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...

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

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.

Primary source photos depicting what life was like out west and in California in the late 19th century.

The Victorian Web provides a report to British Parliament submitted in 1833 by a medical observer on how work in textile factories affected the physical health of the laborers. Also includes essays from a factory owner's point of view...

Writing in the 1840s, Lydia M. Child tells the story of ex-slavers living in Virginia. Demonstrates the complexity of the abolition debate in Pre-Civil War America.

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

This site contains the lyrics to a popular nineteenth century folk song. A MIDI file of the song is also available to download.

This site offers four reviews of Susanna Haswell Rowson's "Charlotte Temple" first appearing in early 19th century publications.

This is a fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court from the 17th to...

A collection of 231 historical photographs of Egypt from the 19th century to the early part of the 20th century. They depict both ancient and modern Egypt and are organized into different periods of Egypt's history going back to the Old...

A primary source collection of artworks, photographs, and illustrations of the railroads in the 19th century that represent different perspectives.

Primary source images and informational text highlight the diverse population found in mid 19th century California.

A collection of primary source photos from 19th-century California which portray what everyday life was like during the California Gold Rush.

Read about James Forten's opposition to Paul Cuffe's American Colonization Society, which sought to recruit African-Americans to emigrate to Africa in the early 19th century. In addition, this site provides a link to the text of Forten's...

Read Jean Ingelow's collection of poems entitled "Songs of Seven" that had a significant impact on England's 19th century culture.

HTML full text of the "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," the autobiography of the 19th century African American abolitionist (1818-1895).

An image database that includes pictures of African Americans from the 19th Century. Each image includes a description.

Read historical documents from before the 18th century to the present. Providing "Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy," this website can be browsed by historical period or searched via search engine.

This collection contains thousands of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company and gives viewers the opportunity to explore America from the period of 1880 to 1920. Images include rural America, city life, men and women at work,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Housed at the New York State Historical Society, this extensive collection of more than 60,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States is searchable and allows students...

This University of Virginia essay offers a selection of Irving's work from the larger work, "The Sketch Book."

Advice on child rearing and parenting from the famous Lydia Maria Child reads like an early version of today's self-help parenting books. The entire text is available here.