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19th Century Masterfile (Formerly Poole's Plus)
  • Index to popular American and British journals, 1802-1906
  • Browsable by journal; searchable by keyword, author
  • Cites periodical, date and author
Abraham Lincoln Papers (Library of Congress)

  • Approximately 2200 letters written between March 1829 and June 1864
  • Browsable by date and searchable by keyword
Afro-Americans and the Military, 1939-45
  • Biography of books, periodical articles, and microforms on African Americans in World War II
  • Annotated links to related web sources
America: History and Life (UMich Only)
  • Covers all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs
  • Indexes and abstracts books, book reviews, dissertations, and articles from approximately 2100 journals
  • Sample search: Pakistan and "foreign policy" and Bangladesh
  • One of the best indexes for researching the American Empire
American Civil War Homepage (UTK)
  • Extensive unannotated lists of primary documents, diaries, state civil war web pages, and military unit rosters
American Colonist's Library
  • Chronological list of primary sources influencing the American colonies and revolution
  • Arranged by time periods beginning with 500 B.C>
  • Authors include Christopher Columbus, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, John Smith, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin
American Life Histories (Library of Congress)
  • Transcripts of life histories recorded by the Federal Writers Project
  • Data collected from 24 states
  • Searchable by keyword or by state
  • SGML or TIF viewer required
American Memory Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Selected documents, maps, photographs and motion pictures of American history
  • Subjects range from the Continental Congress to railroad maps to dance manuals
  • Searchable by title, subject, or library division
  • Entries often include illustrations, background information, and links to further resources
American Posters of World War I (Georgetown University)
  • Twenty-five patriotic posters, including recruitment, war bonds and red cross
  • Thumbnail sketches lead to full photograph
Amistad Case
  • Amistad Case
    • Revolt on Spanish slave ship in 1839
    • Supreme Court permitted captured slaves their freedom on March 9, 1841
    • The movie Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg of Dreamworks, opened on December 10, 1997
    • Barbara Chase-Riboud sued Dreamworks for violating her copyright on a book entitled Echo of Lions
 
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