Catalogs of History Links
History Links, "Best Information on the Net"
History Sites (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
List of Links to nineteenth and twentieth century full-text periodicals on the web, including the "Making of America" collection
Historical Research in Europe, a Guide to Archives and Libraries
Timeref.org, "Detailed Timelines contain events for years between 800 and 1499AD. Maps show the locations of castles, abbeys and cathedrals in England, Scotland and Wales. Every person and building on this site has its own timeline and links to related subjects."
Special Collections
Abraham Lincoln Papers (the Library of Congress)Abraham Lincoln site, a large collection or primary source texts
Accessible Archives Full-Text Databases, "primary source material from eighteenth and nineteenth-century [U.S.] periodicals." Pay service. 30 day free trial.
Ad Access, "images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955."
AdFlip.com, a large archive of print ads going back to 1940. Searchable by keyword and year.
Africans in America, a searchable history of slavery in the U.S., with images, historical documents, biographies, and commentaries. Includes a teacher's guide and a Youth Activity Guide (PBS).
AMDOCS, documents for the study of American history
America at Work, America at Leisure, "motion pictures from 1894-1915" (American Memory, Library of Congress)
American Civil War Collection (University of Virginia)
American Cultural History: Twentieth Century, web guides to each decade of the twentieth century, with links, etc.
American Memory, Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (Library of Congress)
American Originals, "a selection of some of the most significant and compelling documents from the National Archives holdings," including the Louisiana Purchase agreements, a police report of the Lincoln assassination, and the 1868 treaty with the Sioux Indians.
American Religion Data Archive, divided into "surveys of the general population," "surveys of selected religious groups," "surveys of religious professionals," "aggragate data files."
BBC Oral History Files (audio) for the Twentieth Century
David Rumsey's Historical Map Collection, "18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps. The online collection is an expanding cross section of images designed to highlight the depth and breadth of the collection."
Devices of Wonder (Getty Exhibition), early visual devices
Directory of Digital Collections, "a listing of major digitized heritage collections and on-going digitization programmes worldwide."
Early Modern Women Database, "This database provides links to World Wide Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. It focuses on the period ca. 1500 to ca. 1800.... Materials range from bibliographic databases to full-text resources, images, and sound recordings. Most of the resources linked here are free. Some require a license for access."
Early Phonograph Recordings (Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine)
Great American Speeches (PBS)
Historical Images in Medicine (Duke University)
The Holocaust Chronicle, full text of book of the same name, as well as a selection of images, etc.
Making of America (Cornell), "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."
Making of America (Michigan), "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles..."
Napoleon, a beautiful site that accompanies David Grubar's recent PBS documentary on the French Emperor
Public Papers of the Presidents
Science Images from Smithsonian Institute Collection
Smithsonian On-Line Collection, more than 15,000 digitalized images
Research Guides
American Women's History, A Research Guide
Sources
African-American AlmanacAfricana.com, a portal to the cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora
Belfast Newsletter, extant articles (abstracted and indexed) from this eighteenth-century periodical
Calendars through the Ages, astronomical basis and history of the calendar, with info on the many types
The Current Value of Old Money, conversion information
Dickens's Dictionary of London (by Charles Dickens, Jr) (1879)
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, the best edition for nineteenth-century history and culture
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
The Historical New York Times, the "Civil War Years, 1860-66"
History in Song, lyrics to over 300 songs about American history, many with social or historical commentary (American Revolution through the 1960s).
How Much is That Worth Today?, "comparing the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from 1720 to any other year including the present."
HyperHistory, 3000 years of world history, with images, timelines, and maps.
Internet Library of Early Journals, including Blackwoods, Notes and Queries, Annual Register, The Builder, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Modern History Sourcebook, hundreds of primary documents, including information on historiography, historical method, and the theory of history. An excellent site.
Nineteenth Century Documents Projects, American historical documents
PopCultures.Com, the starting point for scholarly pop culture information on-line
Primary-Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History
Reformation Ink, primary source writings on Protestant Reformation
Repositories of Primary Sources, over 3000 websites
Historical Periods and Subjects
American Civil War, extensive collection of linksThe End of the Middle Ages Tutorial, information on intellectual life, economy, feudal institutions, the Church, visual arts, music, and much more.
The Great War--Eighty Years On, documents, letters, photographs and commentary on WWI (BBC)
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
History of the Crusades, the online edition of the classic six-volume narrative history of medieval Christian military expeditions to the Holy Land.
JFK and LBJ Tapes, LBJ is especially well represented, with more than 800 tapes available
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, "12 topical essays, 250 images, 350 text documents, 13 songs, 13 maps, a timeline and a glossary"
Medieval Europe, a plain text history
Netserf, an excellent site for medieval resources
A New Deal for the Arts, history of FDR's support for the arts, with many images from the New Deal period.
Pacifica Audio/UC Berkeley Social Activism Sound Recordings, a library of recordings from the 1960s
Slavery and Slave Narrative Links
Watergate, package of information from the Washington Post.