An online version of one of the primary sources of the U.S. Civil War (70 volumes, published in 1880-1901 by the War Records Office). Searchable. Part of the "Making of America" series by Cornell University Library.
The Spanish-American War was the first war in which the movie camera played a role. This site contains sixty-eight films produced between 1898 and 1901 showing "troops, ships, notable figures, and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other ...
Companion site to PBS documentary that brings the last 25 years in Vietnam alive through the perspective of seven individuals.
Historical and current information on US presidencies. Provides a searchable database of more than 85,000 documents, such as speeches, official papers, executive orders, proclamations, news conferences and press briefings.
These two sites are companion sites to the 1997 PBS documentary Liberty!: The American Revolution. "Chronicle of the Revolution" contains significant successes and setbacks in the revolution, as well as a bibliography, time line, index of varied related subjects, and collection of annotated links.
This website serves as a comprehensive resource for information on newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present. Its digital content comprises more than 680,000 individual newspaper page images drawn from close to 100 newspapers published in California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia, between 1880 and 1910. From the Library of Congress and NEH.
The DPLA brings together digitized resources that include books, images, historic records, and audiovisual materials from many collections produced by universities, public libraries, and other public-spirited organizations.
Important documents in U.S. history from 800 to the present.
This extensive, well-designed website features images, essays, lesson plans, and maps all focused on the movements of African Americans from the 1400s to the present. The site is built around the history of 13 African American migration experiences: the transatlantic slave trade (1450s-1867), runaway journeys (1630s-1865), the domestic slave trade (1760s-1865), colonization and emigration (1783–1910s), Haitian Immigration (1791–1809), Western migration (1840s-1970), Northern migration (1840s- 1890), the Great Migration (1916–1930), the Second Great Migration (1940–1970), Caribbean immigration (1900-present), the return South migration (1970-present), Haitian immigration in the 20th century (1970-present), and African immigration (1970-present). From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
U.S. history survey class and gateway to web resources, offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
Collection of late-nineteenth-century American books and journals covering social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles. From the University of Michigan Digital Library Initiative.
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is an online companion site to the American Philosophical Society's outstanding print series of the same name. The project's goal is to "collect, edit, and publish" everything written by and to Franklin over the course of his life.
Primary Documents in American History from the Library of Congress.
This visually rich and authoritative website provides information on the slave trade that spanned five continents. Offers maps, images, timelines, tables, essays, bibliographies, a database of African names, and more. Sponsored by Emory University and the National Endowment for the Humanities.