| GOVDOCS HISTORY
INTERNET RESOURCES
Please note: Not all of these
sites are government sites.
Some .edu, .org and .com sites have been added because
their content includes U.S. government history.
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| LINK
COLLECTIONS / GATEWAY SITES
(ALL PERIODS AND SUBJECTS)
Outline
of American History
Online U.S. History textbook. (State Department)
American Memory
A great collection of digitized historical documents, photographs,
maps, pamphlets, sheet music and more. Click on "Collection
Finder" to search by topic, format, time period or area of
the U.S. (Library of Congress)
National
Archives Research by Topic
Documents, photographs, articles, subject bibliographies and online
exhibits. For sources from other libraries (National Archives
and Records)
History
and Culture
The Smithsonian specializes in online exhibits with text, images
and a host of other resources. Choose your topic from "Fields"
and "Regions/Cultures" on the left of the page. (Smithsonian
Museums)
Historic Places
and Cultural Resources in the National Parks
Online exhibits designed for national historic sites. Includes a
lot of Revolutionary War and Civil War history; select "Cultural
Groups" in the window at the top of the page for a listing
of materials on African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans
and women. (National Park Service)
History Matters
*
Gateway site for student and teachers of U.S. History: useful web
sites, documents, online discussions and "Reference" help
with citing, evaluating sources etc. (American Social History
Project) |
America:
History and Life *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
"History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to
the present." (HU online database)
Polling the Nations *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
"More than 14,000 surveys conducted by polling organizations
in the United States and more than 80 other countries from 1986
to the present." (HU online database)
History and Politics Out
Loud *
Audio files of important speeches in U.S. History and politics.
(Northwestern University)
Gateway Sites for U.S. Government:
Google U.S. Government
Search (AKA Google UncleSam) *
Limit your search to government sites only: results ending in .gov
(federal), .us (state), and .mil (U.S. Military).
Catalog of U.S. Government
Publications
Use this database to find all publications printed by the Government
Printing Office since 1976. (Government Printing Office)
Frequently
Used Govt. Info Sites *
Links to U.S., state and international government web sites, organized
by subject and government branch. (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Browse
(U.S. Government) Topics Find U.S. Government
sites by topic. (Oklahoma State Univ.)
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| PRIMARY
DOCUMENTS
Core Documents
of US Democracy
From the Continental Congress to the Gettysburg address, in full
text. (GPO Access)
Featured
Documents
Images, text and interpretation of documents kept at the National
Archives. (National Archives and Records.)
100 Milestone Documents
Significant treaties, legislation, speeches, and more. (Click on
link in menu on the right)(Ourdocuments.gov)
Avalon
Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy *
Scroll down for links to author, title and subject lists. Note:
Avalon Project also includes non-U.S. documents.(Yale Univ.)
Chronology of U.S.
Historical Documents *
Links to a great number of online texts, from the Magna Carta to
the present. (Univ. of Oklahoma College of Law)
AMDOCS: Documents
for the Study of American History *
Links to a variety of documents from 1400 to 2000. (Kentucky
University Libraries)
Digitized
Primary American History Sources *
Links to many, many online digital archives:government and other
documents, images, maps and more. (University of Northern Iowa
Libraries) |
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Congressional documents from 1774-1873: bills, debates, the
Senate and House journals and the Congressional Record. Most titles
can be both browsed and searched. (Library of Congress)
Thomas: Legislative Information
on the Internet
Search for bills, laws, roll call votes, the Congressional Record,
House and Senate Committee Reports and more. TIP: to search, you
MUST first select the appropriate Congress. (Library of Congress)
Guide to
Historical Research with Governmment Publications
A guide to government documents indexes, in paper and online. (Indiana
University Libraries)
Presidential
Executive Orders Disposition Tables
From Roosevelt to the present: a list of orders including E.O.
number, date signed, Federal Register date and page location and
current status. (National Archives)
Foreign
Affairs Oral History Collection
More than a thousand interviews with American diplomats,
stationed abroad from 1920s-1990s. The collection can be browsed
by name, or by subject. (Library of Congress)
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DECLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS
FOIA
Information Pages
Most federal departments and agencies have web pages for the documents
most often requested under the Freedom of Information Act. This
page has links; search by department/agency name.
