| San Bernardino County Library History Resources
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| San Bernardino County Library History Resources Pathfinder (California Emphasis)
Last revised February, 2004 |
| AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History (http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html) |
| Directory of primary documents on the Web. From the Univ. of Kansas. |
| American Academy of Achievement (http://www.achievement.org/) |
| Highlights of the work of the great achievers of the 20th century in the realm of art, business, science, exploration, sports, public service and more. |
| The American Civil War Home Page (http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/) |
| Timelines, overviews, graphic images, letters, accounts, diaries and other documentary records, modern histories, FAQs, bibliographies, state studies, specific battles, rosters of combatants, miscellaneous military information, and links to other information sites. |
| American Memory (The Library of Congress) (http://memory.loc.gov/) |
| Historical collections for the National Digital Library. |
| The American Presidents (http://www.americanpresidents.org) |
| Part biography and part travelogue. Profiles the personal and public lives of each of the presidents of the United States. Produced by C-SPAN. |
| Best of History Web Sites (http://www.besthistorysites.net/) |
| Categorized links to "sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in history." |
| Biography (http://www.infoplease.com/people.html) |
| From the Infoplease.com site. 30,000+ biographies. |
| A Biography of America (http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/) |
| Telecourse, video series and Web site exploring U.S. history via 26 topics. From PBS Station WGBH. |
| Biography Online (http://www.biography.com/) |
| Online version of the AE cable television show, exploring the diversity of history's famous and infamous. Read about and discuss well-known people and play games that will test your history savvy. |
| The British Monarchy (The Official Royal Web Site) (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp) |
| Access to a wealth of information. Color photographs, facts about royal personages and places, a diary of royal activities, official biographies, and the royal family tree. |
| California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html) |
| From the Library of Congress. Full texts and illustrations of 190 works. |
| California Heritage (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/index.html) |
| Digital archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley. It offers direct access to unique, primary source materials documenting California's rich history in their original archival context. |
| California History Online (http://www.californiahistory.net/) |
| Short articles accessed by a timeline. |
| California Indian Heritage (http://boxer.senate.gov/nah/) |
| Designed to help "gain a greater knowledge of the rich history of California's Native Americans." Hosted by the office of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. |
| California Preservation Foundation (http://www.californiapreservation.org/) |
| Nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of California's historical environment. Includes case studies involving comprehensive review and documentation and the State Historical Building Code. |
| Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/) |
| Sponsored by the National Park Service. A database containing basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War, a list of regiments in both armies, and identification and description of 384 significant battles. |
| Civil War@Smithsonian: Collecting, Preserving, Remembering the National Experience (http://civilwar.si.edu/) |
| From the National Portrait Gallery, with information and pictures from the Smithsonian Institution's extensive collections. |
| Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers (http://www.colonialhall.com/index.php) |
| Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution. |
| Cybrary of the Holocaust (http://remember.org/index.html) |
| Many perspectives on these events, emphasizing personal remembrances. |
| Discoverers Web (http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/) |
| Stated intent is to gather all kinds of information found on the Web about the voyages of discovery and exploration. |
| Discovering Lewis and Clark (http://www.lewis-clark.org/) |
| Extensive coverage, centered around a narrative by Harry Fritz, professor of history at the Univ. of Montana, Missoula. |
| DoHistory (http://www.dohistory.org/) |
| How to find, organize, handle and store original documents to piece together the lives of ordinary people in the past. |
| Egyptians (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/) |
| Articles, images, and interactive media, developed by the BBC. |
| Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/stories/) |
| Developed by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Visual and written testimony from US veterans from World War I to the present. |
| First World War.com (http://www.firstworldwar.com/) |
| Large collection of cultural, history and social documentation. Created and maintained by Michael Duffy. |
| Founding Fathers Info Guide (http://www.foundingfathers.info/) |
| The story of the first decades of the United States, emphasizing the lives of the early Presidents and the history of the American flag. Created and maintained by Chris Whitten. |
| From Revolution to Reconstruction (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/) |
| Hypertext outline of American history, from the US Information Agency. |
| The Gettysburg Address (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/) |
