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Historical
Text Archive
Links to archives, history departments, www servers, and reviews, this site also
provides access to a large number of full-text documents.
Repositories
of Primary Sources
A collection of over 4000 links to websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives,
rare books, photographs, and other primary sources.
Archival
Data Online Repository
A collection of data provided by the University of Wisconsin Data and Program
Library Service. A number of the groups contain historical data on topics such as the 18th
and 19th century slave trade, the Russian Imperial bureaucracy, 1762-1881, and French
provincial intendants, 1661-1790.
The
Avalon Project
A collection maintained by Yale University School of Law of over 150 historical documents
which range from pre-18th century titles through the 20th century. A "major
collections" category contains sets of related documents, such as Franco-American
Diplomacy, Papers of the Confederate States of America, the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.
The site includes a title and author index.
Gender
History and Studies
This page constructed by Tennessee Technological University links to a number of online
resources in women's history and women's studies in general.
History
Departments Around the World
A collection of links to the Web pages of history departments around the world.
H-Net Reviews
A source of book reviews which encompasses all the humanities, with a particular emphasis
on history.
International
Institute of Social History
The homepage of one of the world's foremost institutions for social history. Features of
this site include a catalog of the Institute's archival collections, digital versions of
its exhibitions, a list of its new publications, extensive links to labor and business
history sites, and ViVa, a current bibliography of articles on women's history.
Africa South of the
Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
An excellent select list created by Karen Fung for the Electronic Technology Group of the
African Studies Association.
University
of Pennsylvania African Studies Center
This site has links to a large number of African Studies electronic resources, including
country-specific pages, internet resources, multimedia archives, and news from the African
Studies Association.
Asian
Studies
Part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, this site is affiliated with the Australian
National University. It contains over 600 links to electronic resources in Asian studies.
The Wars
for Vietnam: 1945 to 1975
Covers the conflicts in Vietnam from the period of French involvement through the U.S.
involvement, up to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Contains a main overview essay and
hypertext links to full-text documents, presidential archives, and other related sites.
Also includes a list of additional Vietnam-related links and Vietnam Veteran Web sites.
Guide
to Japan
An overview of Modern Japan with historical sections. It also contains a guide to
travel in the nation of Japan.
Chinese History
From the University of Oregon, this site has an extensive collection of
historical materials, links, translation programs, and general history of China from the
earlist times to the People's Republic of China.
Korea
This site maintained at University of California, Berkeley, has information on
Korean history from pre-918 A.D. to the present.
EuroDocs
This site provides a large number of links to Western European historical documents from
the Middle Ages to recent times. Mainly primary sources, the documents may be transcribed,
reproduced in facsimile, or translated.
History Data Service
Located at the University of Essex, the History Data Service is Britain's national center
for the preservation and supply of historical data held in computer-readable form. Data
covering all historical periods is acquired from a wide range of sources, preserved, and
made available to researchers via an on-line catalog, which can be accessed through this
site.
Victorian
Web
Provides in-depth treatment of the economics, religion, philosophy, literature, visual
arts, science, and politics of Britain during the 19th century. "Social Context"
leads to an extensive "Victorian History Overview" that provides links to
Victorian political, social, and economic history sites, as well as sites about the Empire
and international relations of the 19th century.
The
Witchcraft Bibliography Project
A bibliography of witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and America, mainly of materials
published since 1950. In addition, there are links to other witchcraft Web sites.
REESWeb
Located at the University of Pittsburgh, REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic
resources in Russian and East European Studies. Among its many offerings are national
homepages, archives of information, and Web servers in the former Soviet Union.
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Electronic Resources for
Classicists: The Second Generation
A very extensive, well-annotated list of a great variety of resources maintained by the
University of California, Irvine.
The
Labyrinth
Sponsored by Georgetown University, this site contains full text documents (often in the
original language), bibliographies, teaching resources, information about professional
organizations, and a wide variety of links.
ORB
In addition to full-text essays and bibliographies, this medieval studies site has a large
collection of documents in its resources for teaching section ("The Online Medieval
Sourcebook").
The
Medieval Review
A collection of full-text book reviews in all areas of Medieval Studies.
The Carolingians: an
English-Language Bibliography
An extensive bibliography of books and articles compiled by Professors Thomas Noble of the
University of Virginia and Julia Smith of the University of St. Andrews.
