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US HISTORICAL EXHIBITS AND COLLECTIONS
Abraham Lincoln
Detailed time line follows the life of Abraham Lincoln. Includes reproductions of letters and many
photographs. From The History Place. Text, graphics, photos
www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Assembled by a retired high school history teacher, this site compiles fascinating information about
the events surrounding Lincoln's death, including an hour by hour look at John Wilkes Booth's movements
the day of the assassination. Text, graphics, photos
members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln.html
American Memory
Collections of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history.
Contributed by the Library of Congress to the national digital library. A rich and growing collection!
Includes Becoming a Historical Detective,
a quick tip sheet for student search and hypotheses generation, plus an
Educator's Page of resources and ideas
for using the collection. Text, photos, audio clips, video
rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
Archiving Early America
Historic documents from 18th Century America displayed in their original format. Contains
newspapers, maps and writings from the Colonial Period, the War of Independence, and the presidencies of
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Text, photos, movies
earlyamerica.com/
The Civil War Photo Gallery
The collection is organized chronologically and is linked to a useful time line. From the Library of
Congress. Text, photos
rs6.loc.gov/ammem/tl1861.html
CNN Black History Month Page
Stories, movies, photos covered during February 1996 (many historical). VERY nice set of links to
related sites, stories and African-American Art(ists) and Literature.
Text, photos, video, audio
www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/index.html
Excerpts From Slave Narratives
Excellent collection of first hand accounts both by slaves and slave traders. Includes remarks by
Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and many others. Text, photos
vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm
From Revolution to Reconstruction
A WWW project in collective writing based on an
Outline of American History.
It is essentially American History from the colonial period until Modern Times. Coordinated by historian
George Welling. Text, photos
grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
Georgia Stories: History Online
A collaborative project of Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Explores topics of Georgia history via a voluminous collection of primary source documents: newspaper
and magazine articles, photographs, letters, manuscripts and more. Some of the included topics are The
Leo Frank Case, Coca-Cola, The Alonzo Herndon Family, and Tufted Bedspreads. More is constantly being
added to this site, and we should know since we're the ones designing it (shameless plug--please forgive
us). Text, graphics, photos
www.peachstar.gatech.edu/ga_stories/
Historical Almanack: Colonial Williamsburg
Explores all aspects of the 18th-century world of Williamsburg, VA, from famous events to everyday
life. Created by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Text, graphics, photos
www.history.org/almanack.htm
The people of Colonial Williamsburg:
www.history.org/people/people.htm
Places in Colonial Williamsburg:
www.history.org/places/hb/hbhdr.htm
Colonial Dateline:
www.history.org/dateline/chronhdr.htm
Daily Life
www.history.org/life/life.htm
Human History of the Grand Canyon
A quick chronological summary from 10,000 years ago to the present. Text
www.kaibab.org/gc/misc/gc_hist.htm
Illinois Labor History Society
Collection of articles on the labor movement in Chicago, including mining, the railroads, the role
of Samual Gompers and more. Mostly text, assembled by the Illinois Labor History Society.
Text, photos
www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Photo History
As in the title, a large collection of photos categorized into four sections: Early Years, War Hero,
Politician, President. Text, graphics, photos
www.historyplace.com/kennedy/
National Archives and Records Administration: The Digital Classroom
Fascinating collection of primary sources (many different topics) from the National Archives,
includes changing exhibits and related classroom activities. Text, graphics, photos
www.nara.gov/education/teaching/teaching.html
Photograph Archives, University of Utah ('M' 'H')
A rich collection of over 650 photograph collections including landscapes, daily life in Utah circa.
1896, and Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. "In the entire Photograph
Archives there are approximately 800,000 photographs, representing almost all historic formats such as
daguerreotypes, tintypes, cartes-de-viste, ambrotypes, albumen prints, panoramas, and cyanotypes, as
well as more modern color and black and white prints, slides, and negatives."
Home page:
www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/hp2.html
Alphabetical index:
www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/alpha.html
Subject index:
www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/subject.html
The U.S. Civil War
Another detailed time line from The History Place, providing links to many primary sources on the
events described. Text, graphics, photos
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
Women Come to the Front
Profiles the work of eight female journalists who covered World War II.
Text, graphics, photos
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
Be sure to check out Global Historical Exhibits and Collections for sites that tie into U.S. history.
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