Historical Documents

Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
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)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Epitaph
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
"Keep Off!" cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Philip Frenau
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Democratic National Convention 1860
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sioux Treaty
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Historical Images

General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Armstrong Custer
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln 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)
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)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Cuban Melodrama cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
HMS Jersey
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Separated cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

The Boston Tea Party
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Chromolithograph entitled "Custer's Last Fight," National Museum of American History
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Franklin at the Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lee surrenders
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
The Battle of Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
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)