For students doing research work in Women's Studies, this site from the Library of Congress provides excellent resources. Students can search through the exhibits, collections, government publications, photographs, recorded sound, moving...

Read about the advertising strategies used by various companies during the 1920s. Includes many links to related businesses and topics.

Explore the roots of country music through a timeline of Parton's life and a timeline of country music. Excellent information on Appalachian and Bluegrass music is also provided.

Using primary documents as resources, students examine the connection between America's favorite pastime, baseball, and race.

Primary texts from the 1920s and 1930s launch an exploration of entertainment and recreation popular during that time in America's history. Students will research rural and nationwide experiences from this time and, in turn, make...

Award-winning author Sharon Creech talks about "Replay" and her other books at this 2005 gathering at the Library of Congress National Book Festival. Video requires RealPlayer.

Insights, primary and secondary source material and timeline on early exploration and Spanish settlement of Florida and the Atlantic Coast.

Timeline of American history as seen in Congressional documents, 1774-1873.

The Bill of Rights was adopted to protect each United States citizen's rights. Learn about how the Bill of Rights was formed and the protections it guarantees to Americans.

What does "Aloha" mean in Hawaiian? Use this site from the Library of Congress to find out interesting facts about Hawaii.

Can you guess what the Ohio state tree is? How many presidents were born and lived in Ohio? Find the answers to these questions by checking out this Library of Congress state profile.

Learn more about the runaway slave named "the Moses of her people." Harriet Tubman's life was dedicated to helping others. Read more about her adventures during the Civil War and her continuing bravery.

This Library of Congress timeline series discusses the Louisiana Purchase.

This 3-page article provides a general overview of George Washington recognizing the equal status of Jewish Americans in 1790.

America's Story provides a brief, two page article on the Panic of 1857. Two pictures are also given along with a timeline of events both before and after the Panic of 1857.

America's Story site gives brief story of Grace Abbott, Chief of the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor.

This 4-page article provides an overview of the first American cotton mill put into operation in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the history of textile industry.

This 4-page article discusses the Homestead Act of 1862 and its effects.

This 2-page article provides a brief explanation of the Poll Tax and the eventual Amendment that abolished it.

This 2-page article provides information about how Arizona became a new territory on February 24, 1863, and the corresponding silver and gold rush that encompassed the area.

A part of America's Story on the Gilded Age: gives brief information on the Metropolitan Opera House, and opera houses in general.

The story of how Joseph Jenkins Roberts, an African American from Virginia, developed Liberia into an independent country.

American's Story--produced by the Library of Congress--profiles George Eastman's Brownie camera by Kodak, the first truly portable camera for the masses.

The Library of Congress celebrates its bicentennial. This article looks at the Library's bicentennial birthday party, held inside and outside the Thomas Jefferson Building, celebrated the achievements of Americans everywhere.