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About.Com: African-American History

http://afroamhistory.about.com/

An Internet guide to African-American history, with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include civil rights, slavery, Harlem Renaissance, education, religion, and more.

Author: Jessica McElrath (afroamhistory.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

About.com: American History

http://americanhistory.about.com/

An Internet guide for American history, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include the Civil War, colonial America, government, immigration, biographies, and more. While aimed primarily at middle and high school students, history buffs of all ages will find useful information here.

Author: David Schwalbe (americanhistory.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

African American History

http://afgen.com/history.html

This site on African-American history contains the text of significant speeches. There's also biographical information about famous African-Americans.

Author: African Genesis (webmaster@afgen.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African-American

The African Presence in the Americas: 1492-1992

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/

"A photographic exhibit from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This exhibit introduces the dynamics and dimensions of the 500 year history of African people in the Americas."

Author: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (jbmurray@nypl.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/

"This collection consists of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. The collection includes many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period. Numerous titles are associated with the novel and the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Civil War period music includes songs about African-American soldiers and the plight of the newly emancipated slave. Post-Civil War music reflects the problems of Reconstruction and the beginnings of urbanization and the northern migration of African Americans. African-American popular composers include James Bland, Ernest Hogan, Bob Cole, James Reese Europe, and Will Marion Cook. Twentieth century titles feature many photographs of African-American musical performers, often in costume. Unlike many other sorts of published works, sheet music can be produced rapidly in response to an event or public interest, and thus is a source of relatively unmediated and unrevised perspectives on quickly changing events and public attitudes. Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

American Currency Exhibit

http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html

"Money hasn't always looked like it does today. Explore the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's American Currency Exhibit online and watch history come alive as you step back in time to our nation's beginning. Learn how our country's rich history is closely tied with our currency. Discover the role the Federal Reserve has played--and continues to play--in that history. Select Tour Showcase of Bills to examine highlights from the collection. Select Tour Exhibit by Era to navigate through historical eras, beginning with the Colonial struggle for independence. Your mode of transportation through history ranges from the Colonial horse to the global economy's jet airplane. As you follow the transportation revolution and the evolution of American currency, you'll learn how these events not only reflect our history, but help shape it." 

Author: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Banking

Entertainment & Leisure--Hobbies--Collecting--Coins

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Money; Bills

The American Experience

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/

"The American Experience Online premiered in November of 1995 and has since won accolades from viewers and critics alike. To date The American Experience Online has produced over 25 features sites," which are based on films displayed on PBS television. Among the features are the "D-Day, Guts and Glory, Influenza 1918, and the Presidents." Each feature details the film, a timeline of that period in history, maps, people and events, and includes a teacher's guide.

Author: PBS/WGBH (www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/amexfeedback.html)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

The American Experience: Meltdown at Three Mile Island

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/three/

Contains information about the meltdown at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, including a timeline and facts on key people and events, plus a teacher's guide. Also outlines the episode of the PBS series "The American Experience" relating to the Three Mile Island accident.

Author: PBS/WGBH (www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/amexfeedback.html)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Science & Technology--Energy

Science & Technology--Physics

Keywords: Three Mile Island; Nuclear Power; Nuclear Energy

The American Immigration Homepage

http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/

This site was created as a class project and still provides useful information. Waves of immigration are looked at in their historical time frame and explained in a narrative form. There are some nice old photos as well. The explanations are rather brief but it is a good place to start researching immigration.

Author: Jonathan Lee and Robert Siemborski

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Law--Immigration

Keywords: United States

American Originals

http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/original.html

Here are many images of photographs and memorandum of important events in U.S. History from the Declaration of Independence, Louisiana Purchase, to Nixon Diary's on Apollo 11.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: George Washington; Declaration of Independence; Kennedy

American Presidents: Life Portraits

http://www.americanpresidents.org/

This site presents brief facts about each United States President. You can also search by state or President for landmarks--birthplaces, gravesites, museums, etc.--associated with each President.

