History

Exhibits, individual items, and collections may be browsed or searched.

Primary sources, case studies, and teaching resources about young people from the past to the present. A project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media of George Mason University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Project of the American Antiquarian Society. Looks at images from this era as evidence of social norms relating to beauty, domesticity, public life, "womanhood," and other aspects of social life for women in this period of American history.

Very nicely laid out website to read about this subject chronologically (1915-present) or topically. A quality presentation by railroad enthusiast Adam Burns.

Site title may be a misnomer, but it cleverly allows the user to span back and forth over about 14 billion years of history (some eras covered more comprehensively than others). Interactive links to web content about the desired event/period. Currently supported only by Chrome & Safari web browsers (2016).

A project of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, a non-profit organization. Includes 9 different historical periods and theme categories. Interactive timeline and links to resources. includes large collection of digitized primary resources.

A project of The Miller Center at the University of Virginia. Members of the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton, are included.

Listen to edited interviews from this well-known project. Selections arranged by themes, or by location. Two are from North Dakota (Fort Berthold & Bismarck). Complete collection is archived at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.

It has been estimated that anywhere from 250,000 to as many as 750,000 Latinos and Latinas served in the armed forces during World War II. Read more about this archive, and browse or search the contents.

American Centuries features a digital collection of approximately 2000 objects and transcribed document pages from Memorial Hall Museum and Library. New England focus. Collections cover eras from 1680-1920. One of New England's oldest museums, Memorial Hall opened in 1880.

American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

Scholarly exploration of African American history combining secondary and primary source evidence to give viewers well-researched and supported information.

The Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA) is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.

Using mapping technology to organize and explore a number of different historical projects. Slavery, Civil War, epidemics, Native America, and several other topics covered.

A major repository of material related to the US war in Vietnam, focusing on particpants' personal stories. Housed at Texas Tech. University.

Books, exhibits, lesson plans, and other sources for the pioneer western trails through Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado.

A project of the Kansas State Historical Society. Online exhibits, photographs, books, and maps are all available to view online.

Source for scanned documents, photographs, atlases, etc for the history of North Dakota and neighboring regions, drawn from libraries and museums around the state

U. of London's Institute for Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust developed this digital library of sources for British history.

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive is an online repository of over 7000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research. Content is freely available to the public.

The records of the UK's central government and courts of law, as well as current information on nongovernmental records located worldwide pertaining to British history.

The Royal Historical Society Bibliography is an authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day. The Bibliography is hosted by the Institute of Historical Research, which is part of the University of London.

Thousands of links to primary sources for European history, categorized by country and then (usually) by chronological period.

The Albert M. Greenfield collection at Bryn Mawr College hosts this digital portal to its online exhibits and primary source documents on the history of women's education in the United States during the 19th and 20th Centuries. Collections link offers browsable and searchable collection items and online exhibits. Classroom teaching modules and additional online resources offer further insight and research support for scholarship in this field.

Project of the American Antiquarian Society. Looks at images from this era as evidence of social norms relating to beauty, domesticity, public life, "womanhood," and other aspects of social life for women in this period of American history.