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HISTORY DEPARTMENT
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LINKS
Below you will find a list of history related links to various World Wide
Web sites. Although this list is in no way comprehensive, you can use it
as a jumping off point in your explorations of history on the Web. Remember,
there is a lot of good stuff out there, but there is also a lot of junk.
Surfing the net is still no substitute for going to the library and reading
a book.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
GENERAL REFERENCES
The American Memory from the Library of Congress - A superb collection of on-line exhibits and archives including African American Perspectives, The Photography of the Civil War, Records of the Continental Congress, and Votes for Women.
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - The best collection of pre-20th century legal and political documents on the web.
James Ford Bell Library - This University of Minnesota library has a collection of on-line historical maps.
Hanover Electriconic Texts and Images - Superb collection of on-line primary documents and links to other web related resources.
Indiana State University Special Maps - Collection of maps relating to World War II, Korean, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.
Library of Congress - information on the Library of Congress and a searchable index of its collections
United States National Archives - information on the National Archives including on-line searches, the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, and on-line exhibits.
World History Archives
CAREERS FOR HISTORY MAJORS
American Historical Association - What can you do with an undergraduate degree in history? Many, many things.
AFRICAN HISTORY
Exploring
Africa - A University of South Carolina site which includes maps and
other visual images from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
Internet
African History Sourcebook - A marvelous resource with links to numerous
other academic sites including both primary documents and scholarly debates.
African Studies WWW (U. Penn)
Africa Web Links: an Annotated Resource List ©
Maps of Africa, The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection,The University of Texas at Austin
Africa: Music, Videos and Films
Africa - Maps
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
African - Religions
Africa - History
ASIAN HISTORY
Association for Asian Studies - Comprehensive collection of links and other resources
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
A-Bomb WWW Museum
CoombsWeb - Australian National University's social sciences and Asian studies page
Atomic Bomb Decision - Excellent collection of declassified documents dealing with America's decision to use nuclear weapons.
EUROPEAN HISTORY
EuroDocs - Transcriptions and reproductions of Western European primary documents.
European History Sources - Although aimed at providing resources for K-12 teachers, this site contains some nice links.
Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
16th Century Renaissance English Literature - Excellent source for basic information on varous authors as well as links to on-line verstions of many of their works.
Crawford Reformation Guide - Excellent link to other Reformation sites.
Galileo Project - Outstanding hypertext information about Galileo, science, and the 16th and 17th centuries.
Dry Drunk: The Culture of Tobacco in the 17th and 18th Centuries - An intriguing and well done on-line exhibit from the New York Public Library which includes such topics as gender, costume, politics, and allegory.
Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in Early Modern England - Interesting collection of pictures and accounts related to the spectacle of public hanging.
Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - Includes a transcript of Guy Fawke's trial.
Glorious Revolution of 1688 - Explores the Declaration of Rights.
London Gazette - On-line version of several editions of the London Gazette from the 1670s.
Parisian Stage During the French Revolution - Searchable database of plays performed in Paris during the Revolution.
18th Century Studies - Collection of essays and primary documents pertaining to the 18th century.
18th Century Resources - Very good searchable database of links covering most European aspects of the 18th century.
Interpreting
the Irish Famine, 1846-1850 - Excellent link to photographic and other
visual images of the famine as well as discussion of the Irish-American
experience.
Views of the Famine-
Good collection of visual resources as well as articles from the Illustrated
London News.
Penny Magazine On-Line-
On-line version of a British working class weekly magazine from the 1830s.
Siege and the Commune of
Paris - Searchable collection of photographs and texts dealing with
the Paris siege of 1870-1871.
Victoria Research Web- Searchable
guide to scholarly materials pertaining to victorianism.
Victorian
Web
Final Solution -
Documents relating to the Holocaust.
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Holocaust History Archives
British
Posters of World War I
World War I Document Archive
Irish History on
the Web - Good links as well as a nice bibliography.
National Archives of Ireland
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
Mexican American
War Memorial Home Page - Provides a Mexican perspective on the war as
well as several documents.