Author: National Cable Satellite Corporation (americanpresidents@c-span.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies--Politicians & Rulers

American Studies Crossroads Project (ASEC)

http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/

"Provide[s] a rich resource in American Studies which includes a listing of: American Studies Programs; American Studies Curricula; Subject Maps to Fields of American Studies; Key American Studies Internet Sites; International American Studies; New Media and Technologies in American Studies."

Author: American Studies Associaton (jlorder@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--United States Culture

American Women's History: A Research Guide

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

"American Women's History is designed to assist serious researchers, such as history professors, independent scholars, graduate students, and possibly upper-division undergraduates. Librarians who assist these researchers may also want to become familiar with the guide. American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources."

Author: Ken Middleton (kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

Keywords: Immigration; Bibliography; Finding Aids; Archival Collections; Biography

Arlington National Cemetery

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/

Official site of the cemetery with biographical information on some of the prominent Americans and veterans who are buried there. There is also information on ceremonies conducted at Arlington, along with info on the eligibility requirements for burial there.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Reference--Biographies

Keywords: Memorial

Asian-Nation

http://www.asian-nation.org/

This site dedicates itself to "Exploring the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make up today's Asian American community, 'Asian-Nation' provides provocative, useful, and interactive content about the Asian American community, concisely but comprehensively -- in-depth research, a few statistics, and a casual, personal style. You can think of it as an online version of 'Asian Americans 101' -- something that everyone can learn from and use."

Author: Cuong Nguyen Le

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: asian american; history; culture

Attack on America in Context

http://www.lexisnexis.com/resources/

"LexisNexis™ is packaging relevant content from its deep archive of news and legal, legislative and business information to assist people in their jobs and lives with the ongoing after-effects of the tragic terrorist events of Sept. 11. Use the links... to access searches crafted by information professionals at LexisNexis to get on-point information for analysis on the following topics: News and Background Information; Terrorism Legislation; The Investigation; The Aftermath; eaction to Events; Other Attacks on America."

Author: LexisNexis

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Terrorism

Bikini Atoll

http://www.bikiniatoll.com/

This site is devoted to the history of the Bikini Atoll, and the efforts of its people to resettle it. It includes information on its history, the resettlement program, and a diving and tourism program the Bikini people have set up to try and reclaim their island.

Author: Jack Niedenthal (bikini@ntamar.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Social Issues and Social Welfare--Human Rights

Keywords: Bikini Atoll; Nuclear Testing; Hydrogen Bomb

A Biography of America

http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/

A companion Web site to the video series of the same name, this covers site covers the history of the United States from pre-Columbian civilizations to the present. The series is divided into 26 programs.
"For each program you'll find an interactive feature related to the subject or the time period of the program. In addition, you'll find a listing of key events of the period, a map relevant to the period, the transcript of the video program, and a "Webography" - a set of annotated web links.

Author: Annenberg/CPB Project and WGBH Educational Foundation

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--20th Century History

Keywords: Colonization; Colonial; Slavery; Native America; Civil War; Government; Theodore Wilson; Woodrow Wilson; Westward Expansionns;

Birds and Mammals Observed by Lewis and Clark

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/bmam/bmam.htm

This site gives a detailed account of all of the birds and mammals that the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition observed. Actual expedition records were consulted in creating this website.

Author: Russell Reid and Clell G. Gannon (npscweb@usgs.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Science & Technology--Life Sciences--Zoology--Birds

Science & Technology--Life Sciences--Zoology--Mammals

Keywords: North Dakota

Black Facts Online

http://www.blackfacts.com/

A searchable database of events in African-American history. You can search by date ot by keyword.

Author: Inner-City Software (kennyg@innercity.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African-American

Black History Pages (BHP)

http://5x5media.com/bhp/

A collection of historical reports, bibliographies, and links about the history of black people from both Africa and the Americas.

Author: Emru Townsend

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Africa

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African; American; Black

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/

"Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves."

