Internet
Public Library: History
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.00.00/
Links to history websites by geographical regions. A list of websites
that address dozens of historical topics and time periods. Extensive lists
of electronic
journals and historical
associations.
Center for History and New Media
http://chnm.gmu.edu/
An extensive site featuring images, movie clips and sound. Sponsored
by George Mason University, this site is committed to both cutting edge
multimedia and serious scholarship. Includes a searchable
and indexed database of more than 5,000 US and world history sites.
Internet History Sourcebooks
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Extensive history sourcebooks, available for ancient,
medieval
and modern
history, include full-text articles and Internet links to primary documents,
visual and aural materials. Also available are subsidiary sourcebooks for
African,
East
Asian, Indian,
Islamic,
Jewish,
Lesbian\Gay\Bisexual\Transgendered,
Science
and
Women's
history. Developed by Paul Halsall, Ph.D., the sourcebooks are excellent
in both breadth and depth.
EdSitement
History
& Social Studies Websites
http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3
Click on the WEBSITES tab for a list of History & Social Studies
websites recommended by the National Endowment for the Humanities. K-12
teachers and students are the intended audience, but many of the links
lead to university based web sites and primary source material. Most web
sites are also suitable for undergraduate study and beyond.
Organization of
American Historians
http://www.oah.org/announce/links.html
Internet links -- targeted to the professional historian -- that are
also useful to researchers.
History 215: Asia,
Africa and the Middle East
A collection of links to websites discussing Asian, African and Middle
Eastern history and displaying the respective art of each region. This
web page was created for HIST215 at Westfield State College.
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American
History Sites
See also African-American History: Web Sites.
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study
of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
Eight pages of links to documents for the study of American history.
The documents are arranged chronologically. The first document listed is
an excerpt from Christopher Columbus' journal in 1492, and the last is
President Bush announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq in
May of 2003..
History
- American and British
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
Scholarly resources include historical documents, links to archives,
history gateways, listservs, etc.
National Archives & Records
Administration
http://www.archives.gov/
View American documents and images in the Exhibit
Hall. Use the Archival
Research Catalog to locate materials in NARA's collections in Washington
and the Regional Archives, and in the Presidential Libraries.
American Memory
- Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Digitized collections of primary source materials provided by the Library
of Congress. Over 7 million digital items are available through this gateway.
Use the Collection
Finder to locate material relevant to your research.
Early Americas Digital Archive
http://mith2.umd.edu/eada/
This "is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally
written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820." Click
on ARCHIVE to search or browse texts in the EADA. Click on GATEWAY
to browse a list of works available in the EADA or at other Web sites.
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
An online textbook of American history, a history of American private
life, and a mosaic of American voices. Succinct essays on a wide range
of topics are available here.
The David Rumsey
Historical Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/index.html
“The David Rumsey Collection was started nearly 20 years ago, and focuses
primarily on cartography of the Americas from the 18th and 19th centuries,
but also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The
collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime
charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's
and manuscript.”
Douglass - Archives of American
Public Address
http://douglassarchives.org/
A searchable database of American speeches and related documents. Search
by word or phrase. You can also view speeches chronologically, by speaker,
by title, or by issue.
Chronicling America:
Historic American Newspapers
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
Visitors to this website may "search and read newspaper pages from
1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between
1690-present." The Newspaper Directory allows users to "search or browse
the directory of newspapers published in a particular place and time."
This site is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities
and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program
(NDNP).
Documenting the American South
- The Southern Experience in 19th Century America
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
Provides primary materials from Southern perspectives. Includes slave
narratives and diaries, memoirs and links to other websites.
Raid on Deerfield:
The Many Stories of 1704
http://www.1704.deerfield.history.museum/
This web site gathers multiple views of an historical event that began
on February 29, 1704, when "a force of about 300 French and Native allies
launched a daring raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts."
Includes maps, historic documents and other artifacts, and audio files.
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European
History Sites
European History 1500-1789
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/eurohist.htm#Web
Internet links selected for HIST 615 at Westfield State College.
EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
Links to key historical documents arranged by country. Links to documents
on Medieval & Renaissance Europe also included.
The History Guide
http://www.historyguide.org/
Over 100 lectures on European history from ancient to modern times
provided by Steven Kreis, PhD., independent scholar and web developer.
Links to Resources on
The Irish Famine
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x938.xml
This web site is associated with Quinnipiac University's special library
collection on the Great Hunger (An Gorta Mor). There are links to digitized
books, views of the Irish Famine in contemporary newspapers, primary historical
documents, and related web sites.
Perseus:
Greek and Roman Materials
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html
Primary and secondary sources for the study of
ancient Greece and Rome, from Tufts University. The collection includes
489 Texts, 112 Secondary Sources, and 3 sources for Museum Photography.
Rome Reborn 1.0
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/
Rome Reborn 1.0 is a 3-D model that shows Rome circa 320 AD as it appeared
within the 13 miles of Aurelian Walls that encircled it. In the 3D model,
users can navigate through and around all the buildings and streets, including
the Roman Senate House, the Colosseum, and the Temple of Venus and Rome.
Researchers from the University of Virginia and the University of California
at Los Angeles led an international team of archaeologists, architects,
and computer scientists in assembling a huge recreation of the city.
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