The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress has links to almost
100 collections of documents, pictures, films, sound recordings on many
different aspects of U.S. history. Links are provided to the following
topics: Agriculture; Art and Architecture; Business and Economics; Education;
Geography; History; Languages and Literature; Performing Arts; Philosophy
and Religion; Political Science and Law; Recreation and Sports; Social
Sciences; and Technology and Applied Sciences. The collections may also
be searched by subject
heading, time period, region, library division; and format (original
and user).
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American
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. It contains approximately
1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles from the 19th century, a major
endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts.
A large collection of Thomas Jefferson's quotes on Politics & Government,
with links to other Web Pages of interest to the basic ideas of democracy
and government. Has over 1,500 excerpts from Jefferson's writings.
Chart following eleven major themes of agricultural history in the U.S.,
decade by decade. Click on the theme/decade to see what major events and
developments happened. Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
This database presents primary source materials documenting the cultural
history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It offers
diaries, autobiographies, travel accounts, titles on slavery and regional
literature drawn from the holdings of the UNC--CH Academic Affairs Library.
Includes First-Person
Narratives of the American South: Beginnings to 1920, a compilation
of 100 printed texts documenting the culture of the American South from
the viewpoint of Southerners. The focus is on first-person narratives of
relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted
men, laborers, and Native Americans.
Links that describe life in Richmond, Virginia, during the time just prior
to the Civil War. Includes descriptions of various areas of life during
slavery in this city of the Old South.
This exhibit is from The University of Texas at Austin, Center for American
History, to promote The Center's Barker Texas History collection. Includes
pictures and other images related to The Alamo.
Although a bit of history about the Alamo is included, most of this page
is devoted to modern changes in and around the historic site. Includes
some helpful historic images of The Alamo.
This is Yahoo's index of sites on this conflict between the North and the
South in the U.S. Includes links to: Battles
and Campaigns;
Confederate States of America; Documents; Institutes; Magazines;
Museums and Memorials; Muster Rolls; Organizations; People;
State Histories; Underground
Railroad; Units; and Web Directories.
Our Mission:"To locate, index, and make available all appropriate private
and public data regarding the Civil War. To promote the study of the Civil
War from all perspectives of all professions, occupations and academic
disciplines."
The famed Brady photos from the Library of Congress, contains 1,118 photographs.
Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady,
and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and
battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate
and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.
The national upheaval of secession was a grim reality at Abraham Lincoln's
inauguration. Jefferson Davis had been inaugurated as the President of
the Confederacy two weeks earlier.
Thousands of spectators stood in thick mud at the Capitol grounds to hear
the President say: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with
firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on
to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for
him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to
do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations." In little more than a month, the President would
be assassinated.
This site includes information about this Springfield, Illinois, facility
and its architecture, a Kids Page with background information about Lincoln,
material about Lincoln's family, selections of Lincoln's wit, a chronology,
a bibliography, and links to additional resources. (LII)
This is a searchable database. For ex-slave narratives, or those touched
by the war, enter "civil war", "slave", or "objector" or other term in
the Query box, and press "Run Query". From the American Memory Project
at the Library of Congress.
The Gallery of the Open Frontier is a digital image library of photos,
paintings, and drawings that pertain to the history of the American West.
This online resource, drawn initially from the primary collections of the
National Archives, is being designed by the University of Nebraska Press.
This is a collection of electronic texts written by U.S. authors or widely
read by Americans in the Gilded Age (loosely defined here as 1866-1901).
From a class at The College of William & Mary in Virginia.
The turn of the century was a time of amazing growth and change for America.
The face of the entire world was changing and America was at the heart
of the change. Invention, experimentation, industry and innovation were
the hallmarks of the turn of the century. These and the personalities of
the people who created them transformed America into the diverse melting
pot that it has become.
Welcome! On this journey, you will assume the role of historical detective
and search for clues to America's past in American Memory, the historical
collections of the Library of Congress. You will investigate photographs
and eyewitness accounts of immigrant life in America.
Subtitled "Studies Among the Tenements of New York," this book by Jacob
Riis caused a sensation when it was published in 1890. This is the hypertext
version of the book.
"This comparative survey of public appeals, popular participation, and
national memories provides a re-examination of the Spanish-American War
and its consequences beyond traditional military, political, and diplomatic
perspectives." (New York Public Library)
"Motion pictures of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine
Revolution produced between 1898 and 1901 are featured in this presentation,
released to coincide with the centennial of the sinking of the battleship
U.S.S.
Maine. The complete collection will include 68 motion pictures and
a selection of sound recordings related to the war; 53 motion pictures
are included in this first release. The Spanish-American War was the first
U.S. war in which the motion picture camera played a role." (American Memory
Project)
Mark Twain was the most prominent literary opponent of the Philippine-American
War of 1899-1902. In February of 1901, as his essay "To the Person Sitting
in Darkness" was creating a storm of controversy throughout the country."
A collection of photos taken during the Philippine-United States War. Includes
cartoons from magazines, and pictures of the key persons of the conflict.