Historical Documents

Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
William Styron
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
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)
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)
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)
LULAC Logo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Barack Obama's Second Presidential Inauguration
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mystery Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), 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)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clinton Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
SVREP logo
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)
“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
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
“The Land of Romance” 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
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)

Historical Images

Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sun Record Studios
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)
Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
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
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)