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U.S. History
 Websites presented in alphabetical order African-American Women: On-line Archival Collections 
 "Archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of African-American women ... includes the memoirs of Elizabeth Johnson Harris (1867-1942), an 1857 letter from Vilet Lester, a slave on a North Carolina plantation, and several letters from Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson, slaves on the estate of David Campbell, a governor of Virginia." From The Digital Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University. http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/african-american-women/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Women, United States History Last updated Jul 10, 2008 America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library
This exhibit "illustrates the nation's presidential elections in letters, sheet music, leaflets, buttons, and bumper stickers." Browsable by candidate starting in 1796 and parties. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Correspondence, The United States Presidency Last updated Nov 14, 2008 American Civil War
An extensive directory of links to information on the United States Civil War. Includes Civil War slang, recipes and other aspects of home life, data about African Americans (in the "Colored Troops" section), details about prisons and prisoners; diaries, letters, and memoirs; archives; and how women, Canadians, Native Americans, and others served during the conflict. From a professor of finance with an interest in this period of history. http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 19, 2005 American Civil War Collections
Civil War letters and diary entries include transcriptions and digital images of the manuscripts. Each collection is annotated and tells whether the letters are from spouses, sweethearts, relatives, or others. The site also includes speeches, fictional writings, spirituals, and legal texts relating to the war. The newspaper collection is for students at the University of Virginia only. From the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center. http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 12, 2007 The Booker T. Washington Papers
This site is "designed to provide researchers worldwide with full access to the thousands of pages comprising this 14-volume printed work, originally published by the University of Illinois Press." The collection includes autobiographical writings, letters, newspaper articles, tombstone inscriptions, documents from the Tuskegee Normal School (of which Washington was a trustee), and a large number of other documents. The site is searchable, and volumes can be browsed with the aid of the tables of contents. http://www.historycooperative.org/btw/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Education, Notable People Last updated Aug 4, 2004 California As We Saw It
Maps, letters, books, and other resources from the archives of the California State Library are used to provide an outline of California history during the Gold Rush. Each item is described in detail with both small and large images of the original. http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/ Topics: Correspondence, History, United States History Last updated Oct 10, 2000 Carl Albert Purpus, Plant Collector in Western North America
Presents "historical, floristic and related data" concerning German-born Carl Albert Purpus, "the first botanist to explore many parts of California, particularly the North Coast Ranges and southern Sierra Nevada [in the 1890s]." Contains correspondence and published writings by Purpus, articles, and a list of plants first described by the botanist. Also includes photographs and a browsable geographical index. From the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/Purpus/ Topics: Biology, Correspondence, Notable People, Plants, Science Last updated Oct 1, 2004 The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
A collection of about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials illustrating "nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California." Includes original illustrations, cartoons, letters, diary excerpts, speeches, sheet music, and other images and printed matter. Search or browse the material by subject, name, title, group, or theme. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Social Issues Last updated Jul 15, 2006 The Civil War in Florida: Letters of a New Hampshire Soldier (The Calvin Shedd Letters)
Transcriptions of letters from Calvin Shedd to his family during the Civil War. Includes a complete roster of the New Hampshire Seventh Regiment Volunteers (in which he served for the Union Army). This wonderful look at an everyday soldier's experiences during the Civil War conveys the boredom as well as the fighting. Biographical and background information on the war is included. From the Archives and Special Collections Department of the University of Miami Library. http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters.html Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 13, 2009 The Civil War Letters of Galutia York
Transcriptions of a New York soldier's previously unpublished letters written to his family in 1862 and 1863. Includes regimental histories and a roster of the staff officers. Maintained by librarian Sue Greenhagen at the State University of New York (SUNY), Morrisville. http://localhistory.morrisville.edu/civil_war/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. Military, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 11, 2009 Civil War Life
"An online library of stories and articles about civilian life during the Civil War." Includes excerpts from the journal of Louisa May Alcott, letters, reproduced portions of a magazine for children, a poem by Clara Barton, a lesson in dancing the quadrille, and stories and songs (some audio files) of the Christian Commission, an important relief agency. http://www.edinborough.com/Learn/Civil_War_Life/Life.html Topics: Correspondence, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Society & Social Science, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 2, 2006 Dear Bess: Love Letters From the President
