Historical Documents

Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Young Lords members with a sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Patsy Murr, first grader at Fulton School in Lancaster, Pa., gets her Salk shot from Dr. Norman E. Snyder as she is held by Mrs. Walter Sourweine, April 25, 1955. Others view the proceedings with mixed emotions
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Frederick J. Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Transcript of Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Egleston Regarding his Polio Attack, 10/24/1924
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
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)
John L. O'Sullivan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Letters from An American Farmer
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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
Mystery Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Document
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
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.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rebecca Nurse
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Arraignment of Guiteau
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Newspaper image
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

Collections

James Dean
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
Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
Multiple Eras, ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Wyatt Earp
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Chromolithograph entitled "Custer's Last Fight," National Museum of American History
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Women's Suffrage Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Woman Who Dared
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alfred Hitchcock
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
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Park map of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)