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The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Photographs, memorabilia, interviews, interactive maps, and more form the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

Approximately 20,000 documents including correspondence, drafts of speeches, notes, and printed materials. In addition there is information on the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's assassination including images and timelines. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

African American Odyssey

An online exhibit featuring a variety of materials such as rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, and musical scores to document the African American quest for equality. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection 1818-1907

This website documents a wide range of events, topics, and issues in African-American history and culture. This collection recreates the public dialogue among African Americans a century ago, and highlights political, cultural, and social issues still debated... (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

African American Registry

A calendar-based series of Black American accomplishments from before the Mayflower to the present. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Benjamin Mchie

African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

An online collection of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

African American World

A multifaceted resource providing information from PBS, NPR, and the Encylopaedia Britannica about African Americans. This website targets many audiences and age groups and encourages discussion of their materials via online forums. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

Africans in America

Chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States using historical documents and interactive maps to accompany in-depth articles (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

After the Day of Infamy:

More than two hundred interviews following the attack on Pearl Harbor recorded from December 1941 to February 1942, in audio or transcript format (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1862-1939

This collection of Alexander Graham Bell's family papers consists of correspondence, journals, scientific notebooks, and other documents that best represent Alexander Graham Bell's personal life and work. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America

Learn about the life of Alexander Hamilton from his birth on the island of Nevis to his death in a duel with Aaron Burr. Find primary source documents, a timeline, and an image gallery of Hamilton's peers. Top it off with a quiz! (Learn more)

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Provided by: New York Historical Society

Amelia Earhart Birthplace

A timeline, biographical information, and more on the life of Amelia Earhart. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Amelia Earhart Birthplace

America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915

Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945

Black and white and color documentary photographs ranging from the time of the Great Depression and the days of the Dust Bowl to the mobilization of troops in World War II. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

America in the 1930's

Devoted to the 1930's, this website explores the Depression era in American History through film, publications, exhibits, and radio broadcasting. Primary resouces including film clips and audio recordings lend to an authentic feel of the time period. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: University of Virginia

America on the Move

A combination of exhibits, artifacts, photographs, and articles written by historians and curators that tell the story of American transportation from the growing number of transportation networks before 1876 to the global nature of transportation in Los Angeles... (Learn more)

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Provided by: Smithsonian Institution

America Singing: Nineteenth Century Song Sheets

A collection of American and British song sheets from 1850 to 1870. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Library of Congress

America Votes

Online exhibit of U.S. presidential campaign memorabilia. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Duke University, Special Collections Library

America's Byways: National Scenic Byways Online

Online travelers and adventures planning a road trip can browse America's byways by state or look them up by name. Many of these featured scenic roads include historical information and photographic slideshows. (Learn more)

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Provided by: US Department of Transportation

America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864

Hundreds of portraits of both famous and anonymous men and women, information about daguerreotype photography, and insight into the people of the nineteenth-century United States including politicians, the colonizers of Liberia, and occupations of the Industrial... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress