History Information on the WWW
Otterbein Resources
General History
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Ancient History
- Anglo-Saxon
Culture--Includes manuscripts, teaching resources, journals, organizations,
and other links.
- Bracton: De
Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliae--Bracton on the Laws and Customs
of England (attributed to Henry of Bratton, c. 1210-1268)
- British Monarchy--The
official line
- Dead
Sea Scrolls Exhibit--This exhibition provides a selection of the scrolls,
describes their historical context and the Qumran community from whence
they may have originated; and relates the story of their discovery 2,000
years later.
- Early
Church Documents--A meta guide relating to the early church, including
canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and
other historical texts relevant to church history.
- Egyptology Resources--
Guide to other sources and provides general information about Egyptology.
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures--Includes
essays on hundreds of topics of varying length as well as a large section
of primary texts and translations.
- Irish History on the Web--Comprehensive
and nonpartisan resource for Irish history.
- Medieval Sourcebook--Contains
full text, excerpted texts, links and other materials.
- NetSERF: The Connection to Medieval
Resources
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Modern History(1450-present)
- Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library--Selective meta site with links to scholarly documents,
resources, and information concerned with Asian studies.
- EuroDocs--Primary
Historical Documents from Western Europe.
- Holocaust--Cybrary that includes
art, literature, discussion groups, and links to other major sites.
- Middle East North
Africa Internet Resource Guide--Electronic bibliography which covers
from Mauritania to Pakistan and all the countries in between.
- NativeWeb--Information on indigenous
peoples around the world.
- Nuremberg
Trials--Nazi war crime trials site includes transcripts and background
information.
- Russian Archive--"link
to ALL archival collections found in Russia's archives, libraries and
museums, including those recently declassified and open to all scholars."
- Russian History on the Web--Seeks
to provide a critical guide to web resources on Russian history.
The site includes annotated links to primary sources, other indexes, areas
of collaboration, and bibliographies.
- WWW Virtual Library: Latin
American Studies
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United States History
- American
Immigration--This started as a school project for a 10th grade American
History Class. The project was meant to give information as to how immigrants
not only were treated, but also why they decided to come to America.
- American Indian
History and Related Issues-- Paticularly strong on the 1969 occupation
of Alcatraz Island.
- American Memory--Historical
collections digitized by the Library of Congress.
- American Studies
Web--Broad, interdisciplinary site. Historical information is
strongest for the post-WWII era.
- American
Women's History: A Research Guide--Provides citations to print and
Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source
collections.
- Archiving
Early America-- Collection of primary documents from the Colonial
Period to the Jefferson Presidency.
- Bibliography of Primary Colonial and Revolutionary
War Documents at Otterbein
- Black
Studies-- Links to pages concerning African-American history and culture.
- Civil
War Bibliography-- Material available at Otterbein, as well as information
on other regional holdings and useful web links.
- Civil War Resources--This
site includes collections held by the VMI Archives, and presents many
manuscripts and featured topics in full text format.
- CWIHP: Cold War International
History Project--This project supports the release of historical materials
by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to disseminate
new information and perspectives on Cold War history.
- Edwin
Moise Bibliography of the Vietnam War--Large annotated bibliography
with minimalistic web design. Mostly covers books, microfilmed document
collections, and government documents.
- Historical Maps
of the United States--Collection from the University of Texas at Austin
- History Matters --Designed
for teachers of US survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to web
resources with a primary emphasis on social history.
- History of the Federal
Judiciary
- Iroquois Constitution
- Making of America--A
digital library of primary sources in US social history (1850-77) with
precedence given to uncommon titles and "brittle books".
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Papers Project at Stanford University
- Mayflower Web Page-- Substantial
site including passenger lists, primary documents, and essays concerning
this period.
- National Archives &
Records Administration--Historical documents, photos, pictures, and
links to presidential libraries
- New Deal Network-- an educational
web site sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
- Ohio Memory-- Discover primary
sources from archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums that
document Ohio's past from prehistory through 1903.