Digital versions of letters from Harry to Bess Truman sent between 1910 and 1957. The letters "not only [show] the personal loving relationship between Harry and Bess, but the President's efforts to use his wife as a sounding board for the issues of state." Selected letters have been transcribed. From the Truman Presidential Museum & Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/dearbess.htm Topics: Correspondence, Presidents by Name Last updated Nov 9, 2006 The Dolley Madison Project
"This website is devoted to the life, letters, and legacy of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, wife of James Madison and the most important First Lady of the 19th Century." It features an exhibit, essays, chronology, FAQ, and discussion of her name. Also includes a section on the use of Dolley Madison's name "as an icon for a wide range of commercial commodities" such as dolls and cigarettes. From the Virginia Center for Digital History. http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/madison/ Topics: Correspondence, Notable People: Government, The United States Presidency Last updated Oct 8, 2009 The Emma Goldman Papers
Includes an illustrated biography, photographs, a chronology (1869-1940), writings, speeches, and a browsable and searchable collection of "personal correspondence, pamphlets, handbills, and manuscripts" relating to the well-known anarchist, feminist, and "advocate of free speech, birth control, women's equality and independence, union organization, and the eight-hour work day." From the University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Political Parties & Theories, Social Issues, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
This collection of "original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West" features materials on Native Americans, blacks, women, leaders, industry, agriculture, and more. Includes books, periodicals, pamphlets, scientific publications, broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, financial records, maps, artifacts, and pictorial images -- all from the holdings of the University of Chicago Library and the Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html Topics: Agriculture, Black Resources, Correspondence, Geography, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Water Last updated Feb 4, 2005 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
"A multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida." Includes recordings of blues, work songs, children's songs, dance music, and religious music; interviews; an essay by ethnologist Zora Neale Hurston; a bibliography; and links. Searchable, and browsable by performer, audio title, manuscript title, and geographic location. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/florida/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Aug 12, 2008 Florida Heritage Collection
This digitized collection includes "published correspondence, travel narratives, promotional literature, reports, postcards and other materials documenting Florida history in the 19th and 20th centuries." From Florida State University Libraries Special Collections. http://palmm.fcla.edu/fh/ Topics: Correspondence, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Nov 10, 2009 Florida in the Civil War
Includes an essay, a timeline of related events, photos, documents (diaries, letters, and memoirs), and resources for teachers. From the Florida Memory Project . http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/FloridaCivilWar/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 23, 2003 Fred O. Seibel (1886-1968) Editorial Cartoonist, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Images of correspondence to Fred Seibel from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, John L. Lewis, James Hoffa, Barry Goldwater, and Harry Byrd. "All of them found themselves as subjects in his political cartoons and wrote Seibel asking him for copies of the originals. Scanned images of the cartoons that are referred to in the letters are also shown." From the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University. http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/exhibit/seibel1.html Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Correspondence, Media, Media, Politics, Presidents by Name Last updated Dec 15, 2003 Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
Devoted to "one of the forerunners of the civil rights movement in America," who "did groundbreaking work in Florida [during the 1930s and 40s] in registering African American voters, investigating lynchings and police brutality, and fighting for equal education for blacks and whites." Includes letters from the NAACP organizer, a timeline (1896-1968), teacher's guide, interactive map, comments on Moore's legacy, and investigations of his unsolved murder. Online companion to PBS documentary of same title. http://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Mysteries and More, Notable People, Social Issues Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Freedom's Fortress: The Library of Congress, 1939-1953
This site "tells the history of the Library of Congress during a particularly important period ... [when] the Library underwent a myriad of changes that established the institution as one of America's foremost citadels of intellectual freedom." Search and browse thousands of images representing memoranda, letters, photographs, and other resources. Offers biographical sketches of key figures such as Archibald Macleish and Luther Harris Evans. From the American Memory project at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/freedoms_fortress/ Topics: Correspondence, Librarianship, Libraries & Archives by Type, Social Issues Last updated Nov 16, 2004 From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
