APUSH Links

The following are links to general history websites that are excellent resources for additional information and research purposes. If you find a site you think should be added to the links page email me. Click on the website name to go to the website. I've also included a short description of the site's content.
Colonization-- Beginnings to 1763
Atlantic Slave Trade & Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record	Images depicting the enslavement of Africans, the Atlantic Slave Trade and slave life in the New World. Contains reference information and brief comments from original captions.
Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776	Scanned and searchable digital version of the 15 volumes of the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut from April 1636-October 1776. Topics include: politics, legal matters, Indian affairs, military actions, social concerns, agriculture, religion.
Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas	Contains texts written about the Americas from the 15th through the 19th centuries.
Diary, Correspondence and Papers of Robert "King" Carter of Virginia, 1701-1732	Personal papers of one of the wealthiest colonial Virginia planters. Includes a biography of Carter.
Geography of Slavery in America	Transcriptions and images of 2400 newspaper advertisments from 1736-1777 relating to runaway slaves.
New Perspectives on the West	Companion site to PBS series The West. Includes timelines, routes west and primary source documents collected during filming. Mostly deals with poltical and military history, some social and ethnic history. Starts with the 16th century European expeditions.
Plymouth Colony Archive Project	Documents and analytical essays on the social history of Plymouth Colony from 1620-1691. Includes primary sources, as well as biographies, research papers and topical articles that look at the lives of the 395 people who lived in the colony.
Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project	Full text version of the trial transcripts, 17th century narratives of the trials and full-text pamphlets and excerpts of sermons by Cotton Matter. Also includes 4 full-text books written in the 17th and early 18th centuries about the trials.
Virtual Jamestown	Primary source documents related to the founding and settlement of Jamestown including accounts of voyages, Bacon's Rebellion, public records and census data.
Revolution and New Republic, 1754-1820
Center on Religion and Democracy	Searchable database of documents on religion and society. Includes the complete Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript, as well as texts by Emerson, Hobbes, Locke and Marx.
Century of Lawmaking in the New Nation: Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873	Materials are organized chronologically from the Constitutional Convention through Reconstruction.
Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention	Drafts and final versions of the foundational U.S. govt. documents.
Doing History: Martha Ballard's Diary Online	Diary of an 18th century midwife. Includes facsimile and transcribed full-text versions of the 1400 page diary.
Drafting the Documents of Independence	Eight documents and prints relating to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Includes original drafts with changes made by Ben Franklin, John Adams and others.
First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820	Website contains 15,000 pages of materials related to the settlement of the first American West. Topics addressed include: encounters between Europeans and natives, lives of slaves, the roles of schools and churches and the activites of the migrants.
George Washington Papers, 1741-1799	65,000 documents written by or to Washington. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, journals, account books, military records, reports and notes. Keyword searchable.
Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation	Includes eleven translations of the Declaration and 5 "retranslations" back into English. Also includes 16 essays discussing the translations and historical interpretations of the document.
Oneida Indian Nation: Culture and History	Called the "first ally and steadfast friend" of the new American Republic the website looks at documents and studies of the Oneida's during the Revolutionary period.
Osher Map Libarary	14 exhibitions of more than 600 maps and related documents. Provides essays for each exhibit. Topics addressed include: conflicting conceptualizations of the U.S. from 1790-1900, European exploration and settlement and Revolutionary war maps.
Papers of John Jay	Unpublished papers of John Jay dating from 1745 to 1829. Primary documents have been scanned but not transcribed, so they may be difficult to read.
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic	Through the use of primary documents the site looks at the importance of religion in early American history. Topics include: religous persecution in Europe, religious experience in 18th century America, influence of religious leaders on Revolution and Independence, policies toward religion under the Articles of Confederation and the evangelical movements of the early 19th century.
Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America	170 documents and artifacts related to the Lewis and Clark expedition. Includes maps, plans, charts, Jeffersons instructions, sketches made on the trip and more.
Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive	Text written by or to Jefferson including correspondence, books, addresses and public papers. Most are transcribed and keyword searchable.
Thomas Jefferson Papers	Jefferson's letters, notes and drafts including official writings and material reflecting Jefferson's numerous interests.
