University of Notre Dame
Medieval Institute Library: Medieval Seals
A catalogue of different kinds of medieval seals. They are organized into many categories, e.g., by institution, country, century, type of insignia, etc. Each seal is accompanied by a description and a high quality image.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Chinese Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Prints: Timeline
A collection of primary source materials presented on a timeline that explore the history of China from 1200 B.C. to 1931. Click on an image to go to a page with descriptive information about each item. Each description has an audio...
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University of North Texas Libraries: Texas Digital Newspaper Program
This collection of digitized newspapers represents and preserves Texas history, and begins with publications from 1829 and continues through the present.
US National Archives
National Archives and Records Administration: Founders Online
This site provides the texts of nearly 200,000 historical documents related to six Founding Fathers, including the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. The...
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Media History Digital Library: Early Cinema Collection (1855 1930)
A large collection of original trade papers and journals that focused on the early motion picture industry covering periods from 1894 to 1949.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Extending Suffrage to Women
In this activity, students will analyze documents pertaining to the women's suffrage movement as it intensified following passage of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for African American males. Documents were chosen...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The London and Country Brewer (1736)
The text of a publication from 1736 on the practice of brewing beer.
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Map of Atlantic Coast: Chesapeake Bay to Florida
A historic map of the Atlantic coast of America created by cartographer Joan Vinckeboons around 1639 for the Dutch West India Company. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in...
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Manhattan Lying on the North River
A historic map of Manhattan created by cartographer Joan Vinckeboons around 1639 for the Dutch West India Company. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in seven different...
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: The First Folio of Shakespeare
The first collection of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623, is available here in its original form. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in seven different languages.
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Widener University: The Nat Turner Project
The Nat Turner Project is a digital archive of primary source materials related to the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion, beginning with the experiences and living conditions of slaves prior to the revolt. The archive houses newspaper articles,...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Early America
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Revolution and Early America unit covers the standard eighteenth century topics that would appear in any textbook. These lessons, however, will push students to dig deeper as they read the documents...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Pocahontas
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation, students use evidence to explore whether Pocahontas actually saved John Smith's life and...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Read Like a Historian: Civil War Reconstruction
[Free Registration/Login Required] In the Civil War and Reconstruction unit, learners engage in contentious historiographic debates about the period: Was Lincoln a racist? Was Reconstruction a success or failure? Was John Brown a...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Battle of Lexington
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to practice sourcing, corroboration, and contextualization...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Thomas Nast
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to analyze two cartoons drawn by Thomas Nast, and to chart...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: American Imperialism
[Free Registration/Login Required] The American Imperialism Unit covers the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War. The lessons approach historical inquiry from different angles. One asks students to consider contrasting...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: The Gilded Age
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding historical questions. The Gilded Age unit highlights the turbulent changes that characterized the end of the nineteenth century.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Spanish American War
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation students study the Spanish-American War by watching a documentary video, reading a telegram...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: u.s. Entry Into Wwi
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this historical inquiry lesson, students address the question, "What changed between 1914 and 1917 that caused the U.S. to enter WWI?" to corroborate a textbook account with two documents: a speech...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Progressivism
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. This unit explores perspectives on the key issues of the Progressive Era.
Library of Congress
Loc: Leaflet Regarding Women
Leaflet regarding women's suffrage in Wyoming, presented at the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893. View the original document and a transcript of the text.
Yale University
Yale University: Citizens All: African Americans in Connecticut 1750 1850
This learning module provides an in-depth examination of the African-American struggle for freedom in 17th- and 18th-century Connecticut. It focuses on five localities and themes accompanied by personal stories as it explores the journey...
Stanford University
Beyond the Bubble: Civil Rights Movement in Context
[Free Registration/Login Required] The two letters presented here are from the archives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and were written over twenty years apart. Students must read the letters...