REFERENCE
Not a complete list by any means, but sets that might be especially helpful
American Decades/Primary Sources-- Decade by decade examination of the 20th Century in the US
Annals of America: (22 volumes of primary source material)
History in Dispute: WW I and WW II-- excellent set exploring both sides of controversial issues
Taking Sides
E-Resources
Databases
You'll need either a public library card (iCONN) or the password to search these from home
iCONN: Search the Student Resource Center and Biography Resource Center, Expanded Academic
JSTOR
Opposing Viewpoints: For reasonably current topics (e.g. excellent material on the Patriot Act).
Annals of America: Primary Source material related to US History.
American History:Issues and Controversies
History Study Center
Historical Newspapers Search key US newspapers (NY Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, LA Times and more). Search for front pages, editorial cartoons--even ads! Great place for primary sources
The Sixties: Primary Documents: 150,000 pages of journals, diaries, government documents, letters, autobiographies and more. This is a trial, so the log-in is
User ID: reviewer
PW: 62experiences7
Social and Cultural History:Primary Documents Diaries and letters showing the personal side of historic events. Covers 1550 to 2000.
This is a trial, so the log-in is
User ID: reviewer
PW: 62experiences7
QUESTIA Online Library
E-Books
We have several books that will be useful:
PRIMARY SOURCES:
Many Pasts: Over 1,000 primary source, US history documents from the History Matters site. Searchable
National Archives
American Memory: Vast collection from the Library of Congress
Digital History: Online US History text, with great collection of primary source material (navigation down the bar on the left)
Authentic History Center
New Deal Network
Hanover Historical Texts Project
Historical Maps Collection
Eyewitness History: Excellent site of primary sources from ancient to modern times
Modern History Sourcebook (Primary Source Materials)
Internet Archive of Texts and Documents
Avalon Project: From Yale. Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
American Rhetoric: Database of famous (and not so famous) American speeches
Editorial Cartoons: 1900's-1940's
Websites
(** denotes primary source material)
Portals and Megasites
Best of History
History Matters
Internet History Sourcebook
World History Archives
Historynet.com: (Better viewed from home as many of the images are blocked at school
Virtual Learning Resource Center
Librarians' Internet Index
Political Cartoons
*British Cartoon Archive: Search for historical cartoons
*Cartoon Index
American Revolution
American Revolution
AR: Causes and Events
History Place: American Revolution
American Revolution.org
Liberty!
(includes Harlem Renaissance, flappers, etc.)
Jazz/Harlem Renaissance
Harlem on our Minds Henry Louis Gates' article on the Harlem Renaissance
**Negro Art Hokum: Journalist George Schuyler argues there is no such thing as "black art" in this 1926 article.
Jazz 101: introduction to different kinds of jazz
Smithsonian Jazz: Great portal from the Smithsonian
**Jazz Roots
Jazz: PBS site
Red Hot Jazz Archive: History of jazz before 1930. Click on essays, which includes primary source material.
**Jazz Oral History Great video collection of jazz greats discussing the craft
**Golden Age of Jazz: Photos and commentary from the great Jazz photographer, Gottlieb
*Harlem:Mecca of th new Negro Online journal; March, 1926
Japanese Internment
*Densho: Oral histories of Japanese-Americans placed in relocation camps during the WW II
*Japanese Internment Through Film: Explores the relocation camps through online video and essays
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan Home Page government site with links to primary source material
Selling Democracy: The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan: Library of Congress exhibits, with links to primary sources
Sports
Jesse Owens: A Hero In His Time
*Jesse Owens and the 1936 Summer Olympics: Wiki from WSU exploring the issue with links to articles and video.
*Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson and Jim Crow
Jackie Robinson: Collection of resources
Baseball and Jackie Robinson: Collection of primary sources from the Library of Congress
Beat Poets
Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation
Neal Cassady: Behind the Myth
*Village Voice: 1955-59: original articles from the newspaper, many related to the Beat Movement
Allen Ginsberg Trust
Kerouac's On The Road: NPR site, with links
Ginsberg: PBS site
Ginsberg: Ashes and Blues
*SDS: Links relating to Students for Democratic Society, with nice collection of primary documents
*Port Huron Statement
Patriot Act/War Restrictions
ACLU: Patriot Act
Patriot Act: Summary, text and current status, from the Library of Congress
Protect America Act: Dept. of Justice
Key Controversies From NPR
Free Speech in War Time: JSTOR article. If this link doesn't access the article, search JSTOR directly
Independent Media in a Time of War: Selling a DVD, but also gives good information and a video clip of the documentary
Beyond the Frame: You Tube Video
Covers all the big trials--Amistad, Scopes, Scottsboro Boys, etc.
Rosenberg Trial
JURIST: Famous Trials
Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies: NOVA site examining the Rosenberg trial
Tuskegee Airmen
Background info
*Tuskegee Airmen: Great site, with links to primary sources
Tuskegee Airmen Facts: Site from Tuskegee U.
*Black Pilots Shatter Myths: Article from AirForce LINK
Tuskegee Airmen: Breaking the Myths: Speech by Gen. Fogleman in 1995
Documentary: Tuskegee Airmen
Jim Crow
History of Jim Crow
*Remembering Jim Crow
Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
*Jim Crow Musuem of Racist Memorabilia: Excellent collection of ephemera, vidoes, etc.
War/Propaganda
*War, Propaganda and Media
Media and War
*WW II Propaganda, Video, Images and Art
*Nazi Posters
*WWI Posters
War/Anti-War Films
WWI/II Poster Collection
Comic Book Scare
**Comic Book World: Pretty amazing collection of downloadable, original comics, and a truly unique sense of spelling!
Web Resources for Comic Book Research: A very nice collection of links from GSU. Some dead links, but many still work.
1950's Comic: NPR
** Seduction of the Innocent
Interdisciplinary Comics STudies: Search the archives
The Horror: Article from the New Yorker
"Violent Death"
* *Comic Book Code of 1954
**Senate Report: Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency
**Examples from Comics
**Comic Book Covers: Sensational (pun intended!) gallery of original covers
Comic Book Nation: Google Books
*Puddles of Blood: Time magazine article from 1948
**Horror in the Nursery: Collier's Magazine, 1948 Double click on the images to enlarge them to readable quality!
Comic Book Villain
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