Thomas Paine National Historical Assocation	Full-text versions of seven books and essays by Thomas Paine. Also has five 19th and early-20th century biographies of Paine.
Expansion and Reform, 1801-1861
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project	Materials cover Lincoln's years in Illinois. Includes audio recordings of songs from the period and 295 images of Lincoln and his family. Broken into eight sections, each section includes an introductory essay, relevant documents and images, video discusions by prominent historians and narrated slide shows.
Abraham Lincoln Papers	Documents relating to Lincoln's life and career. All materials are available as images, about half have been transcribed. Includes correspondence, reports, pamphlets and newspaper clippings. Most written between 1850-1865.
African Americans in Lancaster County	Documents related to slavery in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Materials include documents and activities related to the Underground Railroad and resistence to the recapture of runaways.
American Transcendentalism Web	Texts by and about major figures of American Transcendentalism, a New England intellectual movement beginning in the 1830s.
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864	Collection contains 725 early photos produced by Matthew Brady's studio. Includes portraits of prominent public figures including President Polk, Horace Greeley and the earliest known photos of President and Mrs. Lincoln.
Chickasaw Historical Research Page	Created to document the history of the Chickasaw people who were removed from their traditional lands in the South to Indian Territory in Oklahmoa. Contains 130 letters written to, by or about the Chickasaw between 1792 and 1849.
Dred Scott Case	Facsimiles and transcripts of the 85 legal documents relating to the Dred Scott Case. Also provides a chronology of the 11 year case and links to 281 "Freedom Suits"-- legal petitions for freedom filed by or on the behalf of slaves.
Edgar Allen Poe	Annotated versions of most of the material published by Poe during his lifetime. Includes at least 1 example of all surviving works, but in many cases multiple versions are included.
Freedom Bound: The Underground Railroad in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania	Investigates the Underground Railroad. Clickable map allows visitors to view related images and streaming audio testimony based on the slave narratives passed down by descendents of Daniel Hughs an agent and conductor on the railroad. Requires Flash.
Helios: The Smithsonian American Art Museum Photography Collection	Over 300 photos in three exhibits of 19th century and early 20th century daguereotypes and photos. Subjects include landscapes, Civil War images and portraits.
Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corp of Discovery	PBS companion site to the series
North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920	Collection of 230 full-text documents on the lives of slaves, including all known published slave narratives.
Oregon Trail	Companion site to the PBS documentary
Samuel J. May Anti-Salvery Collection	Huge collection of anti-slavery and Civil War related materials. May, an American abolitionist donated the materials to the Cornell Library in 1870.
Slave Movement during the 18th and 19th Century	Downloadable raw data and documentation on topics related to 18th and 19th century slave trade. Includes records of slave ship movement between Africa and Americas, vessel and owner information and numbers and origins of slaves carried.
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860	Published materials on legal aspects of slavery including court decisions and arguments, journals and letters.
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in 19th Century America	Full text transcipts and page images of Sunday school materials used by Methodists, Baptists and Mormons. Searchable.
Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869	Diaries of 45 men and 4 women who made the trip west during the California gold rush and the Morman Trek.
Women in America: 1820-1842	Excerpts from 18 texts regarding the status of women in America in the early 19th century.
Women's History: The 1850 Worcester Convention	Commerative site for the 150 anniversary of the first women's rights convention in Worchester, Massachusetts. Includes speeches, newspaper accounts, and letters.
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938	Firsthand accounts of slavery as well as black and white photos of former slaves.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum	History of the first transcontinental railroad completed in 1869. Includes images, travel brochures and journals.
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society	Letters, newspapers, photos, sketches, posters and manuscripts related to the Civil War.
Freedman and Southern Society Project	Documents related to the emancipation of slaves between 1861-1865.
Freedman's Bureau Online	Records and reports of the Freedman's Bureau related to their task of supervising relief and education to freedmen after the Civil War.
Historical New York Times Project--The Civil War Years	New York Times articles from the Civil War period.
Lost Museum	Re-creation of P.T. Barnum's American Museum.
