History Resources
United States
Primary Sources
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- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
- GPO has several unique items such as the Articles of Confederation and the Gettysburg Address. Also included is the Proclamations and Executive Orders of Presidents from 1945-1989, in addition to the usual Congressional publications, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates - 1774-1873
- This site contains the Journals of the Continental Congress, The Statutes at Large, The House and Senate Journal, the Annals of Congress, the Register of Debates, and the Congressional Globe and many more.
- Thomas Historical Documents
- The documents included are Early Congressional Documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States.
- Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
- The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School breaks documents down into categories of Pre-18th Century, 18th, 19th, and 20th Century Documents. You can also search by Author, Subject, or Title. It also has the common names of Diplomatic Documents.
- Words and Deeds in American History - Selected Documents Celebrating the Library of Congress' Manuscript Division's First 100 Years
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
- Includes the last volume of the papers of the first President Bush, the complete papers of President Clinton, and the initial volumes from the second President Bush.
- Declassified Government Documents
Secondary Sources
- American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
- This site contains a collection finder to find items by subject or format, or search by time or place.
- Center of Military History
- This site by the U.S. Army contains archives and artwork.
- Historical Advertising - Ad*Access
- The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
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Texas
Primary Sources
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- Texas Treasures
- This site features images of artifacts and historic documents held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission includes Texas Declaration of Independence, Travis' Letter from the Alamo and Proclamation of Sam Houston, voting results for annexation and more.
- Narrative History of Texas Annexation
- This summary also includes links to relevant documents.
- Narrative History of Texas Secession and Readmission to the Union
- This summary also includes links to relevant documents.
Secondary Sources
- The Handbook of Texas Online
- The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and many other topic categories.
- Texas Historical Commission
- The Texas Historical Commission (THC) is the state agency for historic preservation. THC staff works with citizens and organizations to preserve Texas' architectural, archaeological and cultural landmarks. The site includes The Medallion and laws and guidelines about preservation.
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U. S. Government Agencies
- State Department - Office of the Historian
- The Historian's Office publishes the official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy and provides historical research and advice for the Department of State.
- Department of Energy History Division
- The Division has a chronology of the Department of Energy and a list of publications.
- EPA History Office
- The History Office contains EPA laws, pollution control, and the EPA Historical Document Collection and EPA historical collections.
- NASA's History Office
- The NASA History Program was first established in 1959 (a year after NASA itself was formed) to document and preserve the agency's remarkable history.
- NOAA History
- The NOAA History site contains historical maps and charts, a photo library, art and poetry, Biographic sketches of historical employees, and also covers the history of NOAA's ancestor agencies.
- U.S. Department of Transportation History
- This site includes, a brief history of the United States Department of Transportation, Biographical Sketches of the Secretaries of Transportation, a Chronology of Dates significant to the origins and history of the US Department of Transportation and other DOT History Links.
- FEC Twenty Year Report - Federal Election Commission
- This site describes the Federal Election Commission's Federal Election Campaign Act laws and history.
- Maritime Administration History Pages
- The Maritime History pages include: The American Merchant Marine During World War II, and the Korean War, the United States Merchant Fleet: World War II to Present, fact sheets and the song of the U.S. Merchant Marine.
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