U. S. History Internet Resources

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General Sources

History Study Center - History from ancient to modern times; resources include newspaper and journal articles, rare books, video clips, diaries and letters, dynamic maps, statistics, reference books, and websites.

American Experience - in depth profiles of a range of events & persons in American history including The Donner Party, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Miss America contest. From PBS.

American National Biography
Each biographical entry contains the highlights of the person's life with hyperlinks to related biographies in the database. Includes special collections (women, ethnicity); searchable by profession and more. Note: This database contains articles on deceased Americans; for living people see Current Biography.

American Memory - collection of primary source material about all aspects of American history - political, economic, social, etc. From the Library of Congress. Use the collection finder to browse documents by topic or time period.

Government

Landmark Supreme Court Cases - an overview of the U.S. Supreme Court system, a description of famous court cases, and explanations of judicial concepts. From the Supreme Court Historical Society.

Our Documents - contains 100 full text 'milestone documents' from American history.

Pro & Con
Transcripts of congressional debates presenting both sides of the debate. Browsable by subject and searchable by keyword.

CQ Researcher
Complete analysis of current events facing Congress; includes an overview, current outlook, pro & con arguments, next steps and a bibliography. Browsable by date and topic. Includes floor votes, case summaries, facts and figures, elections, Supreme Court issues.

Multicultural Issues

Oxford African American Studies Center
Includes over 7,500 entries from the Encyclopedia of African American History (1619-1895), African American National Biography, Africana, Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, and Black Women in America. Also features images, source documents and special commentaries.

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution - both text and graphics describe the experience of Japanese Americans during World War II. From the Smithsonian.

The Multicultural American West - This site is intended as a space for the interactive exchange of ideas, information, and educational tools related to the American West in multicultural and intercultural perspective.

Civil War Era

Documenting the American South - includes the full text of memoirs and journals relating to the Southern experience during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Civil War memoirs, slave narratives, and photographs.

Civil War Women - Primary sources online, including full-text transcripts, scanned original letters and diaries offering a personal perspective of the Civil War from three women, one from Alice Williamson, a 16-year-old girl. From Duke University.

The Crisis of the Union: An Electronic Archive of Documents about the Causes, Conduct, and Consequences of the Civil War - scanned original primary source material including books, pamphlets, letters, flyers, clippings, photographs, etc. from the period 1820-1880. From the University of Pennsylvania.

Suffrage & Women's Rights

Votes for Women - Books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. From the Library of Congress, by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement - Of the 1960's and 1970's. From Duke University.

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - From PBS.

By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 - Posters, pamphlets, cartoons, and photos from the Library of Congress.

Women Working, 1800-1930 - Manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and photographs. From Harvard University.

Using Primary Source Material

Making Sense of Evidence - describes strategies for using primary source materials.