To commemorate the 350th anniversary (2004) of Jewish settlement in the United States, the Library of Congress created this exhibition featuring more than 200 items from its Judaica collection. The items portray the Jewish experience from immigration and acculturation to discrimination, acceptance, and assimilation. Items displayed include George Washington's letter to the Newport Hebrew Congregation, General Grant's edict banning Jews from Kentucky, and Abraham Lincoln's letter rescinding that ban. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Holidays and Observances Individually, Judaism, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Oct 19, 2004 The Gettysburg Address
Contains digitized images and transcriptions of two early drafts of the speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln. Includes translations of the speech in many languages, related correspondence, information on the preservation of the speech, and the "only known Photograph of President Lincoln at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/ Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency Last updated Sep 6, 2004 Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
A searchable site "dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of information concerning all aspects of the Atlantic slave system and its destruction." "Source Documents" contains speeches, letters, cartoons and graphics, interviews, and articles. The site also provides bibliographies, related sites, and information about the Amistad case. http://www.yale.edu/glc/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, United States History Last updated Jan 17, 2005 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Institute presents such eclectic items as images of letters from the Civil War era, a study of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, letters between 18th century historians Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Warren, and photographs from a 19th century school for African Americans. There are also readings and reference guides for various periods. This site is a rich one, and leads you from one interesting subject to another. Plan on spending time here! Searchable. http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jul 11, 2003 Hoover Online!
"The goal of this site is to furnish high school students with direct access to materials held at the Hoover Presidential Library." The site features biographical overviews of Herbert Hoover and his wife, and lesson plans about important episodes in their lives. These include their Chinese tour, Belgian relief, building of Hoover Dam, "440 historical documents pertaining to President Hoover and the Depression," and Hoover and Harry Truman. All pages include scanned photographs, letters, and documents. http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline/ Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Intelligence in the War of Independence
A history of the use of intelligence by the United States during the Revolutionary War. Contains information on the Committee of Secret Correspondence, the Committee on Spies, secret writing, codes and ciphers, George Washington, and Paul Revere and the Mechanics. Includes a bibliography of recommended publications. From the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/intelligence/index.html Topics: Correspondence, Government, Presidents by Name, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 26, 2007 James Madison Papers
This collection on James Madison consists of "approximately 12,000 items captured in some 72,000 digital images. They document the life of the man who came to be known as the 'Father of the Constitution' through correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation" and other documents. Some images include transcriptions; others may be hard to read. Includes a timeline and essays. Searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name Last updated Apr 21, 2005 JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
"Documenting the experience of Japanese Americans in World War II internment camps," this searchable site provides access to tens of thousands of images and pages of electronic transcriptions. Includes photographs, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, letters, oral histories, and documents. Also features an overview essay about Japanese American relocation. From the California Digital Library. http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Mar 26, 2007 John Brown's Holy War
John Brown's Holy War explores the life and actions of the abolitionist known for his violent crusade against slavery at Harpers Ferry. Includes biographical information and timeline; excerpts from letters, speeches, and an editorial; profiles of related people and events; information on the song "John Brown's Body"; a bibliography; and a teacher's guide. This online companion to PBS program also features a film transcript and interviews with historians featured in the film. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Labor, Notable People, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 27, 2005 John Quincy Adams: One President's Adolescence
"Ordinary and Extraordinary Letters, Diary Entries, and Parental Advice from JQA's Early Years." This site includes documents, tips on using documents in research, biographical sketches of the Adams family, and a chronology comparing J. Q. Adams' youth with America's growth. A "document-based, directed study" developed by a high school teacher for the Massachusetts Historical Society's Educating Youth project. http://www.masshist.org/JQA/StudyingJQA/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name Last updated Nov 19, 2008 The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest in the Washington Public Schools
Devoted to the Klondike gold rush in Alaska, and its economic influence on Seattle. Contains a chronology (1886-1916), discussion themes, classroom activities and resources, a bibliography, photographs, maps, and transcriptions of letters, diaries, and articles. From the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Klondike/Klondike%20Main.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Jun 23, 2009 Last Letters Home: Voices of American Troops From the Battlefields of Iraq
