Tom Glynn
History and Political Science Selector
glynn@rci.rutgers.edu
March 7, 2002

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: History - American and British:
Sites Organized by Period

Medieval

- The Cely Papers: - Selections From The Correspondence and Memoranda Cely Family Merchants of the Staple, 1475-1488 via The Richard III Society
- Columbia University's Ancient and Medieval Reading Room
- Digital Scriptorium: - is a collaborative venture from the Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University. Some 2,000 manuscripts and documents from the eighth through thefifteenth century.
- The Encyclopaedia of the Celts: - Compiled and edited by KnudMariboe, c1994.
- THE HEROIC AGE: A JOURNAL OF EARLY MEDIEVAL NORTHWESTERN EUROPE
- Iter: The bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe from 400-1700: - Powerful bibliographic database---Subscription required for full access.
- Labyrinth Home Page: - Georgetown University's fine medieval history resource.
- MEMDB-The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank by Prof. Rudolph M. Bell \of Rutgers University and Prof. Martha C. Howell of Columbia University: - Several datasets dealing with Currency and prices in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 800-1815 C.E. The searchable web site was developed by the Scholarly Communication Center from the Rutgers University Libraries
- Medieval English Urban History by Stephen Alsford: - Articles on several towns; also includes the author's Master's thesis dealing with six East Anglian towns, 1272-1460.
- Medieval Feminist Index
- Medieval History from Rhodes College
- Medieval Legal History, part of the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, now a part of ORB (the ONLINE REFERENCE BOOK for Medieval Studies--Paul Halsall, ORB sources editor): - Includes the Assize of Clarendon (1166), the Inquest of Sheriffs (1170), and the Statute of Labourers (1351).
- ORB: On-Line Text Materials for Medieval Studies, includes the InternetMedieval Sourcebook (Paul Halsall--sources editor)
- Online Medieval and Classical Library: - UC-Berkeley

Early Modern Period (1485-1800)

- American and French Revolutions: - A subset from the excellent gateway to world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- American Revolution via H-Net: - provides an online opportunity for interactive communications with scholars of the American Revolutionary period.
- The Ancien Regime: - A subset from the excellent gateway to world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Annual Register (1758-1778)
- Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's MagazinebyEmily Lorraine de Montluzin: - "4,000 new or corrected attributions of authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine to the 13,000 items catalogued by James M. Kuist in The Nichols File of The Gentleman's Magazine Attributions of Authorship and Other documentation in Editorial Papers at the Folger Library (Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1982)".
- Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
- The British Academy John Foxe Project
- Brown University Women Writers Project: - Women's writings before 1830; High quality texts.
- Charters, grants, and other documents related to the early history of 16 states,mostly seventeenth century, via Yale's Project Avalon
- Columbus and the Age of Discovery: - Millersville University of Pennsylvania--"containing over 1100 text articles from magazines, journals, newspapers, speeches, official calendars and other sources relating to various encounter themes" [i.e. old world and new world]
- Columbus Navigation Homepage
- European Voyages of Exploration a "tutorial" from the Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary.
- Early Modern England Source
- Early Modern England
- Early Modern Europe (including England): - A subset from the excellent gateway to world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Eighteenth-Century Studies: - from Carnegie Mellon
- Eighteenth-Century Resources: - jlynch
- Eighteenth-century America via Archiving America Online: - Documents and Maps
- George Washington Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress
- Humbul Humanities Hub: - The Resource Discovery Network Centre (RDNC) provides this effective access to hand selected Internet resources for the UK learning and resource communities.
- Hypertext History of the USA: - Univ. of Groningen; extensive Colonial and Revolutionary materials
- In Her Own Words: Elizabeth I Onstage and Online
- Index of the French and Indian War: - A good list of links to various sites dealing with this event.
- Jim May's C18-L Bibliographies: Illustrations, Prints, & Maps: - A bibliographic survey covering the last decade's scholarship on 18th-century engraving, covering illustrations and prints as well as cartography.
- LIBERTY! The American Revolution from PBS
- London Gazette:: - Various issues from 1674, 1675, 1678, and 1692
- London (seventeenth century): - Invitation To A Funeral Tour ... Restoration London
- MEMDB-The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank by Prof. Rudolph M. Bell of Rutgers University and Prof. Martha C. Howell of Columbia University: - Several datasets dealing with Currency and prices in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 800-1815 C.E. The searchable web site was developed by the Scholarly Communication Center from the Rutgers University Libraries
- Montpellier Early Modern English Documents: - "A collection of electronic texts prepared for the online community of Renaissance scholars by the members and partners of the Centre d'Itudes et de Recherches sur la Renaissance Anglaise in Montpellier"
- Native American Conquest
- Papers of George Washington (University of Virginia)
- Reformation Europe: - A subset from the excellent gateway to world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Revolution Links via H-Net
- Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment: - A subset from the excellent gateway to world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860: - Drawn from the Law Library and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress, these materials include an assortment of trials and cases, reports, arguments, examinations of cases and decisions, proceedings, and other works of historical importance concerning slaves in free jurisdictions, fugitive slaves, slave revolts, the African slave trade, and abolitionists in the North and South.
- Spy Letters of the American Revolution from the University of Michigan's Clements Library: - Includes a timeline and a number of other items related to the topic
- Virginia Colonial Records Project: - Attempt to reconstitute the archive of Virginia's colonial history. Images of reports are linked to an index containing over 300,000 personal-names and ship-names.