| Digitized images of two early drafts, the only known photo of Lincoln at Gettysburg, translations into 28 languages, and more. From the Library of Congress. |
| Gold Rush Sesquicentennial (http://www.calgoldrush.com/index.html) |
| Created by the Sacramento Bee. Extensive information on people, places and events, with profiles of California's pioneers, audio clips and recommended reading. |
| Great American Speeches (http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/) |
| Over 90 speeches concerning 20th century events, some with background and audio or video requiring the Real Player or Shockwave plugins. From PBS. |
| The Great War: 80 Years On (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm) |
| From the BBC. Commemorates World War I and offers a number of resources, including a 10-minute video collage, audio interviews with veterans, a selection of soldiers' letters home, and overviews of four major battles. |
| The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/) |
| Introduction to ancient Greek history, politics, art and warfare. Created by PBS. Includes materials utilizing the Flash4 plugin. |
| History Channel Traveler (http://www.aetvtravel.com/) |
| Online offshoot from cable network. Highlights thousands of historic and pop-culture sites, landmarks and lodgings across the company. |
| History Channel: This Day in History (http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/) |
| Information about each day of the year, organized by a series of topical headings, such as technology history and literary history. |
| The History Guide (http://www.historyguide.org/) |
| Aimed at secondary and undergraduate students in history courses, studying for the advanced placement test, or considering majoring in history. |
| History Matters (http://historymatters.gmu.edu/) |
| Resource for high school and university history teachers, with hundreds of primary documents and audio clips, annotated webliography, and extensive reference section. From City University of New York and George Mason University. |
| History of the American West, 1860-1920 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/) |
| Features 30,000 photographs from the Denver Public Library. Part of the Library of Congress' American Memory project. |
| HistoryWorld (http://www.historyworld.net/) |
| More than 400 separate historical articles and description of approximately 4000 events. From the National Grid for Learning, Great Britain. |
| Home of the American Civil War (http://www.civilwarhome.com/) |
| Biographies and photos of important participants, battle details and maps, and more, including a Civil War Potpourri. |
| Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States (http://www.bartleby.com/124/index.html) |
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| International Institute of Social History (http://www.iisg.nl/index.html) |
| One of the world's largest documentary and research institutions for social history in general and the history of the labor movement in particular. |
| Land of Golden Dreams: California in the Gold Rush Decade, 1848-1858 (http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/) |
| From the Huntington Library and Art Gallery in San Marino, Calif. |
| Lewis and Clark: The Journey of Discovery (http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/) |
| Companion site to the Ken Burns film shown on PBS. Includes 800+ minutes of RealPlayer interviews with experts featured in the film and a VDO Live interview with the director. |
| Liberty!: The American Revolution (http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/) |
| Companion site to the PBS documentary. |
| The American Revolution: H-Net (http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/) |
| Another companion site can be found at |
| Library of Congress Prints and Photographs (http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/print/guide/) |
| A sampling of some of the library's best digitized holdings. |
| Lives: The Biography Resource (http://amillionlives.com/) |
| Extensive, annotated directory of links to sites that focus on the lives of individuals or groups of people. |
| Los Angeles Conservancy (http://www.laconservancy.org/) |
| Dedicated to the preservation, recognition, and revitalization of the cultural and architectural heritage of the Los Angeles area. |
| Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future (http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/index.html) |
| Utilizing the extensive archival resources available at the University of Southern California, these pages open a window into L.A.'s rich past and its exciting present and future. |
| Magic Lantern Slides: The Berkeley Geography Collection (http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/LanternSlides/LanternSlides_TOC.html) |
| Glass "magic lantern slides" of California taken from 1900 to 1915. From the University of California, Berkeley. |
| Medal of Honor Citations (US Army Center of Military History) (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm) |
| Full text of all the 3,400 Medal citations, from the Civil War to Somalia. |
| National First Ladies' Library (http://www.firstladies.org/) |
| Highlighted by comprehensive database of 40,000 books, articles, letters, manuscripts and others works by and about the 43 first ladies. Sponsored by the Stark College of Technology in Canton, OH. As of June 2001, Laura Bush was not yet included. |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation (http://www.nationaltrust.org/) |
| Nonprofit organization chartered by Congress in 1949. Includes directory of historical hotels and to the National Trust Main Street Program for Downtown Revitalization. |
| National Women's History Project (http://www.nwhp.org/) |
| Clearinghouse for multicultural resources and a gateway site for US women's history information. |
| Naval Historical Center (http://www.history.navy.mil/) |
