Incorporating 20th Century US Environmental History in the 6-12 Classroom
This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help students connect environmental history to broader themes in twentieth century US history.
Incorporating 20th Century US Environmental History in the K-5 Classroom
This guide consists of curated primary and secondary sources to help students connect environmental history to broader themes in twentieth century US history.
History of Higher Education: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers
Help students understand the different types of universities and colleges in the U.S. by examining and analyzing a wide range of photographs from the Library of Congress
Native Women and Suffrage - Beyond the 19th Amendment: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers
Using primary sources from the Library of Congress, help students reconsider the standard narrative around women’s suffrage by exploring the history of Native, Black, Latin American and Asian women who kept advocating for expanding suffrage after 1920.
Religion and the Labor Movement: A Guide for Pre-Service Teachers
Engaging Library of Congress primary sources that connect religion and organized labor.
For Us the Living
A series of five primary source based learning modules that encourage high school students to explore American history through the stories found in Alexandria National Cemetery.
ABMC War Dead Database
Features over 224,000 records of individuals buried or memorialized in ABMC cemeteries and memorials worldwide.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: They Changed the World
How was the 1955–1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott covered in Montgomery? Take a look with this archive from a Montgomery newspaper!
Children's Lives at Colonial London Town
Invite young students into colonial history with the stories of children from three very different families.
Families on the Farm
What was life like for women and girls on late 19th- and early 20th-century farms?
Women's Rights: Sarah Bagley Letters
What do these letters from a women’s rights activist reveal about social causes in the 1840s?
Film Review: Amelia
What is the cultural terrain staked out by Amelia, the Hollywood biopic about the intrepid flyer Amelia Earhart?
Women's Suffrage: Jane Addams's Article
Who was Jane Addams, and how is her article “Why Women Should Vote” still relevant today?
Women's Suffrage: Burroughs's Article
In the struggle for women’s suffrage, how did African American women represent themselves? TJ Boisseau reads an article by activist Nannie Helen Burroughs.
Women's Suffrage Photographs
How did the women’s suffrage movement use the rise of journalism to its advantage? TJ Boisseau looks at what photographs reveal.
Women's Suffrage Cartoon
How does a political cartoon use popular beliefs about women to make its point? Historian TJ Boisseau examines the conventions in this image.
Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle
Do you know the history of this symbol?
Instigating a Ban on "Spirituous Liquors"
Discover the motivations fueling the 19th-century temperance movement.
Clio Visualizing History
This site offers a grab bag of digital history exhibits. Definitely worth perusal.
Voices of Women's Reform
There’s more to it than Seneca Falls.
Film Review: Iron Jawed Angels
How does modern television portray early 20th-century suffragists? Through very modern eyes, says Historian Carla Bittel.
Probing Probate
How do we know what people in the past owned and valued?
Maryland Historical Society Collections Online
Whether you’re bolstering your teaching of local history or the War of 1812, the MHS has artifacts to help.
Resources for Women's History Month
Teach women’s history in March and all year long with these resources.
Quilt Index
Consider broaching local or women’s history using a quilt as a gateway artifact.
Abolitionist Speeches by African American Women
How do the speeches of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper differ? Historian Carla Peterson examines documents for answers.
Socks to War
Even humble, everyday artifacts have a rich place in history.
Puerto Rico Encyclopedia/Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico
Connect with your ELL students with this bilingual Puerto Rico Encyclopedia!
Civil War Poster!
What can a quilt, a map, some photographs, a haversack, and a receipt tell you about the past?
Industrializing Women
Did industrialization result in more women working outside the home or in more women in domestic spheres only?
Sewall-Belmont House Museum Collections
Allow the National Woman’s Party to show you their collection on women’s progress to equality.
Gilded Age Plains City
Delve into Great Plains urban development c. 1900 by way of a compelling, unsolved murder mystery.
Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project
What role have women played in war and the military?
HERB: Social History for Every Classroom
Find a wide variety of classroom resources focused on social history, from classroom activities to primary sources.
Diary of a Civil War Nurse
What was life like for Amanda Akin, Civil War nurse in Washington, DC?
Shaping the Constitution
What role did Virginia play in defining the U.S. and upholding rights we now consider basic and essential?
