Expanding the Library Collection: Online Tools History Sites Collected by Patti Tjomsland Library Media Specialist/ Mark Morris High School Longview, WA 98632/ zimba@kalama.com Created Fall 1997 -- most recent update Spring 2002
http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/
Spartacus Educational
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
History: This Day in History Sites -- all site have been moved to this link.
This Day in History
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/thisday.html
Ancient and Classical Cultures -- Multnomah County Library Homework Links
Anthony's Egyptology & Archaeology
Argos Limited Area Search of the Ancient and Medieval Internet
Byzantine and Medieval Web Links
Castles on the Web
Discoverer’s Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/
Egyptology Resources--resources for Ancient Egypt
Hadrian's Wall Website
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/index.html
History of Ancient Egypt Page
Mummies of Ancient Egypt
Mummies Unmasked -- National GeographicMuseum of Ancient Inventions http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/
From Smith College Museum of Sciences
Neferchichi's Tomb of the Chihuahua Pharaohs
http://www.neferchichi.com/
A fun way to learn about ancient times. Includes Egyptian clip art,
links for kids, lesson plans for teachers and even a guide to how mummies were made.
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
http://www.netserf.org/
Nova: Pyramids, the Inside Story
Renaissance
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
Tribes and Romans in Northern Britain
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/index.htmlWorld History
- Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone -- Home Page
- American Inventions and Inventors
- http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm
American Memory- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
- At Home...with Art & Industry: 1890-1920
Brain Pop Election Video- http://www.brainpop.com/specials/election/
- CIA Kids Page
CIA World Factbook- http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- CNN/Time AllPolitics
- Congresslink.org
- Countries of the World Links (my page)
Documents in Military History- http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/history/Documents/War/index.htm
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FedWorld Information Network Home Page
- Gun Control Legislation
- http://usgovinfo.about.com/culture/govpolitics/usgovinfo/library/weekly/aa060799.htm
- Gun Control Timeline
- http://usgovinfo.about.com/culture/govpolitics/usgovinfo/library/weekly/aa092699.htm
- History Channel
History Link- http://www.historylink.org/welcome.htm
- The History Place
- HyperHistory Online
- http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
- Lewis and Clark PBS
- http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Making of America: Cornell University
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
The Cornell University Library Making of America (MOA) Collection
is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from
the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly
strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history,
sociology, religion, and science and technology. The Cornell University
Library digital collection contains approximately 114 books and 24
Journals encompassing nearly 900,000 pages with 19th century imprints.- National Archives
- See WWII posters, When Elvis Met Nixon, and more. Check the Digital Classroom area.
- National Archives 100 Years of History in Photographs
- "Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island . . . the Wright Brothers fly . . . building the Empire State Building . . . a Depression-era soup line . . . Omaha Beach . . . the mushroom cloud . . . Lyndon Johnson taking the Presidential oath . . . a young marine in Da Nang . . . footprints on the Moon . . . war in the Persian Gulf . . "
- The Nineteen Hundreds
- http://members.tripod.com/archer2000/
- News, headlines, audio clips, organized by decade.
- Nobel Prize Internet Archive
PBS: The American Experience- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/index.html
The PBS Democracy Project- http://www.pbs.org/democracy/
- Phil's Place - Tourism Page - All 50 States
- Links to tourism departments of all states. Good for reports.
- Political Information.com
- http://www.politicalinformation.com/
- a search engine for politics and policy
- Politics and Political Campaigns A 1997 Think Quest Site
- Public Agenda Online
- http://www.publicagenda.org/
- The inside source for public opinion and policy analysis.
- Speak Out.com (was policy.com)
- http://www.speakout.com/
- Speaking for the Century
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/
- 1999/11/99/millennium/speeches/speeches.stm
- Audio of famous speeches.
- Supreme Court Justices of the United States
Time for Kids: Election Connection- http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/electconnect/
United States Department of State – and Background Notes- http://state.gov/
- Vote Smart Web
- Welcome to the White House
- World Cultures
Campaign to End Child Labor
http://www.boondocksnet.com/labor/index.html
Primary Source documents
Global March Against Child Labor
http://www.globalmarch.org
Biased but you can find good pictures and other information
Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/hine.htmlPatrin Web Journal - Gypsy Culture and History
Victorian Web
http://65.107.211.206/victov.html
Victorian Britain -- from the British National Archives
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/victorianbritain/default.htm
Primary source documentsVirtual Australia
http://www.virtualaustralia.comWestward ExpansionAmerican Colonists Library
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/
Extensive list of links to primary sources of all types. Advertising is evident on this site.
Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Betsy Ross Home Page
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
Colonial America Links
http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/Pages/Departments/media/colonial.html
Colonial Life: Trades
http://www.history.org/life/trades/tradehdr.htm
All types of careers and trades of the Colonial period. If you want
the home page for this site look at the next link- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg Home Page.
