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The
1900 House
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/
Experience history and travel back in time. Find out how it was
to live in the 1900's. |
The
1920’s Experience
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/
A view of the 1920’s--people, events, inventions, art, literature,
music, entertainment, fads, and fashions. |
50states.com
http://www.50states.com/
Find information about each state in the United States--capital,
famous people from the state, area, bird, flower, climate, colleges,
economy, flag, governor, and state song. |
Abraham
Lincoln Papers
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html
The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
consists of approximately 20,000 documents. The collection is organized
into three "General Correspondence" series which include
incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches,
and notes and printed material. Most of the 20,000 items are from
the 1850s through Lincloln's presidential years, 1860-65. |
Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
http://www.alincoln-library.com/Apps/default.asp
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is a $115 million
complex now under construction at the corner of Sixth and Jefferson
Streets in downtown Springfield. The Library will house the 47,000-piece
Lincoln treasure trove which is the world's largest and contains
some of his most important and significant historical documents
and artifacts. Included are the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation
Proclamation, and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech. |
Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library
2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over
7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and
magazines between 1911 and 1955. |
African
Voices, African Voices. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
In this web site explore objects that attest to Africa's striking
diversity and long history. Discover your connections to Africa. |
AMDOCS:
Documents for the Study of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/ ~Lynn
Nelson and Kendall Simmons. Reviewed 11 Feb. 2002.
AMDOCS is part of the University of Kansas' digital library, CARRIE:
A Full Text Electronic Library. It contains links to the full text
of over 400 primary source documents relating to the study of American
history which have been digitized by a variety of academic institutions.
The documents, which cover the 15th century through the 21st century,
are easily accessible from a straightforward chronological listing
of the events that inspired them. Because these documents have been
created by many different institutions as part of separate digital
projects, users will find considerable variation in the type of
accompanying materials available for each and should take particular
note of any copyright or other use restrictions noted.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002
Fourth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
America
Remembers
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/america.remembers/index.html |
The
American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
George H. Hoemann, University of Tennessee
Reviewed 3 March 2004
The American Civil War Homepage seeks to provide a comprehensive
directory of hypertext links about the Civil War period (1861-1865).
Intended for general audiences, this Internet directory covers the
war from the major military, political, and social perspectives.
Links arranged in broad categories take the user to sites that supply
narrative overviews, bibliographies, photographs, and primary source
documents. Updating is frequent, but the large number of listings
does result in some dead links. The contact information is current
and responsive to feedback. For both beginners and serious Civil
War researchers, this site is a logical starting point.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004
Sixth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) |
America
From the Great Depression to World War II - 1935-1945
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
The images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information
Collection are among the most famous documentary photographs ever
produced. Created by a group of U.S. government photographers, the
images show Americans in every part of the nation. In the early
years, the project emphasized rural life and the negative impact
of the Great Depression, farm mechanization, and the Dust Bowl. |
American
and British History Resources on the Internet
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history
/history.shtml |
American
History Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/amhist.htm
Internet School Library Media Center. American History Page. Outstanding
links to many important and useful sites. |
American
Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/
Loads of primary source material from broadsides to early documents,
photographs, audio, and film can be found at American Memory. |
American
Presidents: Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/
National Cable Satellite Corporation. Reviewed 2 Feb. 2003.
Constructed as a companion to C-SPAN's 1999 series, American Presidents:
Life Portraits, the site features basic biographical information
and interesting facts about our nation's 43 presidents along with
a wide variety of video and sound clips and links to other sites
of interest on the Web. Texts of speeches and addresses are included,
as well as extensive bibliographies. One unique feature of the site
is the "Presidential Places" search engine, which allows
searching for geographical places of relevance by president's name
or by state. There are also links to photographs of the burial sites
of the U.S. Presidents and Vice-Presidents. A great site for K-12
students as well asas a bibliographical resource for older students
and history buffs.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the reference and User
Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
The
American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America
and the West Indies, 1750-1789
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America
and the West Indies, 1750-1789 represents an important historical
record of the mapping of North America and the Caribbean. |
American
Time Capsule
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/
The Printed Ephemera Collection at the Library of Congress is a
rich repository of Americana. In total, the Collection comprises
28,000 primary source items dating from the seventeenth century
to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history.
