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Online Resources
General
American Memory, Library of Congress
Maps
A collection of World War II situation maps from the Library of Congress collection.
Search for online books, journal, photos, maps and newspapers dealing with Texas history.
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection
Collection of online map for Texas, the United States and the World held by the University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps This database contains digital fire insurance maps of Texas towns and cities from 1867 to 1970 which document the history, growth and development of urban areas.
Photos
The South Texas Border, 1900-1920
An online collection of over 1800 items from the Robert Runyon Photograph Collection of the South Texas Border Area. The time period covers the early 1900's and contains images of the Mexican Revolution.
Depression Era to World War II
Over 160,000 online images of the Depression Era in American, covering the years 1935-1945.
Online photos of general American scenes, usually of the Eastern United States, taken between the years 1880-1920.
Search for online books, journal, photos, maps and newspapers dealing with Texas history.
Prints and Photographs Catalog - Library of Congress
This catalog searches all the online photograph collections at the Library of Congress website.
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in America
Photos and drawings concerning slavery in the Atlantic region.
Primary Sources
Using Primary Sources on the Web
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents
Primary Documents in American History
National Archives: America’s Historical Documents
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Center for History and New Media deals with primary sources, including reviews of online primary source archives, and analyzing primary sources.
Speeches
A listing of 100 top American speeches of the 20th Century with corresponding text or audio/visual files.
Texts of important speeches given by women.
Selected Speeches of John F. Kennedy
Text, recordings and photos related to President Kennedy's speeches and press conferences.
Historical sound recordings from the Library of Congress available free to the public. Currently, materials date between 1901 and 1929.
Audio files of various historical significances in the 20th Century. Requires RealPlayer.
Timelines
Digital Public Library of America Timeline
World Digital Library. United States History Timeline
Online Newspapers, Magazines & Journals
- Making of America - JournalsFrom the University of Michigan. Search for full text journals dealing with American social history.
- Stars & Stripes - The American Soldier's Newspapers of World War IOnline issues of the military newspaper Stars & Stripes published during the period of World War I.
- The Nineteenth Century in Print - Periodicals23 online serials published during the 19th Century and digitized by Cornell University.
- Portal to Texas HistorySearch for online books, journal, photos, maps and newspapers dealing with Texas history.
- Hispanic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis database is the largest collection of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
