American Memory - National Digital Library
Searchable database of historical pictures from the Library of Congress.
America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library
A very well-done site with primary sources relating to American presidential campaigns (including a wide variety of images) from Duke's special collections.
The History Guide
Created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient.
History
Matters
A wonderful and comprehensive site for anyone interested in the
American past. Includes links to other sites, sample syllabi, interviews
with prominent historians, and a host of other resources to enrich our
understanding of American history.
The
Internet Archive
A fascinating site dedicated to preserving digital
documents, including discarded web pages, speeches, books, film, and a variety
of other historical media.
The Jack London Collection
An excellent example of how historical materials should be organized and presented on the Web. An invaluable resource for researchers or general interest readers looking for more information on the naturalist novelist who wrote much more than dog and wolf stories.
The Journal for MultiMedia History
The Department of History at the State University of New York at Albany presents The Journal for MultiMedia History, the first peer-reviewed electronic journal that presents, evaluates, and disseminates multimedia scholarship. The journal also provides in-depth reviews, including audio and visual clips and links, of multimedia resources such as CD-ROMs, videos, and Web sites.
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History
An excellent site that allows
visitors to view virtual exhibits, listen to on-line music, explore an
interactive timeline, and investigate other aspects of American history.
General Online Book Archives
The On-line Books Page
Along with ALEX, one of the best!
ALEX Online Books
Searchable, fast, and has a large archive.
Bibliomania
Relatively new online books page.
Columbia ILT Web Digitexts
Famous texts from Aristotle to Emerson to Virgil, but not much in the way of US history.
Fiction, Drama, and Poetry
Pretty much what it says; a decent collection of fiction on-line.
Specific Online Books Relevant to History 102
These are online versions of various texts mentioned in the History 102 lectures:
Darwin, Charles The Origin of Species (1859)
(Lectures 6, 8, 16)
DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk (1910)
(Lecture 9)
Lewis, Sinclair Main Street (1920)
(Lecture 15)
Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto (1848)
(Lectures 16, 23)
Riis, Jacob How the Other Half Lives (1890)
(Lecture 8, 11)
Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery (1901)
(Lecture 9)
Online Journals of History