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Online Resources

• National Archives
  History and digitized copies of important documents like the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War photos and various online exhibits revolving around national history.

• Library of Congress
  Check out “American Memory” and “Exhibitions” to see collections of photos, maps, etc.

• Digital History
  An interactive, multimedia history of the United States from the Revolution to the present with interactive time lines, primary sources

• Illinois Historical Digitization Projects
  Links, images and downloadable videos of lectures on Illinois subjects like Lincoln, the Prairie, Native Americans, Ida B. Wells, and Illinois’ role in various American wars, courtesy of NIU and the Illinois Board of Education.

• Hyper History Online
  Colorful panoramic time lines of world history, events, movements and people, including American

• Mapping Colonial America
  Maps and timeline from Discovery and Exploration through A New Nation. From the Colonial Williamsburg Online Museum Exhibits.

• From Revolution to Reconstruction
  A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times, courtesy of University of Groningen, The Netherlands

• El Paso and Juarez Borderlands History Articles
  A collection of student written articles on the history and culture of the El Paso, Juarez, Las Cruces border region, comprising the states of Texas, New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Videos

• Founding Fathers (VHS and DVD) E302.5 .F686 2000
• The Presidents of a New Nation, 1789-1829 (VHS) E176.1 .P7 1992 pt. 1
• American History in Video
  A collection of streaming video documentaries all focused on the history of the United States.

Print Resources

• Family Life in 17th- and 18th-century America
  James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo : HQ535 .V65 2006 ; General
• To Comfort the Heart : Women in Seventeenth-Century America
  Paula A. Treckel : HQ1416 .T74 1996 ; General
• First Generations : Women in Colonial America
  Carol Berkin : HQ1416 .B43 1996 ; General
• Historical Essays, 1600-1750, Presented to David Ogg
  Edited by H. E. Bell & R. L. Ollard : D 242 .B4 ; General
• Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Early America : From the Colonial Era to the Civil War
  edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler : E181 .D23 2007 ; General

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