Selected Civil War Photographs	Photos of military personnel, preparations for battle and the aftermath of battle.
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture	In depth look at the contemporary sources Stowe used to create her abolitionist novel.
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War	Searchable archive of documents comparing two Shenandoah Valley counties during the Civil War. Includes maps, images, letters, diaries and newspapers.
General U.S. History Links The links in this section overlap the two semesters of U.S. History.
Digital Scriptorium	Includes digitized collections, exhibits and student projects from Duke University. Of special interest to 1301 students is the first hand account of a U.S. officer who occupied the Phillipines after the Spanish-American War.
Election Statistics	Votes counts for all federal elections from 1920 to 2002.
Famous Trials	Includes trial transcripts and primary documents for 35 prominant trials including Susan B. Anthony(1873), Sacco & Vanzetti (1921), Scopes (1925), Scottsboro Boys (1931-1937), Rosenbergs (1951), Lenny Bruce(1964), Mississippi Burning (1967), Chicago Seven, My Lai (1970)
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties	Digitized version of a seven volume compendium of all laws and treaties relating to Native Americans.
Kentuckian Digital Library	Contains photos, full-text books, and journals from 1751-1971 including 22 issues of Works Progress Administration in Kentucky: Narrative Reports.
Library of Virginia Digitial Library Program	Huge numbers of digitized documents including World War I History Commission Questionaires, WPA Life Histories and virtual exhibits related to the New Deal in Virginia.
Online Archive of California	Scores of primary source documents including images and texts. Of particular interest are the Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive and Free Speech Movement: Studetn Protest, 1964-1965
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image	2200 items covering 17th to the 20th centuries including papers of Theodore Dreiser and and exhibit of singer Marian Anderson's papers and recordings.
Godey's Lady's Book Online	One of the most popular magazines for women during the 19th and early 20th century. Aimed at middle and upper-class women each issue contains fiction, fashions and editorials. Good resource for learning about Victorian popular culture.
Helios: The Smithsonian American Art Museum	Chronicles the first century of American photography (1839-1939), including rare daguereotypes. Shows people engaging in a wide range of activities, as well as landscapes and cityscapes.
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music	Digitized images of 18,000 pieces of sheet music published prior to 1923. Excellent source for pre-20th century American popular culture.
"Liberty Rhetoric" and the 19th Century American Woman	Looks at the way language was used to argue for women's suffrage from colonial through the 1848 Seneca Falls Conference.
Oregon Trail	Companion site to the PBS series. Although set earlier than the period covered by 1302, it will give you a good idea of the hardships faced on the way west. Includes primary source documents.
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in 19th Century America	Full text transcriptions and digitized pages of Sunday school books used by Methodists, Baptists, Mormons and other denominations. Fully searchable by subject, author, title and keyword. Offers insights into 19th century cultural values.
Trails to Utah and the Pacific: 1846-1869	Diaries and letters of settlers heading out west.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum	Excellent source for studying the Transcontinental Railroad and rail travel in general. Includes over 2000 photos and images, as well as rail maps.
HarpWeek: Explore History	Thirteen exhibits on 19th century history. Of particular interest are: The Presidential Elections--1860-1912; Nineteenth Century Advertising History; The American West and The World of Thomas Nast.
History News Network (HNN)	Weekly web magazine featuring articles by historians looking at current events in historical perspective. If you want to find connections between the past and the present, this is the site for you.
Making of America University of Michigan Cornell University	These two sites collectively hold more than 1.5 million pages of text. The goal is to digitize as many volumes of 19th century journals and magazines as possible. Includes Atlantic Monthly, Harper's New Monthly, Ladies Repository and American Missionary among others. Each site must be searched separately, but plans to merge the two sites are in the works.
Wright American Fiction,1851-1875	Site is attempting to digitize "every novel published in the United States from 1851-1875". Good source of info about popular culture.
Development of the Industrial U.S., 1870-1900
African American Perspectives, 1818-1907	Collection of 350 pamphlets and documents including sermons, organization reports, college catelogues, graduation orations, slave narratives and congresssional speeches covering topics from segregation and voting rights to violence against blacks and the colonization movement. Offers insights into African American culture and civil rights movements.