Author: Federal Writers' Project

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

California Heritage Collection

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/

"The California Heritage Collection is an online archive of more than 30,000 images illustrating California's history and culture, from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Selected from nearly two hundred individual collections, this unique resource uses the latest online archiving techniques to highlight the rich themes of California's history."

Author: The Bancroft Library (webman@library.berkeley.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI)

http://www.odci.gov/csi/

CSI is a governmental organization charged with researching the history of the American intelligence community. Their site includes a variety of online texts and documents, most covering the period of the Cold War.

Author: Center for the Study of Intelligence

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Intelligence; CIA; Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War

Digital Archive of American Architecture

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/contents.html

Extensive site providing timelines and chronologies of American architecture from the 17th century onward. Includes images of buildings, biographies of architects, lists of exemplary buildings and types, and a visual glossary of styles.

Author: Jeffery Howe

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Architecture

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies--Artists & Architects

Keywords: Building; History; American; Style; Typology; Churches; Skyscrapers

Digital Library of Georgia (DLG)

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/

"The Digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, audio, video, and other materials."

Author: University of Georgia Libraries (web_editor@mail.libs.uga.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Emergence of Advertising in America (EAA)

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/

"EAA presents over 9,000 images that illustrate the rise of consumer culture, especially after the American Civil War, and the birth of a professionalized advertising industry in the United States. The images are drawn from over a dozen separate collections in the Hartman Center and Duke's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. The project organizes the materials into eleven categories. In most of those categories the images shown represent only a portion of a particular collection or series. For EAA we selected representative images, including primarily items or pages that are especially informative and visually interesting."

Author: Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (special-collections@duke.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Marketing & Advertising

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Graphic Arts

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History

http://blackhistory.eb.com/

Major features include a timeline of important events, brief biographies of famous African-Americans, articles on Events and Institutions and Eras in Black History. Includes a study guide for teachers and students, a bibliography, and film clips and audio recordings. Also contains a separate section on the Harlem Renaissance.

Author: Encyclopædia Britannica

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African-American

The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

http://ech.cwru.edu/

A combination of two print publications about the history of Cleveland, Ohio. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History covers the history of business, industry, government, social agencies, events, and general topics. The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography contains biographical entries, representing a broad spectrum of Clevelanders engaged in a wide variety of endeavors. The Encyclopedia has both general and interpretive essays. It is fully searchable and has two indexes.

Author: David D. Van Tassel and John J. Grabowski, editors

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Midwestern

Keywords: Cleveland; Ohio

Famous American Trials

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Offers accounts of 12 of the most famous trials in American legal history, such as the Salem witchcraft trials, the Rosenbergs case, the Scopes "Monkey" trial, and the Amistad affair among others. Includes articles , court records, and other official documents.

Author: Douglas Linder (Linderd@umkc.edu )

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Law

Keywords: Trials; Scopes; Monkey; Rosenberg; Leopold; Loeb; Amistad; Haywood; Salem; My Lai; Calley; Scottsboro; Dakota; Sioux; Mississippi; Chicago Seven; Johnson; Impeachment

Federal Government Resources: Historical Documents

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedhis.html

A portal to government documents from throughout American History, hosted by the University of Michigan Documents Center.

Author: Grace York (graceyor@umich.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: United States; American; History; Documents; Federal

The First Ladies of the United States

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html

A White House Historical Association site with pictures and biographies of the U.S. First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton.

Author: Margaret Brown Klapthor (feedback@whitehouse.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies

Keywords: First Ladies; Presidents

Florida History Internet Center

http://www.floridahistory.org/

History and travel and tourism information about the state of Florida. Includes The Floridians, an interactive textbook about Florida history. Also has free experts to answer Florida-related questions, free Florida photographs and materials, and travel guides.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism--North America--United States

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Southeastern

Keywords: Florida; almanac

Florida State Archives Photographic Collection

http://www.dos.state.fl.us/fpc/

"The Florida Photographic Collection is a nationally recognized component of the Florida State Archives and contains over 790,000 still photographs and approximately 2,000 movies and video tapes. The collection spans a wide range of visual images from copies of mid 15th Century maps to current photographs. In a concentrated effort to make the collection available to the largest possible audience, the Florida State Archives applied for grant funding under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to digitize a large part of the collection and to make it accessible through the internet. This web site is a result of that project. We will continue to add photographs to the site as they are cataloged and scanned." Searchable.

Author: Joan Morris (jmorris@mail.dos.state.fl.us)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Visual Arts--Photography

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Florida; Photographs; History

Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room

http://foia.fbi.gov/

The FBI has placed on-line some of its most frequently-requested documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). FBI Documents related to celebrities, spies, gangsters, crime, and unusual phenomena are available for your perusal.

Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

Keywords: FOIA

From Revolution to Reconstruction

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/

"A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times." A collection of documents, biographies, essays and outlines covering American History (especially strong from the American Revolution until Reconstruction.) The large outlines are taken in great portion from USIA publications. The site provides a search function.

Author: George M. Welling, Coordinator (usa@let.rug.nl)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: American; History; Revolutionary War; Civil War; Economy; Government; Biography; Documents

From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/

"Presents 397 pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, published from 1824 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington."

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Gateway to African-American History

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/

Contains bibliographies, publications, speeches and remarks, articles and websites commerating "the rich and varied contributions of African-Americans to the culture and history of the United Statesand the world." Designed for the international audience; it is updated throughout the year.

Author: United States Department of State (doswork@uic.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Government's 50 Greatest Endeavors

http://www.brook.edu/GS/CPS/50ge/50GE_hp.htm

"Government¹ s 50 Greatest Endeavors of the Past Half Century is a project on what the United States federal government tried to do and what it achieved. The project began with a cataloging of major laws passed since World War II, followed by the grouping of these statutes by their objective, and the selection of the top 50 endeavors for a national survey of historians and political scientists. The survey results identify government¹s greatest achievements and failures taking success, difficulty and importance into account." See which achievements ranked in the Top 10, read the report of the survey results, read a detailed description of each of the fifty endeavors, and see results of the survey by demographic group.

Author: The Brookings Institution

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Reforms; Rights; Marshall Plan; Laws

Great American Speeches

http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/

80 years worth of great speeches are captured here, as well as some interesting excercises for students of speech and American History. The Critics Corner features Richard Nixon's Checkers' Speech, as well as background information and links within the speech to explain the context of specific words or terms used in the speech.

Author: PBS

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

The Great Chicago Fire and The Web of Memory

http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/index.html

"The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory [is] an online exhibition ... to mark the 125th anniversary of one of the most famous events in American history, as well as the most formative event in the history of Chicago." In the two main areas, "each chapter consists of three integrated sections: thematic Galleries filled with electronic images of a great range of artifacts, a Library of relevant texts, and an Essay that provides a context for both the Galleries and the Library." This moving and intelligent account is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the Fire or its effects on Chicago.

Author: Carl Smith

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Historic American Sheet Music Project

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/

"The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3,042 pieces from the collection, published in America between 1850 and 1920."

Author: Digital Scriptorium, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University (specoll@mail.lib.duke.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Performance

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Music

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Sheet music; United States history

Historic Asylums of America

http://darkspire.org/asylums/

This web site catalogs historic state hospitals founded in the latterhalf of the 19th century, focusing on--but not limited to--facilities built on the "Kirkbride plan." Included are hospitals still in operation, hospitals still standing though closed, and those that no longer physically exist. Most of the pages include photographs or images from postcards.