H-Latam
This Web site links to the H-Latam electronic discussion group on Latin American history.
Access is also provided to academic announcements, book reviews, and course materials.
UT-LANIC
The University of Texas Latin America Network Information Center page contains a large
number of links to Web sites covering different aspects of Latin America.
HLAS Online
The Web version of the Handbook of Latin American Studies contains annotated citations of
books and articles from the humanities and social sciences disciplines.
UT- MENIC
The University of Texas Middle East Network Information Center page contains a large
number of links to Web sites covering different aspects of the Middle East.
Middle East Studies
A good collection of links maintained by Columbia University Library and part of the
World-Wide Web Virtual Library.
Mesopotamia
A FAQ of Assyria and
Babylon discusses the mythology and history of Mesopotamina and two of its most important
civilizations.
United States History Sites
American
and British History Resources on the Internet
One of the most extensive and well-organized general sites for American and British
history. Includes access to a large variety of general and thematic sites, historical
documents and electronic texts, bibliographies, archival collections, electronic journals,
historical associations, and history listservs. A good place to start when looking for
historical sites on the Internet.
American
Memory Project: Library of Congress
A collection of primary source documents and archives from the Library of Congress
pertaining to American history and culture. Includes African-American pamphlets, Civil War
photographs, a collection of women's suffrage documents, etc. Users can search the
collections by key word or terms. Consists of printed text, collections of photographs,
and some scanned manuscripts. Additional collections will be added.
Documenting
the American South
Contains primary sources that document the cultural history of the American South from the
Southern point of view. Includes diaries, autobiographies, travel accounts, titles about
slavery, and regional literature. Emphasis is on the 19th century.
Furman
University Nineteenth Century Documents Project
Offers transcriptions of important primary texts from 19th century American history.
Includes a large number of newspaper editorials about important issues of the period.
American
Civil War Homepage
An excellent site, large and well-organized. Offers access to letters, diaries, and other
documents; graphic images; battle histories; combat rosters; state and local studies; etc.
The U.S. Civil War Center also provides links
to a wide variety of sites, including books and magazines; unit histories; battlefields,
cemeteries, and parks; maps; and Civil War-era newspapers.
Civil
War Resources on the Internet
Arranged chronologically from the period leading up to the Civil War through
Reconstruction (1830-1890).
Valley
of the Shadow: Living the Civil War in Virginia and Pennsylvania
Traces two communities, one Southern and one Northern, through the American Civil War. A
hypermedia archive of relevant newspapers, letters and diaries, photographs and maps,
church records, military records, and population and agricultural censuses.
Academic
Info: African American History
An extensive annotated directory of internet resources on African-American history.
Includes links to general guides and directories; digital archives and collections;
museums and libraries; and special topics (slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, etc.)
African-American
History and Studies
Provides links to a wide variety of African-American history sites, professional
associations, archives, and research centers, and special contemporary issues relating to
African-Americans.
The
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
The web site of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, located at Stanford
University. Includes links to articles, and full-text documents and speeches by King.
American Women's History: A
Research Guide
Provides extensive citations to print, electronic, and primary source materials related to
American women's history. There is a topical subject index, regional sources arranged by
state, and the guide to finding primary sources includes links to digital collections.
Women and
Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
Organized around various collections of primary documents that deal with specific reform
issues and movements involving American women between 1830 and 1930.
Other Specialized Sites
Afro-American
Sources in Virginia. A Guide to Manuscripts
Guide to African-American
Documentary Resources in North Carolina
American Historical Association
Anti-Imperialism in the United States,
1898-1935
Index of Native American Resources on
the Internet
National Archives and Records Administration
Organization of American Historians
Presidential Addresses: Inaugural, State of
the Union, Farewell Addresses
Canadian Sites
Canada
Includes a link to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, covering the period from 1000 to
1890. Historical and constitutional documents are included, as well as indexes and
abstracts of articles in the Canadian Journal of History.
Canadian Museum of
Civilization: Online Resources for Canadian Heritage
Links to sites that discuss with Canadian archaeology, history, ethnology, and folk
culture.
Canadian
Studies: A Guide to the Sources
A general guide to sources on Canadian Studies, including history, politics, and relations
with the United States.
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