American History

American History Guide

United States History

• United States, History:
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• United States History Encyclopedias:
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• Encyclopedia of American History.
  Ref E174.5 .E52 1996
• The Oxford Companion to United States History.
  Ref E174 .O94 2001
• Encyclopedia of American Immigration.
  Ref JV6465 .E53 2001. 4vols.
• Encyclopedia of American Social History.
  Ref HN57 .E58 1993. 3vols.
• Encyclopedia of American Religious History.
  Ref BL2525 .Q44 2001. 2vols.

United States History: Web Sites

• History: United States - WWW-Virtual Library: One of the best all-around guides. It is organized by topic, time period and by type of material. Produced by Lynn H. Nelson. The site is part of the WWW Virtual Library, which is a collaborative project indexing the Internet.
• Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
• American Studies Web
• The History Guide: An Internet gateway to scholarly information with a focus on Anglo-American history and the history of Central and Western Europe.
• From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times.
• American Memory Project: Numerous collections of historic photographs, sheet music, film and audio files online in digital format from the collections at The Library of Congress.

Key Government Documents

• Colonial Documents
  The Federal and State constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the States, territories, and Colonies, now or heretofore forming the United States of America.
  Ref. KF4530.T46 1968 7vols.
• Great Britain, Colonies Administration:
  United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775:
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• The Declaration of Independence- Our great state papers: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of New Jersey, the history of, and pledge to, the United States flag.
  CIRC STACKS JK11 1948.O8
  United States, Declaration of Independence:
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• The Articles of Confederation - The Articles of Confederation; an interpretation of the social-constitutional history of the American Revolution, 1774-1781.
  CIRC STACKS JK131.J4 1959
  United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789:
  The United States under The Articles of Confederation.
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• The Constitution - Constitution, Jefferson's manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States.
  Ref. KF4992.U54 1979
  United States, Constitution:
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• Constitutional History, United States:
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• The Federalist Papers: Click to find copies in Sprague Library.

Key Government Documents: Web Sites

• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. July 6, 1775.
• The Declaration of Independence: Image and transcription of the text.
• Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1764-1789
• The Articles of Confederation: Nov. 15, 1777. Image and transcription of the text.
• The Constitution of the United States: Image and text transcription.
• The Bill of Rights: Image and text transcription.
• "I Do Solemnly Swear..." Presidential Inaugurations: An online collection from The Library of Congress of items from all of the Presidential inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's in 2001.
• The Federalist Papers

by Subject/Time Period

Biographies

• United States, Biography:
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  American National Biography.
  Ref CT213 .A68 1999 24vols.
  Dictionary of American Biography.
  Ref. E176.D56. 22vols.
  The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
  Ref E176.N283 13vols.
  Biography and Genealogy Master Index.
  An index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries.
  Ref Index Tables Z5305.U5B562 1981 to date.
  Biography Index.
  A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines.
  Ref Index Tables Z5301.B5 1982 to date.

Biographies: Web Sites

• Biography.com:
  Short biographical sketches about 20,000+ people.
• Biographical Dictionary:
  Basic information about 28000+ individuals from ancient times to the present day.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-present:
  Short biographies, and information about the locations of research collections about all members of Congress. published by the U.S. Congress.
• WWW-VL: History: United States: Biography
• Biographies:
  Over 100 sites listed at BUBL Information Service.
• Biography Internet Resources

Slavery

• Slavery:
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  The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery.
  Ref HT861 .H57 1997 2vols.
  Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery.
  Ref HT861 .M24 1998 2vols.

Slavery: Web Sites

• Spartacus Encyclopedia: Slavery
• The International Centre for the History of Slavery:
  Links to resources and other institutions which study slavery.
• The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition:
  Studies all aspects of the Atlantic slave system. The center hosts conferences, as well as listing lesson plans, over 200 online documents and other online exhibits.
• Dred Scott, Plantiff in Error, v. John F. A. Sandford
• The Dred Scott Case (1857): From the "Secession Era Editorials Project"
• "Been Here So Long" Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives.
• American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
• North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920
• American Anti-Slavery Group

Military History

• United States, Military
• United States, Army
• United States, Navy
• United States, Air Force
• United States, Marine Corps:
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Military History: Web Sites

• Military History: WWW-VL
• War, Peace and Security Guide:
  Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces College.
• U.S. Army Center of Military History:
  The Online Bookshelves here contain a good selection of military history texts.
• H-War Military History Network:
  Scholarly discussion and resources for military history.