Nineteenth Century

- American West
- American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920from LC American Memory Project
- Andrew Johnson Impeachment website: - Inludes articles from Harper's Weekly (1866-1868), descriptions of main characters, Thomas Nast cartoons, and teaching support materials.
- Civil War Resources
- Daguerreotypes, 1842-1862
- Democracy in America: Tocqueville's America (1831-32): - In addition to the full text of Democracy in America, letters and other primary sources from observations of foreign vistitors to America.
- From Quackery to Bacteriology: - The Emergence of Modern Medicine in 19th Century America
- "From 'Shepp's New York City Illustrated' ": - Chapters 9-13; HTML Edition by Lillian Fox, Matthew Mueller, and Wes Miller.Based on Shepp's New York CityIllustrated,originally published in 1894.
- Godey's Lady's Book: - November, 1850
- Godey's Lady's Book: - Lady's magazine for "elegant literature begun in1830.The years 1855-1858 are centered upon.
- Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1890-1891)
- Hong Kong History Through the New York Times
- The Industrial Revolution: - A subset from the excellent gatewayto world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities Research Reports: - Includes access to the sixth annual series of research reports, containing online textand graphics from an array of primary source online projects, e.g. Michael Levenson, "Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London", which in turn includes the full text of London: A Pilgrimage by Dore and Jerrold and Henry Mayew's London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. I and extracts from the London Times, London Mortality Statistics, and London Population Statistics
- Kansas History: - Old West Kansas
- Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: - Meant to compliment Burn's documentary, this valuable site includes a time line of key events in the expedition, WEB links to related material, a solid bibliography, and "over 800 minutes of unedited, full-length RealPlayer interviews."
- The Long 19th Century: - A subset from the excellent gatewayto world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Making of America Project: - University of Michigan/Cornell Full-Text Access to Nineteenth Century Writings
- Making of America Project: - Cornell University Full-Text Access to Nineteenth Century Periodicals
- Manufacturer and Builder (periodical--1869-1894)
- Mark Twain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad: - via Mark Twain Papers and Project, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; - Includes textexcerpts, letters, and photographs
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 from the American Memory Collection of Library of Congress
- New Books in Nineteenth-Century British Studies via the University of Southern California Dept. of English: - Selected book descriptions and eventually original reviews are some of the features of this searchable database.
- Nineteenth Century Documents Project: - The main theme is "sectional conflict and transformations in regional identity": Numerous documents already available dealing with the antecedents of the Civil War; strong on South Carolina in particular. Sources include newspaper articles, speeches, statistics and much more. Already a rich resource for those seeking primary sources dealing with the mid-nineteenth century.
- Northern Great Plains from Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.: - Some 900 photographs, 1880--1920
- Oregon Trail
- Penny Magazine: - (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832-1845).
- Pioneering the Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910: - from the Library of Congress's American Memory Project
- Railroad Maps (1828-1900) from the Library of Congress
- Scientific American 1846-1850
- Southern U.S. History: - Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19th Century America.
- Suffragists Oral History Project from the Oral History Project, University of California at Berkeley--Bancroft Libra
- Victorian Women Writers Project (Perry Willet)
- Victorian Images of India
- Victoria Research Web
- Victorianism: - Articles and short pieces on a variety of subjects by historians
- Views of the Famine: - Powerful site to including primary texton the Irish Famine and a good list of related sites on this subject. Includesarticles form the ILUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, the CORK EXAMINER, and PUNCH.
- War of 1812: - Includes links to other related sites.
- The WEST from PBS: - Documents, Biography, Photographs, and links to other sources
- WestWeb: - Excellent gateway by Catherine Lavender, of the Department of History College of Staten Island, The City University of New York
- Women in America, 1820 to 1842: - Includes writings by Charles Dickens, Frances Trollope, John James Audubon, Harriet Martineau, Alexis de Tocqueville, & James Fenimore Cooper.
- World Transportation Commission Photographs, 1894-1896

