Historical Documents

Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Oberlin College
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
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)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Pro-DACA Protestors
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)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John Brown, the Abolitionist
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Chief Justice John Marshall
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Women's Suffrage Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
John Brown Cartoon
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
March on Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
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)