Companion site to a Home Box Office (HBO) program that features the letters of soldiers killed in action in Iraq. Features profiles of the families of the soldiers, a selection of letters, a discussion board, and a place to submit stories. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/lastlettershome/ Topics: Correspondence, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Sep 5, 2005 Love Letters: An Intimate Look at Love in Lancaster
This online exhibit "enables us to explore the ups and downs of romantic love from the 18th century to the present." Includes poetry, selections from autograph albums ("My love for you will never fail. As long as fido has a tail."), and a sampling of love letters. From the Lancaster County Historical Society, Pennsylvania. http://www.lancasterhistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=358&Itemid=164 Topics: Correspondence, Poetry Last updated Jan 23, 2009 The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project
Contains information on Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA); transcripts of selected correspondence, documents, and writings by and about Garvey; audio of speeches; and photographs. Browsable. From the James S. Coleman African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/mgpp/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, Notable People Last updated Mar 15, 2007 The Margaret Sanger Papers: Margaret Sanger and The Woman Rebel
A searchable collection of writings, letters, and other documents that "chronicle Margaret Sanger's publication of the radical, feminist journal, The Woman Rebel, and her emergence as the foremost leader of the birth control movement." Includes a chronology of events (1914-1916) and an index of related names and information. From the University of South Carolina. http://adh.sc.edu/ms/ms-table.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Families, History, Notable People, Reproductive and Sexual Health, United States History, Women, Women's Health Last updated May 19, 2005 The Maritime Heritage Project (MHP)
The history of ships reaching and leaving San Francisco is presented with newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, passenger quotes, statistics, poetry, and illustrations. There are sketches of travel conditions, migration, commerce, the gold rush, and cultures. Vessels are listed, often with detailed descriptions. Captains provides biographies of "Masters under God" who sailed into San Francisco. Other categories cover foreign ports, shipping paths, passenger lists, ship nationalities and cargos, VIPs, gossip, and tall tales. http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation Last updated Oct 3, 2002 Mark Twain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad
An exhibition devoted to the travels of Mark Twain, "from his earliest trips in America to his final visit to Bermuda in 1910." Includes photographs, letters, notebooks, broadsides, and other ephemera. From the Mark Twain Papers of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Travel Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Mark Twain Papers & Project
"The Mark Twain Papers contain the private papers of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) that he himself segregated and made available to his official biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine." The site includes a brief description of holdings, a bibliography of works published by the Mark Twain Project, searchable databases listing all known letters to and from Mark Twain, and links to online exhibits. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/MTP/ Topics: Archives, Correspondence Last updated Jul 25, 2006 MayflowerHistory.com
Information about the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and early Plymouth Colony. Read passenger lists, wills of some of those on board, crew lists, the Mayflower Compact, and other early letters and documents. Also includes genealogy resources and links to related museums and societies. Maintained by Mayflower descendent and researcher Caleb Johnson. http://mayflowerhistory.com/ Topics: Correspondence, Families, History, Hobbies, People, Transportation, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 17, 2005 The Modern English Collection
A collection of thousands of full-text works of English and American "fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to the present." Searchable, and browsable by author, and subject (African Americans, Native Americans, women, Civil War, Thomas Jefferson, young readers). From the University of Virginia Library, Electronic Text Center. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Poetry, United States History Last updated May 20, 2007 The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) NOVA program about "Typhoid Mary" (Mary Mallon), "a cook who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s" because she was a carrier of typhoid fever. The site features a historical analysis, a letter from Mary asking for her release, and a chronology of quarantine. Also includes an interactive epidemiology feature, program transcript, teacher's guide, bibliography, and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/ Topics: Correspondence, Diseases & Conditions, Health & Medical Disciplines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Safety Last updated Mar 28, 2005 National First Ladies' Library
"A national archive devoted to educating people about the contributions of First Ladies and other notable women in history." Includes biographies, lesson plans, and a catalog of the library's holdings. http://www.firstladies.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Government, The United States Presidency Last updated Nov 11, 2008 New Deal Network
A research and teaching resource devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal. At the core of the NDN is a database of more than 20,000 photographs, political cartoons, and texts (speeches, letters, and other historic documents). Features an annotated list of online resources for teachers and students. Searchable. Note: the site is being maintained, but "additional content is no longer being developed at this time." http://newdeal.feri.org/ Topics: Agriculture, Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 19, 2008 The Nixon-Presley Meeting: The Documentation
