AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History

http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/

Developed by a professor at the University of Kansas, this chronological listing provides links to approximately 400 documents selected specifically to assist high school and college American history students.

 

America’s Historical Documents

http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/

“The National Archives preserves and provides access to the records of the Federal Government.” This site contains a sample of these records, from some celebrated milestones to some more obscure documents. It also provides links to the National Archives and Records Administration’s home page, additional documents, online exhibits, research tips and tools, and other resources.

 

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

“American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.” Taken from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, these materials “chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.” See, for example, the Learning Page’s “American Memory Timeline” and the “Today in History” feature.

 

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Government

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

“The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.” External and internal links have been added to facilitate understanding and navigation of the items. The database, which is searchable by author and title or by subject or event, contains over 3,500 full-text documents, most directly related to American history.

 

Biography of America

http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/

This telecourse and video series presents American history as a living narrative. Divided into 26 parts, the series Web site provides “an interactive feature related to the subject or the time period of the program. . . a listing of key events of the period, a map relevant to the period, the transcript of the video program, and a ‘Webography’—a set of annotated web links.”

 

Documenting the American South

http://docsouth.unc.edu/

Sponsored by the University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this collection “provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture.” Searchable by author, title, subject, and geographically.

 

History—North America

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history_us/history_us.shtml

This comprehensive guide to history resources is compiled by bibliographers at the Rutgers University Libraries. Links to Internet resources, online indexes and databases, bibliographies, major microfilm sets in American history, other library catalogs, and other services are provided. Access to several of the databases is “Rutgers Restricted.”

 

History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

“Designed for high school and college teachers and students of U.S. history survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence. [The] materials … actively involve students in analyzing and interpreting evidence.” Created by the American Social History Project at City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, this site contains resources, such as an annotated guide to “the most useful websites for teaching U.S. history and social studies.”

 

Outline of U.S. History

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/index.htm

“A chronological look at how the United States took shape. Published by the Department of State’s Office of International Information Programs, this fully illustrated edition was completely revised and updated by Professor Alonzo L. Hamby in November 2005.