Author:

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--History of Medicine

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Psychology

Historic Context for the African-American Military Experience

http://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/ES-Programs/Conservation/Legacy/AAME/aame1.html

A lengthy and detailed account of African-American military service through the present. Maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Author: Steven D. Smith and James A. Zeidler

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African American; Black; Armed Forces

History Channel - Traveler

http://www.historytravel.com/

An online guide to historical sites, destinations and hotels in the United States, including travel tips and weekly feature destinations organized by historical topics. Browse by desination or search.

Author: The History Channel

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism--North America--United States

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

History in Song

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/index.html

The editor of this site says, "These pages of (mostly) song lyrics owe their existence to an American Studies class taught by Dr. Heiner Bus at Johannes-Gutenberg- University, Mainz, Germany in the mid-1970s. While going through my collected papers these days, I was struck by the sheer number of song lyrics pertaining to the various stages of American history which had been collected by Dr. Bus and ourselves (his students) at that time -- and since a lot of these papers became yellowed and faded over the last 20 years, I decided to preserve them, transcribe them into HTML-format and eventually include them all on these pages."The contents of this site is organized by "SUBJECT" and "SONGS BY INDIVIDUAL SONGWRITERS/ARTISTS."

Author: Manfred Helfert (manfredh@mainz.netsurf.de)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Song

History Matters

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

"Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history. We emphasize materials that focus on the lives of ordinary Americans and actively involve students in analyzing and interpreting evidence. Currently, most of the materials cover the period 1876 to 1946."

Author: Center for History and New Media

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: U.S. History

The History Place

http://historyplace.com/

"About us -- Established on July 4, 1996, The History Place is one of the most popular educational sites on the Internet. The History Place is a private, independent, Internet-only publication and is not affiliated with any political group or organization. We present a fact based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity, prepared by knowledgeable writers and historians. Great care is always given to accuracy in the construction and maintenance of our exhibits. Since 1996, The History Place has to helped educate millions of young Americans and students from around the world on important topics including American History, Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, and World History."

Author: The History Place (publisher@historyplace.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--World War II

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: WWII; Nazi; Holocaust

History Through Deaf Eyes

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/deafeyes/

This presents history about Deaf Americans.

Author: Jean L. Bergey

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: history; deaf; americans

Homecoming

http://www.pbs.org/homecoming/

Web site accompanying the PBS program about the decline in the number of Black farmers in the United States. Presents a "chronicle of black farmers from the Civil War to the present." A timeline, bibliography, and list of related resources are available, along with personal stories and a teacher's guide.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: Farming; Black farmers; Agriculture

Integration of the Armed Forces

http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/welcome.html

A chronology of both African-American military service and integration of the Armed Forces.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Military

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African; American; Black; History; Military; Armed; Forces; War; Ingtegration; Desegregation

The Lindbergh Case

http://www.lindberghtrial.com/

This site recreates the events of the Lindbergh kidnapping case and the subsequent trial of the kidnapper. Created by the Hunterdon County Democrat, a newpaper from the region where the Lindberghs lived, it includes newspaper articles from the time, photographs, a timeline of the events, and a comic strip the newspapers ran chronicling the events.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Trial of the Century; Kidnap; Aviation; Crime; Charles Lindbergh; Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The Mayflower Web Page

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html

"The complete Internet site for Mayflower history and genealogy." Includes passenger lists, documents and other writings, genealogical information, and a FAQ.

Author: Caleb Johnson (CalebJ@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Genealogy

Keywords: Mayflower; FAQ

National Archives Online Exhibit Hall

http://www.nara.gov/exhall/

An online exhibit featuring some of the holdings of the National Archives. Exhibits include: American Originals, which includes some of NARA's most famous and interesting documents (such as the Louisiana Purchase and Nixon's resignation letter); posters from World War II; and Portrait of Black Chicago, a photo exhibit. An excellent site to find primary sources related to American history.

