Historical Documents

“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Adams Letter
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Adams Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Alien and Sedition Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Charles Guiteau to William T. Sherman
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Political cartoon depicting the results of the Cuban Adjustment Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Arraignment of Guiteau
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
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
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Kennedy at his desk
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Chief Justice John Marshall
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Assassination of James Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley
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
Red Scare
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

The Woman Who Dared
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)