This release of the digitized Printed Ephemera Collection presents
more than 7,000 items from the fifty American states, the District
of Columbia, and London, England. Among them are a variety of posters,
notices, advertisements, proclamations, leaflets, propaganda, manifestos,
and business cards. |
American
Visionary : Eleanor Roosevelt
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/elro/
An U.S. National Park Service web exhibition. The web site features
photographs. and other items from the museum collections at Eleanor
Roosevelt and the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Photographes
include Eleanor Roosevelt as a child., young adult and includes
pictures of the Roosevelt family; Franklin D. Roosevelt; and Fala. |
The
American West
http://www.Americanwest.com/
The history and development of the American West can be found on
this site. Many links to Kansas history. |
America's
Freedom Documents
http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/index.html
At this site you will find the "Freedom Documents" from
Early America-- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights. As with all of the documents at Archiving
Early America, they are shown as they first appeared to the public
at that time. |
Art
of the First World War
http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/index2.html
An exhibition of 110 paintings brought together by the major history
museums of Europe. This is World War I as seen by 54 painters on
both sides. |
Band
Music from the Civil War Era
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Band Music from the Civil War Era makes available examples of a
brilliant style of brass band music that flourished in the 1850s
in the United States and remained popular through the nineteenth
century. Bands of this kind served in the armies of both the North
and the South during the Civil War. |
Band
of Brothers
http://www.hbo.com/band/landing/currahee.html
Go back and experience pivotal moments in WWII, find information
about all aspects of the war, and contribute your story or a relative's
story to the Living Memorial. The site also has previews and info
about Band of Brothers, the HBO miniseries based on the book by
Stephen Ambrose, from executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
Art Sloan suggested this site. |
Betsy
Ross Homepage
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html
History of the American flag. |
Boundaries
of the United States and the Several States
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html
Animation makes this a cool site. It shows the evolution of state
boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies. |
Brown
v Topeka Board of Education: National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to commemorate
the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation
in public schools. The site consists of the Monroe Elementary School
and the adjacent grounds. |
Buffalo
Soldiers and Indian Wars
http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
A history of the buffalo soldiers. |
By
the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html
The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
collection consists of 907 boldly colored and graphically diverse
original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. These striking silkscreen, lithograph,
and woodcut posters were designed to publicize health and safety
programs; cultural programs including art exhibitions, theatrical,
and musical performances; travel and tourism; educational programs;
and community activities in seventeen states and the District of
Columbia. |
Charters
of Freedom
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html
Showcases printable high-resolution images of the original Declaration
of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights and other early documents. |
A
Chronology of US Historical Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
A University of Oklahoma web site. Documents for pre-colonial to
the present. |
Civil
War Battle Summaries by State
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bystate.htm
This useful listing from the National Park Service offers state-by-state
summaries of important Civil War battles. Battle names appearing
in blue denote a Union victory; butternut denotes a Confederate
victory; green denotes an indecisive action. |
Civil
War Maps
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/
The Library of Congress American Memory (Geography and Map Division)
collection of Civil War Maps. |
Colonial
Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
http://www.colonialhall.com/index.php
Colonial Hall now contains 103 biographical sketches of America's
founding fathers. At this time we have divided them up into 3 groups:
Signers of the Declaration, Signers of the Articles of Confederation,
and Signers of the U. S. Constitution. |
Digital
History. Reviewed: 27 March 2005
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
This is an extensive and well-organized site featuring "high-quality
historical resources for teachers and students for free and without
advertising," a feat accomplished through partnerships with
a variety of museums and archives. In addition to primary-source
material, including multimedia, the site, which is presented in
the form of a digital textbook, features resources such as an interactive
timeline of U.S. History from 1590-present, subject guides, handouts,
and lesson plans. Users are also invited to direct questions to
the "Hyperhistorian," Steven Mintz, John and Rebecca Moores
Professor of History at the University of Houston. The archives
of these queries and answers are accessible as well. This site will
be especially useful for high school and post-secondary level history
instructors and students.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2005
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
Dr.
Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/
We do not think of Dr. Seuss as a political cartoonist. But for
two years, 1941-1943, he was the chief editorial cartoonist for
the New York newspaper PM (1940-1948), and for that journal he drew
over 400 editorial cartoons. |
Eighteenth-Century
Resources
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/
This web site covers reliable Internet resources on the eighteenth
century -- from Milton to Keats. It includes information on literature,
history, art, music, religion, economics, philosophy and home pages
of societies and people who work on eighteenth-century topics. Maintained
by Rutgers University. |
The
Eighties Club
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/index.htm
Politics and Pop Culture in the 1980s. |
Experience
the Life: Life during the 18th-Century: Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
This site interprets the origins of the idea of America, conceived
decades before the American Revolution. The Colonial Williamsburg
story, “Becoming Americans,” tells how diverse peoples,
having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into
a society that valued liberty and equality. Americans cherish these
values as a birthright, even when their promise remains unfulfilled. |
Finding
Precedent: Hayes vs. Tilden; The Electoral College Controversy of
1876-1877
http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm
HarpWeek has created this Website, primarily from the pages of Harper's
Weekly, as a public service to familiarize students and the general
public with the historic events of the Electoral College controversy
of 1876-1877. |
FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov
This website is a "private-public partnership" with a
vision to connect "the world to all U.S. Government information
and services." It has a user-friendly interface with both a
simple and advanced search function. In the center of the home page
(in Yahoo style) is a subject guide listing topics such as "Money
and Taxes" and "Business and Economy." These subject
headings lead to more specific areas and links. This allows the
user to locate information without necessarily knowing the government
organization’s name. A sidebar on the home page also facilitates
access by "featured subjects," "government by organization"
links, "transactions, forms & services" links, and
"contact your government" links. Users at all levels will
find this site easy to navigate.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2001
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and
User Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
Flight
to Freedom
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1211/p12s1-lehl.html
A student-researched website simulates escape from slavery Bowdoin
College's Educational Technology Center has created "Flight
to Freedom," a role-playing game that simulates the experience
of fugitive slaves in America before the Civil War. By Sara Steindorf. |
Folk-Songs
of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/
As part of its celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Archive
of Folk Culture, the American Folklife Center is re-issuing these
recordings from the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection. |
The
Founder’s Constitution
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
This Web Edition is a joint venture of the University of Chicago
Press and the Liberty Fund. This site from the University of Chicago
offers links to the philosophical and political source documents
on which the Constitution is based. |
Franklin
D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
10,000 digitized documents, photographs, videos, sound and primary
source can be found at this site. |
Gentleman's
Page: A Practical Guide for the 19th Century American Man
http://www.lahacal.org/gentleman/index.html
The Lively Arts History Association presents the Gentleman's Page:
a resource for those who wish to look and act like; or perhaps better
understand, the 19th Century American man. |
Historic
Government Publications from World War II
http://worldwar2.smu.edu/
A Southern Methodist University (SMU) web site. This site features
features just over 200 government documents from World War II. Provides
researchers with online access to a large collection of World War
II publications published by the U.S. government in support of the
war effort. |
History
and Politics Out Loud
http://www.hpol.org/
HPOL is a searchable multimedia database documenting and delivering
authoritative audio relevant to American history and politics. This
site is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership
with Michigan State University. |
History
Central
http://www.historycentral.com/
History Central is dedicated to becoming History's Home on the web.
The core of the site is a timeline of world history. Culled from
one of MultiEductor's 21 history CD's this time line covers the
major events in world history from the dawn of civilization to 1999.
The second major section of the site is the part devoted to America's
Wars. That section includes the history of every major war in America's
history from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War. These sections
include photos and descriptions of the each major event. The site
also features a major section on the elections. This part includes
the history of each and every election. The history includes both
popular and electoral votes in each election, turnout, as well as
a map of the states carried by each competing candidate. The section
also includes updates on Election 2000. The site includes over 400
primary source documents in American history. The biography section
of the site includes biographies of the 500 most important people
of the 20th century. A major section of the site is a sub-site NavyHistory.com.
This site includes the history of every US Attack Carrier, Battleship,
Destroyer and Cruiser. A further section of the site includes the
History of Aviation. The site also includes a section on the History
of Railroads. |
History
Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
http://historymatters.gmu.edu
American Social History Project Center for Media and Learning (City
University of New York), Center for History and New Media (George
Mason University)
Reviewed 4 March 2004
Designed for teachers and students at the high school and college
levels, History Matters is a gateway site to web-based materials
about U.S. History. A search engine, as well as broad topical links,
provide access to primary documents, images, audio files, and secondary
articles that connect the user to people and places throughout U.S.
