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Academic Info - History Section
A directory of history resources organized by region, era, and topic. Examples of resources covered include: ancient history, world wars I and II, art history, U.S. history, and history reference desk.
http://www.academicinfo.net/hist.html

American Memory
Primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. American Memory links to other sites which reference world culture and resources.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

Best of History Web Sites
More than 700 of the best history related web sites. Links include historical societies, search engines, online exhibits, and multimedia sources. The site is updated regularly.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

Black Documents on Slavery: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
The Avalon Project mounts digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. This particular collection contains numerous primary documents on the topic of slavery.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/slavery.htm

Black History Hotlist
A collection of I
nternet site links about slavery and history, leaders, news, and various other topics.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html

Historical Text Archive
Articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos and links for a broad range of historical subjects
http://historicaltextarchive.com/

Documenting the American South
This database presents collections with primary documents about the American South in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, including: "First-person narratives of the American South, 1860-1920" includes diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts and ex-slave narratives; "North American Slave Narratives"; " The Library of Southern Literature" makes available 100 titles in Southern literature; "The Church in the Southern Black Community, Beginnings to 1920"; "The Southern Homefront,1861-1865" documents "non-military aspects of Southern life during the Civil War."
http://docsouth.unc.edu

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the history and experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Guide to the Web
Over 600 sites are available in the searchable guide which is also browseable by subjects. The topics covered range from the underground railroad to hip hop music. The sites included in the guide were reviewed and annotated by Graduate Research Assistants: Shanita Jones, Raina Leon, Gene Springs, and Eben Lehman.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/stone/webguide/

 

Databases

Amdocs
A free database of primary documents that is essential in the study of American history.
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/

Additional databases available at: http://library.sunyocc.edu/databases/

 

Electronic Journals

Reviews in American History
This journal covers all areas of American history including social history, cultural history, economics, law, and political history. Coverage is of traditional and new subjects of American history.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/reviews in_american_history/

 

Organizations

American Historical Association
400 A Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003-3889
Tel: (202) 544-2422
Fax: (202) 544-8307
Email: aha@theaha.org.
http://www.historians.org/

National Women’s History Project
3343 Industrial Dr., Suite 4
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Tel: (707) 636-2888
Fax: (707) 636-2909
Email: nwhp@aol.com
http://www.nwhp.org

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