An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 19th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...

A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. This collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to...

This resource is a gateway to digital collections dealing with merchant marines and shipping during the 19th century.

Extensive multi-lesson plan teaching unit focuses on the Chinese immigrant experience in the late 19th century.

This collection created by Pat Pflieger is all about children of the 19th century and what they read. Sections to investigate include about the children, some of their magazines, some of their books, papers written on the subject, and...

This site, created by Deidre Johnson, provides information on series reading about girls in the 19th century. You can find information about noted authors of these series, such as Jacob Abbott and Sophie May, and many selections from...

This site has many images of skyscrapers from the 19th Century made possible by steel technology.

This website provides images of 19th century landscapes of various parts of Iceland. Images links to larger images for viewing purposes.

An essay regarding anti-slavery literature in the mid-19th century, includes talk about the slave narrative.

A scholarly article that examines the history of Egypt during the period of imperialism. The author provides a good explanation as to why Egypt fell under the British sphere of influence by the late 19th century.

A collection of the advertisements that were published in Harper's Weekly between 1857 and 1872.

Database of over 600 photographs of actors, actresses, and entertainers of the nineteenth century who performed in the United States.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the steam engine and transportation in the nineteenth century.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the development of schools for deaf and blind students in the nineteenth century.

This site, which is provided for by the Boston College, is an index for artists during the 19th century.

Information about education in 19th century America, and the movement to develop a public education system. Has quite a few links to other sites and to some primary resources. Some of the links no longer work, but might be located by...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines how new technology and scientific advances of the nineteenth century changed America. Includes ideas for directing students through a...

There are several politically driven "-isms" introduced and built on throughout the nineteenth century. Challenge studies with the help of this PowerPoint presentation to understand the details of each "-ism."

Read about Thomas Jefferson and his most influential action as president, the Louisiana Purchase.

University-level syllabus, reading suggestions, assignments, and related materials for a course on the Age of Reason.

This is an introduction to a Restoration and Eighteenth Century, which ranges from the Restoration of King Charles II to the turn of the 19th century. The essential questions for the unit focuses on how the events of the period...

This site provides an extensive library of British journals from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Find drawings and brief descriptions of various trolleys used across the country in the last part of the 19th century and early 20th century.

Read the full text of this biography of the 19th century author of The Human Comedy.