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Essay

Suggested Resources on World War I and the Zimmermann Telegram from the Archivist

Mary-Jo Kline

Professor Neiberg has written extensively on World War I. Of his many books, Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 2006) will be most helpful in teaching the topics discussed in this essay. Although this...

History Now Essay

The Passage of the Civil Rights Act

Clay Risen

Government and Civics

When the Civil Rights Act passed fifty years ago, it was immediately hailed as one of the most important pieces of legislation of the twentieth century. Not only did it ban discrimination in hotels, restaurants, public parks, schools,...

Appears in:

41 | The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Legislating Equality Winter 2015

Collection Item

Header Record

1880-1890 circa

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Confederate war etchings [Decimalized .01-.29]

This portfolio is a reprint of the original 1863 publication. The twenty-nine etchings by Volck were originally published under the name "V. Blada." Made during the Civil War, the etchings show sympathy for the Confederate cause, and distaste for...

GLC00493

Collection Item

Map

1959

Smith, Karl, fl. 1938-1959

A Map of the United States 1845-1866

One map illustrated by Karl Smith and published by Linweave Quality Papers, and Chicago Paper Company dated 1959. The map features the United States as it was from 1845-1866. It includes the borders after the Civil War outlined in green. Shaded in...

GLC09861.03

History Now Essay