Campus Library More Primary Sources in U.S. History

History and politics out loud. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2000sup CHOICE.
"The product of National Endowment for the Humanities collaboration with Michigan State University, HPOL announces a searchable archive of "politically significant audio materials." On March 30, 2000, HPOL offered 101 items, 60 from the 1960s and 34 from the 1970s. The earliest segments in the collection were two from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, including his eloquent first inaugural address. One of the four from the 1940s was Secretary of State George C. Marshall's announcement of the European recovery plan at Harvard University's June 5, 1947 commencement. "

The Dred Scott case. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2001sup CHOICE.
"The Web site features 85 documents from the circuit court trials and the appeals to the Missouri Supreme Court."

The Valley of the shadow: two communities in the American Civil War. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2001oct CHOICE.
"the Web site includes maps, censuses, newspapers, personal papers, and military and church records from Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Augusta County, Virginia".

History matters: the U.S. survey course on the Web. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2002sup CHOICE.
(Reprinted from CH, Sup '01)
"a collection of primary documents in text, image, and audio about the experiences of "ordinary" Americans; interactive exercises on interpreting historical evidence; a collection of Web-based assignments; commentaries by historians; interviews with distinguished teachers on their teaching strategies and techniques; a syllabus collection; ongoing discussion lists moderated by recognized authorities (this semester features a discussion on the Depression hosted by Alan Brinkley); links to online reference sources; and games."

Foreign relations of the United States: (1900-1918). Internet Resource Reviewed in 2003sup CHOICE.
(Reprinted from CH, Sup '02)
"Foreign Relation of the United States (FRUS) is an authoritative, official source for primary research on foreign policy topics. Published by the Department of State decades after the events illuminated, FRUS began with materials for 1861 and now contains over 350 books of public and declassified documents. "

Civil Rights Movement veterans. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2004jun CHOICE.
"The bulk of its original content consists of memories and reflections, such as Bob Zellner's recollection of the March on Washington and Bruce Hartford's interviews with various grassroots activists. ...At present, the Web site provides uneven coverage of the civil rights years, containing the greatest amount of material on Freedom Summer and other aspects of the movement in the South in the first half of the 1960s. "

Eugenics archive: image archive on the American eugenics movement. Outstanding Title! Internet Resource Reviewed in 2004apr CHOICE.
"offers access to the following topics: Social Origins, Scientific Origins, Research Methods, Traits Studied, Research Flaws, Eugenics Popularization, Marriage Laws, Immigration Restriction, and well-documented sections on authors, references, and staff. The Web site's collection of historic photographs and images from the eugenics era is visually striking. The Archive clearly presents the social, political, and economic forces that supported the eugenics movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries and provides a link to the 21st-century version of eugenics, the National Human Genome Research Project. "

Public History Resource Center. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2004jun CHOICE.
"The editors provide a collection of links in the section People, Places, Politics, and Social Movements of the Progressive Era. Topics range from the Anti-Saloon League, 1893-1933, and Coney Island to dime novels and penny dreadfuls and the emergence of advertising in the US. Other links highlight modernism, the conservation movement, WW I, the US eugenics movement, the influenza of 1918, and women's suffrage, among other matters. Real highlights are Ronald L.F. Davis's terrific essays, particularly "Creating Jim Crow: In-Depth Essay," contained in the History of Jim Crow link. Another major link, Focus on Work and Labor History, brings together a series of intriguing topics, including the Bisbee Deportation of 1917, Chicago anarchists on trial, and La Causa, which provides a history of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers."

Voices of civil rights. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005jan CHOICE.
"personal stories of participants of modern civil rights movements from 1945 through 1975. The Web site's centerpiece is profiles of activists from the many reform organizations associated with the 1960s, including the African American Civil Rights Movement, the American Indian Movement, and the Chicano, gay rights, environmental, and women's movements. "

Women working, 1870-1930. Outstanding Title! Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005jan CHOICE.
"documents related to women's employment in the US during a period in which that experience was fundamentally altered by the impact of industrialization. Both professional women and those who worked in factories are highlighted in thousands of digitized documents. Available material ranges from government reports to relevant personal papers, advertisement circulars, and periodical articles, as well as thousands of images. "

WWW virtual library--American Indians: index of Native American resources on the Internet. Outstanding Title! Internet Resource Reviewed in 2004oct CHOICE.
The home page lists 32 primary categories ranging from archival resources to museums to electronic texts as well as nonprofit organizations and activist sites.

Black studies. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.
"The main page lists 51 broad subject categories (including Brown v. Board of Education, Emancipation, The Great Migration, Postage Stamps, Tuskegee Airmen, and The Underground Railroad), each subdivided by specific topics. ...The site reproduces original documents, including a 1957 telegram from President Eisenhower to Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus regarding the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Other types include lesson plans, sound recordings, videos, photographs, government publications, oral and personal histories, and bibliographies. "

In motion: The African-American migration experience. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.
"The Web site chronicles 13 African American migrations from the Middle Passage of the 16th century to contemporary influxes of migrants from Africa and the Caribbean. This perspective places the forced migrations of the slave trade within the broader context of self-motivated movements of African Americans, spanning four centuries. "

"The Decisive day is come": the battle of Bunker Hill. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2006feb CHOICE.
"Its primary attraction is ten primary source accounts of the battle from prominent Bostonians such as Abigail Adams, as well as private soldiers and other eyewitnesses. "

Korean-American digital archive. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.
"the Korean American community during the period of Japanese rule in Korea, 1903-65. It brings together more than 11,000 pages of documents, 1,800 photographs, and 45 hours of oral histories in one searchable database. "

Radical America. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2006jan CHOICE.
"Radical America was a magazine launched in 1967 by radical students in Madison, Wisconsin, ...The Web site makes available PDF files of the first 14 years of publication (while a few issues, including the first, are missing, the library intends to digitize them all). "

September 11, 2001, documentary project. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.
"Beginning on September 12, 2001, folklorists and ethnographers nationwide were asked to interview people and preserve their reactions to the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) and Pentagon and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. ... and includes about 200 audio and video interviews, 45 photographs/drawings, and 21 written narratives. "

The E Pluribus Unum Project. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005dec CHOICE.
"E Pluribus Unum examines three critical periods of strain and conflict in US history: the 1770s, 1850s, and 1920s. It provides texts from these periods to illustrate issues and rhetoric from multiple perspectives. "

Urban experience in Chicago: Hull-House and its neighborhoods, 1889-1963. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.

Veterans History Project. Internet Resource / Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.
"firsthand accounts detailing ordinary people's experiences serving in support roles and fighting in the US's 20th-century wars. "

Women, enterprise & society: a guide to resources in the business manuscripts collection at Baker Library. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2005sup CHOICE.
"This site is the culmination of a two-phase project to locate archival materials that illuminate the participation of women in American business. Phase I, managed by Laura Cochrane, surveys materials from the 18th and 19th centuries; Phase II, led by Clara Bouricius, examines the 20th-century collections. "

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Internet Resource Reviewed in 2006feb CHOICE.
"The Schomburg successfully provides researchers access and reference to documents, art and artifacts, manuscripts, monographs, photographs, moving pictures, and more. "

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Sarah Leadley
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