Author: National Archives and Records Administration (webmaster@nara.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents--Historical

National First Ladies Library

http://www.firstladies.org/

"As the first and only facility of its kind, the National First Ladies' Library will serve as a unique, national resource for patrons from school children to scholars. As a national archive devoted to educating people about the contributions of First Ladies and other important women in history, the Library's holdings will fill an informational void that has long frustrated academicians and armchair history buffs alike." A great resource for discovering print materials by and about the First Ladies of the United States. Click on "National First Ladies' Library Bibliography" for bibliographies of resources on each individual First Lady, and the First Ladies in general.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies

Keywords: First Ladies; Presidents

National Gallery of the Spoken Word (ngsw)

http://www.ngsw.org/gallery.html

"The NGSW is designed as an expansive repository of aural resources." It contains "a significant, fully searchable, online database of spoken word collections that span the 20th century". 

Oral history collections include News and Newsmakers, 20th Century Inventors and Scientists, American Life, Chicago Neighborhoods, Folk Life and Lore, History and Politics Out Loud, Supreme Court Decisions, and World War II.

Author: Michigan State University

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: oral history

National Museum of American Jewish History

http://www.nmajh.org/

The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadephia offers a view of "American Jews in the social, cultural, economic and political life" of the United States. View descriptions and photographs of current and past exhibits or check out the site's "three side-by-side timelines of American history, American Jewish history, and World Jewish history."

Author: National Museum of American Jewish History (nmajh@nmajh.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

The National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.si.edu/

This site is a good reference tool for finding good images, both painting, sculpture, and photography, of people of historical interest in the United States. There are ongoing exhibits of portraits of presidents, historical documentation of American history and social history as well. The images give a good representation of what presidents and other historical figures acutally looked like, along with short citations of historical note.

Author: Smithsonian Institution (webmaster@si.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

New York City & Its History

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/subjects/amerihist/nyc.html

A comprehensive collection of Internet resources covering the history of New York City. Included are links to New York City census data, culture institutions and other historical documents.

Author: Michael Stoller (stoller@columbia.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Northeastern

Keywords: NYC

North By South

http://www.northbysouth.org/

North by South is the result of a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar at Kenyon College. "This web page is the final product of a year long seminar researching the migration of African Americans from south to north. This seminar was the first part of a three year process to explore the reasoning, experiences, and contributions African Americans made to the greater community as they moved throughout the country." Illustrated text essays and bibliographies explore topics such as music, art, health, education, and death in African American culture at locations both North and South. Includes active message board.

Author: Kenyon College

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: Chicago; Pittsburgh; Harlem; Charleston; Mississippi Delta; Birmingham

Ohio Historical Society (OHS)

http://www.ohiohistory.org/

"The society exists to interpret, preserve, collect, and make available evidence of the past, and to provide leadership on furthering knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the prehistory and history of Ohio and of the broader cultural and natural environments of which Ohio is a part." 

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Midwestern

Keywords: Prehistory; Prehistoric; Native American; Culture; Archaeology; Environment; Toledo; Cleveland; Akron; Cincinnati; Columbus; Cuyahoga; Lucas

Oregon Historical Society (OHS)

http://www.ohs.org/

"For over 120 years, the Oregon Historical Society has provided a place for history--a home for our heritage, our culture, our beginnings, and our future. The Programs of the Oregon Historical Society, while diverse, share a mission to extend the aims of the Society into the state of Oregon and engage its people through professional services, organizational affiliation, the coordination of educational information, projects and competitions, and the sponsoring of traditional arts communities and apprenticeships."

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Western

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--United States Culture

Keywords: Portland; Multnomah; Cityview; History; Education; Pacific Northwest

Pilgrim Clothing: Dress in Early New England

http://www.plimoth.org/Library/costume.htm

This site gives descriptions and images of clothing worn by the Pilgrims in North America. It also includes illustrations and information on clothing worn by the local Native American tribes.