| Official history project of the US Dept. of the Navy. |
| New Deal Network (http://newdeal.feri.org/) |
| Everything Roosevelt, including replicas of artifacts from the FDR Library, National Archives and other sources. Analyzes the Great Depression through letters, photo essays and oral history. |
| Old West (http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm) |
| Directory of links on the 19th Century America west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. From Dakota St. Univ. |
| On This Day: Today's Highlights in History (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/) |
| News and events for each day of the year, linked to articles, obituaries, and cartoons. From the New York Times Learning Network. |
| The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color (http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/) |
| Companion to a PBS series. Photos, letters, videos, a World War II timeline, a episode guide, and a teacher's guide. |
| Perseus Project: Tufts University (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/) |
| A continually growing digital library of resources for studying the ancient world. Major focus on ancient Greece. |
| The Presidents of the United States (http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/) |
| Hosted by the White House Web site. Pictures and brief biographies, quizzes and trivia facts. |
| Public History Resource Center (http://www.publichistory.org/) |
| "Public History is history that is seen, heard, read, and interpreted by a popular audience. Public historians expand on the methods of academic history by emphasizing non-traditional evidence and presentation formats, reframing questions, and in the process creating a distinctive historical practice." |
| The September 11 Digital Archive (http://911digitalarchive.org/) |
| Goals are to collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses. |
| Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance (http://www.wiesenthal.com) |
| An international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defense of human rights and the Jewish people. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Center's mandate is a unique combination of social action, public outreach, scholarship, education and media projects as it imparts the lessons of the Holocaust and develops educational strategies for teaching tolerance. |
| Smithsonian Institution (http://www.si.edu/) |
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| Today in History (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html) |
| Presents daily historical facts highlighted by materials from the Library of Congress' American Memory collections. The site offers text, photographs, plus film and audio bites. |
| US Army History Institute (http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/) |
| Connection to the Carlisle Barracks Total Library System, the most important repository of historical data on the Army. |
| Veterans History Project (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/) |
| Audio- and video-taped oral histories, plus diaries, letters, photographs, and home movies. From World War I to the present. Created by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. |
| Vietnam: Yesterday and Today (http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman) |
| Gateway to Vietnam information. Links to documents, articles, photographs, and diaries, as well as to most of the key projects available on the Internet. From Oakton Community College. |
| Virtual Jamestown (http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html) |
| A product of collaboration between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia. |
| War Times Journal (http://www.wtj.com) |
| Articles archives of military campaigns throughout history. |
| Warletters.com: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars (http://www.warletters.com/) |
| Sponsored by the Legacy Project. A "national, all-volunteer effort dedicated to encouraging Americans to seek out and preserve wartime correspondence before these letters are lost or damaged." |
| WebChron: The WebChronology Project (http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/) |
| Fifteen hyperlinked chronologies for use in survey courses on western civilization and world history. From North Park University. |
| Western History Photography Collection (http://photoswest.org/) |
| Searchable collection of photos the the American West, primarily Colorado. From the Denver Public Library. |
| WhoWhatWhen: Interactive Historical Timelines (http://www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen/) |
| "Database of people and events from 1000 AD to the present." Use to "create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals." |
| Within These Walls (http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/default.asp) |
| From the National Museum of American History. Everyday history of American families from 1757 to 1945. Requires Macromedia Flash 4 player for optimal viewing. |
| Words and Deeds in American History (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html) |
| Celebrates the Library of Congress Manuscript Division's first 100 years by providing more than 90 manuscript documents in ten subject areas, from the 15th century to 1965. |
| World War I: Trenches on the Web (http://www.worldwar1.com/) |
| Links to much information on The Great War. Access to documents, maps, time lines, poetry and more. Excellent search engine. |
| World War II Commemoration (http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html) |
| From Grolier Online, drawing on material from "Encyclopedia Americana." Information on each of the major war theaters with explanations of key terminology and concepts. Biographies of the leading political figures and statistics on war casualties. |