Historical Documents

Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
Making Sense of Films: Film as Social and Cultural History
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
Document
Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs and Others for Witchcraft
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Book Cover
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Excerpt, page 18)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
California's Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Tierra Amarilla Land Grant and Courthouse Raid
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s Keynote Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Why is the Rock Hall in Cleveland?
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)
John F. Kennedy
"City Upon a Hill" Speech
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Death Warrant
Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, and Sarah Wilds
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress
Legacy of the Clinton Administration
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Hernandez v. Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Newspaper image
Old Style Parents and New Style Sons
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
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton’s America
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
People v. Zamora
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Young Lords members with a sign
The Young Lords Organization
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

Clara Barton
Miss Clara Barton
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)
Political Cartoon
A Family Quarrel, or the Reason Why.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Picture of "School Begins" Political Cartoon
School Begins
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Dorothea Lange Photograph
Sign Near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill Graveyard
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alexander Hamilton
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
William Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y
Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A Breaking Scene of Western Pioneers
A Breaking Scene of the Western Pioneers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
St. Nicholas Magazine
St. Nicholas Magazine Cover
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
Fire Insurance Map
1866 Fire Insurance Map of Tombstone, Ariz., Shows the O.K. Corral and Surrounding Streets
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
Substance and Shadow Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Woman Who Dared
The Woman Who Dared by Thomas Wust
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
March on Washington
March On Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sheet Music
“The Battle-Cry of Freedom” with Confederate Lyrics
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map of Salem
Map of Salem Village in 1692
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Towner School Bus Photograph
Towner School Bus Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Harvest of Death
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. A Harvest of Death
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

Kennedy at his desk
On History, by John F. Kennedy
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Wyatt Earp
Who Was Wyatt Earp? by Allen Barra
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Bill Clinton
Clinton's Legacy, by Kevin Baker
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Jonas Salk, Inventor of Polio Vaccine
The Miracle Workers, by David Oshinsky
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Growing Up Colored, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Memphis, Place of Good Abode
The Place of Good Abode, by Shelby Foote
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
The American Cowboy
How The Frontier Shaped The American Character, by Ray Allen Billington
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
The Tragic Colorado Blizzard of 1931
Blizzard, by E.N. Coons
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)