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers	Over 4,000 items from Bell's personal papers. Offers insights into the 19th century scientific community and the effects of technology on society.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest	Contains photos and text illustrations of the everyday lives of American Indians on the West Coast, including illustrations of housing, clothing, crafts, transportaion, education and employment. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and geographic location.
Booker T. Washington Papers	Complete 14 volume set of Washinton's papers is available on this site.
"California as I Saw It"	First person accounts and illustrations covering California history from the Gold Rush to the turn of the century.
Centenial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876	Includes 1500 photographs from the Centenial Exhibition, as well as, key facts and statistics. Excellent introduction to America's emergence as an industrial power.
Chicago Anarchists on Trial	Documents from the Haymarket Affair court proceedings. Includes an historical narratives to put the documents into context.
Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era	Looks at all aspects of coal mining during the period from mining disasters and strikes to life in coal-mining communities. Includes Stephen Crane's 1894 article, "In the Depths of a Coal Mine." A good source for learning about the work and living conditions in the Gilded Age.
Core Historical Iiterature of Agriculture	Numerous texts on agriculture in the U.S. from 1847-1967. Of particular interest are texts from early agricultural societies and personal memoirs.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection	A private collection of 8800 maps of North and South America that is in the process of being digitized. You can zoom in to view details and overlay maps to detect changes over time.
Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls	19th century "proper society" hailed the Penny Dreadful as dangerous to the morals of the young women who read them. Here's your chance to find out what all the fuss was about. Site includes 2, 364 cover images and 9 full text selections. Organized by topic.
Evolution of the Conservation Movement	Pictures and documents highlighting the modern conservation movement. Good source for information on environmental history.
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory	Contains to exhibits marking the 125th anniversary of the great Chicago Fire. One is a chronological review of the events and the second is of eyewitness accounts.
History of the American West, 1860-1920	Mostly photographs (over 30,000) of western towns, Indian tribes, mining scenes etc.
Images of African Americans from the 19th Century	500 images covering family life, school, labor and the Civil War. Searchable by keyword or category.
Kate and Sue McBeth, Missionary Teachers to the Nez Perce Indians	Letters and diaries of two sisters; some government documents relating to tribal history. Good source to look at contradictions between traditional Indian culture and "civilized" American cultural expectations.
Mark Twain and His Times	Website is based on his life and works. A critic of the excesses of the Gilded Age and of the racial prejudices of his time, this site puts his works into historical context.
Native American Documents Project	Four collections of documents related to federal Indian policy.
New York Public Library Picture Collection Online	All 30,000 images of New York date to before 1923. Everything from photographs to postcards. Searchable by keyword or browsable by subject. Good source for looking at development of cities and city life.
New York Public Library Online Exhibitions	There are 25 exhibitions. Of particular interest to 1302 students will be exhibits on 19th century views of Manhatten's evolution, Harlem's African-American Community, the Spanish-American War and twenty-one video clips from oral histories of the the jazz greats.
Photographs of the American West, 1861-1912	196 photographs documenting westward migration and development of the frontier. Arranged by subject, chronologically.
Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters	Looks at everyday life on the Great Plains from 1862-1912. Good source for getting a feel for what life was like on the frontier.
Small Town America: Stereoscopic Views	Over 12,000 photos showing life in small towns and rural areas, as well as some cities from 1850-1920.
Temperance and Prohibition	Collection of images and documents related to the temperance movement which sought to make make alcohol illegal. Focuses on both national and local campaigns. Includes an essay to help put material in to its historical context.
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1945
Clash of Cultures	Looks at the rural/urban divide and the rise of fundementalism in the 1920s. Topics include "The New Woman", "Prohibition", "Scopes Trial", and "Anti-Immigration and the KKK". Some primary source materials, but mostly essays on the topic.
America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915	See America as it was at the turn of the century in this early motion pictures. There are 150 movies in the collection on topics ranging from firefighters and ice manufacturing to physical education classes and amusements parks.
