HISTORICAL LOCATIONS

Links to the Past (Nat'l Park Service) Links to the Past explore America's cultural resources - buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts. It also provides information about people from the past and establishes important connections to the present. Evidence about important historical trends and events, reflection of people's everyday lives and significant accomplishments and illustrations of distinctive architectural, landscape, and engineering designs is also provided

.Places Where Women Made History takes researchers to historic places associated with the many varied aspects of women's history. The itinerary, which includes maps, descriptions, photographs, and other information, highlights 74 historic properties in Massachusetts and New York that are important in history.

Biography of America

A & E Biography

America's Story From America's Library created by the Library of Congress, this site strives to make history fun by telling unique stories about people and events. This audience for this site is children of all ages.

MULTICULTURAL AMERICA

African American Almanac an on-line presentation of the African in America. A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution from the beginning of the slave trade through the Civil Rights movement, to the present

Multicultural American West This site for students and teachers provides links, information, and educational tools related to Native and non-native people and culture of the American West.

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century compiled by Kingwood College Librarians, this site is extensive covering all subject areas. Site provides assignments and projects for specific classes and gives librarian chosen sites/links.

Eyewitness to America history An award-winning website presenting history through the perspective of those who actually lived it - from the ancient world through the 20th century. Excerpts written from primary sources and read like a textbook or encyclopedia http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html

LAW

FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions

Famous Trials of the 20th Century provides government records and original transcripts among other materials of famous trials throughout history from Galileo and the Salem witch trials to the OJ Simpson trial and Clinton impeachment. Maintained by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School

Oyez Oyez A US Supreme Court Multimedia Database that allows users to search court cases by topic and/or date. Historical information about the court and justices is also available here.

Voice of the Shuttle compiled by a professor at UC-Santa Barbara, this is a database of the "best of the best" in research for any of the humanities from the arts and literature to law and religion. Some links are not accessible due to subscription rights.

HISTORY BY DECADES AND CENTURIES

New Deal Network This site was developed as a research and teaching resource for students and educators. Materials on this site include photographs and documents pertaining to the 1920-30s. Lesson plans are also included for use with the site.http://newdeal.feri.org/

West Web is a topically-organized website about the study of the American West. Collections of primary and secondary documents, biographical and bibliographical resources, lists of hot links to other sites of interest, and images are included.

E Pluribus Unum Project this site is designed for students, teachers, and other researchers who wish to examine the attempt to make "one from many" in three critical decades of American life: the 1770s, the 1850s, and the 1920s. Includes: primary sources (books, essays, and other

WAR

History Central: America's Wars this site not only provides historical information about all of America's wars, it also contains biographies, timelines and primary documents.

Ad Access Database makes a selection of historical advertisements available for study and research. The project includes over 7,000 ads, mainly from U.S. publications dating between 1911 and 1955. This project consists of five main subject categories: Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/browse.html

American Memory Collection Finder another great site by the Library of Congress that allows researchers to find information using a subject directory. Browse collections by topic, time period, events or particular media such as sound, video, or photographs among others.

American Photography: A Century of Images this site by PBS explains how photography and film helped shape our country and beliefs. A teacher's guide with ideas for how to use the information and photographs in classrooms is also available. http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/

Broadcasting History online catalog of radio broadcasts from original transcriptions, private collectors and other institutional collections of what people once heard over American radio. Broadcasts cannot be heard online but cassettes can be ordered. Not so useful at the moment, but may be good to help students find primary resources.

Conversations with History provides lively and unedited video interviews with distinguished men and women from all over the world. Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists. The interviews span the globe and include discussion of political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues shaping our world. At the heart of each interview is a focus on individuals and ideas that make a difference. Requires RealPlayer to watch video.

History in Song lyrics to a variety of songs written about history. Singers/songwriters include Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and others.

History of the American West Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library, illuminate many aspects of the history of the American West. Most of the photographs were taken between 1860 and 1920 and illustrate Colorado towns and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans from more than forty tribes living west of the Mississippi River.

I Hear America Singing PBS hosts this site which explains the story of American concert song and its cultural contexts. A multimedia journey, this site allows users to listen to what our great poet Walt Whitman called "our varied carols" and to learn about the composers, poets, writers, artists, ideas, and events that have shaped the American song saga.

Images of American Political History This collection can be used to support the teaching of American political history by providing quick access to uncopyrighted images for inclusion in teaching materials. Students can use the collection for multimedia projects and reports. Search the collection for specific images or browse by era from 1750 to present.

Oral History Online! Looking for an interview with someone who has a firsthand knowledge of historically significant events? Then this is the site for you. UC-Berkely and the Bancroft Library has put together this collection of oral histories from many subject areas, many of which are free access. see also Womens History

Nineteenth Century World The journal, Harper's Weekly, which was founded in 1850, played a significant role in shaping and reflecting public opinion from the start of the Civil War to the end of the century. It's founder went on to publish the New York Times and the book side of the business is now Harper-Collins. This site provides free access to many features of the journal including cartoons and editorials.

Popular Songs in American History This site includes tunes, lyrics and historical information pertaining to American songs. Realplayer is required.

Posters American Style brings together some of the great graphic images made in the United States over the past century

Political Cartoons and Cartoonists This is the place to go for historical political cartoons versus PoliticalCartoons.com which has more modern / contemporary cartoons.