Author: Plimouth Plantation, Inc. (jimbaker@adelphia.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; Puritan; Native American

Pilgrim Hall Museum

http://www.pilgrimhall.org/plgrmhll.htm

"Pilgrim Hall Museum is a gallery museum in the center of historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. Through its exhibition of Pilgrim possessions and Native American artifacts, Pilgrim Hall tells the stories of America¹s founding and traditions in stirring detail." The museum's web site includes articles on the Pilgrims and the history of Thanksgiving, as well as online exhibits of artifacts from the museum.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Pilgrims; Thanksgiving

Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html

"Portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial archival documents, and other works drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections and Rare Books and Special Collections Division. The collection's 138 volumes depict the land and its resources; the conflicts between settlers and Native peoples; the experience of pioneers and missionaries, soldiers and immigrants and reformers; the growth of local communities and local cultural traditions; and the development of regional and national leadership in agriculture, business, medicine, politics, religion, law, journalism, education, and the role of women."

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States--Historical Documents

Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html

"The Library of Congress has extensive resources for the study of the United States presidents and first ladies. Frequent requests for presidential portraits inspired Prints and Photographs Division staff to compile this ready reference aid of formal and informal pictures in the division's custody. The selected images include at least one likeness of each of the forty-one presidents and most of the first ladies." The collection is searchable by keyword or browsable by name or subject. Each painting or photograph comes with a description, including subject headings and medium.

Author: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (ndlpcoll@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive

Reference--Biographies--Politicians & Rulers

Presidents of the United States (POTUS)

http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/

"A biographical directory of the 41 men that have been President, fromWashington to Clinton. This resource uniquely brings together presidential Internet sites, including biographies, speeches, writings and where possible, audio and video clips. Election results, odd facts and presidential term highlights have been added to enrich this resource. First ladies, cabinet members, and additional important members of presidential life are also covered, adding further insight into the character of the president and the history of his time."

Author: Bob Summers (potus@ipl.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Biographies--Politicians & Rulers

Keywords: Presidents; Biography; Resources; Elections

Project Whistlestop

http://www.whistlestop.org/

Provides primary sources from the Truman Presidential Library as educational aids.

Author: US Dept. of Education

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive

Keywords: America; President; Truman

Red Scare

http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/digital/redscare/default.htm

"Red Scare is an image database about the period in the history of the United States immediately following World War I. The dates are approximately from the Armistice in November of 1918 to the collapse of hyper-inflation in mid-1920. It was a time then of great upheaval, of right-thinking men--in the words of Walter Lippman--'scared out of their wits". It is this fear that Red Scare seeks to document, not only as it related to what variously were called 'Reds,' 'Anarchists,' 'Outside Foreign-Born Radical Agitators' and the like (though of course they play an important role here), but rather the whole breadth of experiences from this period of which the anti-red hysteria was one symptom."

Author: Leo Robert Klein

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: World War I; Red Scare

Save Our Sounds

http://www.saveoursounds.org/

A collaborative project by the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution to preserve recordings of spoken word and music. Recordings on various media are being converted to digital formats to be preserved on CD-ROMs or placed on the internet. Recordings already added to the site include poetry from Langston Hughes, J.F. Kennedy honoring Robert Frost, and samples of the sounds of a steam locomotive and a space satellite. Recordings require RealPlayer.

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Sound recordings

Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html

"Covering a three-month period in 1939, the John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip documents a wide variety of musical styles from eight different states." This online presentation provides access to over 600 audio recordings of folksongs, related photos and other graphic images, as well as transcribed, searchable text for all the print material in the Lomax collection.

Author: The American Folklife Center

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Music--Genres--Folk

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Music

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: folk music; American South

The Star-Spangled Banner

http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/opening.html

A site dedicated the actual flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became the U.S. national anthem. The site includes information on the making of the flag and efforts to preserve it. It also traces the history of the U.S. flag as a patriotic symbol. Classroom resources and ideas for teachers accompany the material presented here.

