American
Cultural History
Extensive links to information about major events, important persons,
and cultural trends of each decade 1900-1979.
American
Memory
Historical collections from the Library of Congress for the National
Digital Library.
The
American West
The "history and development of the American West, from the
Frontier and Pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West."
Charters
of Freedom
Contains transcripts and digitized images of the founding documents
of the American republic including the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Magna Carta of 1215.
From the National Archives and Records Administration.
Colonial
Hall
An ongoing project to put the biographies of the founding fathers
on the Web. These are currently divided into three categories: Signers
of the Declaration, Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution.
Great
American Rhetoric
An index to a growing database (500+) full text version of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
United
States Civil War Center
From Louisiana State University, this site gathers and indexes "appropriate private and public data" regarding the Civil
War. Over 5500 links are included.
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