Historical Documents

Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Poem
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Clinton Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Frederick J. Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
“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
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
“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)
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)
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Caroline Churchill
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)
Mystery Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

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