Author: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Geography--Flags

Keywords: U.S. flag; Lesson Plans

Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in Nineteenth-Century America

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award99/miemhtml/svyhome.html

"This collection presents 163 Sunday school books published in America between 1815 and 1865, drawn from the collections of Michigan State University Libraries and the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University Libraries. They document the culture of religious instruction of youth in America during the Antebellum era. They also illustrate a number of thematic divisions that preoccupied nineteenth-century America, including sacred and secular, natural and divine, civilized and savage, rural and industrial, adult and child. Among the topics featured are history, holidays, slavery, African Americans, Native Americans, travel and missionary accounts, death and dying, poverty, temperance, immigrants, and advice."

Author: Library of Congress (lcweb@loc.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Christianity

Keywords: 19th century; Nineteenth century

The Tax History Project (THP)

http://www.taxhistory.org/

"Welcome to the Tax History Project, established by Tax Analysts in 1995 to provide scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation. The project pursues its mission through a program of web-based documentary publication and original historical research." This web site includes features such as the Tax History Museum and Presidential Tax Returns.

Author: Tax Analysts

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Tax--United States Federal

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Tax History

ThisNation.com

http://www.thisnation.com/

ThisNation.com offers a free online American government & politics "textbook," a historical & political documents archive and other resources for students, teachers and those generally interested in "this nation." The site includes a library of such items as the text of presidential inaugural addresses, important documents in US political history--i.e. the Constitution, Amendments, important Supreme Court decisions--and image and sound files of important political figures. Site contains a search function.

Author: Jonathan D. Mott, Ph.D. (profmott@thisnation.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Politics

Keywords: Document; Constitution; Declaration; Supreme Court; Proclamation

TIME.com: Black History

http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory/

Selected articles of itnerest relating to African-American history from the archives of Time Magazine.

Author: Time, Inc.

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

The Tuskegee Airmen

http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.htm

A history of the Tuskegee Airmen maintained by the National Park Service.

Author: National Park Service (nps_webmaster@nps.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Science & Technology--Transportation--Air

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

Keywords: African; Americans; History; Black; Pilots; Aviation; Flight; Airplane; War; Armed; Forces; Tuskegee

United States Historical Census Data Browser

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/

"The data presented here describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1970." Each decade is searchable by various demographic and economic characteristics.

Author: Paul Bergen (bergen@fas.harvard.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Reference--Census Data & Demographics

Keywords: population

The Urban Landscape: Digital Images Access Project (EAA)

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/diap/

"The Urban Landscape Digital Image Access Project is a database of images from various collections held by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. The database contains 1000 images pertaining to the theme "The Urban Landscape," from fourteen different collections."

Author: Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library (special-collections@duke.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Southeastern

Keywords: Urban areas; Cities

We Shall Overcome - Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

Contains photographs, essays, travel maps, history of individuals and sites about and along the Underground Railroad. Covers paths taken through 20 U. S. States. References include links to other Civil Rights sites, documents, speeches and biographies.

Author: National Park Service, Carol D. Shull, Beth L. Savage, Patrick Andrus (nr_travel@nps.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Keywords: Underground Railroad; National Register

Witchcraft in Salem Village

http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/

"This site introduces the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and is designed to provide accurate general information about these events, as well as information on other aspects of the history of Danvers (formerly Salem Village), Massachusetts."

Author: University of Virginia Electronic Text Center (etext@virginia.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Women in American History

http://www.britannica.com/women/

An encyclopedia exploring the history, social conditions, and contributions of women in the United States. This resource can be explored in several ways. A series of timelines provides brief coverage of important events and people, beginning in the 1600's and continuing to the present day. There are also 2 sets of articles: biographies covering notable women in all spheres of activity, and subject-based articles covering organizations, legal cases and concepts, events, and institutions. The Media Gallery has video and audio clips (including video footage of Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller demonstrating how Keller learned to speak), and "In Her Own Words" contains some of the primary documents important in American women's history. A bibliography of recommending reading materials and a study guide for use by teachers are also included. This site's comprehensive, multicultural focus make it an important American history resource.

Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (clockworks@eb.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Gender & Sexuality--Women--Women's History

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