Amy Trenkle on Glogging Class Greats
Posterboard and rubber cement may work for some projects, but students can also avoid the mess—and incorporate audiovisuals—by making glogs (virtual posters) online.
Women in the Lab (and the Field)
Marie Curie and Jane Goodall—you may know these female scientists, but can you name any American women scientists?
On Gendering the Constitution
The agitation among women’s rights activists over the language of the 14th Amendment.
Historical Improbabilities
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?
Women in Blues (and Jazz)
In the early 20th century, the new music recording industry embraced hundreds of artists—including women.
Women at War
Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained official military status.
The Salem Witch Trials
Absolving the guilty and punishing the innocent. Historian Elizabeth Reis looks at primary sources recording testimony in witchcraft trials.
Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whaleship
Make whaling, a rich part of New England history, relevant to young students with the diary of a six-year-old at sea.
Women Taking History: Women's History Month 2011
This Women’s History Month, remind your students that women have made history in more ways then one—by recording it, as well as being recorded.
Zinn Education Project
Wanting to go deeper into the history of labor and marginalized groups in the U.S.?
Martha Ballard
Learning about the life of a midwife in 18th-century Maine through her diary and other sources.
OurStory
Link literature and history with activity sets for 18 books and a database of over 270 other books for young readers.
Advice for Beachgoers
Long before sunblock, boogie boards, or bikinis…did ladies wear corsets to the beach?
Potent Quotables: Every Vote Counts
After more than two centuries of citizenship, much has been said about voting. Can you tell who said what?
Textbook Twisters: Salem Witch Trials
Burn the witch! Discover how historical coverage of the Salem Witch Trials has changed over time.
As American as Mom…
You know Mother’s Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the holiday?
Fashion Maven
Do you have your mother’s—and her mother’s—fashion sense?
First Ladies' Firsts
What about the other occupants of the White House?
Dance, But Not That Way . . .
Do you know how to dance the Sleigh Bell Polka? Learn the proper way to perform 19th and 20th century dances.
Go West, Young Woman!
Men and women both settled the West. Answer these questions on women’s records of the experience.
Teaching the 20th
When does the past go from ‘recent’ to ‘history?’ Consider these questions about textbook portrayals of late 20th-century events.
Feminist Art
Explorations of the body, self-reference, and the entanglement of art and politics have all been the themes of feminist art—as they have been themes of other art of our time.
Native American Customs of Childbirth
Native American women restricted their activity and took care with their diet in preparing for childbirth, then prepared a secluded spot away from the community, where they gave birth.
Mass Moments
MA educators—explore a historical moment (and accompanying primary source) for every day of the year.
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
Relive the dream of the women’s vote through roleplay or interfacing with primary documents.
Rock Paper Scissors
Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?
All Wrapped Up in the Flag
Flinging the first American flag to the breeze.
Religious Orders of Women in New France
Lives dedicated to teaching and nursing.
Spy in a Petticoat
“She had outwitted the British and oh how they hated her.”
Missouri Digital Heritage
Missouri teachers looking for primary sources, look no further. Explore this portal for resources from libraries, universities, archives, and heritage sites throughout the state.
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley could shoot 6 holes in a playing card before it touched ground. Invite this sharpshooter into your classroom!
Voting Rights and the 14th Amendment
How did women suffer no suffrage through the 14th Amendment?
The Social Museum Collection at Harvard University
More than 6,000 images related to U.S. social conditions and institutions.
Famous American Trials: "The Scottsboro Boys" Trials 1931-1937
Explore the infamous Scottboro case through a variety of primary source documents and images.
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Search over 200 prominent African American scientists.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
View 22 census data samples and 65 million records from 13 federal censuses.
African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
View 1,300 pieces of sheet music composed by and about African Americans.
Marian Anderson: A Life in Song
Travel through the life and works of Marion Anderson with this online exhibit.
National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places
Use this website to plan and organize lessons around NPS properties and locations.
Material History of American Religion Project
Learn about American material culture and its relation to the nation’s religious history.
Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials
An ideal website for researching basic information regarding the Salem Witch Trials.
Carrie Chapman Catt Girlhood Home and Museum
A useful gateway site for materials on Carrie Chapman Catt and the women’s suffrage movement.
