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Collodion glass plate negative of Robert E. Lee as an older
man, May 1867. (GLC
5111.01.0478)
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Timothy O'Sullivan. Photograph of Evergreen Cemetery Gate, Gettysburg,
Pa., ca. 1861-65. (GLC
5111.01.0523)
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Abraham
Lincoln Newspaper Archive
http://www.abrahamlincolnarchive.com/AdvancedSearch.aspx
Search newspaper articles about Abraham Lincoln in more
than 25,000 historical newspaper pages.
American Memory at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/
American Memory is an unparalleled gateway to primary
sources on the web concerning the history and culture
of the United States. The site includes more than seven
million items from over 100 historical collections at
the Library of Congress and other institutions.
Antislavery Literature Project
http://antislavery.eserver.org/
The goal of the Antislavery Literature Project is to increase
public access to a body of literature crucial to understanding
African American experience, US and hemispheric histories
of slavery, and early human rights philosophies.
Cornell University Library
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/amerhist.html
Students of American history will find a rich selection
of manuscripts from the colonial and revolutionary war
periods to the present. The Marquis de Lafayette, George
Hyde Clarke, and the signers of the Declaration of Independence
are all represented by personal papers and other documents.
Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
An electronic collection sponsored by the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, DAS provides access to
digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives
on American history and culture. Categories include: First-Person
Narratives of the American South, Library of Southern
Literature, North American Slave Narratives, The Southern
Homefront, 1861-1865, and The Church in the Southern Black
Community.
Harvard University Open Collections Program
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/
Through Harvard's Open Collections Program, resources
from Harvard's libraries are made available online. Collections
include: Women Working: 1800-1930, and Emigration/Immigration:
1789-1930.
John Jay Papers
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/jay/
An image database and indexing tool comprised of thousands
of pages scanned from photocopies of original documents.
Library of Congress Web Guides
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/PrimDocsHome.html
The Library of Congress is home to many of the most important
documents in American history. This Web site provides
links to materials digitized from the collections of the
Library of Congress that supplement and enhance the study
of these crucial documents.
National Humanities Center Toolbox Library
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/pds/tblibrary.htm
The National Humanities Center's Toolbox Library provides
free access to historical documents, literary texts, works
of art, discussion questions, and teaching strategies
online. Teachers, collaborating with local college or
university professors, can use these resources to create
their own interdisciplinary summer seminars in American
history and literature.
OurDocuments.gov
http://ourdocuments.gov/
Launched in September 2002, the website of the "Our Documents"
initiative, sponsored by the National Archives and Records
Administration and National History Day, features one
hundred "milestone documents of American history." The
site provides facsimiles and transcriptions of the documents
with introductions.
Presidential Papers at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category
=Presidents
Presidential letters and documents from the Library of
Congress and other institutions.
The Papers of George Washington
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/
The Papers of George Washington was established in 1969
at the University of Virginia, under the joint auspices
of the university and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
of the Union, to publish a complete edition of Washington's
correspondence.
Veterans History Project
http://www.loc.gov/vets/
The Veterans History Project collects first-hand accounts
of U.S. Veterans from World War I to the present. The
collection includes correspondence, visual material, and
interviews.
The Washington Collection http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/collection/index.html
Letters, images, and other documents about the life and
character of George Washington, drawn from the Gilder
Lehrman Collection and exhibited on the "Rediscovering
George Washington" website, a joint venture of the Claremont
Institute and PBS.
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library eLibrary
http://www.woodrowwilson.org/learn/learn_show.htm?doc_id=321375
The Wilson eLibrary is a digital repository of documents
and images related to Woodrow Wilson and his presidency.
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