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Adam Clark Vroman photographs of the Southwest - 1895-1904
American Historical Images On File The Native American Experience
NARA Digital Photograph Collections
The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection Online
Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian Photographic Images
Photographs of American Indians- Princeton University
Political Culture and Imagery of American Women Suffrage
University of Washington Digital Libraries Digital Collection
American and British History Resources on the Internet
Rutgers University metasite for American and British history.
Best History Web Sites
Sites rates for usefulness and accuracy.
Decades in 20th Century America
The History Net
Search for articles about and eyewitness accounts of American, world, and military history.
Hyper History
Follow world history through maps, timelines, and people.
Year-by-year 1900-2001
From Infoplease, this site has timelines and quizzes.
Illinois State Historical Society
African American Experience
Sources related to Black History Month and beyond.
CNN Cold War
Links to sections on Cold War culture, technology, espionage, and the Atomic Bomb. Essays, interactive images, video, maps, and time lines.
Great Speeches
Transcripts, audio, and video of a hundred years of great American speeches. Compiled by PBS.
Infoplease.com--Women's History Month
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
A project of the Internet Public Library, POTUS provides information on Presidents and candidates, cabinet members, election results, administration highlights, and presidential trivia. Links to historical
documents and inaugural addresses.
U.S. Historical Documents Archive
BigChalk.com: Biographies
Links to biographical collections on the Internet.
Biography.com
This website, from A&E Television Network, offers more than 25,000 biographies for people past and present. Also featured are "Born on this Day" and "Also Born on this Day" biographies.
Dead People Server
"Remember whatshisname? What ever happened to him? Specifically, is he dead yet? "
Lives, the Biography Resource
Biographies of people no longer living, with group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era, or geography.
Notable Citizens of Planet Earth
Biographical information on over 25,000 people who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
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