Documents and photographs concerning a 1970 visit by Elvis Presley to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House. Includes Presley's six-page handwritten letter requesting the visit, memoranda from Nixon staff (Haldeman, Chapin, Krogh, and others), and Nixon's thank you note for the gifts Presley brought with him (including a Colt 45 pistol and Presley family photos). From the National Security Archive at the George Washington University Library. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/elvis/elnix.html Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: History, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency, United States History Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Oregon Historical Society (OHS)
This site features exhibits and an online catalog to research the society's extensive archival collection, which includes "books, serials, newspapers, oral histories, manuscripts, government documents, genealogical and biographical material, photographs, film, and maps." Provides general information about the society as well as outreach programs and publications. http://www.ohs.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Aug 22, 2007 The Papers of Jefferson Davis
This site is an extensive online presentation of selected material (text and images) from the complete edition of the works and papers (10 volumes published, a total of 15 projected) on the president of the Confederacy. Includes full text of a number of Davis' letters and speeches, a bibliography, chronology, family genealogy, FAQ, indexes to volumes 7-10, and an annotated list of links to other Civil War sites. http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Presidents by Name, The United States Presidency, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Dec 23, 2002 The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "brings America's wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life by combining original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries and letters written by people who were part of an unforgettable period of history." Includes photos, letters, videos, a World War II timeline, an episode guide, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Nov 8, 2004 The Price of Loyalty: The Bush Files
"These documents are drawn from a collection of 19,000 files of Paul H. O'Neill, the U.S. Treasury Secretary for the first two years of the Presidency of George W. Bush. ... The files, which range from memoranda to the President to handwritten notes to 'sensitive' internal reports, cover a sweeping array of foreign and domestic issues." Browsable. Collected by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ron Suskind for his book, "The Price of Loyalty." http://thepriceofloyalty.ronsuskind.com/thebushfiles/ Topics: Correspondence, Politics by Place, Presidents by Name Last updated Feb 9, 2004 Register of the Japanese American Research Project (JARP): The Estelle Ishigo Papers, 1941-1957
Contains correspondence, writings, drawings, and paintings of Estelle Ishigo, documenting World War II Japanese American internment life "in the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp [Wyoming] and the Federal Public Housing Authority resettlement trailer camps in Southern California." Includes biography. From the Library, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/ Topics: Art by Region, Correspondence, Notable People: Women, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
This online exhibit "explores the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping of early American life and politics, and in forming the American Republic [covering the 1600s through the 1800s]." Includes annotated images of "books, manuscripts, letters, prints, paintings, [and] artifacts." From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Government, Religion, Social Issues, United States History Last updated Aug 31, 2004 Silicon Valley History Online
The goal of this site "is to create a gateway to the major historical resources of California's Santa Clara Valley. You will find photographs, maps, letters, postcards, manuscripts, scrapbooks, menus, programs from events, and many other materials from local libraries, archives, and museums." Searchable, or browsable by topic (agriculture, education, people, technology, transportation, and urban life). Also includes lesson plans. http://www.siliconvalleyhistory.org Topics: Correspondence, Lesson Plans Last updated Nov 10, 2004 Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Images of the letters are accompanied by transcriptions and background information. The site exposes the techniques spies used in letter writing and has brief biographies of traitor Benedict Arnold, spies Ann Bates and Miss Jenny, the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, Paul Revere, and others. The site also has maps of the routes the letters took, a timeline from 1763-1783, bibliographies, and a teacher's section. From Clements Library at the University of Michigan. http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/ Topics: Correspondence, Government, Government, United States History, Wars & Conflicts, Writing Last updated Jun 24, 2003 Stonewall Jackson Resources: VMI Archives
This site provides brief biographical information on General Thomas Jonathan Jackson in the chronology and FAQ. More details are available in a selection of full-text correspondence in manuscript form, notes on his teaching career, contemporary accounts of his funeral, and a bibliography of selected sources at this site administered by the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=3747 Topics: Correspondence, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 2, 2008 Teaching With Documents: Migration North to Alaska
This site presents "photographs, letters, drawings, and acts [that] highlight some of the economic, social, and political factors that prompted thousands to migrate" to Alaska. Topics include the Alaska Purchase Treaty (which resulted in the transfer of the territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States), the Alaska Gold Rush, and migration and settlement in the state. Also includes forms for document and photo analysis. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/alaska/#resources Topics: Correspondence, History, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 28, 2005 Territorial Kansas Online, 1854-1861
