General
The
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History
and Diplomacy Access to primary source materials
in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy,
and government.
Historical Text
Archive Reproduces and links to articles, papers, documents,
photos, and books that relate to world history. Organized
by original document format, world event, and geographic origination.
HyperHistory Navigates through 3 000 years of World History with
links to important persons of world historical importance,
civilization timelines, events and facts.
Repositories
of Primary Sources A listing of over 4300 websites describing
holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical
photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
U.S.
History
American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital
Library A gateway to more than seven million digital items,
mostly primary source materials, on American history.
American
Political Development Brings together a wide variety of
resources for APD scholars in one easily accessible source.
The Electronic Classroom will provide links to resources on
the web for those teaching APD at the college level. Resources
will include primary source links, syllabi, exam and assignment
questions.The APD Town Square will gather information and
links relevant to APD scholars including newly published articles
and papers from a variety of journals and presses; conference
and professional notices; links to relevant journals and journal
articles. The APD Town Square will also host electronic discussion
Forums on timely topics relevant to the APD field.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation Comprises twelve
different titles, covering the Continental Congress, the Constitutional
Convention, and the 1st through 42nd Federal Congresses. The Journals of the Continental Congress, the Records
of the Federal Convention of 1787, the Debates in the
Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution,
the House and Senate Journals (1789-1873), the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1873), and the Journal
of William Maclay (1789-1791) are all available both as
digital facsimile images and as searchable texts. The Annals
of Congress (1789-1824), Register of Debates (1824-1837), Congressional Globe (1833-1873), seventeen volumes
of the Statutes at Large (1789-1873), and selected
volumes of the U.S. Serial Set are available as digital
facsimile images accompanied by searchable indexes and page
headings.
Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy Supplies American citizens
direct access to basic federal government documents that define
our democratic society, made available for free, permanent,
public access via the GPO Access service.
County
and City Data Books Provides web access to electronic
versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books,
including the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or
customized data subsets.
Documenting
the American South A collection of sources on Southern
history, literature, and culture from the colonial period
through the first decades of the 20th century.
Douglass:
Archives of American Public Address An electronic
archive of American oratory and related documents.
Federalist
Papers: A series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and James Madison, written and published to urge
New Yorkers to ratify the proposed U.S. Constitution. Offers
detailed insights into particular provisions of the Constitution.
Frederick
Douglas Papers at the Library of Congress Papers
of the nineteenth-century African-American abolitionist who
escaped from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming
an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher.
The papers span the years 1841 to 1964, with the bulk of the
material from 1862 to 1895.
Historic
Documents Index 1972-1999 A cumulative index covering
all documents presented in the twenty-eight volumes of Historic
Documents, from 1972 through 1999.
Historical
United States Census Browser Presents data regarding
the people and the economy of the US for each state and county
from 1790 to 1960.
The
Oregon Trail Archive A collection of primary resources,
including diaries, about the experiences of those who used
the Oregon Trail to find a new home in the west.
Political Cartoons
and Presidential Elections, 1860-1912 Offers access to
political cartoons found in Harper's Weekly and other leading
journals concerning the presidential elections from 1860 to
1912.
Additional resources available through the History of the U.S. page.
Texas History
Links to Texas History Primary Source Documents on the Internet
The most comprehensive collection of links to primary source
documentation for the history of Texas.
Texas
Constitutions Digitization Project Presents the project
aimed to digitize all the different versions of the Texas
Constitution and make them available on the web.
Texas Memories: Oral Histories Online Provides access
to written transcripts of interviews contained in the Oral
History Collection at the Institute of Texan Cultures.
Texas
Treasures Contains digital images of important resources
from the Texas State Archives. Also offers transcripts to
handwritten documents as well as background information with
historical context.
Additional resources available through the Texas History page.
World
History
EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
France
- Primary Documents
International Institute of Social
History Holds over 2,300 archival collections, some
1 million printed volumes, and a similar number of audio-visual
items. The available collections are accessible through an online
catalogue, an online index
of archives and inventories. Website of one of the world's
largest documentary and research institutions in the field
of social history and the labor movement.
Sources
of English Constitutional History A selection of documents
from A.D. 600 to the present. (Online book)
Nobel
e-museum Provides access to information about the
scientific and literary achievements as well as peace efforts
recognized by the Nobel Prize. Strives to stimulate interest
of students in the Prize areas.
Additional resources available through the World History page.
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