17th-Century Colonial New England
Explore the history of 17th century New England and, more specifically, the Salem Witchcraft Trials.
Godey's Lady's Book
Explore mid-18th century women’s culture through three full-text issues of the Godey’s Lady’s Book.
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria: A National Geographic Interactive Site
An interactive website which takes visitors through the Salem witch trials.
Through Our Parent's Eyes: Tucson's Diverse Community
Learn about the ethnically diverse history of Tucson, AZ.
U.S. Women's History Workshop
A collection of primary source material for teaching women’s history and mid-19th century culture.
Promise of Gold Mountain: Tucson's Chinese Heritage
A collection of primary sources detailing early Asian-Americans in Tucson, Arizona.
Liberty Rhetoric and 19th-Century American Women
Compare early women’s rights campaigns to the rhetoric of the American Revolution.
American Women
Interested in using the Library of Congress to research women’s history, but unsure how to start?
North Carolinians and the Great War
How did World War I effect the lives of the everyday North Carolinian?
Images of African Americans from the Cook Collection of Photographs
What might your life have been like as an African American in Virginia c. 1900?
Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories
Frame your lessons on the Great Migration with the life and works of Jacob Lawrence.
American Women's Dime Novel Project
What was the turn-of-the-century woman’s “beach read”?
African-Americans--Biography, Autobiography, and History
Read a selection of the world’s greatest speeches by prominent African American figures.
Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts
What questions have past censuses posed? What were the results?
Worthington Memory, Online Scrapbook
Explore the history and development of a small town. The online scrapbook provides an uncanny lens into town life.
Oral History Research Center
What do Vegas showgirls have to say about their time in the city?
WPA Life Histories, Virginia Interviews
Explore Depression-era, ex-slave, and urban youth life stories.
Meeting of Frontiers
How does the settling of the Siberian frontier compare to that of the U.S. West?
Encyclopedia Britannica: The 1911 Edition
Find out what people thought of everything from ablation to vinegar in 1911.
Student Voices from World War II and the McCarthy Era
Imagine traveling from a university to work on a farm.
Living Voices, Voces Vivas
How do Native Americans preserve their heritage in the world of today?
U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1906-1971
Relive the construction of the city of steel—Gary, Indiana.
The Commercial Closet
How have GLBT lifestyles been portrayed and used by the commercial media?
Characteristics of Census Tracts in Nine U.S. Cities, 1940-1960
How many hospital beds did New Orleans have in 1960? Was it able to accommodate the poor and sick?
HistoryWired: A Few of Our Favorite Things
What American history items do Smithsonian curators like best?
Austin Treasures: Online Exhibits from the Austin History Center
Discover the depth of Austin, Texas’s urban history through 10 online exhibits containing images and essays.
American Originals Part II
Introduce students to 25 documents selected by the National Archives for their historical importance.
Labor Arts
What role has art had in the depiction and reality of U.S. labor?
Heading West and Touring West
View maps of the West, while simultaneously looking into the lives of traveling performers.
AdFlip
Nostalgic for X-ray glasses advertisements?
Archives of American Art, Oral History Collections
Interested in the life of a particular artist? Find out more about the painting and the person here.
Agents of Social Change: 20th-Century Women's Activism
Source documents to help you approach 20th-century feminism.
Texts from Collections of the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Access a selection of rare 19th-century books online.
Regional Oral History Office
Explore California oral histories, or learn to conduct your own interviews.
An American Family: The Beecher Tradition
Did you know that Harriet Beecher Stowe’s family was also involved in abolitionism?
A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law, 1965-1971
Check out the music scene, communes, and protests of the 1960s.
Pictures of African Americans During World War II
See what life on the homefront and at war was like for African American citizens.
Women Artists of the American West
What have women artists considered worthy of depiction in the U.S. West?
Jo Freeman.com
Explore women’s political history and activism from the 1960s onward.
A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890
We all know the role of the wagon in westward expansion, but what of ships?
Hall of Black Achievement Gallery
Meet 30 influential African Americans who contributed across a wide variety of fields.
A Brush With History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
Compare changing artistic styles, or source images of famous individuals.
Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century
Which performers, from martial artists to yodelers, traveled the Chautauqua circuit?
Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
Right this way for Seattle and Washington state history resources.
Civics Online
Gain inspiration for new ways to approach political history.
Hannah Arendt Papers
Do you read German? Not to worry. Select documents are available in English.
Korean American Digital Archive
Meet singer Florence Ahn, minister Soon Hyun, and others.
Camping With the Sioux—Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
What would it be like to live with the Dakota Sioux?
Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Rare Books c. 1820-1910
Explore Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin life through rare books.
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996
From the queer to the quite extraordinary—explore the art of quiltmaking in the Southern U.S.
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
Can you tell New Orleans jazz from Bebop? Can you hear the variations in style and instrumental parts?
Florida Heritage Collection
Explore Florida state, regional, and local history.
Conversations with History
Brush up on your understanding of international relations with these interviews.
The American Experience
Discover briefs on more than 60 iconic points in U.S. history.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)
Explore the history of Brooklyn, 1841 through 1902, with historical newspaper issues.
Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History through Family Papers
Experience Caucasian, middle-class Northeastern life through the collections of four families.
The Uses & Abuses of the Constitution
What role did the Constitution play in the Clinton impeachment, women’s history, and gun control?
National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
More than 50 virtual exhibits ranging from Julia Child to West Point.
The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925
How did the Protestant Church become central to Southern African American communities?
SDA: Survey Documentation and Analysis
Observe statistical trends in U.S. beliefs and demographics from free speech to zodiac signs.
The Barbara McClintock Papers
Meet Barbara McClintock, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist best known for discovering genetic transposition.
Goldband Records: "Every One a Musical Treat"
What on earth is “swamp pop”?
Woman's Legal History Biography Project
How many female lawyers can you think of in U.S. history?
The Pill
How has the birth control pill altered sexuality and feminine gender expectations?
Women Working, 1800-1930
What did women think of their work at home, in the arts, and in business?
American Memory Learning Page
Try lesson plans based on the Library of Congress’ American Memory collections.
Colonial House
Companion to a PBS television program, this site provides insight into everyday colonial life.
Women of Valor
Meet international anarchist and women’s rights activist Emma Goldman.
TUPPERWARE!
Have you ever heard of a Tupperware party? Find out more about the household brand.
The Zora Neale Hurston Plays
Read 10 unpublished Hurston plays based on her anthropological studies of the U.S. South.
The Story of Virginia
State standards require you to teach VA history? Worry not! This site covers Virginia history from prehistoric times to the present.
Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History
What would your life have been like as a housewife in 1850?
Connecticut History Online
Take a look at the “Constitution State,” with approximately 14,000 images depicting Connecticut’s history from the 19th through the 20th century.
Bethlehem Digital History Project
Imagine life as a Moravian in Bethlehem, PA.
Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville
Visit this website to learn more about the United States during the time of Tocqueville’s landmark tour and book.
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
An impressive gateway site for all humanities subjects.
Pluralism and Unity
Explore the clash of ideas and ideologies in early 20th century America.
The Internet African-American History Challenge
A great website for introducing African American history to young or new students.
Women's History: The 1850 Worcester Convention
Learn about the First National Women’s Rights Convention and the greater women’s rights movement.
WestWeb: Western Studies and Research Resources
This gateway site provides a wealth of resources pertaining to the American West.
American Museum of Photography
View fantastic photography throughout the ages in over 15 exhibits.
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Speed up your online search for resources on American women’s history with this research guide.
Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers and Artists of Color
Learn about all of America’s most famous female writers of color with this comprehensive website.
Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices
Explore American slavery through this website’s 33 primary source documents.
Digital Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the Best of the [History] Web
History grab bag! This gateway site has an eclectic mix of over 1,000 historical sites.
History: The National Park Service
Visit this website to learn the history of many of the 384 areas under the stewardship of the National Park Service.
Words and Deeds in American History
View primary documents that helped to shape America’s history.
Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
View the mid-20th-century art scene through the photographs of music and dance critic Carl Vechten.
By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
View photographs, cartoons, and campaign items from the women’s suffrage movement.
Photographs from the Fred Hulstrand and F. A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
Witness farming at the turn of the 20th century with this collection of photographs.
Center for Working-Class Studies
Begin your study of working class and labor history with this website.
Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848-1998
Learn about the women’s rights movement through the secondary sources offered by this website.
Emma Spaulding Bryant Letters
Explore husband-wife relationships through this late 19th century series of letters.
African American Women
Read the memoirs and letters of three 19th-century African American women on this website.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
Explore over 50 documents which chronicle the history of the Women’s Liberation Movement.
First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
Learn about the American south in the late 19th century through 141 firsthand texts.
A People at War
A collection of primary sources detailing the American war effort in World War II.
Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Explore American propaganda and advertising during the second world war.
American Originals
Explore 14 significant and compelling documents from the National Archive Holdings.
Women in America: 1820 to 1842
Peruse this website to explore comments made by Tocqueville, Beaumont, and others on the early 19th-century American woman.
Women's Studies Database
Your starting point for research in the field of Women’s Studies.
Godey's Lady's Book Online
Explore mid-19th century culture as presented in the Godey’s Lady’s Book, a women’s magazine.
National Women's History Project
Start your research into Women’s history with the National Women’s History Project.
Civil War Women
Learn about the role of three American women during the Civil War.
New Jersery History Partnership Project
Use New Jersey during the American Revolution as a national microcosm.
Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
Explore campus protest ephemera and the youth movements of the 1960s and 70s.
Brooklyn in the Civil War
What role did Brooklyn play in the War Between the States?
Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection
See the faces of the rural South, and acquaint yourself with their folk arts.
Say it Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches
Hear 12 renowned speeches by African Americans, including Marcus Garvey’s only known recording.
Adams Family Papers
You probably know about John Adam’s political career, but what of the Adams’ domestic life?
Slavery and the Making of America
An extensive glimpse into slave life and the history of slavery in the United States.
Library of Congress: Webcasts
Access more than 500 webcasts from the Library of Congress.
Dolley Madison Project
Read the letters of Dolley Madison while learning about her life—from childhood to widowhood.
Helen Keller Kid's Museum
Present Helen Keller’s story in more detail with photographs and historical background.
Anne Sullivan Macy: Miracle Worker
When teaching about Helen Keller, why leave out her friend and educator Anne Sullivan Macy?
A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life
Explore Jewish heritage outside of the Mid-Atlantic or the Holocaust.
Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles Collection
Search Wisconsin newspapers mainly from 1860 through 1940.
The History Box
Have a question about New York City or state history? More than 750 articles available.
The Malcolm X Project
Read FBI files on and watch interviews about Malcolm X, human and African American rights activist.
Folkstreams
View streaming videos on American folk culture from fox hunting to Zydeco.
Florida Folklife Collection
Explore the folk lore of Florida—from musical performances and art to occupational lore.
Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution
What roles have Jewish women played in the Second Wave of feminism?
U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census counts everyone! It creates a current image of the nation with its diversity and class variations.
Teaching Future Historians: U.S. History Lesson Plans Using Primary Documents
A diverse array of Antebellum, Civil War, and Gilded Age lesson plans for your convenience.
Illinois During the Gilded Age
Listen to, read, and sing sources from the Gilded Age canvassing women, religion, and more.
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Did you know that Micronesia was once a U.N. trusteeship administered by the United States?
Silicon Valley History Online
Silicone Valley is known as a high-tech industry center, but has it always been?
Women of Protest: Images from the Records of the National Woman's Party
See the suffragettes who gave over 50% of U.S. citizens the right to vote.
Dickinson Electronic Archives
Learn about Dickinson’s family through their own writings and wider critical response to her poetry.
Automobile in American Life and Society
Enter the world of automotive history through oral histories and scholarly essays.
Coming of Age in the Twentieth Century, Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
What can oral histories tell us about girlhood, adolescence, and more in the United States?
Dolley Madison Digital Edition
Read Dolley Madison’s personal correspondence from her youth through her widowhood.
Northern Visions of Race, Region, and Reform in the Press
Investigate racial issues during and after the Civil War through letters, illustrations, and official documents.
McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History
Explore the assassination of President McKinley and the social context thereof.
Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860
What were common presidential campaign strategies between 1840 and 1860?
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
Review litigation studies ranging from mental health facilities and jail conditions to equal employment.
