Images from museums and archives covering the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
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Early world history from prehistory through the mid-1500s. Focuses on key ancient and medieval civilizations and regions with topic overviews, timelines, charts and maps, thematic comparisons, and some primary sources.
Ebook encyclopedias on history topics from Salem Press including primary documents, important events and eras, and more.
Information on the daily lives of peoples throughout history from prehistory to the present. Includes overview articles and primary sources like maps, images, and documents.
Images, maps, documents, and other primary sources from Minnesota history.
African-American history with topic overviews, timelines, charts and maps, and some primary sources.
American political, military, social, and cultural history including daily life in America. Includes topic overviews, timelines, charts and maps, and some primary sources.
American Indian history and cultures from first contact with colonizers to the present. Includes topic overviews, timelines, charts and maps, some primary sources, and a tribe index.
Three collections of previously classified FBI files on groups within social movements in the 1960s and 1970s:
Legal and diplomacy documents (e.g., treaties) from ancient times through the 20th century. A project of the Yale Law School Law Library.
Primary sources on topics in California history and culture including JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives, early responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, etc.
Selected primary source materials organized by topic. From notable archives, museums, and libraries across the country.
The largest collection of plant specimen photographs and drawings in the world. Useful for botany and ecology studies.
Selected manuscripts, photographs, letters, sheet music, maps, and other items organized into collections by topic and format. Mostly focused on American history and culture, but includes some world history collections.
World history topics from the mid-15th century to the present. Contains chapters from history books, images, videos, timelines, and some primary sources.
A collection of photographs, manuscripts, letters, books, posters, maps, and other primary sources.
Public opinion polls conducted in the U.S. and around the world by news and polling organizations on social, economic, and political issues.
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