History Resources

The Best History Resources on the Internet

A Guide to Accompany the SLS Workshop

Presented October 16, 2003

Jennie Milojevic

Table of Contents

Writing Guides

Pre-History
Ancient History
Medieval
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Imperialism & Colonialism
Slavery
Industrial Revolution
Country Data

American History
Primary Documents
Chronological
Native Americans
Library of Congress
Local History (Illinois & Chicago)

Biographies
Cartography

Special Topics

Gender & Sexuality

Military History
World War I
World War II
Civil War
Vietnam

Genocide & The Holocaust

News & Media

Audio Visual Resources
Sound Recordings
Radio Stations
Movies
Images

Link Sites/Mega Sites

Writing Guides

http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/

http://cas.memphis.edu/~mcrouse/elcite.html

http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/subject/browse/ref73.00.00/

http://www.ncpp.org/qajsa.htm

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Pre-History

Before "recorded history"

http://history.evansville.net/prehist.html

http://www.ku.edu/history/VL/chronological/prehistory.html

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Ancient History

Ancient History (Near East)

The Near East is the area around the eastern Mediterranean from Turkey to North Africa and eastward to Iran.

http://www.etana.org/abzu/

Ancient History (International)

http://eawc.evansville.edu/

http://www.julen.net/ancient/

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/First_Cities/firstcities_main.htm

Ancient History (Rome)

http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/home.html

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/AncientRome.html

Ancient History (Greece)

http://www.ancientgreece.com/

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

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

Ancient History (Classical, Usually Greek & Roman Combination)

http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/everyone/links/links.html

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html

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Medieval History

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

http://www.the-orb.net/

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/

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Renaissance

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Renaissance.html

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

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/

http://renaissance.dm.net/

http://www.italian-art.org/frames.html

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Enlightenment

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook10.html

http://history.evansville.net/enlighte.html

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Imperialism/Colonialism

http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/schools/s090/history/imperialism_&_colonialism.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook08.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html

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Slavery

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html

http://www.yale.edu/glc/

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/082_slave.html

http://diaspora.northwestern.edu/overview.html

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Industrial Revolution

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html

http://history.evansville.net/industry.html

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html

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Country Data

International

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

http://www.world-heritage-tour.org

National Libraries

http://www.library.uq.edu.au/natlibs/

UN

http://www.un.org

http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp (compare countries)

http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp (single country data)

Africa

http://www.africanceremonies.com/

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history.html

http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm

http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

England

http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/

http://www.tudorhistory.org

http://www.victorianweb.org

Germany

http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/germany.html

Russia & Eastern Europe

http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic/index.html

Middle East

http://menic.utexas.edu/menic.html

Latin America

http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/

Asia

http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic.html

http://pair.library.wisc.edu/

Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica is the geographical area between North and Central America. It includes Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador.

http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/exhibits/meso/sacred.html

http://www.mesoweb.com/welcome.html

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American History

Primary Documents

What Are Primary Documents?

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/source.html

http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html

http://www.archives.gov/aad/

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

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American History--Chronological

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/index.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html Colonial

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook26.html Early US

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html US Immigration

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook29.html US 19th century Culture

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook47.html America as a World Power

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook48.html Modern American Society

http://www.lib.uconn.edu/%7Eeembardo/voices/index.html 1960s America

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Native Americans

http://www.csulb.edu/projects/ais/nae/

http://cwyphoenix.hypermart.net/index.html

http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/

http://members.tripod.com/~RFester/

http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/ic.html

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Library of Congress

Huge & Fabulous!

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/

http://memory.loc.gov/

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Local History (Illinois & Chicago)

http://www.historyillinois.org/hist.html

http://www.eliillinois.org/ida/

http://www.chicagohs.org/

http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/004chicago.html

http://www.jazzagechicago.com/

http://www.nps.gov/liho/index.htm

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html

http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/1126.htm

http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/Bataan%20Web/index.htm

http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/index.html

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Biographies

http://amillionlives.com/

http://www.biography.com/ (A&E)

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00

http://www.who2.com/

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Cartography

Historical Atlas (20th Century)

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

1500-2003 (Mainly US)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Historical Maps (International)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/

http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html

http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html

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Special Topics

Gender & Sexuality

Women's History (US)

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

http://www.nwhp.org/

Women's History (Ancient, International)

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/

Women's History (International, Ancient to Modern)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

Gay, Lesbian, & Trans-gendered

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/

http://www.lesbianherstoryarchives.org/

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html

http://www.pink-triangle.org/

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Military History

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/ (US, Veterans)

World War I

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

http://www.firstworldwar.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sashome.html

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World War II

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/index.htm

http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html

http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/

http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/Bataan%20Web/index.htm

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Civil War

http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/abolitionism/

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html

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Vietnam

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

http://www.vwip.org/vwiphome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/vntoc.html

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Genocide & The Holocaust

Genocide

http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/holocaust.html

Holocaust

http://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/

http://www.nizkor.org

http://www.tellingstories.org/

http://www.holocaust-trc.org/home.htm

http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/

http://remember.org/

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News & Media

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/lists.html

http://www.abyznewslinks.com

http://www.ipl.org/div/news

http://news.bbc.co.uk

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Audio Visual

Sound Recordings

http://www.historicalvoices.org/

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/stories/ (US, Veterans)

http://www.historychannel.com/ (Multimedia Gateway. Clips, Speeches etc.)

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Radio Stations

(*Please Note: some stations may be run independently by individuals. They may or may not deliver accurate information. )

http://www.radio-locator.com

http://www.etown.edu/vl/radio.html (Part of the WWW Virtual Library. Does contain broken links.)

http://www.live365.com (Hosts independent radio stations. This means anyone with a PC and the cash to use the service has a station.)

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Movies

http://www.archive.org/movies/movies.php

http://www.historychannel.com/

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Images

http://www.treasurenet.com/images/ (Civil War & American West)

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

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Link Sites/Mega Sites

We've looked at many specific pages from some of these sites, but they are actually much larger and amazing sources of information for a variety of historical periods and trends. It is worth it to explore other areas of these resources.

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

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/hum.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

http://usinfo.state.gov/homepage.htm

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM

http://history.evansville.net/

http://memory.loc.gov

http://www.h-net.org/ History Discussion Groups

http://www.archive.org/

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