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Today's Date in History:
This Day in History
On This Day
The Library of Congress
Library of Congress Webcasts
Several hundred recorded talks, discussions, and conferences.
Today in History Archive
American History Sites:
America's Memory
Library of Congress
website on American History.
Digital History
Great research site. Primary sources, digital music
& more.
New York History
New York Public Library Digital Pictures
A digital gallery of over 275,000 images - much of
it related to New York City and New York State
history.
WISE Guide to History
Offers links to the best of the above LOC
site
History Matters
History Place
American Indians and the Natural World
Examines the belief systems, philosophies,
and practical knowledge of our Native Americans.
Archiving Early America
Provides a look at 18th-century America
through primary resources such as newspapers,
maps, magazines, and writings.
Biographies of Historical Persons
Provides
visitors with more than 80
biographies of historical persons
Eyewitness: American Originals from the National
Archives
Personal accounts allow visitors to view history
from the perspective of the people who lived it.
U.S. History Outline
From Colonial times to 1994.
Women Working: 1800 - 1930
Primary source materials on women in the
workforce.
The West
This site presents comprehensive
information
about the history and development of the American
West.
Civil War:
Civil War
Offers a wide variety of links to
American Civil War sites.
Cold War:
CNN: Cold War
Comprehensive, multimedia
website that
looks at five decades of history and comprises more
than 1,000 pages of information.
Cold War Experience: Espionage
Cold War International History Project
Decades:
1920s
The Literature and Culture-American 1950s
Links to online information associated with
and related to the American 1950s.
Search the Web for U.S. History of the 30s
Setting in To Kill a Mockingbird
1930s
America in the 1930s
American Life Histories
Bessie Smith
The Depression Gallery
Fashions for Women
Greatest Films of the 1930s
Hazard, Kentucky in the 1930s-Photo history
Jazz Vocalists
New Deal Network
1920s and 1930s Page
Timeline 1930's and 40s
USAF Museum--Bomber Aircraft
1940s
Bestselling Books of the 40s
Decorating Forties Style
Fashion
Make-up of the 40s
Media
History Timeline
Movie Images from the '40s
1940s Sites
A variety of links.
Nostalgia Cafe
Lots of ads, but some good info too.
Rural Life in the 40s
Lots of Pop Culture info.
Sports in the 40s
Timeline 1940-1949(About.com)
Top Movies of the 40s
Women of the 40s
World Events of the 40s
World War II Timeline (The History Place)
1960s
The Sixties Project
Collects and makes
available primary and
secondary sources on the 1960s
Editorials & Editorial Cartoons:
CSL News Cartoon Service
Editorial Cartoons
Headline Spot
Political Cartoons
Prichett Cartoon
Websites for Journalists – Editorials & Columns
Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro
Harlem 1900-1940
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance Music
PBS Online Forum
Steve Watson, The Harlem Renaissance
Three Fiction Writers
Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
Contributors to the Harlem Renaissance
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
Immigration
Sites:
Ellis Island
Immigration in American Memory
Offers rich and varied primary resources
pertaining to immigration. |
Korean War:
The Korean War Project
Includes information on the Korean War (1950-1953)
and the DMZ War in Korea form 1966 to 1969.
Local Government
Local Government Handbook
New York State
New York State
Assembly
Town of Guilderland
Law, Supreme Court & Cases:
ABA Law Info
The
Constitution
The U.S. Constitution--Annotated (Cornell
University)
Famous Trials
Background information on
infamous trials
in our country's history.
Findlaw
Justice Learning
Resources from National Public Radio and popular
newspaer's student Web Pages - bringing you facts on
contemporary current issues.
Legal Information Institute-Supreme Court
Offers information on recent and historic Supreme
Court
cases and their significance.
New York State Laws
Nolo Law Center
Student Press Law Center (Resources)
Thomas-Legislative Information
U.S. Supreme Court
Museums:
Smithsonian Museum of American History
Photographs:
Child Labor in America 1908 - 1912
America from the Great Depression to WWII
Over 55,000 famous documentary photographs
are now available here from the Library of Congress.
Presidential
Campaigns:
The Living Room Candidate
A history of
presidential campaigns as seen and
heard through television commercials from
1952 to 2000.
Elections: The American Way
Library of Congress site explaining America's
electoral process.
On the Campaign Trail
Shows the media's role in the US elections over the
past 100 years.
America Votes
Contains campaign memorabilia beginning in 1796.
Finding Precedent: Hayes v. Tilden
Information about the first electoral college
controversy.
Primary
Sources:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
This is a great source for primary source documents
and educational resources from all eras of American
history.
Historical Text Archives
New Deal Network
Site provides primary
resources for students
studying the Depression and the New Deal.
Primary Sources (The Smithsonian)
Primary Sources
Lists over 5,000 links to
destinations with
collections of historical primary-source documents.
U.S. Historical Documents
Women's History
World War I Document Archive
Primary
Documents from WWI have been collected by
volunteers.
Social Issues:
Multnomah County Library's Social Issues Page
Gathers the best of the controversial links on a
range of subjects with overview mega-sites,
supporting sites, opposing sites, and related
documents.
Public Agenda Online
Offers detailed nonpartisan Issue Guides with
overviews, fact files, pros and cons, statistics,
charts, links to major players, and comprehensive
assessments of public opinion.
In Our Own Backyard - Child Farmworkers in America
Created by the American Federation of Teachers in
conjunction with the Child Labor Coalition.
U. S. Government
& Statistics:
(see also Local
Government)
American Civil Liberties Union
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
Factfinder
Part of the US Census site - you can see
a topographical map of your own neighborhood,
chart and compare social, geographic and
economic data for states, counties, cities, and
towns.
FedStats
Statistics from more than 100 U.S. Federal
agencies.
FirstGov
U.S. Federal Gov't--official web portal.
Nation Master
Compare statistics worldwide. (U.S. too.)
New York State Statistics
State Facts Sheets
Information on population, employment, income,
farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators
for each state.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
1995-2000 editionof the U.S. government's
best selling book.
U.S. Census (Historical) Data Browser
Describes the population and economy of U.S. states
and counties from 1790 to 1960.
U.S. Census Information
The United States Government Manual
Value of a
Dollar
White House
WWI:
World War I (Summary)
WWII:
HyperWar: Hypertext/Second World War
Ongoing project to provide a primarily military
history of WWII.
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Days of Infamy
Radioworks--People comment on Pearl Habor and 9/11.
Remembering Nagasaki
This exhibition include
photographs, a section devoted to memories of
the atomic blast, commentary, and commemorations.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
World War II Commemoration
A collection of
World War II historical materials.
Internment History
Done in conjunction with PBS's "Children of the
Camps."
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