Probing the Past
What might you have owned in Maryland or Virginia in 1740-1810? (Lesson plans included!)
StoryCorps
Connect 20th-century events and daily life with real human experiences through oral history audio files.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial Times to 1950
Read the personal correspondence and diaries of women such as Phyllis Wheatley and Margaret Fuller.
Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage
Explore the history of Maryland, from Edgar Allen Poe to the War of 1812.
The Adoption History Project
Did you know that adoption was only recognized as a legal U.S. operation in 1851?
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
Looking for a new way to teach history? Peruse new media and educational resources.
The Franklin County Publication Archives Index
Explore 19th-century life through newspaper articles from the 1870s.
Fly Girls
Explore the experiences of World War II’s Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) at this companion website to the PBS American Experience documentary.
U.S. Coast Guard
Who protects U.S. interests in international and domestic waters?
U.S. Army
Increase your knowledge of the people, past, and technology of the United States Army.
Remember the Ladies—But Not Just in March
Women’s history should be integral to the total narrative of American history.
What Happened to the Royal Family of Hawaii After the U.S. Took Over?
In Hawaii today, a large number of people might be considered heirs or pretenders to the Hawaiian throne, were it ever to be revived.
National Register of Historic Places Travel Itineraries
Explore the historic sites in more than 50 cities and towns across the U.S.
Willa Cather Archive
Read the annotated works of author Willa Cather (1873–1947), including O Pioneer! and My Antonia.
Emma Goldman Papers
Learn more about Emma Goldman, radical and feminist activist, through this collection of primary and secondary sources.
Votes for Women: Selections from the NAWSA, 1848-1921
10,000 pages of records on the struggle for votes for women, including papers by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
A variety of primary sources and background essays explore the 1911 fire, a hallmark tragedy of the industrial age.
Jewish Women's Archive
Learn more about American Jewish women’s contributions to their communities and the wider world with these exhibits and resources.
Thomas Paine National Historical Association
Explore the life and works of one of the most famous revolutionaries—Thomas Paine.
Making of America
Provides more than 1.5 million pages of text in an effort to digitize more than 11,000 volumes and 100,000 19th-century journal articles.
Teach Women's History Project
Provides teaching and reference materials on the women’s rights movement of the past 50 years.
Flint Sit-Down Strike
Provides a multimedia introduction to “the greatest strike in American history.”
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Offers 45 mini-monographs on U.S. women’s history, each organized around an analytical question concerning a social movement.
Marchand Archive
Memorializes Roland Marchand with more than 6,100 images, including more than 2,000 advertisements, and 48 lesson plans drawn from his collection.
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
Presents more than 137,000 photographs of Florida on specific localities from the mid-19th century to the present.
Women in Journalism
Archives 44 “full-life” interviews with American women journalists.
Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963
Peruse this collection of over 900 items relating to Chicago’s Hull House to discover its influence on 20th century urban development.
Margaret Sanger Papers Project
Selected materials by and about the “birth control pioneer” Margaret Sanger.
Ad*Access
Archives more than 7,000 newspaper and magazine advertisements printed in the U.S. from 1911 to 1955.
Kate and Sue McBeth, Missionary Teachers to the Nez Perce
Presents the letters and diaries of Kate and Sue McBeth, late 19th-century missionaries and teachers among the Nez Perce Indians.
Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in 19th-Century America
Provides full-text transcriptions and page images of 1815–1865 Sunday school books addressing religious instruction for youth.
Online Archive of California
Explore California from Japanese American internment or the Free Speech Movement to oral histories.
Alexander Street Press
Databases of digitized firsthand accounts and literary works document periods in American history, the experiences of minorities, and other topics.
The Great Depression to World War II: Photos from the FSA-OWI
Explore this database of over 150,000 photographs that capture the true nature of this crisis and its solutions.
Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
Examine the verbatim transcripts of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.
Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Presents the complete text of the Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, along with supplementary secondary sources.
Do History: Martha Ballard's Diary Online
Explore the diary of midwife Martha Ballard and the creation of two modern historical studies based on the diary.
Accessible Archives
Presents articles from 18th- and 19th-century newspapers, magazines, and books, with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic region.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
More than 400 speeches by women—politicians, scientists, and celebrities.