American History

This site provides a comprehensive list of 101 thematic maps for teaching United States history.

ArchiveGrid includes over 7 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. (Requires UWG login)

52,000+ documents related to the study of the American Presidency.

This site has information that run from 1492 to the 1920s.

5000+ audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, etc.

Contains a collection of animated maps bring battles of the American Civil War to life, complete with troop movement animations, narratives, video, and more.

Coverage Dates: 1850-1865 In recognition of the sesquicentennial of the start of the American Civil War, Civil War in the American South provides a central portal to access digital collections from the Civil War Era (1850-1865) held by members of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL). (Requires UWG login)

When complete, the project will make available to the world digitized images of all known archival and manuscript materials in the Harvard Library that relate to 17th and 18th century North America.

This site includes primary sources, digital timelines, virtual exhibits, classroom handouts, and lesson plans for teaching U.S. history.

This site includes primary sources, primary source sets, and an abundance of additional resources from libraries, museums, and across from across the country.

The National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) - The site enables educators to find and create interactive learning activities with primary source documents.

The Civil Rights Congress (CRC) was established in 1946 to, among other things, combat all forms of discrimination against…labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities. (Requires UWG login)

This site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence.

The Library preserves and provides access to a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage you in your intellectual and creative endeavors.

Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

Digitized collections from the National Archives.

ProQuest History Vault unlocks the wealth of key archival materials with a single search. Researchers can access digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections. (Requires UWG login)

The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access created the Smithsonian Learning Lab to inspire the discovery and creative use of its rich digital materials—more than a million images, recordings, and texts.

While this site is aimed at k-12, it has good background information and quality reproductions of works of art related to the Civil Rights Movement, Race in America, the Harlem Renaissance, and more.

The Valley of the Shadow, a collaboration between the Virginia Center for Digital History and the University of Virginia Library, explores in detail the life during the American Civil War era in two towns, one Southern and one Northern.