E History: Hazards of 19th Century Coal Mining

Young historians investigate the often-hidden history of free and enslaved African American women before the Civil War. Using a collection of primary and secondary sources, including speeches, diaries, and poems, they evaluate the often...

What kind of treatment could a patient expect in an asylum during the 1800's? The abusive and neglectful conditions in 19th century asylums are the focus of a lesson plan that examines the work of reformers Nellie Bly, Dorothea Dix, and...

Young scholars examine a timeline of coal mining in the US and research how the policies of coal dependent companies have changes over the last 50 years.

In which John Green finally gets around to talking about some women's history. In the 19th Century, the United States was changing rapidly, as we noted in the recent Market Revolution and Reform Movements episodes. Things were also in a...

This collection uses primary sources to explore coal mining and labor in West Virginia.

Explore the coal boom of the late 1860s and learn about the difficult lives of the miners and their families.

A look into the coal mining industry in the Gilded Age through maps, timelines, images, and primary source documents.

The first coal mine was opened in Cape Breton in 1720. Read about the long history of coal mining there, mining techniques, how coal is formed, the industry's impact on immigration, coal miners' unionization, etc. There is a detailed...

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