History Websites
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Provides links to web guides created by the Library of Congress listing research information on topics such as Civil Rights, the American Revolution, the Mexican War, the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II.
A digital collection of materials located at The Massachusetts Historical Society detailing Massachusetts role in the debate over slavery. The collection includes photographs, paintings, sculptures, engravings, artifacts, banners, and broadsides.
A collection of 500 broadsides from the years 1707 to 1891 in Britain. These items were sold at public executions, most detailing the crime, the trial, and the punishment.
A blog consisting of the transcripts of letters written by British soldier William Henry Bonser Lamin during World War 1. Letters are being posted on the blog 90 years to the day that they were written.
Provides links to digital materials related to Polk both within and outside of the Library of Congress collections.
Provides background information as well as links to information on the Civil Rights Movement including historical news footage.
A guide from the Library of Congress to information on the U.S. Civil War.
A collection of Flash-based maps created from satellite images and secondary websites. Highlights the history of war, as well as related topics. Also includes maps on the spread of religion and democracy.
- The Vietnam Center and Archive
Contains a digital archive as well as an oral history project of the Vietnam War.
- Sidney D. Gamble Photographs of Historical China The collection includes photographs of Korea, Japan, Hawaii, San Francisco, and Russia. The site currently features photographs dated between 1917 and 1932.
- American Founders Online
The digital resources described in this guide provide online access, in varying degrees, to the personal papers and/or publications of the major founders of the American Republic—that is, those men who served in roles of national political leadership between 1765 and 1815—and members of their families