American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Elections	59 sound recordings, mainly dealing with the 1920 election are presented here. Includes Warren G. Harding, FDR, Samuel Gompers, Henry Cabot Lodge, A. Mitchell Palmer. Hear what they thought about the issues of the times with your own ears!
American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920	Before there was NetFlix, vaudeville ruled! Many of America's most famous entertainers got their start in vaudeville before moving into the new industry of motion pictures. Links to the Library of Congress exhibition on Bob Hope which traces the effect of vaudeville on the entertainment industry today.
Anti-Imperialism in the United States	Offers essays, speeches, pamphlets, editorial cartoons and more that cover the anti-imperialism debate in the U.S. Rudyard Kipling's "White Man's Burden" is available along with 50 contemporary reactions to it.
Child Labor in America, 1908- 1912: Lewis W. Hine Photographs	Hine's photographs were part of the larger movement to regulate child labor in the U.S. during the Progressive period. Each photo has the original caption given to it by Hine.
Chinese in California, 1850-1925	Over 8000 items documenting the experiences of Chinese immigrants to the west coast. Everything from business records to diaries.
Digitial Archives Collections at the University of Hawaii	Documents related to the annexation of Hawaii in 1898.
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine	Music selections from 78-rpm recordings made between 1900 the 1930s. Ragtime, opera, jazz, classical, marching bands and swing are covered.
Earliest Voices: A Gallery from the Vincent Voice Library	Recordings made between 1900 and 1920 including William Jennings Bryan and Booker T. Washington.
The North American Indian	Edward Curtis's collection of 2, 226 photos of North American Indians. Includes Curtis's orginal captions and identifying information.
Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920	9,000 advertising items that trace the development of a consumer culture in the U.S.
The First World War: The War to End All Wars	Primary and secondary sources on World War I including diaries, audio files of songs and speeches, and pictures.
Harlem: Mecca of the Negro	Digital reproduction of a 1925 article on the Harlem Renaissance and the emergence of the "new Negro."
Margaret Sanger Papers Project	Materials related to Sanger's life and work as well as links to related sites.
Medicine and Madison Avenue	Shows the evolution of health related advertising between 1910- 1960. Considering the proliferation of direct pharmaceutical marketing today, this site provides in interesting look into the connection between medicine and advertising.
Inventing Entertainment: Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies	Motion pictures from 1891-1896 and sound recordings dating from 1913-1920, as well as related materials such as magazine articles.
Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923	Includes photos, clippings, films, theatre programs and sheet music. A few video clips from early movies. Can be searched by keyword.
Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933	Major daily paper that was geared toward the working classes of Chicago. Provides a glimpse into urban life at the turn of the century.
Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz before 1930	Biographical information, photos and recordings of jazz bands and musicians from 1898-1929.
Centenial: The Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War	Takes a look at the impact and consequences of American imperialism in the Philippines. Includes many primary source documents, as well as scholarly essays.
SIRIS Image Gallery: Selections from Archives Center	Four collections from Smithsonian holdings. Also has links to additional images in the Smithsonians other archives.
The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures	See the war as it actually happened. Includes film footage shot in Cuba and the Philippines.
Stars and Stripes: The American Soldier's Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919	Find out what the doughboys read during their free time in the trenches. News, poetry, cartoons, sports reports--it's all there.
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America	Collection of mass produced photos (postcards, prints, albums etc) designed to be sold on the mass market between 1890-1924. Of particular interest are photos taken in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, the Hopi people and landscapes along several rail lines.
Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neigborhoods, 1889-1963	Everything from newspaper articles to letters and memoirs of Hull House. If you are interested in how urban landscapes and the needs of urban residents change over time this would be a good place to start.
USC Archival Research Center	Materials documenting the history of Los Angeles. Of particular interest are photos of Japanese-American Internment.
U.S. Steel Gary Works Photography Collection	Includes interpretive text with photos and documents the creation of the mill and the workers who toiled there.
Votes for Women: Selections for the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collections, 1848-1921	Documents the Suffrage movement in the U.S.
World War I Document Archive	Documents and images of the military, diplomatic and political sides of the war.
Ad*Access	Advertisements from newspapers and magazine from 1911-1955. Good place to view the changes in advertising over time.