Twentieth Century

- 1918 - 1998: The Art of the First World War: - Exhibition, sponsored by UNESCO from eight European Museums
- America: From the Great Depression to World War II from the Library of Congress-American Memory project: - Thousands of photographs from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
- Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935: - Also incl udes Mark Twains writings on Imperialism.
- Battle of the Bulge and D-Day from PBS's the American Experience series: - Also features a World War II time line for the European theater
- Cold War Hot Links: Web Sources Relating to the Cold War from David Price, Cultural Anthropologist, St. Martin's College (Lacey, Washington)
- Cold War from CNN
- Cold War International History Project
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission -- Debt of Honour Register: - Information on British Commomwealth military personnel and civilians who were killed in Wordl War II
- The Cuban Missile Crisis: - Over 200 Documents via Yale's Project Avalon
- Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement (late 1960s--early 1970s)
- Early Motion Pictures, 1897 - 1916 Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress
- Edith Wharton Society: - A very well-organized and comprehensive gateway to Wharton's works, correpondance, and The Edith Wharton Review.
- Electronic Briefing Book: US Policy in Guatemala, 1966-96: - From the National Security Archive via George Washington University--Now includes the text of some 32 declassified documents.
- Electronic New Jersey: A Digital Archive of New Jersey History
- Encyclopedia Titanica: - All about the Titanic; includes passenger and crew lists among many other features.
- The Great War: 80 Years On--BBC: - Multimedia presenation, including original film clips and ineterviews with soldiers
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) fron the American Memory Collection--Library of Congress: - Searchable by geograhic area, includes photographs and drawings dealing with 20th-century architecture and engineering.
- I*EARN Holocaust/Genocide Project: - Information about the Holocaust, genocide, and several related topics.
- Inspector General's Survey of the Cuban Operation--GWU NSA
- J.F.K. Documents and etc. from Yahoo
- John F. Kennedy Library and Museum: - Some ten samples from a collection of JFK tape recordings
- Media History by Kristina Ross
- NATO WWW Page: - Basic texts, press releases, publications, etc.,
- New Deal Network
- Normandy from the Encyclopedia Britannica
- Northern Ireland: CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet)
- Northern Great Plains from Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.: - Some 900 photographs, 1880--1920
- Literature and Culture: - America in the 1950s, by Alan Filreis
- NASA History Office: - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's history Page, including celebrating their 40th anniversary (1958-1998)
- Oliphant's Anthem: Political and social cartoons by editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant from the mid-1960s on.
- Radio Days
- Richard Nixon - Zhou Enlai Talks in February 1972: - National Security Archive (NSA) declassified documents.
- Roaring Twenties
- The Sixties Project & Viet Nam Generation: - Scholarly resources for the study of theSixties, and the Vietnam Conflict
- Sports in the Twentieth Century through the eyes of Shirley Povich of the Washington Post
- TRIANGLE FIRE, New York City, 1911: - books, articles, photographs, documents,audio survivor interviews,etc.
- Titanic web site: - A great deal of information and links to additional sites on the Titanic story and legend.
- United Nations Information Center on the Question of Palestine Database: - Some 3,000 documents, 1922+; At this point user may browse but searching not yet available
- Vietnam: Yesterday and Today: - Excellent Gateway to other Sites
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund - The Virtual Wall: - Will include oral histories and much more
- Venona Project: World War II KGB Correspondence to Agents in USA: - Made available by the U.S. National Security Agency
- Voices from the Dust Bowl: - Multimedia, including print, documentation of Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in central California during 1940 and 1941 from the Library of Congress
- War, Conflict and Progress: - A subset from the excellent gatewayto world history texts and documents from Fordham University by Paul Halsall--Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945-1975 vis Vassar
- Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters: - Exhibit from the Library of Congress of photographs and articles written by female journalists in Europe during WWII.
- The World War I Document Archive: - Contains full texts of documents like the Hague Convention, and the Peace Treaty of Versailles, as well as a biographical dictionary of participants in the conflict.
- World War I History Commission Questionnaires: - Searchable database of some 14,900 responses to a questionairre filled out by Virginia WWI vets
- World War I-"Trenches on the WEB"
- World War II: Rutgers University Class of 1942's Oral History Archives of WWII
- World War II Resources: - Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding all aspects of the war. From UNC
- World War II Poster Collection--Northwestern University
- World War II Propaganda Posters: - American
- World War II Resources: - Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding all aspects of the war. From UNC