History Links and Electronic Sources
American Memory Project of the Library of
Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
Includes online presentations of historical documents and
letters of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and other significant figures in
American history. Includes photographs and prints, books and pamphlets and
timetables of U.S. history and hyperlinked references.
Avalon Project at Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/
Pertains to documents in law, history and diplomacy spanning pre-18th century
to the present.
Council of State Historical Records Coordinators (COSHRC)
Digital Imaging Tutorial: "Moving Theory Into Practice" Cornell University
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com
A website that features historical information ranging from Great Speeches
(in audio) to facts about This Day in History.
History Matters: The U.S. History Survey on the Web
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Includes a section that helps students and teachers
make effective use of primary sources. “Making Sense of Documents.
Library of Congress: American Memory Project, Historical
Collections from the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/
Features a "teachers eye view" of over 7 million historical documents,
photographs, maps, films, and audio recordings. Lessons, features,
activities, and tips and tricks on using the collections.
Library Electronic Text Resource Service
(LETRS) http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/
The Library Electronic Text Resource Service (LETRS) provides
humanities-related electronic texts via the Internet and in the LETRS Humanities
Computing Lab. LETRS also provides consultation services regarding the
production and use of electronic texts and supports the electronic text
technologies of Indiana University's
Digital Library Program.
Library Electronic Text Resource Service
(LETRS) --Wright American Fiction Collection, 1851-1875.
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/
This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle
Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. There are
currently 2,887 volumes included (1,914 unedited, 973 fully edited and encoded)
by 1,450 authors. See
this page
for more information.