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American Memory - http://learning.loc.gov/
Primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history from the Library of Congress, as part of the National Digital Library. Research tools, educational resources, and related LOC collections provided. |
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American Experience - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/
Companion to the PBS history series; includes features on a range of people and events in American history, from Hawaii's last queen to Joe DiMaggio. |
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America's Story - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
Presented by the Library of Congress, a site with information about American people and historical events, and each of its states. |
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Today in History - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Each day, an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections. |
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American Treasures of the Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
Permanent exhibition of the "rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past". Exhibit divided into three sections covering History, Philosophy, and Fine Arts. |
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
Promotes the study and love of American history. Their website serves as a portal for American history on the Web; offers educational material for teachers, students, historians, and the public; and provides current information about the Institute's programs and activities. |
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Touring Turn-of-the-Century America - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920. Includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. |
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National Security Archive - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
Document compilations dealing with U.S. foreign policy, military and intelligence, political events, and nuclear technology. Located at the George Washington University. |
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American History Listings - http://americanhistory.about.com/index.htm
From About.com. Listings follow historic topics from the full spectrum of America's past, with subjects ranging from the Civil War, to Edison's first phonograph. |
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A Biography of America - http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
Includes key events, maps, video transcripts, and related links for each era in American history. |
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From Revolution to Reconstruction - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/usa.htm
From the colonial period until modern times (Revolution to Reconstruction). This American history project contains outlines of American history and culture, source materials, essays, biographies and presidential information. |
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USA 1840-1960 - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA.htm
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia, about the history of the United States, but from Britain. |
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HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things - http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
Images of diverse objects from the National Museum of American History include famous, unusual, and everyday items with interesting stories to tell. |
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VL: United States History - http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
Extensive collection of links sorted by topic and historical perdiod and maintained by George Laughead, Jr., from the Virtual Library History Network. |
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Jewish-American History on the Web - http://www.jewish-history.com/
An online archive of original documents, journals, books and literature on the subject of Jews in 19th-Century America. |
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Talking History - http://talkinghistory.oah.org/
A 30-minute weekly radio show produced by the Organization of American Historians. Podcast available. The show is available to more than four hundred stations nationwide on the Public Radio Satellite System and internationally on the Voice of America. |
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With Americans of Past and Present Days - http://www.bartleby.com/238/
Collection of seven essays published by Jean Jules Jusserand in 1916 tracing French-American relations by biographical vignette. |
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Images of American Political History - http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
Archive of public domain images from 1750 to the present. Collection is searchable by era, keyword, or topic. |
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Early American Digital Library - http://earlyamericanimages.com/
A wealth of rare and hard-to-find images featuring the people, places and events of early America's historic past. |
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Business History - http://www.businesshistory.net/
Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts." |
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History Quest - http://historyq.freeservers.com/
Unusual and little known facts on American History. |
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U.S. History Page - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/9273/historyii.htm
This index of U.S. history links includes sites covering topics from the 1400's to the 1900's and "Links For Kids." |
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The Real History Archives - http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/
Documents, articles and links to resources exploring alternative views of the Kennedy Assassination, Watergate, the CIA and other issues. |
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U.S. History Resources - http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/USHistory.html
A resource site for high school students in American history with outlines, quizzes, chronologies, and terms. |
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American History Resource Page - http://members.tripod.com/gpf/history.html
Links to reference sites for American history topics dealing with people, politics, events and literature. |
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Gold Rush Gallery - http://www.goldrushgallery.com/
Documentation of the discovery of gold in the southern Appalachians, the history of the US Branch Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, and a large collection of US gold coins (minted from 1796-1933). |
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United States of America and the Netherlands - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/newnetherlands/nlxx.htm
Site with a focus on shared Dutch-American history. Answers many questions about colonization, trade and commerce, modern migration, and the other ties between the two countries. |
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The History Place - http://www.historyplace.com/
Informative website focussing on American history from the Colonial period to present-day. Many on-line exhibits include timelines, photographs and famous speeches. |
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History Buff's Home Page - http://www.historybuff.com/index.html
Devoted to press coverage of events in American history; containing an extensive, searchable library. Categories include the Civil War, baseball, journalism hoaxes, old west characters, crime figures, and the Inaugural Addresses of all U.S. Presidents. |
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Federal Observer: Great American Speeches - http://www.federalobserver.com/speeches.php
Great political orations from 1645 to the present day in the United States. |
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The American History Company - http://www.americanhistory.com/
Online shopping for history and genealogy products, as well as genealogy research services. |
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Historical Trivia - http://www.geocities.com/neander97/
History and trivia, mostly about the history of the USA. |
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American Lives - http://www.blogstudio.com/AmHistory/
True tales of life, death and other adventures in US history. |
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Rough Rider Links to the Past - http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/
An extensive directory of websites about American history in chronogical order. Also links to historical indexes, outlines and directories, lesson plans, and other educational resources. Created by Mr. Horwitz and his class at Roosevelt High School in Fresno, California. |
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U.S. History Research Links - http://members.tripod.com/~Mark1212/
Links to sites that cover a broad range of topics from the Revolutionary War to Reconstruction. Includes information databases, such as The Smithsonian Institution and the American Treasures of the Library of Congress. |