Historical Documents

Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), 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
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)
Article
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
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)
“Friends” Poem
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), 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
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
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)
LULAC Logo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Historical Images

Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
St. Nicholas Magazine
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), 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
A Breaking Scene of Western Pioneers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
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)
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)
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

A Nation of Immigrants
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), 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)
Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
The American Cowboy
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), Multiple Eras