Colonial Williamsburg's online Historical Almanack
http://www.history.org/almanack.htm
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
Early America Online Journal
http://earlyamerican.com
A great site for origianl documents: newspapers, maps, writings, etc.
Exploring the West from Monticello: Home
1492 Exhibit
George Washington's Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org/ Includes links for education
Jamestown: A Brief History of Jamestown
http://www.apva.org/history/index.html This site links to what
the colonists ate, timelines, armor and more.
Maps: Rare Map Collection
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
Mayflower Information
Philadelphia's Mile of History, Virtual Fieldtrip
http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html
The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story
http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html#story
Powhatan Renape Nation
http://www.powhatan.org/
Includes information on Pocahantas and corn.
Revolutionary War
Salem, Massachusetts
http://www.salemweb.com/outline.htm
This site has information for the tourist, but also some interesting
historical info. Scroll through the index and look at the headings under History.
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/
13 Originals
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
TJMF Thomas Jefferson Memorial FoundationSioux Treaty of 1868
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/sioux.htmlHistory: United States, Twentieth CenturyAmerican Civil War Home Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Andersonville Civil War Prison -- historical background
Civil War Artillery Page
Civil War Presentations for the Classroom presented by Don't Know Much about History
Civil War Women
Virginia Military Institute Archives Civil War Resources
The American Civil War Home Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
Shenandoah Civil War Museum
The Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of WWI http://www.theaerodrome.com/index.html
Documents and Photographs Related to Japanese Relocation During World War II
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/relocate.html
The Drop Zone Virtual Museum
The Great War -- From the National Archives of England
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/greatwar/default.htm
The History Place Index http://www.historyplace.com/index.html.
Midway Battle of Midway, 4-7 June 1942 --Overview and Special Image Selection http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm
This links to several pages of information on the Battle of Midway. Lots of good photos and information in a well organized site.
Military History, Museum & Quartermaster Unit Links
http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/links.html
Military History: World War II (1939-1945) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/wwii.html
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org
Includes slave narratives and information on the Depression. Primary source documents.
Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans during World War I
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/369th.html
Lesson plan includes 7 photographs of WWI.
Theodore Roosevelt His Life and Times in Film http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/
What did you do in the war, Grandma?
World War I: Trenches on the Web http://www.worldwar1.com/index.htmlThe Cold War -- From the British ArchivesHistory: War
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm
This is from the British viewpoint, but has use for United States study.
The Cuban Missile Crisis : 14 Days in October
Cycles of United States History: 1943 -- Present http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/now.html Lists of people from the eras as well as time-lines. Many of the names and events have links to web sites with more information.
Fifties Web http://www.fiftiesweb.com/ Written by a "Boomer" this is a fun site. You can get the Burma Shave slogans, listen to tunes from the fifties and get an annotated list of other sites on the fifties. The bright backgrounds are a little distracting, but really fit the era. Maybe I enjoyed it since I too remember Hoola Hoops and Pop-it Necklaces!
Lest we Forget http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/
Seventies Page http://www.rt66.com/dthomas/70s/70s.html Lots of 70's entertainment information: music, television etc. Links to other items.
Sixties: Everything Sixties
http://www.everything60s.com/1960s.html
Tons of links and information to everything 60's! I didn't check all the links.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
War in Vietnam: The Story in Photographs
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/vietnam.html
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/war.html
Links to sites on wars through historyPrimary Sources -- some of these are repeats of sites listed in other history sections.
American Colonists Library
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/
Extensive list of links to primary sources of all types. Advertising is evident on this site.
Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Avalon Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/
Smithsonian Online Collections
http://digilib.si.edu/main.asp
Imperialism, Mark Twain, Child Labor, political cartoons and more from Boondox.net
http://www.boondocksnet.com/
National Archives (United States)
National Archives (Britain)
http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/exhibitions.htm
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org
Slave narratives and the Great Depression includes audio clips. Lesson plans and more.
New York Public Library Digital Collection
http://digital.nypl.org
Nuclear Age -- Primary Source Documents
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/docs/
Library of Congress
Internet History Sourcebooks
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Gilded Age
Japanese Relocation Project from the California State Archive
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/virtual/jarda/
Museum of Antiquities
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/index.html
Rare Map Collection
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
Spartacus Educational
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/
19th Century Documents Project, Furman University
Electronic Text center from the University of Virginia
WWI Document Archive
Oral History Archives of WWII from Rutgers University
http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm
218 Oral History Interviews. Primary Sources.
Camp Harmony Exhibit (University of Washington)
Vietnam War Declassification Project
http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/exhibits/vietnam/vietnam.htm
What Did you Do in the War Grandma? -- World War II
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html
Women of Rhode Island -- Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
http://www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/excerpts/index.htm
American Civil War Home Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Look for the section on letters.
Civil War Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Images of the Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
http://libmuse.msu.montana.edu:4000/NAD/nad.wwv_main.gohome
Not exactly the easiest site to navigate, but the pictures are a wonderful resource.
