Provides information about Vaudeville, a popular amusement show during the late 19th and early 20th century.

An exhibit featuring the accomplishments, people, and events that helped to form the NAACP from 1909-2009.

Lesson plan on analyzing a political cartoon that satirizes the Stamp Act.

Delve into these videos and audio interviews conducted of several U.S. veterans regarding their experiences served as part of helicopter crews during various combat operations.

Historical documents trace how the abolitionists virulently decried slavery and denounced those who supported it.

This collection provides a unique view of American History using items such as posters, business cards, flyers, catalogs, advertisements and leaflets. These items capture experiences from important turning points such as the American...

A collection of nineteen original photographs of soldiers who served during the Civil War. Each photograph is accompanied by a short essay that includes biographical information about their Civil War experiences and, where possible,...

In this lesson, 11th graders examine the events and political philosophy that laid the foundations of the American government, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. They also look at what role religion played in shaping American...

View the online exhibit featuring photographs, documents--opening night telegraphs, letters, notes by Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, set designs--and other items such as posters, DVD covers, and a pair of slippers worn in the...

This page has a collection of links to historic newspaper articles from Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers on the anarchist movement in the United States. The article dates range from 1896 to 1920.

Read personal dreams for America's future, and share one of your own. Hundreds of dreams from across the country and around the world, all in hope for a better tomorrow.

Exhibition consisting of original materials and oral histories drawn from the Veterans History Project collections.

A collection of issues of the U.S. Army Stars and Stripes newspaper from February 1918 to June 1919. You can search by keyword, date range, or specific issue. Available in several formats including TIFF and PDF.

This resource provides photocopies of various types of information about social dancing and its influence on people.

Compelling stories told by veterans who were involved in the Burma Campaign, "flying the hump" between Burma and China. Read their accounts, listen to their interviews, and see photographs of their experiences.

This page has a series of photographs of migratory farm labor that Dorothea Lange made in February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. "Migrant Mother" is one of these photos. Background information is provided about the pictures.

An overview of women's suffrage during the Progressive Era with links to documents of the time primarily supporting women's right to vote although there is some documentaion of opposition also.

Read about the Ten Years' War the Cubans fought against the Spanish beginning in 1868, the economic ties the Cubans had with the United States, and the eventual independence of Cuba.

American Memory, online exhibits and other areas of the Library's Web site provide a broad range of digitized materials pertaining to the African American experience.

Students will gain a strong understanding of the Great Depression with these lesson plans for a variety of academic levels. Topics include literature, government and migration.

Primary sources help students understand issues and controversies surrounding the American Indian Reservations of the 1870s. Historians provide different accounts and views of this facet of American history, and students utilize these...

With this activity, a collection of primary texts, including diaries, letters, and photographs help students understand how women were affected by the Civil War. Students will explore, through reading a collection of documents, the...

This article focuses on the philosophy and strategies of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as the fight for women's right to vote.

This site describes the early history of the Ohio River Valley. Topics covered include: Contested Lands, Peoples and Migrations, Empires and Politics, Western Life and Culture, and Constructing a Western Past. Links to primary source...