AMDOCS - Documents for the Study of American History

"This portal, from the University of Kansas is organized as a time line from 1492 (with a document detailing Columbus' mission) to 2003 (George W. Bush announces the end of major combat operations in Iraq). Most documents are transcribed, with a few files in PDF or Real Audio (a sample of the Nixon tapes)."

 

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

"This offshoot of the Library of Congress offers more than seven million items from over 100 historical collections. Materials are searchable and browsable by broad topic, original format, time, region, library division and digital format."

 

American Presidents Life Portraits

In 1999 the C-Span Network celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an award winning series about the American Presidents. This site is a complement to that series, offering in depth profiles of the Presidents, their lives and administrations.

An Outline of American History

"An Outline of American History is one of the oldest continuing publications of the United States Information Agency (USIA)." U.S. history is divided into thirteen chapters from "Early America" to "Toward the 21st Century." Each chapter is further divided by subtopics which are discussed in brief essay form.

 

Great American Speeches

A fascinating on-line collection of speeches from great moments in American history. Speeches are arranged in a timeline of events for historical perspective. Read the text of Booker T. Washington's speech at The Cotton State Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia on September. 18, 1895 and John F. Kennedy's famous speech at the Berlin Wall on June 26, 1963. Get the background of the event, the text of the speech and hear a short audio clip of the actual speech. Some speeches even have short video clips. A great site!

 

Herblock's History - Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium

. . ."Herb Block has offered trenchant graphic commentary on virtually every notable incident and public figure from the Depression forward … His drawings are his legacy, a monumental contribution to the profession of journalism and to future understanding of the times in which we live. The Library takes great pride in preserving them for posterity on behalf of the American people. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress

 

Our Documents

This "snazzy-looking government site … pays tribute to '100 milestone documents of American history,' includes old favorites (Bill of Rights, Marbury v. Madison) as well as some dark horses (Zimmerman telegram, Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center). Explanatory passages help users make sense of what they're looking at, and images of the documents themselves are just plain cool. A great stop for students and educators."

 

US National Archives and Records Administration

"Online Exhibits include Charters of Freedom with high-resolution images of our founding documents…" including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

 

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

From pre-18th century to the 21st century, the Avalon Project mounts "digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government," with links to supporting documents.

 

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

Source material in modern European, American and Latin history , including "contemporary narrative accounts, personal memoirs, songs, newspaper reports, as well as cultural, philosophical, religious and scientific documents."

 

Atlapedia Online

A free site for physical maps, political maps, facts and statistics about world countries. Clear, concise, easy to use site. Search countries A to Z or World Maps. Additional educational map resources are available after purchasing a "School Use" license and password.

 

50 States.com

A site that's efficient and easy to use. Full of fast facts about the states and their capitals.