History. Students can also find links to quality resources for guidance
on research standards, citing material, analyzing primary sources,
and evaluating web sites. Teaching resources include syllabi, strategies
from successful history teachers, and sample assignments using web
resources. History Matters is an excellent resource for students
seeking a clearinghouse for information about U.S. History, and
teachers looking for ways to enhance their teaching
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004
Sixth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
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History
of the United States Capitol
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/capitol/index.html
This site is sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives and
the United States Senate. |
The
History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
Fact-based, six-part chronological history of the American Revolution.
Award-winning site with links to excellent sites an out post-war
reaction and reform. |
HistoryWired:
a few of our favorite things
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
This is an experimental program through which you can take a virtual
tour
of selected objects from the vast collections of the National Museum
of
American History. A super site. |
HyperHistory
Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html.
World History Online. 7 Feb. 2003.
"HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting
3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of
synchronoptic [simultaneously presented and viewable] lifelines,
timelines, and maps." The unique construction of the site allows
history to be "viewed" rather than read, although the
option of browsing and searching brief text biographies (1010 total)
is available. The collection of timelines can be viewed by time
period, event (including a new chronology of the 2001-02 terrorist
attacks), and person; names on the timeline are color-coded to indicate
area of primary influence (science, arts, religion, politics). There
is also an extensive collection of event and time period-related
maps. The site is complemented by linked text of a "comprehensive
world history" that features bibliographies and web links for
further research. A valuable site, especially for K-12 and undergraduate
use.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the reference and User
Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
“I
will be heard” Abolitionism in American
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/abolitionism/
This Cornell University online exhibit provides a detailed portrait
of the abolitionist movement in America. |
Hometown
Favorites
http://www.hometownfavorites.com/
You've got your 1949 Frigidaire, your squatty Wedgewood gas
stove, a flickering black-and-white Carlson TV playing 40-year-old
commercials and pantries full of foodstuffs that you haven't seen
since you were back in Peoria. Are you missing My-T-Fine pudding,
Skybars or Walnettos? Wonder what happened to Chocolate Babies,
Cherry Chip Cake Mix or Junket Custard? This site can help! 400
old-time favorite foods can be purchased at this site. You can even
find recipes. |
Images
of American Political History
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
The intent of this collection is to support the teaching of
American political history by providing quick access to uncopyrighted
images for inclusion in teaching materials. You can browse through
material dating back to 1750. |
The
Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/
The Internet Archive with Prelinger Archives.~ Reviewed 19 Feb.
2002.
The Internet Archive was "was founded [in 1996] to build an
‘Internet library,’ with the purpose of offering permanent
access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections
that exist in digital format," such as Internet sites and other
cultural digital artifacts (i.e. movies, interviews, images, etc.).
Using the Internet Archive's "Wayback Machine," users
can look at their own Web site and track how it has evolved. Plug-ins
are made available as needed. "Special Wayback Collections"
provide a sense of how events such as September 11, 2001, were recorded
digitally. This site is appropriate for anyone doing research on
the history of the Internet and for those who want to see how the
Internet has changed over the years.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002
Fourth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
John
Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of Anglo-American Relations
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/british/
A joint project of the Library of Congress and The British Library,
the John Bull and Uncle Sam exhibition brings together for the first
time treasures from the two greatest libraries in the English-speaking
world in an exploration of selected time periods and cultural movements
that provide unique insights into the relationship of the United
States and Great Britain. |
Making
of America (MOA)B
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ |
Making
of America
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/index.html
The Cornell University Library Making of America (MOA) Collection
is a digital library of primary sources in American social history
from the antebellum period through reconstruction. |
Mathew
Brady's National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/gallery.html
A tour of all of the portraits taken by Matthew Brady. With
many portraits, a biography is included. |
Monticello,
Home of Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org
Compare and contrast A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson with
today. Beautiful photographs and interesting factual information
will captivate students. |
National
Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
NARA is an independent Federal agency that helps preserve the nation's
history by overseeing the management of all Federal records. The
mission is to ensure ready access to the essential evidence that
documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal
officials, and the national experience. |
National
History Day
http://www.nationalhistoryday.com/
Official web site for the National History Day competition |
Nature
Transformed: The Environment in American History
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/nattrans/nattrans.htm
Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History will explore
the relationship between the ways men and women have thought about
their surroundings and the ways they have acted toward them. It
will ask how Native Americans conceptualized nature and saw themselves
in it and how they lived and are now living upon the land. It will
study the shifts in perception that transformed nature from wilderness
to ecosystem, and it will consider how these transformations affected
the forests, plains, and deserts of North America. Nature Transformed
will enable teachers to show their students how the forces that
shaped the American landscape also shaped the American past. A National
Humanities Center web site. |
The
NYPL Picture Collection Online
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
The New York Public Library
Reviewed 9 March 2004
The digital collection of images presented here (30,000 digitized
images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original
photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923 is
taken from the in-print collection of images that NYPL has been
collecting since 1915. While both sets of images are useful to teachers,
artists, students, and a variety of researchers, the organization
and cataloging of the online collection is what makes these images
so valuable. Users can browse the collection by name, title, subject,
and author, and quick and advanced search options are available.
