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American Civil War Home Page: Outstanding collection of web links to regimental histories, battle plans, documents from both North and South, biographical materials, soldiers' journals, image files, and more.
American Historical Association
American History Document Collection
American Memory: part of the
American Digital Library Project of the Library of Congress. Digitized photographs,
sound recordings, and more, including political speeches from WW I, Mathew
Brady Civil War photos, oral history from the Federal Writers Project.
Britannica Guide to Black History‑‑click on Black History, then choose your time
period to look at articles on topics (Brown v. Board of Education, Negro
League, Freedmen's Bureau, African‑Methodist Episcopalian Church) or on
important individuals in politics,
history, the arts, education, religion, etc.
Colonial and Early American Web
Resources
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Notable for its
"Electronic Field Trips," and highly recommended by our history
faculty.
Chronology of U.S. Historical
Documents: complete with linked texts.
History of the United States‑‑a great collection of primary source
materials.
Hoover Presidential Library‑‑important files covering Hoover's
achievements, and thus early 20th century American history
Making of America‑‑a nice collection of primary documents on
subjects as wide‑ranging as agriculture, etiquette, yellow fever.
National Archive: Includes exhibits,
National Audiovisual Information Locator (which searches NARA's
huge collection of stills, motion pictures, videos, audio recordings), and the
government information locator, and individual files like the JFK assassination
records. Great source.
Organization of American Historians
Vietnam, Yesterday and Today‑‑the history behind the conflict, the war
itself, and the consequences of the war.
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ABZU: Guide to the Ancient Near East‑‑this guide from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute is a prime resource for history, religion, art and archaeology.
Byzantine and Medieval Studies Sites: Outstanding
collection of links, document files, texts.
Diogenes Links to the Ancient World
Egyptological Resources‑‑a comprehensive Egyptology site, from which you can reach just.
about everything else.
Internet Medieval Source Book: an outstanding
source. Links to full-texts of church documents, works of church fathers, literary and political
texts, and more.
Medieval Studies‑‑draws connections between all areas of arts
and humanities during the medieval period.
[the] Monk
Page: links to monastic history,
scriptoria, etc.
Online Reference Book to Medieval
Studies
Perseus Project‑‑a massive project documenting the classical
world. Concentration is on Greece, with
a sister Roman site to follow.
Search Argos‑‑a tool to search through documents on the
ancient world. Excellent
source.
Timeline of Early Medieval History
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Catholic Documents
Christian History
Church History: an outstanding
collection of documents, chronologies, data, and links.
Early Church.Com Study Room‑‑with extensive links to documents, writings of
fathers of the church, papyrological study, and more.
Early Church Online Encyclopedic
Documents Page‑‑a meta‑index
covering several existing document sites, Catholic and Islamic.
the Historical Jesus: Includes
text files, documents, links to a papyrus archive, canonical and non‑canonical
document files, and information on the interpretation of ancient manuscripts,
and more
U.S. Catholic Historical
Society
Eighteenth Century Resources‑‑in history, art, literature, architecture. Excellent links
provided for English, European and American history
European History: WARNING: This is a huge file; select subject area from menu
before entire file loads. Outstanding comprehensive
index, with full descriptions of each linked file.
Historical Atlas of Europe and the
Middle East
World War I‑‑Trenches on
the Web: Contains timelines, biographies, photos,
weapons, and much more. Some files are
still under construction.
University of Calgary History
Department‑‑includes a guide
to writing historical essays and book reviews, writing and multimedia
tutorials, and more.
University of Washington History
Department: Notable for its "History Writing
Center", which includes how‑to guides on writing test essays and
papers, using primary vs. secondary sources, and evaluating evidence. Highly recommended.
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Association for State and Local
History
Condensed Chinese History for
Beginners
Encyclopedia of the Orient‑‑covers the history and culture of countries which we would call
the middle east.
Historical Text Archive‑‑a great collection of primary documents, world‑wide.
