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Web Sites for History
General
History
- Archaeological
Resource Guide for Europe
- 1,000 links from 38 countries to current archaeological
sites across Europe.
- Cold
War International History Project (CWIHP)
- Documents on the Cold War collected and digitized by
the Woodrow Wilson Center.
- European
Union Internet Resources
- Links to internet sources about the European Union, including
documents.
- In the First Person
- Database of primary source documents including letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies. Many entries include full-text, audio, or video.
- World War I: Trenches
on the Web
- Biographies of principle persons during the war, pus
a document archive with maps, photos, and articles.
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United States
- American Memory
- Digitized Sources in American History from the Library
of Congress
- Indian
Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
- This site, organized by tribe, is an online image database.
It is searchable by subject, tribe, photographer/artist, etc.
- In Motion: The African-American
Migration Experience
- Essays, books, articles and illustrations from the collections of
the NY Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Institute of Latin
American Studies
- Links to Latin American resources, organized by country
and subject. Offers access to foreign newspapers and research. Maintained
by the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas (Austin).
Making of America
- A "digital library of primary sources in American social history
from the antebellum period through reconstruction... The collection
currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles
with 19th century imprints."
@ Cornell
University
@ University of Michigan
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- Minneapolis
Labor Review
- Chronicles the history of the labor movement and efforts
for economic and social justice in the Twin Cities from 1907 to date.
- Minnesota Reflections
- Minnesota Reflections includes over 6,000 images of Minnesota's first
50 years from the Minnesota Digital Library Coalition.
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- POTUS: Presidents
of the United States
- Biographies, facts, and bibliographies on the U.S. Presidents.
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Asia
- Abzu: guide to resources for the study of the
ancient Near East
- A directory of publications, projects, and electronic
resources of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
- The
Asian Studies Virtual Library
- 32 specialists and academics edit links to sites on the
web.
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- The
Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China
- Includes all the most important classics of ancient
China through the Qing Dynasty. For example: astronomy, geography, history,
philosophy, literature, politics, economy, art, education, agriculture,
medicine and so on. It is the most comprehensive, most important classified
books collection of China and the biggest compendium of its type in
the world.
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Eastern
Europe
- REESWeb:
Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources
- University of Pittsburgh.
- The
University of Texas at Austin Russian and East European Network Information
Center
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France
- Tennessee
Bob's Famous French Links
- A guide to Francophone Web sites on literature, culture,
language, press/radio, and education. Mainted by Bob Peckham at the
University of Tennessee (Martin).
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Germany
- German Information
Center
- A guide to German travel, business, diplomacy, taxes,
history, and politics. Produced by the German Embassy and the German
Information Center.
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Great
Britain
- Historical Directories
- Primary source material on private residences, traders, professions,
descriptions of cities, and information on local officials and churches.
Includes information from 1750 to 1919, and allows searches by keyword,
location, and decade.
- Imperial War Museum
- This database includes over 150,000 records on topics ranging from
war at sea to truth and propaganda. Includes film and video, art, documents,
and photographs.
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Russia
- Chronology
of Russian History
- Developed by the Bucknell Russian Program, this page
is a date list of major events in Russian History.
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Scandinavia
- Norway Online Information
Service
- Maintained by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington,
D.C. and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York. Information
on business, economics, tourism, government, culture, and history. Includes
news from various press services, calanders of events, and links to
sites throughout Norway.
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