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History Resources
About.com History Guide - Meta site for access to chronological periods, biographies, events, gender, race, and ethnicity.
Africana.com: Gateway to the Black World - A good site for information on people, history, and current events.
American and British History Research Guides - Well-organized meta site.
The American Civil War Homepage - This large site provides an extensive overview of the Civil War, including a time-line, bibliographies for reading, and links to other relevant sites.
American Family Immigration History Center - Search for immigrants who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island & the Port of NY between 1892-1924. Includes a section called "The Immigrant Experience".
The American Historical Association - A source of history information for all the historical sciences.
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library - Provides access to 7 million items in the Library of Congress' digital library of American history including text, pictures, audio, and video.
American Presidents: Life Portraits - Originally part of C-SPAN's 1999 series, American Presidents: Life Portraits, this site provides basic biographical information about our nation's former leaders, as well as quirky information, texts of their speeches and addresses.
American Revolution: National Discussions of Our Revolutionary Origins - Scholars maintain this site, a companion to PBS's Liberty! series.
Ancestors in the Americas - Asian American history sites, a companion to PBS's Ancestors in the Americas.
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations, Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec & Aztec - An outstanding site.
ARIAS - Archives Records Information Access System that includes records of the Revolutionary and Spanish American Wars the Mexican Border Campaign, and World War I.
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Primary sources in Law, History and Diplomacy.
Best of History Websites - A site geared towards giving the best of the best for history educators and students, as well as general history enthusiasts.
Biography.Com - Biography TV provides links to 25,000+ biographies.
Center for Electronic Resources in African Studies - An archive of text and multimedia resources.
Century of Lawmaking for a New Century - Offers the records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and ratification debates, and the first forty-two federal congresses, 1774-1873.
De Re Militari - "It is the place to go to find articles on ancient and medieval military history," from The Society for Medieval Military History.
Doc (Documentary) Heritage - Dating back to 1681, provides a sampling of the 300 million letters, reports, photographs, maps, and other records generally available for public use at the Pennsylvania State Archives search room in Harrisburg. An important window to past events and to the people who lived in Pennsylvania.
Eternal Egypt - The result of cooperation between IBM and the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and National Heritage (CultNat), Eternal Egypt "is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions". Explore 3D recreations of Tutankhamun's tomb as well as other incredible monuments from the ancient civilization.
EuroDocs - Primary historical documents on Western Europe.
Explore Pennsylvania History -The "Commonwealth's new 'heritage hub,' the website that makes history come alive in the classroom, on the highways and byways of the Commonwealth, and on the Internet, by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, WITF and a number of other organizations.
Gateway to World History - This site is a collection of resources to support the study and teaching of world history and history in general.
Government Views of D-Day 1944 - Bibliography of online materials prepared by Grace-Ellen McCrann, Chief, Reference & Government Documents Divisions, Cohen Library, The City College of New York. It includes history, maps, and lesson plans.
Government Views of Iraq - Bibliography of online materials prepared by Grace-Ellen McCrann, Chief, Reference & Government Documents Divisions, Cohen Library, The City College of New York. It includes history, maps, and lesson plans.
H-AMINDIAN (American Indian History and Culture) - Up-to-date, by H-NET and the Arizona State University Department of History.
Historical Demographic, Economic and Social Data of the US - Historical census data form 1790 to 1960. Data lists can be produced by state or county, graphed or proportionally calculated.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library - This is the online catalog of one of the largest private research libraries in the U.S. and includes almost a quarter million records of its holdings of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, serials, and graphics.
History Channel: Speeches - Features audio files that are searchable by speaker, topic, or date.
History E-books - A brainchild of the American Council of Learned Societies, this site provides access to over 700 e-book titles which are works of major importance to both scholars and advanced students.
HyperHistory Online - As per its description, "HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of simultaneously present and viewable lifelines, timeline, and maps." Timelines on this site can be viewed by time period, event, and person. Links to other sites for further research are also included.
Internet Archive - A best site. Access to "historical collections that exist in digital format". For research on the history of the Internet.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - A best site. "Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use".
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Reformation Europe - This site provides extensive links to various aspects of both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, as well as conflicts and women in the Reformation.
Labyrinth - Resources for Medieval Studies.
Making of America - Primary sources on the 19th C, American history, etc.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project -This ongoing project aims to gather all the resources concerning MLK Jr. and the movements he participated in. Users can read the full text of published works, as well as access audio of letters, speeches, and sermons.
Monticello - Visit "Research and Collections" for access to publications, reports, and the Jefferson Library. While you're there, learn more about Jefferson's administration and home.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Access digital and non-digital primary sources of the U.S. government. Has technical guidance on archival preservation and management.
New Deal Network: A Guide to the Great Depression of the 1930's and the Roosevelt Administration - Research and study various public works and arts projects of this crucial time period in American history.
ORB--Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies - A wealth of information on all things Medieval at your fingertips.
OSSHE Historic Atlas Resource Library - Created by the University of Oregon Department of History, UO New Media Center and Department of Geography InfoGraphics Lab, this site provides historical atlases of North America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
People with a History: An Outline Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) History.
Pennsylvania History - A new site from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. People, places, events, and things. A good source for archives, genealogy information, and records.
Perry-Casteneda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps of the United States of America.
Repositories of Primary Sources - Created at the University of Idaho, this site provides a list of thousands of websites with holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources.
RootsWeb.com - If you are a beginning online genealogist, try this site.
Silicon Valley History Online - History of the Santa Clara Valley.
Southeastern Native American Documents 1730-1842 - 1,000 historical images and documents presented by the GALILEO venture at the University of Georgia. If you need a password, choose the Public Databases option at the bottom of the GALILEO page.
U.S. Civil War Center - Housed at Louisiana State University, this site's aim is to locate, index, and/or make available all appropriate private and public data regarding the Civil War.
United States Historical Census Data Browser - Describe people & economy of states & counties, 1790-1960.
University of Pennsylvania Museum - Browse through several virtual galleries with topics ranging from Roman glassmaking to Ghengis Khan.
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Library Web links - Cross section of information related to the Holocaust, grouped under topical headings.
Voice of the Shuttle - With yet another amazingly comprehensive index of sites, this humanities resource has link upon link of valuable and reliable information pertaining to history.
Webliography for Digital Treasures - This website, part of a preparatory package for a teleconference at the College of DuPage, contains useful information for the teacher and the historian.
World War I - Trenches on the Web - This site provides access to information on World War I, including a chronology, reference sources, and articles about specific battles.
WWW Virtual Library: The Cold War - Links to a plethora of websites for documents, articles and various other research tools concerning the Cold War.
WWW Virtual Library History: United States - Well-organized meta site. Includes research tools, topics, and time periods.