(Univ. of Memphis Library)
National Security
Archive *
Online library of declassified documents for international affairs
research; includes background and comments. For subject collections
click on "Documents" or "Electronic Briefing Books".
(George Washington Univ.) |
Project
on Government Secrecy (FAS) *
The Federation of American Scientists presents information on the
history of government secrecy, as well as CRS Reports and other
hard-to-find documents. Note: this site includes non-government
information. (Federation of American Scientists)
The
Memory Hole *
Deleted government web pages, de-classified and other hard-to-find
documents, congressional testimony and more. Note: this site includes
non-government information. (TheMemoryhole.org)
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| IMAGES
AND OBJECTS
American Memory
A great collection of digitized historical documents, photographs,
maps, pamphlets, sheet music and more. Click on "Collection
Finder" to search by topic, format, time period or area of
the U.S. (Library of Congress)
National
Archives Research by Topic
Documents, photographs, articles, subject bibliographies and online
exhibits. For sources from other libraries (National Archives
and Records)
History
and Culture
The Smithsonian specializes in online exhibits with text, images
and a host of other resources. Choose your topic from "Fields"
and "Regions/Cultures" on the left of the page. (Smithsonian
Museums) |
National
Parks Historic Photograph Collection
Over 2 million images of native American history, the
CCC, parks history, roads and transportation and more. (National
Parks)
The
Archive of Early American Images *
Engravings, maps and other illustrations from materials covering
the colonial period of the Americas, North and South, from 1492
to ca. 1825. (John Carter Brown Library, Brown University)
Louisiana
Digital Library Collections online *
19th and 20th century photographs, objects and documents,
of local and national interest. Topics include
the antebellum era, German POW camps in America, American architecture,
Huey Long, the Louisiana Purchase and more. (Louisiana Digital
Library)
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16TH
AND 17TH C.
Early
Encounters in North America *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Contains “letters, diaries,
memoirs and accounts of early encounters.”
Very thorough indexing, allows one to search by time period,
geographic region, event, and more. (HU online database) |
- Also see "FOREIGN RELATIONS", "MILITARY"
and other special topics.
The
Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake
"Primary and secondary materials accumulated about Drake’s
voyages (1579-1580) throughout the then Spanish territory of the
Americas."(Library of Congress)
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18TH
C.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Congressional documents from 1774-1873: bills, debates, the
Senate and House journals and the Congressional Record. Most titles
can be both browsed and searched. (Library of Congress)
Historical
Census Data *
Census data describing the population and economy of U.S. states
and counties from 1790 to 1960. Select a year, then choose a topic:
easy to use. (Univ. of Virginia Fisher Library)
Archiving
Early America and the Early America Review *
Online issues of The Early America Review, "A Journal
of Fact and Opinion On the People, Issues and Events Of 18th Century
America". The World of... (at top) has information on
milestone events, notable persons and documents. (Private site) |
- Also see "FOREIGN RELATIONS", "MILITARY"
and other special topics.
Early
Encounters in North America *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Contains "letters,
diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters."
Very thorough indexing, allows one to search by time period,
geographic region, event, and more. (HU online database)
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| 19TH
C.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Congressional documents from 1774-1873: bills, debates, the
Senate and House journals and the Congressional Record. Most titles
can be both browsed and searched. (Library of Congress)
Historical
Census Data *
Census data describing the population and economy of U.S. states
and counties from 1790 to 1960. Select a year, then choose a topic:
easy to use. (Univ. of Virginia Fisher Library)
The
19th Century in Print
A digital library of 23 popular periodicals (Library of Congress)
The
Making of America: Digital Library *
Digitized journals ranging from the "Continental Monthly"
to "The American Whig Review" (Cornell University
Libraries)
|
- Also see "CIVIL WAR", "FOREIGN RELATIONS",
"MILITARY", "WESTWARD EXPANSION"
and other special topics.
American
Cultural History: The Nineteenth Century *
Web guides with information and links for each decade of the century.
(Kingwood College Library)
Early
Encounters in North America *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Contains "letters,
diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters."
Very thorough indexing, allows one to search by time period,
geographic region, event, and more. (HU online database)
HarpWeek
* HOLLINS USERS ONLY
"The pages of Harper's
Weekly, scanned as images, together with a series of controlled-vocabulary
indexes, which are interactively linked."