The subject and physical descriptors for each image are extensive,
and a source is given for each image. Images can be added to a “My
Gallery save function for viewing or ordering, and can be printed,
emailed or saved to disk. Users who wish to order images for commercial
use may do so by paying a fee to cover the cost of permissions and
licensing.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004
Sixth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) |
Oyate
Ta Olowan, Songs of the People
http://www.oyate.com/
The Songs of the People or Oyate Ta Olowan is a public radio
series that takes you to the homelands of 26 different tribes, and
invites you to sit, have a cup of tea and listen while the individual
artist gives you a glimpse of this great national legacy. To listen,
one must have speakers. |
The
People’s Vote: The results of the People’s vote: The most
influential documents in American history
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=vote
The vote was co-sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration,
National History Day, and U.S. News and World Report. Americans
of all ages and educational backgrounds were invited to vote for
10 of 100 documents |
Perseus
Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Perseus Project, Department of the Classics, Tufts University. Reviewed
7 Feb. 2003.
The Perseus Digital Library is "an evolving digital library
of resources for the study of the humanities." Though the Project
initially focused on texts relating to ancient Greece, the site's
contents gradually expanded to include Latin text and tools and
Renaissance-related materials. Further collaborations with the site's
host, Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives led to the
inclusion of Tufts University historical material, the Bolles Collection
on (19th century) London, and materials on the United States' westward
expansion and other materials of early American history including
the American Civil War. The site features powerful search tools
as well as access via tables of contents, subject, collection, and
material type browsing. The word study tool, one of the most valuable
tools for Classicists, generates a page of links to all the uses
of a particular Latin word in the Perseus online collection. The
site includes literally countless texts, images, maps, and facsimiles
from Ancient Egypt to the Civil War and 19th-century London.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the reference and User
Services Association (RUSA) of American Library Association |
The
Pledge of Allegiance: By Dr. John W. Baer
http://history.vineyard.net//pledge.htm
The Pledge of Allegiance has changed more than once since it was
written. Here is a short history. |
Poetry
and Music of the War Between the States
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/
If you want to understand the emotions and thoughts of the men who
fought in the Civil War and the people who waited for them to come
home, read the poetry and music written before, during and after
the war. |
Politics
and Sectionalism in the 1850s
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/1850s/polixx.htm
Essays: The Compromise of 1850 -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act – The
Bleeding of Kansas -- The Case of Scott versus Sandfort. |
Popular
Songs in American History
http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html
American folk and traditional music with lyrics, midi files, tune
information and history behind the folksongs and ballads. Folksongs
are arranged by time period. |
Presidential
and Vice Presidential Salaries
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedprssal.html
Data taken from the Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency |
Presidents
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
An index on the presidents of the United States. Contains information,
speeches, writings, biographies and anything else related to their
person or the office they are holding. |
The
Salem Witchcraft Papers: The 1692 Salem Witch Trials: Documents
and Participants
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/ |
The
September 11 Digital Archive
http://911digitalarchive.org/ |
Silent
Era
http://www.silentera.com/
A history of the Silent Film. This site includes a list of the
Current Top 100 Silent Era Films, a complete listing of silent era
films released on DVD, with reviews and announced titles and a select
listing of silent era films on videotape, with reviews and announced
titles. |
Spy
Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.clements.umich.edu/spies/index.html
The exhibit is based on spy letters from the William L. Clements
Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Gallery
of Letters provides a brief description of each letter and links
to more information about the stories of the spies in the letter
or the secret methods used to make the letter. |
The
Star-Spangled Banner
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/
A Smithsonian National Museum of American History web site.
