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Nineteenth Century
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The American 1890s: A Chronology 
 Information and a chronology about "personalities; social, political, literary, economic, cultural events, art, music, and architecture of the decade." Has some broken links, and the authority of the site is hard to determine. http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/america.html Topics: United States History Last updated Nov 14, 2002 American Cultural History: The 19th Century
Travels through the 19th century, decade by decade, discussing such issues as social movements, literature, and immigration. Includes links to other sites on the Web and to informative essays. A search engine is sorely needed; for example, an excellent discussion of the NINA ("No Irish Need Apply") phenomenon is buried under the 1860 decade in the "News and Events" section. From the Kingwood College Library. http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury.html Topics: Activism, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Mar 24, 2009 American Experience: The Donner Party
This companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program features a description and transcript of the film, along with links to other books, articles, and Web sites on the Donner Party and the settlement of the West. Includes a map of the group's route and a teacher's guide for related activities and discussion ideas. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/ Topics: United States History Last updated Jan 19, 2004 The Annexation of Hawaii: A Collection of Documents
A searchable collection of primary source material on the U.S. annexation of Hawaii (1893-1900). From the Hawaiian Collection of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library. http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/annexation.html Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 24, 2005 Brady-Handy Collection
This collection features images from approximately 5,000 glass negatives by photographers Mathew Brady and Levin C. Handy, "chiefly portraits of presidents, members of Congress, military and naval officers, justices of the Supreme Court, actors, artists, religious leaders, and other notables. Also includes views of Washington, D.C., and vicinity." Searchable and browsable. Includes links to related collections. From the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/brhchtml/brhcabt.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Technology, The United States Presidency, United States History Last updated Aug 10, 2005 Civil War Life
"An online library of stories and articles about civilian life during the Civil War." Includes excerpts from the journal of Louisa May Alcott, letters, reproduced portions of a magazine for children, a poem by Clara Barton, a lesson in dancing the quadrille, and stories and songs (some audio files) of the Christian Commission, an important relief agency. http://www.edinborough.com/Learn/Civil_War_Life/Life.html Topics: Correspondence, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Society & Social Science, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 2, 2006 The Crisis of the Union: An Electronic Archive of Documents about the Causes, Conduct, and Consequences of the US Civil War
A collection of "pamphlets, books, broadsides, cartoons, clippings, paintings, maps, and other print memorabilia about America from circa 1830 to 1880. Items are drawn primarily from the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia." Browsable (by author, title, subject, date) and searchable (by keyword, date, subject, graphic elements). Archived by the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania Library. http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/civilwar/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Democracy in America
Recreation of the United States in 1831 to complement Alexis de Tocqueville’s book "Democracy in America." The site "contains a virtual tour of America based on de Tocqueville's itinerary, on letters and journals, on contemporaneous accounts of other foreign visitors. ... It also holds explorations of Womens' Place [sic] at the time, of attitudes toward race and color, toward religion, and toward everyday life." Produced by the American Studies Group at the University of Virginia. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/home.html Topics: Authors by Region, United States History Last updated Jun 27, 2009 From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
A collection of about four hundred pamphlets "by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated Nov 28, 2004 HarpWeek
An assortment of articles, editorials, advertisements, cartoons, and other illustrations from the nineteenth century magazine "Harper's Weekly." http://www.harpweek.com/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Nov 9, 2003 History Online
Rich collection of articles and primary sources on 19th century American history topics. Includes women's lives, charcoal making, building trades, Christmas, medicine, Native Americans, religion, farms and farming, clothing, deaf education, food, economy, postal service, travel and transportation, migration, and surveying. From the Conner Prairie Interactive History Park in Fishers, Indiana. http://www.connerprairie.org/Learn-And-Do/Indiana-History.aspx Topics: United States History Last updated May 1, 2009 Homestead National Monument of America
Website for this National Monument in Nebraska dedicated to the impact of the Homestead Act of 1862. Includes a map of homesteading states, and essays on topics such as "exodusters" (African American homesteaders), Abraham Lincoln and the West, and the last homesteader (who filed a claim in 1974). Also includes background about famous homesteaders and their descendants, material on the nature and science of the area, photos, and more. From the National Park Service (NPS). http://www.nps.gov/home/index.htm Topics: United States History Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Website companion to the historical site in Pennsylvania memorializing an 1889 flood in which over 2,200 people died. Features details about the flood and the site, a link to a lesson plan (with readings and images of the flood), park management documents, and visitor information. From the National Park Service (NPS). http://www.nps.gov/jofl/index.htm Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History, Weather Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Making of America (MoA)
"A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints." Searchable and browsable. A project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University (the "about" page has a link to Cornell's MoA database). http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ Topics: K-12 Education, United States History Last updated Jun 16, 2007 Memorial Hall Museum Online: American Centuries
"Explore American history [from a New England perspective] with hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents and artifacts." Features "a digital collection of approximately 2000 objects and transcribed documents," lesson plans, and online exhibits about turns of centuries (1700, 1800, and 1900), Shay's Rebellion, and the 1704 raid on the Deerfield, Massachusetts, settlement. Also includes videos about early American tools, information about historical costume, and more. From the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts. http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/ Topics: United States History Last updated Apr 30, 2009 The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
"The books in this collection bear nineteenth century American imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. They have been digitized by the University of Michigan. ... Currently, approximately 1,500 books are included." Searchable, or browsable by subject, author, title, or theme, such as the Civil War, slavery and abolition, religion, education, self-help and self-improvement, travel and westward expansion, and poetry. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/mnchome.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, United States History Last updated Apr 6, 2005 Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
A collection of full-text Union and Confederate poetry and songs indexed by title, author, and first line. Information about some of the authors is available. Find lyrics, sound files, a history of Taps and Civil War Band Music, popular songs of the day, links to other sound files, and a discussion of "How Authentic Should Period Music Be?" Includes related links. http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Music, Musical Genres, Poetry, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 7, 2005 Secession Era Editorials Project
A collection of primary source material, including documents, editorials, speeches, and articles from 19th century American history. Sections include Early National Politics, Slavery and Sectionalism, Nebraska Bill, Sumner's Caning, Dred Scott Decision, John Brown and Harper's Ferry, 1850s Statistical Almanac, 1860 Election, Secession and War, and Post Civil War. Some of the texts are searchable. From Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. http://history.furman.edu/editorials/see.py Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 23, 2007 Temperance & Prohibition
Collection of essays, images, and other material on the history of prohibition in the U.S., "a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages." Covers the U.S. brewing industry, the Woman's Crusade of 1873-74, the Anti-Saloon League, the Prohibition Party, and related topics. From The Ohio State University Department of History and the Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching. http://prohibition.osu.edu Topics: Beverages, United States History Last updated Nov 6, 2006 Texas Ranch House
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "sends a group of modern-day people back to the year 1867. It is the era of western expansion, a time of rounding up and branding free-roaming cattle and taming wild horses." Highlights of the website include diaries and memories of 1867 people and events, "test your true grit" and "stock a chuck wagon" games, and a ranch tour. Includes lesson plans and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ranchhouse/ Topics: United States History Last updated Apr 18, 2006 Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion 1820-1890
A selection of archival materials from Connecticut's Mystic Seaport Museum, including "logbooks, diaries, letters, business papers, and published narratives of voyages and travels," providing "a rich look at the events, culture, beliefs, and personal experiences associated with the settlement of California, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and the Pacific Northwest." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by subject, name (author), and title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Museums, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation, United States History Last updated Mar 24, 2003 |
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