Covers 1857-1877. (HU online database)
Lewis
and Clark: a Journey *
Contains a fully digitized version of the 2-volume history
of the expedition, published by Lewis and Clark in 1814 (Univ.
of Cincinnati)
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| 20TH
C.
American
Cultural History: The Twentieth Century *
Web guides with information and links for each decade of the century.
(Kingwood College Library)
Historical
Census Data *
Census data describing the population and economy of U.S. states
and counties from 1790 to 1960. Select a year, then choose a topic:
easy to use. (Univ. of Virginia Fisher Library) |
- Also see "FOREIGN RELATIONS", "MILITARY"
and other special topics.
New Deal Network
*
An extensive online archive including documents, photographs, oral
histories and more. Photos are organized by subjectand collection;
documents by subject, date and author. (Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt Institute)
America's Wars in Asia
Digital Teaching Library *
A digital teaching library encompassing American military engagement
during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars. Includes battle
histories, oral histories and photographs; also articles, advertisement
s and other material from Collier's Magazine to provide context.
(Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center)
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| 21ST
C.
Government
Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism and Sept. 11, 2001
*
Annotated bibliography of books, articles and other sources
related to 9-11 and its aftermath including section on global terrorism
and weapons of mass destruction. Note: requires Adobe Acrobat for
viewing. (Oklahoma Department of Libraries)
|
- Also see "FOREIGN RELATIONS", "IRAQ WAR",
"MILITARY" and other special topics.
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| AFRICAN
AMERICANS
Black
Thought and Culture *HOLLINS
USERS ONLY
" monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written
by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to
1975". (HU online database)
From
Slavery to Freedom
An African-American pamphlet collection spanning from 1824 to 1909.
Search or browse by titles, authors and subject; full-text transcriptions
as well as original images. NOTE: Click on "Related Resources"
for other Library of Congress collections on African-American History. (Library
of Congress)
Black
History: Topics Research
Federal records related to the slave trade, abolition, segregation,
civil rights, African Americans in the military and more. Some entries
will refer you to a paper source; others are online in full text.
(National Archives)
Our Shared History
Gateway page for all web sites on African-American history at various
National Parks: essays, online exhibits, photo archives,etc. (National
Park Service) |
Black
Studies Online *
Links compiled by City College of New York librarians.
(CCNY)
Freedmen
and Southern Society Project *
A chronicle of African-American emancipation during the Civil
War; site includes a chronology of Emancipation and a number of
letters, testimony and other primary documents. (Univ. of Maryland)
Race
and slavery petitions project *
Digital depository of 18th and 19th century legislative
petitions related to race and slavery. Browse or search by name,
subject, state and year. (Univ. of N.C. at Greensboro)
African
American Women Online Archival Collections *
Historical collection of letters and memoirs by African-American
women in the nineteenth-century. (Duke Univ.)
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Papers Project *
Online papers, speeches, and chapters of King's autobiography. Click
on "additional resources" and scroll all the way down
for links. (Stanford Univ.)
Creativity
and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas
Online exhibit. ( Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural
Heritage)
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CIVIL
RIGHTS
U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights
Click on "Publications" for the Civil Rights Journal,
committee reports, briefings and papers etc.
