relatively new to the Internet and vary widely in dates covered.
| Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (National Parks
Service) http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Military records for 5.4 million servicemen who served in the Civil War, a list of regiments in the Union and Confederate Armies, and brief descriptions of 384 significant battles. |
| Geostat Center: Historical Census Browser (Alderman
Library, University of Virginia) http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/census Data about people and the economy for all states and counties from 1790 – 1960. |
| Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata Eleven databases that contain raw data and documentation on different slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Free online registration required to access databases. |
| Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan) http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html Gateway to public and private sector historical statistics. |
| U.S. Electoral College: Historical Election Results (National
Archives & Records Administration) http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/historical.html Electoral votes, popular votes, and other information from all U.S. presidential elections 1789 – 2004. |
Directories
Directories are helpful for identifying staff and faculty at college and university history departments. Directories can also help locate course descriptions and syllabi, as well as information on applying for graduate studies/work and teaching as well as finding professional societies and scholarly organizations.
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American Historical Association |
| History Departments Around the World (George Mason
University) http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/departments/ Online searchable catalog of history departments around the United States and the world. |
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Organization of American Historians |
| Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo) http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/history_soc.html Features links to home pages of more than 150 scholarly societies in history. |
Gateways and Guides to U.S. History on the Internet
Gateways are Internet sites that list other places that offer further reference information. They provide access to sites that house specific projects, documents or links to diverse sources of information.
| The American Civil War Homepage (University of Tennessee) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war This site includes links to hundreds of online Civil War resources. |
| Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: The Cold
War (Mount Holyoke College) http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm Provides links to hundreds of Cold War documents, including some primary sources. |
| Eighteenth-Century Resources -- History (Jack Lynch,
Rutgers University) http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/history.html Portal to numerous sites related to Eighteenth Century History. |
| Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html Includes thematic chapters in American History with many primary and secondary documents. |
| Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (Australian National
University) http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html Collection of thematic discussions, bibliographies, etc. related to Asian and Pacific studies including American involvement. |
| Repositories of Primary Sources (University of Idaho) http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Lists over 3300 websites that have collections of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, etc. Excellent supplement to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States. |
| RootsWeb.com http://www.rootsweb.com Free searchable family ancestral site that also contains links to many other similar genealogy websites and search engines. |
| U.S. Army Center of Military History http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/ Contains numerous online books, links and information about the United States Army and the wars the U.S. was involved in over the past 200 plus years. |
| The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975 (Vassar College) http://vietnam.vassar.edu Supplies a general overview about the war along with links to other Vietnam War related sites as well as links to documents concerning the war. |
(Note: Many of the initial site recommendations and some of the descriptions written for them on this page, were done by Douglas Black.)
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