Historical Documents

Sioux Treaty
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Epitaph
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George W. Bush
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Barack Obama
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
James Warren
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

The White Man's Burden cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sugarhouse Prison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Park map of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
George Armstrong Custer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Collections

A scene from the Vietnam War
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Chromolithograph entitled "Custer's Last Fight," National Museum of American History
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Washington in the French & Indian War
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Kennedy at his desk
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Abraham Lincoln & Hannibal Hamlin
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Franklin at the Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)