Foreign
Relations of the United States with Cuba - State Department report of
early 1960s relations between the US and Cuba.
Documents Relating
to American Foreign Policy, the Cuban Missile Crisis
Latin American Internet
Resources - Good link to a number of university and libraries.
UNITED STATES HISTORY
Federal Census - A
searchable archive of all of the Federal Censuses between 1790 and 1860.
Hargrett
Library Rare Map Collection - This University of Georgia map collection
includes maps from the 17th century through the 19th century.
Mayflower Web -
Includes information about the Mayflower as well as passenger lists, passenger
wills, letters, and books and essays written by other Pilgrims.
Thomas Paine National
Historical Association - Contains the full text of all of Paine's major
pieces of writing including Common Sense, African Slavery in
America, and The Rights of Man.
American Revolution
On-Line - Contains the full text of revolutionary documents such as
Declaration of Arms, Declaration of Rights, Non-Importation Agreement,
and the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
Archiving Early America - Includes
the text of many "milestone" historical documents including information
on the Whiskey Rebellion, the Proclamation of Neutrality, Articles of Confederation,
Northwest Ordinance, and the first State of the Union Address.
George Washington Papers -
Includes diary entries as well as presidential addresses by Washington.
Exploring
the West from Monticello - This on-line exhibit from the University
of Virginia uses period maps of America to discuss western exploration
and expansion. An excellent site.
Thomas Paine National
Historical Association - Contains the full text of all of Paine's major
pieces of writing including Common Sense, African Slavery in
America, and The Rights of Man.
Godey's Lady's Book-
The complete text of several issues of Godey's Lady's Books, one of the
most popular magazines during the mid-19th century.
Excerpts from Slave
Narratives - Includes excerpts of some of the most famous slave narratives
and covers the slave experience from African enslavement through emancipation.
Documenting the American South-
A superb collection of diaries and memoirs of a variety of southerners.
Valley of the
Shadow Project- The premier collection of Civil War social history
documents available. The project chronicles the lives of two communities
on opposite sides of the Shenandoah Valley.
Civil War Manuscripts
at the Southern History Collection- The University of North Carolina's
collections of southern accounts of the Civil War.
American Civil
War Information Archive- A collection of northern and southern accounts
of the Civil War as well as a few legal and constitutional documents pertaining
to the war.
Jim Zwick's Project Directory-
Probably the best work on turn of the century American imperialism. This
site includes links to the following electronic projects: Sentenaryo/Centennial,
Anti-Imperialism in the United State,s "White Man's Burden" and Its Critis,
Mark Twain on the Philippines, and The War from the Parlor: Stereoscopic
Images of the Philippine-American War and Soldiers' Letters Home
War
in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish American
Conflict- New York Public Library exhibit on public memory, presentation,
and war.
World War I
Cartoons - American focus
New Deal Network - an electronic
journal covering the social programs of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency.
It includes oral history, radio broadcasts, and other primary documents.
World War II Propaganda Posters-
rich collection of World War II propaganda posters with some limited information
about the artists
Fifties Web - a fun
and informative site focusing on the popular culture of the 1950s
The Sixties - great
index for 1960s politics and popular culture
The Martin Luther
King, Jr., Papers Project- a limited on-line verstion of Stanford University's
multi-volume anthology of Dr. King's writings
The African
American Mosaic- a rich site which includes photos, maps, songs, and
other documents dealing with African American history
HISTORY OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGY
WWW Virtual
Library - Tim Sherratt's wonderful collection of links includes reviews
of many web sites.
History of Science / Science
Studies Reference Sources - frequently updated bibliography of reference
materials.
Galileo Project (Rice)-
wealth of information about Galileo, his work, trial, and his Italian,
European and scientific contexts
Einstein Online- a compendium
of overviews, primary sources, and photos
Oxford Museum of the History
of Science- excellent on-line exhibits
National Library of Medicine-
more excellent on-line exhibits
CONTACT:
Department of History
Thomas McClendon, Chair
Southwestern University
P.O. Box 770
Georgetown, TX 78627
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