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American
Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
A gateway to
materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more
than 100 historical collections. |
Civil
Rights Movement Veterans
This is a website about the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement
in the United States including memorials, personal testimonies,
commentary and a bibliography for Civil Rights books, articles, films,
and more. |
Flags
A guide to American flags, past and present, including
territories, districts, and possessions. |
Flags
of the World
The Internet’s largest site devoted to the study of flags (vexillology) |
HyperHistory
Online
Over 3000 years of world history |
Librarian's
Internet Index--Missions
Internet information from the Librarian's Index to the
Internet for California Missions. |
Librarian's
Internet Index--Southern California History, Los Angeles
Internet
resources from the Librarian's Index to the Internet for Southern
California History, Los Angeles. |
| U.S.
History |
American
Civil War Homepage
Links to the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| The
History Place – American Revolution |
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Douglass
Archives of American Public Address
An electronic archive of American oratory and related documents. |
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Making
of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history
from the antebellum period through reconstruction. |
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National
Park Service Links to the Past Cultural Resources
“Links to the Past” is rich in American history and culture.
This website contains vast amounts of information ranging from
archeology, cultural groups, historic buildings and structures, laws,
regulations and standards, National Historic Landmarks, National
Register of Historic Places, and people, places, objects and events of
the past. |
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POTUS
- Presidents of the United States
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable
events, and some points of interest on each president. Also includes
links to biographies, documents, audio and video files, and other
presidential sites. |
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Presidents
An index to U.S. presidents and contains information and documents
of their speeches, writings, biographies, and more. |
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The
Presidents of the United States
The White House site |
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U.S.
Historical Documents
A chronology of U.S. historical documents |
| California |
California
Counties and Corresponding Tribal Groups
Listings of northern and central California counties where the
tribes represented in these bibliographies are located.
Adjacent to each county name are the tribal designations of the
California Indians found in that county. |
California
Historian
Founded in 1954, the Conference of the California Historical
Societies, helps those interested in history to connect and share
information – joining efforts to preserve records, artifacts, sites,
and buildings. Included
on this site are articles, book reviews, photo galleries, and more. |
California
Historical Society
An online guide to over three hundred years of California history. |
California
Indian Heritage
Listing of California Tribal Groups, their original homeland, and
their way of life. Also includes an alphabetical listing of California
Indian Tribes, historic sites, and links to the U.S. Senate Committee
on Indian Affairs, the California Native American Heritage Commission,
American Indian Studies Center at UCLA, California Indian Museum and
Cultural Center and many more great links. |
California
Mission Studies Association
Find information on California missions, adobes, Presidios,
Pueblos, Ranchos and more. |
| Five
Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California |
Online
Archive of California
Provides access to manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held
in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across
California. |
| World
History |
Country
Studies
Library of Congress online studies of 102 countries and regions.
Included are description and analysis of historical setting, and
social, economic, political, and national security systems. |
National
Trade Data Bank (Available
inside the Library only)
Find
out essential import and export data, current and historical
trade-related information, international market research, trade
opportunities, and country analysis. Data is provided by the U.S.
Department of Commerce. |
CIA
- TheWorld Factbook
A great source for country information.
Useful for both the traveler, the person that wants to know
more about a particular country or for one writing a report. |
The
World War I Document Archive
An archive of primary documents from World War I with an
international focus. Includes
conventions, treaties, documents by year, memorials, personal
reminiscences, special topics, biographical dictionary, image archive,
Maritime war, medical front and links to other WWI sites. |
| Black
History Month |
African
American Registry Homepage
Profiles
accomplishments of African Americans throughout our nation’s
history. Hosted by Media
Business Solutions, the site lets users search for historical events
on a particular day, month, category, or keyword.
It also offers “This Date in History”, covering different
facets of the African American story. |
Afro-American
Almanac
This site
presents “a historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its
cultural evolution”. It
includes biographies, full-text books, folktales, documents,
information about historic events, and trivia games.
AFRO-Voices contains the text of commentaries, poetry,
and speeches. |
Black
Facts Online
A large online
database of Black History information. It can be searched by date or
keywords for facts. |
Black
History Hotlist
This
is a collection of links to Internet resources for exploring
African-American history and issues. Topics include Black History
Month (February), slavery, abolition, The Underground Railroad,
"Buffalo" soldiers, civil rights movement, Million Man
March, poetry, news, people, and much more. Part of the Education
First initiative of SBC Pacific Bell. |
Information
Please--Black History Month
In celebrating Black History Month, Information
Please is featuring articles on Black history and biographies of
notable African American in politics, history, entertainment, arts,
and sports throughout the month. It also offers reference links to top
colleges, the Spingarn Medal, Tuskegee syphilis experiment, and chart
of preferred racial or ethnic terminology; statistics on population
and earnings; a Civil Rights timeline; and a reading list of Black
literature. |
Celebrating
Black History
Articles,
essays, photographs, and transcripts about the African-American
experience from Time and Life magazines. |
From
Slavery to Freedom
A collection of
about 400 pamphlets “by African-American authors and others who
wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation,
Reconstruction, and related topics.” Among the authors represented
are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church
Terrell, and Booker T. Washington.
From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. |
| Military |
Medal
of Honor Citations
Full-text listings of Medal of Honor citations.
Arranged chronologically by armed conflict and by last name of
individuals. |
MIA/POW
Homepage
The Vietnam-era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database has
been established to assist researchers in investigating U.S.
Government documents pertaining to U.S. military personnel listed as
unaccounted for as of December 1991. It is searchable by last names,
country names, service branches, keywords, and statements such as
“downed over Laos.” |
Military
Acronyms
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
and Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations links can be found on this
website. |
| Native
Americans |
California
Native American Heritage Commission
Includes cultural areas and languages of Native California,
population of Native Americans in California, federally recognized
tribes of California, federal, state and local laws and ordinances. |
National
Museum of the American Indian
The 16th museum of the Smithsonian Institution and is
the only national museum dedicated to the Native peoples of North,
South, and Central America. |
The
North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
This site features one of the most significant and controversial
representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced.
Included are all of the published photogravure images including
over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes, along with over 700
portfolio plates. Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and
lifeways of eighty Indian tribes. The twenty volumes are organized by
tribe and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin,
Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest and Alaska. |
U.S.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Current and historical hearings, legislation, speeches and letters
on Indian affairs. |
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