Historical Documents

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)
Salem Oath for Residents
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
1984 Commonwealth Club Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Grant Inauguration
First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Death Warrant
Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, and Sarah Wilds
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
Bill Clinton on Life after the Presidency
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John L. O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny
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)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Texas Revolution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Hitchcock Scene
YouTube Video of Dream Sequence from Spellbound
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
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
Testimony of John H. Behan and Clerk’s Cover and File Sheet, 1881
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
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)
Mystery Poem
“Mystery” Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692.
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland 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)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
Spanish Speaking People's Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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)
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)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
OK Corral Inquest Transcript Found in Arizona Jailhouse Store Room
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
Balzac v. Porto Rico
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
Madrigal v. Quilligan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Joseph Jackson
Annual Address by Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Final Presidential Job Approval Ratings: Truman - Biden
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
National Chicano Moratorium
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Collections

Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
The Magazine that Taught Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Millay How to Write, by Paul Rosta
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)
Bill Clinton
Clinton's Legacy, by Kevin Baker
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692, by Tompkins H. Matteson, 1855
Free The Salem Five! by Frederic Schwarz
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Custer Fight, by Charles Marion Russell
The Battle of Little Bighorn, by Nathaniel Philbrick
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's America, by David Lehman
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
US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

Infantry regiment
Infantry regiment in camp. [Probably 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at Camp Northumberland near Washington, DC, ca. 1861] Mathew Brady Collection. (Army) ca. 1861
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sheet Music
“The Battle-Cry of Freedom” with Confederate Lyrics
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
Chrysler Advertisement 1928 Chrysler Imperial
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
William Sherman
Gen. William T. Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Many Faces of Polio
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alfred Hitchcock
Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock
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
Political Cartoon
A Family Quarrel, or the Reason Why.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Women's Suffrage Map
Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)