History: Yocum Library Useful Links
American History Resources |
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| Links | Description |
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| PA Photos and Documents | Thousands of digitized documents and photographs from unique collections in libraries across Pennsylvania. |
| United States National Archives | The official website |
| Library of Congress Digital Collections | Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music |
| Chronicling America | America's historic newspapers from 1789-1943 |
| The American Folklife Center | Millions of songs, stories, and other creative expressions from the 19th century to the present |
| AFRO American Newspapers | Over 100 years of scanned issues |
| Discovering American Women's History | Primary sources -photos, letters, diaries, artifacts |
| Densho | Japanese American Internment Camps |
| HarpWeek: Explore History | Harper's Weekly political cartoons |
| American Civil War Letters and Diaries | Virginia Military Institute’s collection |
| Women Working, 1800-1930 | 700,000+ digitized pages and images |
| American Indian Oral History | Typescripts of interviews |
| American Indians of the Pacific Northwest | Photographs, documents, and articles |
| Sequoyah Research Center | Family Stories from the Trail of Tears |
| First Nations Collection | Documents, books, and articles |
| Aspiration, Acculturation, and Impact | 400,000+ pages, pamphlets, and serials, and photographs, diaries, and other writings of ordinary immigrants. |
| Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars | Soldiers’ and families’ letters and audio correspondence from over 200 years of U.S. wars |
| Labor Studies & Work | Free online books from the Temple University Press in collaboration with Temple University Libraries. |
| Library of Congress: Immigration | Links to resources for teachers and students |
| New York Public Library Digital Collections | 700,000+ prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more |
European and World History Resources |
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| Links | Description |
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| Internet History Sourcebook Project | Collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts |
| Liberty, Equality, Fraternity | Exploring the French Revolution in images, documents, songs, maps, and timelines. |
| The Avalon Project | Documents in law, history, and diplomacy from 4000BCE to the 21st century |
| Euro Docs | Primary historical documents, video or sound files, maps, photographs or other imagery |
| Women in World History | Websites, primary sources, and case studies. |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | The official website |
| Nuremberg Trials Project | Digitized images or full-text versions of the Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg documents. |
Websites recommended by Ms. Jodi Greene, RACC Faculty.