History and Geography
American Geographical Society Collection “…one of North America's foremost geography and map collections.” -- quote from website
American Presidency Project "Our archives contain 77,621 documents related to the study of the Presidency." -- quote from website
American Slave Narratives “From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. ... their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves.” -- quote from website
Ancient World Mapping (AWMC) “…promotes cartography, historical geography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies through innovative and collaborative research, teaching, and community outreach activities.” -- quote from website
Annals of American History "Explore the rich and varied history of the United States through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images and multimedia." (Library subscription database)
Archives.gov Historical documents and records preserved by the National Archives and Records Administration
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School (historical documents) “…will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.” -- quote from website
Best of History Web Sites “…an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.” -- quote from website
Center for History and New Media “We sponsor more than two dozen digital history projects and offer free tools and resources for historians.” -- quote from website
Center for World Indigenous Studies - Chief George Manual Memorial Library - Fourth World Documentation Project "…an online library of texts which record and preserve our peoples' struggles to regain their rightful place in the international community. Our goal is to present the online community with the greatest possible access to Fourth World documents and resources.” -- quote from website
Cold War International History Project “…disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world.” -- quote from website
Digital History: Annotated documents & searchable database
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World “…serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. This site includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images.” -- quote from website
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: An introduction to ancient world cultures on the World Wide Web “…an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds. It features its own essays and primary texts.” -- quote from website
Eyewitness to History (History through the eyes of those who lived it) “An award-winning website presenting history through the perspective of those who actually lived it - from the ancient world through the 20th century.” -- quote from website
GIS Dictionary This resource from the ESRI Support Center "includes terms from GIS operations such as analysis, data management, and geocomputation; from rapidly evolving uses of GIS for modeling, GIScience, and Web-based GIS; and from the GIS foundation fields of cartography, spatial statistics, computer science, surveying, geodesy, and remote sensing." -- quote from website
Google Earth "Lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others." -- quote from website
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century A subject-based atlas with maps and accompanying text. Many subject areas are represented, including living conditions, government, war, art, population, religion, Europe, America, China, the Cold War, imperialism, World Wars, the Olympics, etc. Many of the maps are interactive.
Historical Text Archive “…publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects.” -- quote from website
History Guide “…subject gateway to scholarly relevant websites in history maintained in cooperation by a Network Subject Gateways History.” -- quote from website
In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives “…a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. It lets you keyword search more than 700,000 pages of full-text by more than 18,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 4,300 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records. The index contains approximately 20,500 months of diary entries, 63,000 letter entries, and 17,000 oral history entries.” -- quote from website
INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) Internet Country Guides “These Guides provide information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries and regions.” -- quote from website
Inter-Source: Intercultural resource center
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies “…provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. …easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web.” -- quote from website
Library of Congress: Country Studies “…presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.” -- quote from website
Map Collections: American Memory: High-quality, authoritative and detailed digital maps provided by The Geography and Map Division of The Library of Congress
Map History/History of Cartography “Use this site to find the worthwhile information about old maps, both on the web and in the real world. The site's 100 'pages' offer comment and guidance, and 4,500 annotated links - selected for relevance and quality.” -- quote from website
Map Machine “Satellite, street maps and more in our online atlas.” -- quote from website
The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame “An online journey into the ancient spectacle of athletes and gods. An online educational companion to the travelling exhibition.” -- quote from website
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Federal site for preservation of documents and records concerned with US history
Nationalatlas.gov "Maps that capture and depict the patterns, conditions, and trends of American life" provided by over twenty federal organizations -- quote from website
NativeWeb “…an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world…” -- quote from website
NetSerf: The Internet Connection for Medieval resources “…currently contains 2293 links to great sites, 1350 news items, and 1499 glossary terms.” -- quote from website
ORB - The On-line Reference book for Medieval Studies “…an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers.” -- quote from website
Portals to the World “…contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.” -- quote from website
Radical America “…was a product of the campus-based New Left of the late 1960s, specifically the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), but the magazine long outlived its seedbed. Its trajectory shows something about the effort to place an intellectual stamp on the radical impulses of the late twentieth century.” -- quote from website
The Roman Gask: Roman Land Frontier in Britain “A long term programme to study the Roman Frontier works on and around the Gask Ridge in Perthshire, Scotland.” -- quote from website
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum “A living memorial to the Holocaust, …stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy.” -- quote from website Includes resources on education, research, history, remembrance, and conscience.
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War “…details life in two American communities, one Northern and one Southern, from the time of John Brown’s Raid through the era of Reconstruction. In this digital archive you may explore thousands of original letters and diaries, newspapers and speeches, census and church records, left by men and women in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania.” -- quote from website
Victorian Database: "An indispensable source of information on every important publication from 1945 to 2006 on every field of Victorian Studies" --quote from website
Victorian Web: Provides access to an array of primary and secondary resources about the Victorian era, including links, photographs, essays and more
The Vietnam Center and Archive “The mission… is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience; promoting a greater understanding of this experience and the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia.” -- quote from website. Includes: Vietnam Center, Vietnam Archive, Oral History Project, Virtual Vietnam Archive, Teachers’ Resource Web, and Vietnam Graffiti Project.
Wisconsin Historical Society Images “…provides a rich pictorial view of Wisconsin and United States history. Our collection consists of 19th and 20th century photographs, paintings, posters, advertising material, ephemera, and political cartoons.” -- quote from website
World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) Factual data and information provided by the CIA in numerous subjects and categories, including Geography, Economy, World Leaders, Employment, Studies, Reference Maps, Notes and Definitions, Guide to Country Profiles, Guide To Rank Order Pages, and Flags of the World.
The World Wide Web virtual library: Indigenous Studies “…fosters better understanding between peoples through the publication and distribution of literature written and voiced by leading contributors from Fourth World Nations.” -- quote from website
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