Historical
Publications of the U.S Commission on Civil Rights
Documents examining the state of Civil Rights in America from 1957
to today. Search by subject, title, date. Note: Most require Adobe
Acrobat Reader for viewing. (Thurgood Marshall Law Library)
We
Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
An illustrated overview of the history of the Civil Rights
movement, including links to additional resources. (National
Parks) |
- Also see "AFRICAN AMERICANS"
"NATIVE AMERICANS"
"WOMEN"
Civil
and Human Rights: Issues and Groups *
Assorted government, .org sites and directories. (Vanderbilt
University)
Civil
Rights Documentation Project *
The most valuable part of this website is the detailed
legislative timeline, showing the developments around the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (Dirksen
Congressional Center)
Television
news of the Civil Rights era: 1950-1970 *
Film clips, speeches, primary state and federal documents, and
oral histories.(Univ. of Virginia)
Black
Thought and Culture *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY "monographs,
essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within
the black community from the earliest times to 1975". (HU
online database)
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| CIVIL
WAR
The
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate
Armies *
Digitized reports and correspondence. (Cornell University
Libraries)
Note: Also held in paper in our Government Documents Collection
under govt. call # W 45.5:
The
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate
Navies *
Digitized reports and correspondence. (Cornell University
Libraries)
Civil War:
Battlefield Protection Program
Information about Civil War battlefields including battle summaries,
flags, black and hispanic soldiers in the military. Links to the web
pages for all Civil War national parks. (National Park Service)
Civil
War Images
A multimedia collection of recruiting posters, photographs, drawings
and writings. NOTE: Click on "Related Resources"
for other Library of Congress collections on the Civil War. (Library
of Congress)
National
Archives Civil War Resources
Information about the records kept by government agencies during
the war: lists of military personnel, maps, laws etc. (National
Archives)
Papers of Jefferson
Davis *
Online indexes for several volumes, along with some digitized documents,
photographs, biographical information and chronology. (Rice
University) |
- Also see "19th CENTURY",
"MILITARY"
CivilWar@Smithsonian
Information on the Smithsonian's Civil War collections, along with
a time line and web links. Have a look at Civilwarstudies.org
(click on "Online programs") for audio interviews on various
aspects of the war. (Smithsonian Institutions)
HarpWeek
* HOLLINS USERS ONLY
"The pages of Harper's
Weekly, scanned as images, together with a series of controlled-vocabulary
indexes, which are interactively linked."
Covers 1857-1877. (HU online database)
American
Civil War: Letters and Diaries *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
"1,920 authors,
and approximately 97,000 pages." (HU online database)
Crisis
at Fort Sumter *
Documentary resources for the study of the events leading up
to the Civil War. (Tulane
Univ. (faculty))
Civil
War Women On-Line Archival Collections *
Letters and memoirs from women during the Civil War; with links
to related sites. (Duke
Univ.)
Richmond Daily
Dispatch *
Full text of the Richmond Dispatch newspaper from 1860 - 1865; search,
or browse by date. Includes war chronology linked to relevant newspaper
articles. (Univ. of Richmond)
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| CONGRESS
Congressional
Directory
"Short biographies of each member of the Senate and House
and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service,
etc. Also lists other officials, Federal departments and agencies."
Note: HU library has this document. (Govt. Printing Office)
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
"Includes members of House and Senate, territorial delegates,
resident commissioners, and vice presidents." (Govt. Printing
Office)
House
of Representatives History History of the Congress
and Capitol, along with special topics exhibits and information
on women in Congress. (Clerk of the House)
Senate
History
Essays, oral histories, historical statistics, photographs and more.
(Senate Historical Office)
Congressional
Resources Links
List of helpful web sites to answer questions about Congress:
a mix of government and organizational sources. For information
on legislative records held at the Archives, try their Finding
Aids: a very good overview. (National Archives)
Thomas
Historical Links
Historical documents by and about Congress. (Library of Congress)
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Congressional documents from 1774-1873: bills, debates, the
Senate and House journals and the Congressional Record. Most titles
can be both browsed and searched. (Library of Congress) |
Thomas:
Legislative Information on the Internet
Search for bills, laws, roll call votes, the Congressional Record,
House and Senate Committee Reports and more. TIP: to search, you
MUST first select the appropriate Congress. (Library of Congress)
GPO
Access Legislative Branch Resources
Search current Congressional documents: bills, the U.S. Code,
the Congressional Record and more.TIP: to search, you MUST first
select the appropriate volume. (Govt. Printing Office)
Congress/Legislative
Branch Resources *
A thorough overview of web sites by and about Congress. (Vanderbilt
University)
Congress
Votes Database *
Starting with the 102nd Congress (1991), this database lets
you browse votes by bill, by margin, by date and more. (Washington
Post)
Policy Agendas Project
*
This site uses congressional materials, news articles about congressional
activity and other data to allow the user to track changes in U.S.
policy over time (post-WWII). (Univ. of Washington)
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Link to the Legal Research
section to search all federal and state case law from the American
Revolution to the present. (HU online database)
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| ELECTIONS
Election
Information
Scroll down to the official vote counts for Federal Elections,
1920 to present; Congressional apportionment; The electoral college
and more. (Clerk of the House of Representatives)
Voter
Demographics
Reported voting and registration by age, sex, race and other categories.