"Explore the turbulent times of 'Bleeding Kansas.' Hundreds of personal letters, diaries, photos, and maps bring to life the settling of Kansas during the fierce debate over slavery." Features topics such as territorial politics, border warfare, immigration, and biographies of historical figures. Document archives are accompanied by a timeline, bibliography, lesson plans, images of "The Annals of Kansas," and related links. Browsable and searchable. From the Kansas State Historical Society and the University of Kansas. http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, History, Labor, Lesson Plans, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Nov 2, 2005 Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
Search or browse over 1,700 letters, manuscripts, and public papers. The site also provides the full text of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the University of Virginia, a recently revised edition of a biography originally published eight years after Jefferson's death, 2,700 quotations from his writings, and links to other Jefferson collections and organizations. http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/ Topics: Correspondence, Presidents by Name Last updated Jun 11, 2002 Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
"The Valley Project details life in two American communities, one Northern and one Southern, from the time of John Brown's Raid through the era of Reconstruction." Contains photographs, maps, "thousands of original letters and diaries, newspapers and speeches, [and] census and church records, left by men and women in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania." Many of the sources are searchable. http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/ Topics: Black Resources, Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Virtual Jamestown
"The Virtual Jamestown Archive is a digital research, teaching and learning project that explores the legacies of the Jamestown settlement and 'the Virginia experiment.'" Includes maps, labor contracts, public records, first hand accounts and letters, and a reference center featuring a timeline and biographies (including Pocahontas, Captain John Smith, and Chief Powhatan). A collaboration between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Center for Digital History. http://www.virtualjamestown.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Labor, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 1, 2006 Warletters.com: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
This site is from the Legacy Project, a "national, all-volunteer effort dedicated to encouraging Americans to seek out and preserve wartime correspondence before these letters are lost or damaged." The site includes information about how to preserve and display letters, and about donating letters to the project. Also features information on the Armed Services Editions (ASEs) program, which distributes free paperback books to American troops. http://www.warletters.com/ Topics: Correspondence, Military Last updated Aug 29, 2004 Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion 1820-1890
A selection of archival materials from Connecticut's Mystic Seaport Museum, including "logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels," providing "a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by subject, name (author), and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Museums, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation, United States History Last updated Mar 24, 2003 The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers
This presentation of almost 50,000 images "documents the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and highlights their pioneering work which led to the world's first powered, controlled and sustained flight. Included ... are correspondence, diaries and notebooks, scrapbooks, drawings, printed matter, and other documents, as well as the Wrights' collection of glass-plate photographic negatives." Also features a timeline and family tree. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wrighthtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Transportation Last updated Nov 20, 2009 Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
A "digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century." From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/wipionexpAbout.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Dec 2, 2008 The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
These selections from the Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Watergate Papers exhibit include images of newspaper articles, notes, letters, and related documents from the collection of these Washington Post journalists relating to their newspaper articles and their books, "All The President's Men" and "The Final Days." Includes annotations. The "finding aid" provides brief biographies and a full description of the collection. From the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/woodstein/ Topics: Communications, Correspondence, Mysteries and More, News, Presidents by Name, United States History Last updated Jan 16, 2008 Zoot Suit Riots: Los Angeles Erupts in Violence
Explores the 1943 Los Angeles riots, when "ethnic and racial tensions [between Anglos and Mexican-Americans] that had been building up over the years boiled over." Includes a timeline (1880s-1972), maps, letters of the Sleepy Lagoon defendants sent from San Quentin Prison, press depictions of the riot, information on related people and Zoot Suit culture, and a teacher's guide. Companion to the PBS American Experience program of same title (includes transcript). Available in English and Spanish. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/index.html Topics: Activism, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Social Issues Last updated Jun 29, 2005 |
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