Department of History
Online Resources
General History Links:
Historical Research:
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
- Voice of the Shuttle: Historical Documents Project
- Index of Resources for Historians
- American Memory: Historical Collections of the National Digital Library
- “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-present
- Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of Florida
- Smithsonian Institute American History Resources
- Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- A listing of the Scholarly Societies Project
- U.S. History
- Essays in History
Historical Journals:
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- American Historical Review
- Chronicon
- History and Theory
- The Columbia Historical Review
Research, Archives,and Museums:
- National Archives (NA)
- Repositories of Primary Sources (University of Idaho)
- Online Museums
- Duke University Special Collection Library
- Notre Dame Archives
Pre-Colonial:
Colonial Period:
- The Atlantic Slave Trade: Demographic Simulation
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Archiving Early America: Historic documents from 18th Century America
The American Revolution:
- Digital History: The Gateway to the Past (primarily concerned with the French and Indian War)
- The American Revolution: Bibliography, Discussions, Essays, and Resources
- Loyalist and British Songs of the American Revolution
- Colonial and Revolution Songs (with historical narration)
Formation of a national government and the early republic:
- Monticello: Home of Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Paine National Historical Association: Archive of Thomas Paine’s Works
- Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
- Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government
Slavery:
- American Slave Narrative: An Online Anthology
- University of Arizona Library Electronic Resources for African Studies
Towards Civil War:
A Nation in Crisis:
- Valley of the Shadow
- Civil War Photographs from the Library of Congress
- Letters Home from a Soldier in the Civil War
Reconstruction:
Emergence of Modern America:
- American Prohibition Project
- Anti-Imperialism in the USA
- Harlem Renaissance (Bibliography)
- Child Labor in Early 20th-Century America
The Great War:
- President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
- Woodrow Wilson on the Web
- World War I: Trenches on the Web
The Great Depression
- America’s Great Depression
- Black Thursday, October 24, 1929
- The Great World Depression
- Main Causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
- Hyde Park: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- FDR Online: Photographs from the Great Depression and WWII Eras
- Roosevelt Research
- The 1930s Project
- The New Deal Network
America at War and Social Developments at Home:
- The Atomic Bomb: Documents Concerning the Decision to Drop the Bomb
- Trinity Atomic Web Site: Nuclear Weapons—History, Technology, and Consequences
- Directory of Various International Nuclear Treaties
- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial
- Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
Postwar Society:
- Cold War International History Project: Online Collection of International Cold War Documents
- The Korean War
- The Red Scare of the 40s and 50s
Roots of Racial Reform:
New Frontiers:
The Counterculture and Vietnam:
- Vietnam History: Hypertext History of Vietnam
- Vietnam Internet Project
- The Wars for Vietnam: 1945-1975
- Vietnam War Online bibliography
- The 60s Project