(U.S. Census)
American National
Election Studies *
"High quality data on voting, public opinion, and political
participation" (University of Michigan)
Election
Information, Data and Maps *
Useful links to national and Virginia election databases, maps,
articles and more. (Geostat Center, Univ. of Virginia)
|
- Also see "CONGRESS"
"PRESIDENTS"
Elections
and Voting *
A comprehensive list of links for and about Federal elections.
(Vanderbilt University)
Atlas of U.S. Presidential
Elections *
Includes recent governatorial election results. (Private Site)
Virginia
Elections and State Elected Officials, 1776-2004
*
Election results, campaign expenditures and biographical
data for the candidates are all combined in this database, which
allows for complex queries and data downloads. (Geostat Center,
Univ. of Virginia)
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| FBI
and CIA
Center
for the Study of Intelligence
CIA history, documents, and intelligence studies.
CIA
History
Note: this page was designed for 6-12 education, but
contains useful, detailed historical descriptions.
CIA
Museum
Digital photographs of artifacts from CIA history. |
- Also see "DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS", "U.S.
COURTS " and other special topics.
FBI History
Official history, famous cases, director
biographies and more.
FBI Newspaper Articles
Archive *
This online archive provides access to archival newspaper
articles about famous FBI cases. Note: not all of the articles are
free full text.
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| FOREIGN
RELATIONS
Foreign Relations
of the United States Documents detailing
U.S. foreign policy from a wide range of departments/agencies. See
"List of all volumes" for which titles are available in
paper/online.
New! online: older
volumes in full text * from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries(coverage
varies).
Note: Also held in paper in our Government Documents Collection
under govt. call S 1.1: (Dept. of State)
Timeline of
U.S. Diplomatic History
Timeline and text from 1776 to 1989. (Dept. of State)
International
Treaties and Agreements
Links to selected treaties, trade agreements, protocols, etc. Click
on "Links to Treaties Resources" for helpful databases.
(Dept. of State)
ERC:
Department of State Archives
State Department documents from 1990-2001. (Univ. of Illinois
at Chicago Libraries)
National Security
Archive *
Online library of declassified documents for international affairs
research; includes background and comments. For subject collections
click on "Documents" or "Electronic Briefing Books".
(George Washington Univ.)
Foreign
Affairs Oral History Collection
More than a thousand interviews with American diplomats,
stationed abroad from 1920s-1990s. The collection can be browsed
by name, or by subject. (Library of Congress)
|
- Also see "COLD WAR"
"PRESIDENTS"
Frequently
Used Govt. Web Sites *
Indexes and Directories, Government Agencies and Publications,
Research Centers, Statistics and more. (Vanderbilt University)
Military
and War: Collections
Online exhibits, texts, images and other resources from the
American Revolution to Vietnam. Note: includes Cold War sites. (Smithsonian
Institutions)
Columbia
Internat. Affairs Online *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Working papers, policy briefs, conference proceedings, articles,
maps, country information, e-books and more. (HU online database)
PAIS
(Public Affairs Info. Service) *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Books, articles, government documents and web sites. (HU
online database)
Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
"Citations, abstracts, and indexing of articles in political
science, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy."
(HU online database)
The
Space Race
Online exhibit on the political and scientific origins and development
of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. (National Air and Space
Museum)
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| IMMIGRATION
North
American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories *HOLLINS
USERS ONLY
Full-text primary source
material that "provides a unique and personal view of what
it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950."
(HU online database)
On
Gold Mountain: the Chinese American Experience
Online exhibit. (Smithsonian program for Asian Pacific American
Studies) |
Immigration
Newspaper Archive *
This online archive provides access to archival newspaper articles
about immigration into the U.S. Note: not all of the articles are
free full text.
