Title: 20th Century Year By Year Provider: Information Please
Subject Heading/s: United States--History.
LC Class: E740
Reference Category: Chronologies
Description: U.S. history interactive timelines by year or decade, 1900- .
Title: American Cultural History: The 19th Century Provider: Kingwood College Library
Subject Heading/s: United States--History--19th century.
LC Class: E337.5
Reference Category: Chronologies
Description: Brief articles on various aspects of American life as it progressed by decade, with links to topics at other sites.
Updated 2/06/2009
Title: American Cultural History: The 20th Century Provider: Kingwood College Library
Subject Heading/s: United States--History--20th century.
LC Class: E740
Reference Category: Chronologies
Description: Brief articles on various aspects of American life as it progressed by decade, with pictures and links to topics at other sites.
Updated 2/06/2009
Title: Biographies of the Founding Fathers Provider: Colonial Hall
Subject Heading/s: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
LC Class: E302
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: "The biographies on this site are primarily from 1 of the following 2 sourcesLives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. Published in 1829The United States Manual of Biography and History, by James V. Marshall. Published by James B. Smith & Co., in Philadelphia in the year 1856.
Title: Chronology on Slavery and Racism Provider: Holt House
Subject Heading/s: Slavery--United States; Afro-Americans-History; Racism-America-History.
LC Class: E441
Reference Category: Chronologies
Description: Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism is an interactive narrative in 3 parts: 1619-1789, 1790-1829, 1830-end. Use the browser's Find function to search by word or phrase.
Title: Civil War Battle Summaries Provider: U.S. National Park Service
Subject Heading/s: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns; Indians of North America--Wars.
LC Class: E461
Reference Category: Histories
Description: Summaries of all battles during the Civil War period by state, including those with Native Americans.
Title: First Nations Histories Provider: First Nations
Subject Heading/s: Indians of North America
LC Class: E75
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: "When complete these Histories will encompass approximately 240 tribal histories (contact to 1900). They will be limited to the lower 48 states of the U.S. but also include those First Nations from Canada and Mexico that had important roles (Huron, Micmac, Assiniboine, etc.).
Each history's content and style are representative. At the end of each History you will find links to those Nations referred to in the particular History you have just read."
An encyclopedia of native American tribes of the contiguous American states, plus some from Canada and Mexico. Author Lee Sultzman includes a substantial bibliography.
Title: From Slavery to Freedom Provider: U.S. Library of Congress
Subject Heading/s: Slavery--United States; Afro-Americans-History.
LC Class: E441
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 is a catalog in 5 parts to a collection of 397 pamphlets dealing with slavery, abolition, and civil rights. Primary sources.
Title: New Deal Network Provider: New Deal Network
Subject Heading/s: United States--History--1933-1945.
LC Class: E806
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: " . . . a database of photographs, political cartoons, and texts (speeches, letters, and other historic documents from the New Deal period). Currently there are over 20,000 items in this database, many of them previously accessible only to scholars. Unlike many databases on the Web, which represent the holdings of a particular institution, NDN is drawing from a wide variety of sources around the country to create a theme-based archive." Also advertisements.
Title: North American Slave Narratives Provider: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Subject Heading/s: Slavery--United States; Afro-Americans-History.
LC Class: E441
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: Narratives and biographies of fugitive and former slaves published in broadsides, pamphlets, or books up to 1920 collected by the libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and hosted by ibiblio.org. Primary sources.
Title: Speech Archives Provider: PBS
Subject Heading/s: United States--History; Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
LC Class: E740.5
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: This collection of historical American speeches is arranged chronologically, dating to 1895; sometimes accompanied by background information, audio, and/or video. Primary sources.
Title: US Civil War Generals Provider: University of Tennessee
Subject Heading/s: Generals--United States--Biography; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
LC Class: E461
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: "This is a concise index to the Generals who fought on both sides of the US Civil War, and has been specifically prepared for the Internet. It is not meant to replace the several excellent biographies and encyclopedias which have been published in print form . . ."