After the Day of Infamy: "Man on the Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor"	If you want to know how ordinary people felt about the attack in its immediate aftermath, this is the place. Note the similarities between the reactions of people in 1941 and those of people in 2001.
America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945	Images taken by photographers from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information. Includes the famous Dorothea Langes photo, Migrant Mother, which has come to epitomize the suffering of migrants during the depression years.
Ansel Adam's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar	Compare the Adam's pictures to the government propaganda film we watched in class.
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943	Produced as part of the New Deal goal to support the arts, the posters promote New Deal programs related to health, saftey, education, travel and tourism.
Club Kaycee, Golden Age of Kansas City Jazz	Audio files and short bios of the jazz greats such as Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Lester Young.
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project	110 oral histories and 200 hours of video interviews on Japanese-American internment. Also includes documents and photos.
FDR Cartoon Archive	Political cartoons related to the presidency of FDR.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Digital Archives	It's all here! Twelve years worth of documents, speeches, pictures and memoranda.
Historic Government Publications from World War II: A Digital Library	An ongoing project, 259 documents have already been digitized with more to come.
Museum of New York City: Exhibitions	Of particular interest are exhibits depicting street and home life, businesses, work and the stage from 1892-1942. A special exhibit, New York during the War includes stills produced by the Office of War Information designed to portray the city in a positive light.
New Deal Network	Database of documents related to the New Deal.
Remembering Jim Crow	Companion site to NPR radio series. Materials divided into sections on the legal, social and cultural aspects of segregation.
Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II	Oral history interviews on the homefront and overseas.
Voices from the Dust Bowl	Looks at migrant work camps throughout the U.S. during the Depression. Includes audio recordings of songs, interviews and camp announcements.
Postwar War America, 1945-Present
American Radicalism Collection	Images and documents ralted to radical movements in the U.S. including the KKK, AIM, Black Panthers, Rosenbergs, Sacco and Vanzetti and the Scottsboro Boys
40th Anniversary of Central High	Articles, photographs chronicling the efforts to desegregate Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Central High Crisis: Little Rock, 1957	Articles and photographs related to the desegration of Central High. Be sure to look at the crowds who opposed the integration of the school, their expressions say it all.
CIA Electronic Reading Room	Declassified documents related to a number of Cold War topics, some heavily edited.
Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive	150 oral history interviews and documents from figures on both sides of the movement.
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project	Covers oral histories of veterans from 20th century wars.
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century	Maps of all aspects of world history and geography in the 20th century.
History and Politics Out Loud	Primarily material from three U.S. Presidents, Nixon, LBJ and JFK. Includes speeches, telephone coversations and more. International figures such as Churchill also included.
Internet Moving Images Archive	Prelinger archives house tones of ephemeral films including many Cold War era Civil Defense films such as Duck and Cover and Yertle the Turtle.
Literature and Culture of the American 1950s	What was being said about anti-communism, feminism and conformity? Find out here.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum	Documents and materials related to LBJ's presidency.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project	Texts by and about MLK
National Elections Studies	Data on all National Elections from 1948-2002
Parallel History Project on NATO and the WARSAW Pact	Declassified documents of former Soviet satellites and the U.S., including documents on the Berlin Crisis
Truman Presidential Museum and Library	Documents and materials related to Truman's presidency.
U.S. Senate Historical Office	Includes internal documents on the workings of the Senate including desegregation of the staff, the McCarthy hearings, and Nixon's impeachment.
Vietnam Center	Audio oral histories and other documents from the men and women who served.
Hard Hat Riots: An Online History Project	Documents the 1970 attacks on Vietnam war protestors by construction workers.
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millenium	135 political cartoons drawn by Herbert Block from 1929-2000 covering the major issues of the day.
Living Room Candidate: A History of Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2000	See how campaign ads have changed. Search by year or by common themes such as "looking presidential", "attack ads" or "family man."
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court in Multimedia	Audio files, abstracts and opinions for 3300 Supreme Court cases.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1992-2001	The name says it all.
Watergate Revisited	Now that you know who Deep Throat is check out the Washinton Post's site and watch the scandal unfold.