The
Chinese in California 1850-1925
A wide variety of sources ranging from photographs and original
art to letters, excerpts from diaries and legal documents; all describing
the range of experiences of Chinese immigrants in California. Seach
by keyword, subject, and name. NOTE: Click on "Related
Resources" for other Library of Congress collections
on the Chinese American community. (Library of Congress)
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| MILITARY
Military
History
Links to sites of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines historical
agencies and museums. (Dept. of Defense)
Military
and War: Collections
Online exhibits, texts, images and other resources from the
American Revolution to Vietnam. (Smithsonian Institutions)
Military
History
Find all parks web sites dealing with military history. A wide range
of resources on the history of all wars since the Revolutionary
War. Note: scroll down to "areas of significance." (National
Parks)
Military
Records
Personnel lists, casualty and POW/MIA files, along with links to
information web sites for each war/conflict. Some entries will refer
you to a paper source; others are online in full text. (National
Archives)
U.S.
Army Heritage Collection Online
Full-text historical documents, archives, interviewsd, photographs
and artifacts. The collection is browseable by time priod (Army
Heritage and Education Center)
|
- Also see "CIVIL WAR"
"VIETNAM CONFLICT"
"WORLD WARS"
Military
Index to the Internet
(Air War College)
Military
Subject Index
Guide to paper and online sources for researching the U.S. military.
(Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgard School)
U.S.
Military Atlas Collection
Campaign maps used for teaching military history: from ancient warfare
through 1992 Somalia. (United States Military Academy)
America's Wars in Asia
Digital Teaching Library *
A digital teaching library encompassing American military engagement
during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars. Includes battle
histories, oral histories and photographs; also articles, advertisement
s and other material from Collier's Magazine to provide context.
(Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center)
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NATIVE
AMERICANS
Bureau
of Indian Affairs
A brief history of the bureau. (National Park Service)
Native
American Records
Government records on Native American affairs: photographs, case
files, etc. Some entries will refer you to a paper source; others
are online in full text. (National Archives)
Indian
Affairs: Laws and Treaties *
Also known as Kappler's Indian Affairs
(Oklahoma State Univ. Library)
Early
Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations *
Supplement to Kappler's volumes
(University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
American
Indian History and Culture
Gateway page for a wide number of historical collections ranging
in subject from Indian humor to native Alaskan masks. (Smithsonian
Institutions)
Early
Encounters in North America *
Contains "letters,
diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters."
Very thorough indexing, allows one to search by time period,
geographic region, event, and more. (HU online database)
Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial: Links *
Extensive page of source links; includes Louisiana Purchase and
Sacajawea. (Evergreen State College Library)
|
National
Parks Historic Photograph Collection
Over 2 million images of native American history, the
CCC, parks history, roads and transportation and more. (National
Parks)
Campfire Stories
with George Catlin
Paintings, historical documents and diaries/letters to recreate
George Catlin's encounters with Native Americans in the 1830s. (Smithsonian)
Edward
S. Curtis's The North American Indian
Digital images of Curtis's work documenting Native American life,
dress, culture etc.: search by subject, keyword, tribe or geography.
NOTE: Click on "Related Resources" for other
Library of Congress collections on Native Americans. (Library
of Congress)
Native Americans
The parks sites include oral histories, images, early Missisippi
Delta history, current tribal contacts and more. (National Park
Service)
Native American
Resources *
Tribal home pages, arts and culture sites, and Native American organizations.
(Cowboy.net)
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| NEW
DEAL
New Deal Network
*
An extensive online archive including documents, photographs, oral
histories and more. Photos are organized by subjectand collection;
documents by subject, date and author. (Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt Institute) |
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PRESIDENTS
Public
Papers of the Presidents of the United States
All public messages, speeches and statements made by the president
including reports to Congress, press conferences, the President's
public schedule, etc., online since 1992.
Presidential
Biographies
Search by name or by date. (White House)
Hall
of Presidents
Portraits and brief bios. (National Portrait Gallery)
Presidential
Inaugurations
From George Washington to George, Jr.: "diaries and letters
of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten
drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and
programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music." (Library
of Congress)
Presidential
Libraries
Links to the libraries from Hoover to Clinton. Most are library/museums,
with extensive collections. Digitized materials from the libraries
are available at the Presidential
Timeline web site. (White House)
White House Tapes.org
*
The official source for sound and multimedia recordings
from Roosevelt through Nixon. (Presidential Recordings Program)
Scripps
Digital Library *
Presidential recordings; also presidential speeches and
oral histories. (Miller Center of Public Affairs)
State
of the Union Addresses *
Transcripts from 1945 to present; video from 1974, 1989 to present.
