HISTORY RESOURCES
Search all Best of the Web History Sites on this page:
General History Resources
- Atomic
Bomb
Primary sources on the atomic bomb from the National Security Archive.
- Any Day in History
See who was born, who died and what happened on any particular date throughout
history.
- Avalon Project:
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Collection of mostly American and European treaties, charters, proclamations
and other historic diplomatic and legal documents.
- British Library
Online Gallery: Turning the Pages
Browse through historical books, manuscripts, and other documents.
- Daily Life Through History
(Note: You must log in to use this from off campus)
- Exploring Ancient World
Cultures
- Eyewitness to History
- Footnote.com
Provides a collection of digitized records from the National Archive.
Access to some documents is free, while a paid subscription is required
for others.
- Fourth World Documentation Archive
Important documents relating to the social, political, strategic, economic
and human rights situations faced by indigenous nations.
- History Engine
- Intute History Web
Resources
Great web resources from Universities in England.
- Library of Congress
Country Studies
- Malcolm X Project
Columbia University's noteworthy work on slain civil right's leader.
- The Memory Hole
Electronic archive of documents, procured from FOIA requests and other
sources.
- NYPL Picture Collection Online
D igitized collection of images from the New Work Public Library.
- Picture History
Digital library of high-quality images and footage, including maps, postcards,
photographs, cartoons, and video and audio clips.
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Online
Use this interactive site to search for names, view names on the wall,
and leave a tribute, story, or photograph.
- World
Digital Library
Significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
- World
War Two Poster Collection
Poster collection from University of North Texas' digital library.
- Yahoo's History
Resources
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African History Resources
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American History Resources
- African American Odyssey
Features more than 2,300 slave narratives, rare 19th century pamphlets on slavery and emancipation and a variety of other documents, maps and photographs.
- American Civil War Page
- American Memory
From the Library of Congress.
- Archiving Early America
- Colonial Williamsburg Explore and Learn
- Dred ScottCase
- George Washington's Mount Vernon
- History andPolitics Out Loud
More than 100 speeches by historic figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., FranklinD. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
- HistoryExplorer
Interactive timelinefrom the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History allows users to browse events by historical era or trace historicaldevelopments by themes such as Art and Culture and Home, Family, and Community.
- History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
- James Madison Center
- Masantucket Pequot Museum
Official History of this Native American group.
- Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson
- Native American Sites
- The Root
Owned by The Washington Post, this site is about issues that affect African Americans.
- Sage History
Created by Alexandria Campus history professor Dr. Jud Sage for use by anyone with an interest in American history.
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Online
Use this interactive site to earch for names, view names on the wall, and leave a tribute, story, or photograph.
- Virginia Memory
"Virginia Memory is part of the online presence of the Library of Virginia, the state archives and reference library. The Library maintains vast and varied collections of print materials, manuscripts, archival records, newspapers, photographs and ephemera, maps and atlases, rare books, and fine art that tell the history of the commonwealth and its people."
- Voices of Civil Rights
Collection of thousands of personal stories and oral histories of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Yahoo's State History Links
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Asian History Resources
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Middle Eastern History Resources
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Western Civilization History Resources
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Women's History Resources
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This collection is maintained by Bruce Carroll and was last updated on June 24, 2009.
