Collections

Wyatt Earp
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Memphis, Place of Good Abode
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
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)
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Documents

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Liberator
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
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)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
William Styron
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Article
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
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)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
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)
LULAC Logo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Steven Spielburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
An outstanding picture of 1937 – tragedy. Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., 1937 Dec. 15.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Alexis de Tocqueville
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)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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), Multiple Eras
March on Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)