(C-Span)
Presidential
Executive Orders Disposition Tables
From Roosevelt to the present: a list of orders including E.O.
number, date signed, Federal Register date and page location and
current status. (National Archives) |
- Also see "PRIMARY DOCUMENTS"
POTUS: Presidents
Online *
"Background information, election results, cabinet members,
notable events...links to biographies, historical documents, audio
and video files, and other presidential sites." (Internet
Public Library)
The American
Presidency Project *
Documents, records and links ranging from transcripts of FDR's fireside
chats to an impressive "presidential data archive" (University
of California, Santa Barbara)
George Washington
Papers *
Describes the series of published Washington Papers with a synopsis
for each volume. Includes images, maps and a Washington FAQ. (George
Washington Univ.)
Thomas
Jefferson Papers
The largest collection of original Jefferson documents in the world.
Search by keyword or browse. (Library of Congress)
James
Madison Papers
From his student years through his presidency, search
the letters, notes, memos and reports. (Library of Congress)
Abraham
Lincoln Papers
Approximately 61,000 images and 10,000 transcriptions. Search by
keyword or browse. (Library of Congress)
JFK
Assassination Reports and Records *
Collection of online documents from the investigative commissions,
the FBI, CIA, Secret Service, State Department, and others. (AARC
Public Library)
Watergate.info *
A good collection of materials including digital copies
of official letters, speeches and testimony. (Personal site)
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REVOLUTION
The
American Revolution and its Era: Maps and Charts
North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789. NOTE: Click
on "Related Resources" for other Library of Congress
collections on the Revolutionary War. (Library of Congress)
American Revolution
Parks resources for exploring the revolution: biographies of key
players, timelines, essays and other features. (National Park
Service) |
The Age
of Revolution
Portraits and biographies of some of the key players in the revolution.
(National Portrait Gallery)
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| STATISTICS
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
An annual compilation of information on the U.S. population:
growth, race, health, education, crime, employment, science, agriculture
and more. Note: Also held in paper in our Government Documents Collection
under govt. call # C 3.134: (Census Bureau)
Historical
Statistics of the United States
The historical version of the Statistical Abstract:from colonial
times to the present, the primary source of U.S. statistical population
information.
Note: Also held in paper in our Government Documents Collection
under govt. call #C 1.34/2:H 62. (Census Bureau)
Historical
Census Data *
Census data describing the population and economy of U.S. states
and counties from 1790 to 1960. Select a year, then choose a topic:
easy to use. (Univ. of Virginia Fisher Library) |
Statistics
Locator *
Statistics on every conceivable subject. use alpha index on
left or scroll down for subject categories. (Univ. of Michigan)
Budget of
the United States Government: Historical Tables
"Data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal
debt, and Federal employment over an extended time period, generally
from 1940 or earlier, projecting a few years ahead (currently to
2009)"
Note: Also held in paper in our Government Documents Collection
under govt. call # PREX 2.8/8: (Office of Management and Budget)
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U.S.
COURTS
Federal Courts Site
Select your court of choice, then click on "Links to ... web
sites" on left. Click on "Library" at top of site
for publications such as History of Federal Judgeships and
Judicial Facts and Figures. (U. S. Courts)
History of
the Federal Judiciary
Search the biographical database for federal judges, read histories
of the courts, the timelines of historical judicial legislation.
Includes contact information for further research. (Federal
Judicial Center)
The American
Jury: Bulwark of Democracy*
Explanation of the history and structure of the jury system;
includes related documents and bibliographies of related web and
print resources. (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
|
U.S.
Supreme Court
For history, justices biographies etc. click on "About"
Supreme Court Decisions and Opinions: GPO Access
Note: Also held in paper in our Government Documents Collection
under govt. call #JU 6.8:
Supreme
Court Opinions: FindLaw *
Search or browse opinions from 1893 to the present time.
(FindLaw)
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court
Multimedia Project *
Case summaries and transcripts, audio files, justices' biographical
information, and more. (Northwestern University et al)
Supreme
Court Resources *
Decisions archive by topic, by author and by party; glossary; rules;
etc.
