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National Geographic Online Archives 1996 - 2007

U.S. History .     primary sources | colonial & revolutionary era | Civil War | later eras |  decades

selected print resources - Reference Books:

R 301 Enc      Encyclopedia of American Social History 3 vols.
R 301.45 Har     Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
R 305.8 A      American Immigrant Culture
R 306 Bow            Bowling, Beatnicks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20 th Century America
R 320.473            Encyclopedia of American Government
R 323.097 Civ      Civil Rights in the United States
R 323.0973 Sig      Civil Rights in America
R 970,004 Ame             American Indians
R 970 Gre          Great Events from History 4v
R 970.02 Nor     North America in Colonial Times
R 973 Ame         Americans at War 3v
R 973 Neg         Negro Almanac
R 973-Rea            The Reader's Companion to American History
R 973.02 Car               Enc. of American Facts and Dates
R 973.02 Col            Handbook of American History
R 973.03 Enc             Encyclopedia of American Culture and Intllectual History 3v
R 973.03 Dic             Dictionary of American History 10v
R 973.04 Chr             Black Saga
R 973.0496-Afr     Enc. of African American History and     Culture , 5 volumes
R 973.09 Ann          Annals of America 18v
R 973.089 Asi       Asian American Encyclopedia 6v
R 973.09 Ame             American Eras
R 973.5 Fin          United States in the Nineteenth Century , 3 volumes
R 973.7 Enc         Encyclopedia of   the American Civil War


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U.S. History Websites:
Primary Sources

http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs_media/searchprimarysources.html   (Needham HS Library list of primary sources)

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

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/

http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html             (slave narratives)

http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/                   (slave narratives)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html

http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/   (WWI Documents)

http://www.hpol.org/   (History and politics out loud)

http://www.harpweek.com/ (Issues of Harper's Weekly Magazine)

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ (U.S. Survey course on the Web)

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/   (American History)

http://www.assumption.edu/whw/ (Women's history- U.S.)

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/ (Era of   Uncle Tom's Cabin)

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Colonial and Revolutionary Era and later

http://www.nps.gov/revwar/

http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.php

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

http://www.history1700s.com/

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html (Lewis and Clark)

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/ (West U.S. expansion)

http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Oregontrail.html (Oregon Trail)

Civil War and after

http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/american%20civil%20war/american%20civil%20war%20index.htm

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Later U.S. History

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/ (1900-1940 Harlem)

http://www.freedomcenter.org/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/  

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home (cold war)

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/cuba/cubamenu.htm (Cuban Missile Crisis)

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/ (women's liberation movement)

http://vietnam.vassar.edu/index.html (Vietnam Wat)

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American Decades - Cultural History

R 301 Enc      Encyclopedia of American Social History 3v
R 306 Bow           Bowling, Beatniks and Bell-Bottoms, Pop Culture of 20 th CenturyAmerica
R 973.9 Gor          American Chronicle:   Six Decades of American Life 1920-1980
R 973.92 Ame          American Decades 10 v
R 973.92 Sch         Cold War Culture
R 973.92 Tor        Cold War Politics
R 917.39 Tim        This Fabulous Century 7v

www.nostalgiacentral.com

www.coldwar.org

www.historychannel.com (timeline)

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/20CC.html

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

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World History

selected print resources:

R 305.8 Enc          Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture and Daily Life 4v
R 306.03 Emb         Countries and Their Cultures 4v
R 306.362   Mac         Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery 2v
R 325.3 Col        Colonialism 3v
R 909.82 Gre       Great Events (20 th Century) 8v
R 909.82 His          History Behind the Headlines 2v
R 940.3 Mar          World War I    12v
R 940.54 New        New Grolier Encyclopedia of World War II   8v

Guide to History Resources on the Web http://chnm.gmu.edu/assets/historyweb/historyweb.php

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html   (art history)

http://www.pantheon.org/   (mythology)

http://www.ancientscripts.com/

http://www.medici.org/general/

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

http://english.ucsb.edu:591/rchrono/

http://www.nativeweb.org/ (native peoples of all continents)

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Europe

selected print resources:

R 306.094 Enc        Encyclopedia of European Social History
R 902 Gru             Timetables of History
R 909.07 Dic        Dictionary of the Middle Ages 13 v
R 938 Civ         Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome 4v
R940.23 Enc        Encyclopedia of the Renaissance 6v.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/CONTENTS.HTM

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/colosseum/colosseum.html

http://www.roman-emperors.org/

http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/

http://www.roman-empire.net/

http://www.netserf.org/   (Middle Ages)

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/utk/   (1066-1603 UK)

http://www.timeref.org/   (Britain 800-1499)

http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/   (Enc. Of 1848 revolutions)

http://www.deremilitari.org/   (military history)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/   (14-15 th centuries)

  http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/medieval/   (Medieval tutorial)

http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html (resources for medieval study)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/   (medieval siege)

http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/search.html (women in middle ages)

http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/ex_year_1000.shtml (science in 1000)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/   (medieval siege)

http://members.aol.com/mcnelis/medsci_index.html   (Medieval Science)

http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Technology.html   (medieval technology)

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ (online medieval and classical library)

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/  

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/  

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/index.html (French Revolution)

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/

http://www.wsu.edu/%7Edee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM   (enlightenment)

http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/ (Napoleon)

http://www.victorianweb.org/ (Victorian Era)

http://www.art-ww1.com/index.html (World War I art)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm (WWI).

. http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/dof/fathers.htm   (Europe's dictators)

http://www.lusitania.net/

http://user.glo.be/~snelders/   (Gallipoli)

http://content.lib.washington.edu/postersweb/

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/ (WWII)

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Asia

selected print resources:

R 939.4 Civ          Civilization of the Ancient Near East   4v
R 950 Enc            Encyclopedia of Asian History 4v
R 952.003 Jap          Japan:   An Illustrated Encyclopedia   2v
R 959.704 Vie      The Vietnam Experience 10v.

http://www.asiasource.org/

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ (Asia for educators)

http://www.oakton.edu/user/~wittman/   (Vietnam War)

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/ (South Asia)

http://www.csuohio.edu/history/japan/index.html (Japan)

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Central and South America

selected print resources:

R 980.003 Enc             Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture   5v

http://lanic.utexas.edu/   (Latin America)

 



Africa

selected print resources:

R 320.96 Bev       Africa:   International Government and Politics Series
R 960 Cam           Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa
R 960 Pag         Encyclopedia of African History and Culture 3v
R 960.03 Mid          Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara   4v

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html

http://www.quizland.com/hiero.mv    (Hieroglyphics translator)

http://www.aodl.org/ (Africa Online Digital Library)

http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/empires/0048.html

http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/11chapter3.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index.shtml (History)

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/index.html (History)

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Australia

selected print resources:

R 990 Nil        Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html

http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/

 


Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.html

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

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