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Historical Documents

Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras

Rochester Evening Express, Editorial

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Lincoln, Hollywood, and an Opportunity for Historians- Excerpt

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Annual Address by Joseph Jackson

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling

Pecan Shellers Strike

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187

California's Proposition 187

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act

Civil Rights Act 1964

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Pamphlet, John Brown’s "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States"

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

S.123 - A Bill To abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States.

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

The Royal Academy of Farting

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Sierra Maestra Manifesto

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

1984 Commonwealth Club Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Franklin’s Epitaph

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Silent Spring- Excerpt

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras

Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast

1968 Fasting Statement

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Oberlin Women’s Suffrage Debate

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

On the Treatment of the Little Rock Nine

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Madrigal v. Quilligan

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Joint Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Washington Consensus

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Brutus No. 15- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner

Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

The Young Lords Organization

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Picture of Mexican American students protesting

East Los Angeles Walkouts

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.

Mendez v. Westminster

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Address Before the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile, Alabama

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.

Serna v. Portales

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

A Plea for Captain John Brown

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Alliance for Progress

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

El Plan de Santa Barbara (Plan of Santa Barbara)

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind

Hollywood History, by Mark C. Carnes

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Growing Up Colored, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Benjamin Franklin’s Years in London, by Joan Paterson Kerr

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley

How the Wilderness Was Won, by Stewart L. Udall

Historical Images

The political cartoon for the year 1775

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

William Franklin

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

March On Washington

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

A new declaration of independence in the year 1885

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Emancipation by Thomas Nast

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)