(Cornell Legal Information Institute)
Supreme
Court Argument Transcripts
Full text from October 2000 - today.
Supreme
Court Nominations: Confirmed & Supreme
Court Nominations: Not Confirmed
Floor debates, votes, , hearing transcripts and Senate statements
of select Supreme Court Justices.
(Library of Congress)
1st Amendment Online
*
Primary documents, legislation, court cases, polling and news -
all related to 1st Amendment issues. (University of Minnesota
Law School)
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| VIETNAM
CONFLICT
Vietnam Project *
Documents, images and an oral history project; interviews with Vietnam
veterans in text and audio files. (Texas Tech Univ.)
America's Wars in Asia
Digital Teaching Library *
A digital teaching library encompassing American military engagement
during World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars. Includes battle
histories, oral histories and photographs; also articles, advertisement
s and other material from Collier's Magazine to provide context.
(Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center) |
Vietnam
War Bibliography *
A list of sources on every aspect of the conflict: a great place
to start research. (Private Site)
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| WESTWARD
EXPANSION
Early
Encounters in North America *
HOLLINS USERS ONLY
Contains "letters,
diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters."
Very thorough indexing, allows one to search by time period,
geographic region, event, and more. (HU online database)
Trails
to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
Search by keyword, author, title, trail name etc. Also includes
maps, photographs and illustrations, and guides for immigrants.
NOTE: Click on "Related Resources"
for other Library of Congress collections on Westward Expansion.
(Library of Congress)
Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial: Links *
Evergreen Extensive page of source links; includes Louisiana Purchase
and Sacajawea. (State College Library)
|
- Also see "NATIVE AMERICANS"
Lewis
and Clark: a Journey *
Contains a fully digitized version of the 2-volume history
of the expedition, published by Lewis and Clark in 1814 (Univ.
of Cincinnati)
Drawing the
Western Frontier *
James E. Taylor's illustrations depicting frontier life for
19th century newspapers. (National Museum of Natural History)
The Oregon Trail *
Chronicling the first wave of westward expansion; includes full
text diaries, memoirs and books written during the period. (Private
Site)
Gold Rush!
California's Untold Stories *
Multimedia online exhibit about the history of the Gold Rush; includes
the stories of settlers, native Americans and immigrants. (Oakland
Museum of California)
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| WOMEN'S
HISTORY
Women in Congress
Profiles, data and images. (Clerk of the House)
Women
in the Senate
Listed chronologically: photos and brief biographies. (Senate
Historical Office)
Women:
Issues and Groups *
Government and organizational sites on all aspects of women's rights
and politics. (Vanderbilt University Library)
American
Women: Women's History
and Culture
Gateway for the study of American women's history /culture;
"Searching online exhibitions" has a listing of online
collections dealing with women's issues, as well as searching tips
and hints: a good place to start with a search for images, letters,
speeches, films, works by women artists etc. (Library of Congress)
Women's
Bibliographic Resource List
List of books, articles and other resources for all aspects
of women's history research, organized by subject. For online resources,
try their Women's
History Links. (National Archives)
Women's
History Month Feature
Gateway page for all web sites featuring women's history from various
National Parks. Topics ranging from working women during WWII to
the homes of pioneers such as Maggie Walker and Rachel Carson -
a wide range. Note: scroll all the way down to access similar pages
for 1999-2002. (National Park Service)
Women
and Society: an Internet Reference project *
"Web resources, bibliography, filmography, biography,
encyclopedic dictionary; lists of academic journals, associations,
unpublished papers" and more. (University at Buffalo,
SUNY)
Women and
Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000 *
Digitized primary documents ranging in topic from antebellum
social concerns to the Guerrilla Girls. The search feature searches
full text of all documents; the teacher's corner has online lesson
plans. (SUNY Binghamton) |
National
Women's History Project *
"The Learning Place" has educational materials, history
links, etc. (NWHP (nonprofit org.)
Women's
History Resources
A useful list of links including organizations, government agencies,
universities and more. (State Department)
American
Women's History: a Research Guide
Lists of resources on a wide variety of topics. Sources listed include
books, archives, digital collections, organizations and more. (Middle
Tennessee State Univ. Library)
Women's
Studies History Universe *
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last
updated on December 5, 2007