Traces the history of the flag and the national anthem. |
Studs
Terkel
http://www.studsterkel.org/
This site is a collection of Studs Terkel's interviews he conducted
for his books and for his radio program. The Studs Terkel Conversations
with America web site is dedicated to making the works of Studs
Terkel accessible to diverse set of users: researchers, students,
teachers, and the general public. |
Teaching
with Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the
National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to
enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects.
TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help
teachers bring historic places into the classroom. |
THOMAS
Legislative Information on the Internet (GOVERNMENT)
http://thomas.loc.gov
Follow the legislative process of current bills in Congress,
learn about how a bill becomes a law, or find information about
government. |
Time
Line -- America during the Age of Revolution, 1764-1775
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html
This time line is drawn largely from the work of Richard B. Morris,
Encyclopedia of American History. |
Union
Songs
http://www.crixa.com/muse/unionsong/
For 2 centuries people across the world have built unions. This
site documents the songs and poems that they made in the process,
union songs. It also includes songs and poems that are being written
today, as the process of union building continues. |
U.
S. Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/electoral_college.html
Presents information about the U.S. Electoral College, which includes
statistics on presidential elections. Notes that the information
was compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and presented
online by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). |
Using
Primary Sources in the Classroom
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html
Suggestions for using primary sources. A Library of Congress
web site. |
U.S.
News Archives on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
These pages provide links to United States news archives available
on the Web. Papers are arranged by state. We provide the dates of
the archive, along with the cost to retrieve the full text of articles.
Unless noted, searching is free. Charges may apply to retrieve stories.
Archives of non-US newspaper archives are also available. If the
paper you want to search isn't listed, try one of our Other Sources.
Pages maintained by News Division volunteers of the Special Libraries
Association. |
U.S.
Presidents of the 20th Century
http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents/
The Voices of American Presidents have been captured by audio pioneers
since the early days of sound recording. The invention of Edison's
phonograph ushered in a new era of "recorded" history,
beginning with President Benjamin Harrison in the late nineteenth
century to the present day Bush Administration. The MSU Vincent
Voice Library is working to preserve over 100 years of historical
spoken word recordings like those of the U.S. presidents, and is
pleased to share these sound samples from its collection. |
The
Valley of the Shadow
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
Edward L. Ayers
Reviewed 8 March 2004
The Valley of the Shadow looks at the life of residents in Augusta
County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, chronicling
their experience of the American Civil War. Intended for students
and teachers at both the secondary and college levels, the Valley
of the Shadow provides a hypermedia archive of primary sources for
a social history of these communities from 1859 through the Reconstruction
period. The types of sources that are available include letters,
diaries, newspapers, military records, photographs, church records,
census records, and pensions. As a resource to explore the first-hand
experience of the Civil War from the point of view of both the South
and the North, the Valley of the Shadow is indispensable.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004
Sixth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS |
Virtual
Reference Desk
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/b_three_sections_with_
teasers/virtual.htm
If you are seeking general information on the Senate, the legislative
branch and process, or on the federal government, this is a good
place to begin. Links are arranged broadly by subject and may take
you to PDF documents, useful sources on the Web, or other Senate
Web pages.Web pages. |
White
House Tapes
http://www.whitehousetapes.org/
Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political
parties secretly recorded just under 5,000 hours of conversations.
This site is designed as a service to the research community by
making freely available all of the presidential recordings, along
with relevant research materials, so that scholars, teachers, students,
and the public can hear and use these remarkable tapes for themselves.
The site is hosted and maintained by the Presidential Recordings
Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public
Affairs. |
Women
Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters
During World War II
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
Spotlights eight women who succeeded in "coming to the front"
during the war--Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge
Patterson, Clare Boothe Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, Dorothea
Lange, and May Craig. Their stories--drawn from private papers and
photographs primarily in Library of Congress collections--open a
window on a generation of women who changed American society forever
by securing a place for themselves in the workplace, in the newsroom,
and on the battlefield. |
World
War I
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled
by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L).
The archive is international in focus and intends to present in
one location primary documents concerning the Great War. |
