Current Subject: History
| Access to Archival Databases (AAD) of the National Archives and Records Administration - Provides online access to nearly 50 million historic electronic records created by more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics. The series selected for AAD identify specific persons, geographic areas, organizations, or dates. Military records, information from businesses and non-profit organizations, and indexes to accessioned archival records in non-electronic formats are among the kinds of material accessible through this site. |
| American Memory - American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. |
| ArchNet - The ArchNet website is designed to promote appreciation, understanding, and knowledge about archaeology and the preservation and interpretation of cultural resources, both prehistoric and historic. |
| Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. |
| Center for History and New Media - The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University uses digital media and computer technology to change the ways that people learn about and use the past by bringing together the most exciting and innovative digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship. The site includes Features, Tools, Resources, Projects, and History News Network. |
| Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909 - Lists U.S. Congressional documents and departmental publications through 1909. |
| Chemical Heritage Foundation - This site offers many tools for the researcher, the student, and those who want to explore and discover how chemical and molecular science has changed the world we live in. |
| EDSITEmen - EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. |
| European Visual Archive - A searchable image resource containing digitized historical photographs from the holdings of the London Metropolitan Archives and Stadsarchief Antwerpen. |
| Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) - Digital facsimile of the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity that have been declassified and edited for publication. This is an incomplete run from 1863-1958 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired and processed. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian and is being digitized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. It contains documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy. |
| Historical Censuses of Population and Housing - Historical censuses from 1790 through 2000. The run is incomplete, but missing volumes will be added as work on each decade is finished. These are image files only; there is no searchable text for the historical censuses, so users need to use the Table of Contents and Indexes available for each volume. |
| International Society for the History of Retoric - The International Society for the History of Rhetoric promotes the study of both the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages and the relationship of rhetoric to poetics, literary theory and criticism, philosophy, politics, religion, law and other aspects of the cultural context. |
| Michigan County Histories - Searchable histories of Michigan counties. |
| Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea - Digital collections of the G. W. Blunt White Library, a research library specializing in American maritime history. Includes "American Lloyds Register of American and Foreign Shipping 1859-1883" and "The Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1871-1900"; Connecticut vessel, master and owner registrations from the late 17th century; passenger ship photos; and select book and manuscript items including ship's log |
| National Anthropological Archives - The National Anthropological Archives collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of the discipline. |
| Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress) - The PPOC contains catalog records and digital images providing access to about 60% of the still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division, as well as some images found in other units of the Library. Searchable by Keyword, Subject/Format, Creator/Associated Names, Title, or Reproduction/ID number. |
| Society for American Archaeology - An international organization dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas. |
| SYMBOLS.com - Encyclopedia of graphic symbols, containing over 2,500 Western signs and ideograms arranged into 54 groups and searchable using Graphic and Word Indexes. |
| The Making of Modern Michigan: Digitizing Michigan's Hidden Past - A collaborative project involving more than 50 Michigan libraries, the site includes local history materials such as photographs, family papers, oral histories, and genealogical materials from communities around the state. Researchers can search the site by keyword, or browse by subject or institution. |
| West Point - The U.S. Military Academy Library maintains extensive documentation of the history of West Point, the U.S. Military Academy, and Academy alumni in its Special Collections and Archives. |
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