European Exploration & Colonization

• America, Discovery and Exploration:
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European Exploration & Colonization: Web Sites

• Discoverers Web:
  An extensive list of online resources dealing with the exploration of the world.
• Port:
  Catalog of online resources related to maritime history. Produced at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
• Maritime History on the Internet
• The Hakluyt Society's Web Links:
  List of sites online dealing with world exploration, maps, maritime history and maritime archaeology.

Colonial America and the American Revolution

• The American Revolution, 1775-1783 : an encyclopedia.
  Ref E208 .A433 1993. 2vols.
  United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783:
  United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783:
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Colonial America and the American Revolution: Web Sites

• Revolutionary Era, 1750-1783:
  A thorough guide with links to bibliographies, maps, primary documents, reenactor groups etc.,
• The American Revolution: National Discussions of our Revolutionary Origins:
  Scholarly discussion lists, and resources for research.

Civil War and Reconstruction

• Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a political, social, and military history.
  Ref E468 .E53 2000. 5vols.
  A user's guide to the official records of the American Civil War.
  Circ Stacks E464 .A35 1993.
• War of the rebellion:a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies ... General index and additions and corrections.
  Ref E464.U6 Index
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865:
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Civil War and Reconstruction: Web Sites

• United States Civil War Center:
  at Louisiana State Univ.
• The American Civil War Homepage
• The Civil War 1855-1865: From the WWW-VL.
• The Official Records of the War Of The Rebellion: 128 volumes of reports written by the leaders of the Union army throughout the Civil War.

Confederate Documents

• Constitution of the Confederate States of America. March 11, 1861
• Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America

The Gilded Age (1876-1900): Books

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The Gilded Age (1876-1900): Web Sites

• The American 1890s: A Chronology
• The Fall of Third Parties in the Gilded Age
• Anti-Saloon League 1893-1933

World War I

• World War, 1914-1918:
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• The European powers in the First World War: an encyclopedia.
  Ref D510 .E97 1996
• The United States in the First World War: an encyclopedia.
  Ref D510 .U65 1995
• World War I : a visual encyclopedia.
  Ref D510 .W67 2002

World War I: Web Sites

• Trenches on the Web: An Internet History of The Great War
• The World War I Document Archive
• Encyclopaedia of the First World War
• World War I: from Yahoo.
• The Treaty of Versailles

The Roaring Twenties

• United States, History, 1919-1933:
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The Roaring Twenties: Web Sites

• The Lawless Decade: A Pictorial History of the Twenties
• Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929:
  Materials at the Library of Congress that document the prosperous economy of the 1920s.
• Tennessee vs. John Scopes. The Monkey Trial. 1925.:
  From Famous Trials in American History by Doug Linder.
• One Lesson From History: Appointment of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal

The Great Depression

• Depressions, 1929, United States:
• New Deal, 1933-1939:
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The Great Depression: Web Sites

• New Deal Network
• The Crash of 1929:
  Highlights coverage of the Crash by the New York Times.
• American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940

World War II

• World War, 1939-1945:
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• The Oxford Companion to World War II.
  Ref D740 .O94 1995
• The Historical Encyclopedia of World War II.
  Ref D740 .E5213

World War II: Web Sites

• HyperWar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War
• WW2WEB.COM
• The World at War. History of WW 1939-1945

The Cold War: Books

• Cold War | Berlin Wall | Cuban Missile Crisis | Glasnost | Perestroika
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• The Cold War Encyclopedia.
  Ref D840 .P28 1996
• Encyclopedia of cold war politics.
  Ref E840 .T57 2000

The Cold War: Web Sites

• The Harvard Project on Cold War Studies
• Cold War International History Project

Civil Rights and the Anti War Movements

• Civil Rights:
• Civil Rights, United States:
• African Americans, Civil Rights:
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• The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America.
  Ref E185.61 .E544 1998 3vols.

Civil Rights and the Anti War Movements: Web Sites

• The Struggle for Rights: 1940-1975
• The Struggle Continues: 1975-The Present