Resources:Conflict and Compromise in History
“The American Presidency Project,” University of California, Santa Barbara.
Comprehensive collection of documents related to the study of the presidency. Documents include executive orders, State of the Union addresses, inauguration addresses, and addresses to the nation.
“The Avalon Project,” Yale Law School.
Documents in law, history and diplomacy, ranging from 4000 BCE to the present. Documents are grouped by century and listed alphabetically. Full text, and source of document listed at the end.
“Library of Congress,”
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items. The Library’s website provides access to the catalog and numerous online resources including historic documents, online exhibits, and legislative documents.
“American Memory Project,” Library of Congress.
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
“Chronicling America,” Library of Congress.
Digital collection of historic American newspapers from 23 states, from 1860-1922. Search by state, newspaper, dates, keyword, or use pre-determined search dates and keywords organized by topic, in “Topics in Chronicling America.”
“National Archives,”
“The Nations record keeper” houses general American documents, military service records and naturalization of immigrants. There are online exhibits and searchable databases.
“DocsTeach Documents,” National Archives.
Documents from 1754 to the present, sorted into eras and into document types. Includes historically significant documents as well as other historical documents, such as family trees, receipts, marriage announcements, arrest warrants and informational films.
“HarpWeek: Explore History,” Harper’s Weekly.
Collection of political cartoons dating from the 1860s, including each presidential election from 1860 to 1912, and mid-19th century political controversies. Also includes other features from “Harper’s Weekly”, lesson plans, simulations and a cartoon search engine by topic or date.
“The Living Room Candidate,” Museum of the Moving Image.
Television commercials from presidential elections, 1952-2008.
“Open Collections Program,” Harvard University Library.
Extensive collections of primary sources in different categories: Islamic Heritage Project, Expeditions and Discoveries, Immigration to the United States 1789-1930, and Women Working 1800-1930.
“Minnesota Historical Society,”
Through the library and collections pages, students can find Minnesota topic suggestions, e-Books, television news clips and images. The library website has “History Topics” that will provide a bibliography on different Minnesota related subject. The website also has television and newspaper archives, photo databases, Civil War, maps, and medical documents.
“Minnesota Historical Society Library,”
In addition to the online collections catalog, the Minnesota Historical Society provides online access to a variety of specialized collections, including the Death Certificate Index, the Visual Resource database, and Christie family Civil War Letters.
“Visual Resource Database,” Minnesota Historical Society.
A vast resource of images depicting the rich history of Minnesota.
“MNopedia,”
An online encyclopedia about Minnesota created by the Minnesota Historical Society, MNopedia houses essays and images on topics from the environment to architecture. It is currently in a ‘beta’ phase and focuses mostly on Minnesota in the Industrial Era. With each essay is a timeline, bibliography, related resources, images of artifacts and photographs.
“Minnesota Reflections,”
Images and documents relating to Minnesota’s history.
“ELM,” Electronic Library for Minnesota.
Access to research databases and other sources not always located in your local library.
“Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK),”
The Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK) is a statewide virtual library that electronically links major Minnesota libraries. This resource allows students to simultaneously search multiple libraries by region of the state.
“Our Documents,”
The Our Documents initiative provides on-line access to 100 milestone documents of American history.
“American Journeys,”
American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration. Students can view, search, print, or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts, and classic travel narratives from the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
“The African American Registry,”
The African American Registry is an on-line database of secondary accounts of African American history relating to the arts, business, education, entertainment, literature, military, politics, religion, sports and more. The database is an excellent resource for topic ideas, and can be browsed or searched by keyword.
“Internet History Sourcebooks Project,”
Links to a wide variety of historical texts from around the world broken down by timeframe and region. Sources range from Ancient Greek texts to modern American history. Great for world history and European history topics!
“Famous Trials at the University of Missouri Kansas City by Douglas Linder” Mr. Linder has taken famous trials in our history and provided information to understand and interpret the trial decision and results.
“Army Heritage Center Foundation,”
The Army Heritage Center Foundation has developed interactive teaching tools that tell Soldier stories using collections found at the Army Heritage and Education Center.
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