- Otterbein
Civil War Soldiers' Biographies Website - from Sarah Fatherly's class
- Presidents of the United States--Biographies,
documents, cabinet members lists, etc. for each President provided by
the Internet Public Library
- Research
Resources on American Periodicals-- Most useful for its listing of
18th, 19th, and 20th century magazines and newspapers on the web.
- Sixties Project--
Includes literature, personal narratives and other information for the
study of the Sixties
- U.S.
Historical Census Data Browser--The data presented here describe the
people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to
1970.
- Women
in America, 1820-1842--A collection of 18 travelogs to complement
Tocqueville's and Beaumont's observations on the life of American women.
- WPA Posters--"907
graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal."
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A-Z List
- The American
Experience/Vietnam--Transcript for PBS' series "Vietnam: A Television
History", and fact sheet, biographies, chronology, essays, etc.
- American
Immigration--This started as a school project for a 10th grade American
History Class. The project was meant to give information as to how immigrants
not only were treated, but also why they decided to come to America.
- American Indian
History and Related Issues-- Paticularly strong on the 1969 occupation
of Alcatraz Island.
- American Memory--Historical
collections digitized by the Library of Congress.
- American Studies
Web--Broad, interdisciplinary site. Historical information is
strongest for the post-WWII era.
- American
Women's History: A Research Guide--Provides citations to print and
Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source
collections.
- Anglo-Saxon
Culture--Includes manuscripts, teaching resources, journals, organizations,
and other links.
- Archiving
Early America-- Collection of primary documents from the Colonial
Period to the Jefferson Presidency.
- Asian Studies
WWW Virtual Library--Selective meta site with links to scholarly documents,
resources, and information concerned with Asian studies.
- Avalon Project--
Digital documents in law, history, diplomacy, government, & more.
- Bibliography of Primary Colonial and Revolutionary
War Documents at Otterbein
- Black
Studies-- Links to pages concerning African-American history and culture.
- Bracton: De
Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliae--Bracton on the Laws and Customs
of England (attributed to Henry of Bratton, c. 1210-1268)
- Civil
War Bibliography-- Material available at Otterbein, as well as information
on other regional holdings and useful web links.
- Civil War Resources--This
site includes collections held by the VMI Archives, and presents many
manuscripts and featured topics in full text format.
- CWIHP: Cold War International
History Project--This project supports the release of historical materials
by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to disseminate
new information and perspectives on Cold War history.
- Dead
Sea Scrolls Exhibit--This exhibition provides a selection of the scrolls,
describes their historical context and the Qumran community from whence
they may have originated; and relates the story of their discovery 2,000
years later.
- Early
Church Documents--A meta guide relating to the early church, including
canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and
other historical texts relevant to church history.
- Edwin
Moise Bibliography of the Vietnam War--Large annotated bibliography
with minimalistic web design. Mostly covers books, microfilmed document
collections, and government documents.
- Egyptology Resources--
Guide to other sources and provides general information about Egyptology.
- EuroDocs--Primary
Historical Documents from Western Europe.
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures--Includes
essays on hundreds of topics of varying length as well as a large section
of primary texts and translations.
- Historical Maps
of the United States--Collection from the University of Texas at Austin
- Historical
Text Archive--General history metasite with an emphasis on primary
documents
- History as
a Career--Meta site of job hunting links with a focus on History.
- History Discussion Groups
- History Matters --Designed
for teachers of US survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to web
resources with a primary emphasis on social history.
- History
Network--Meta site from library at Rhodes College with links to various
areas and eras of history, as well as links to other resources.
- History of the Federal
Judiciary
- Holocaust--Cybrary that includes
art, literature, discussion groups, and links to other major sites.
- Iroquois Constitution
- Irish History on the Web--Comprehensive
and nonpartisan resource for Irish history.
- Making of America--A
digital library of primary sources in US social history (1850-77) with
precedence given to uncommon titles and "brittle books".
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Papers Project at Stanford University
- Mayflower Web Page-- Substantial
site including passenger lists, primary documents, and essays concerning
this period.
- Medieval Sourcebook--Contains
full text, excerpted texts, links and other materials.
- Middle East North
Africa Internet Resource Guide--Electronic bibliography which covers
from Mauritania to Pakistan and all the countries in between.
- National Archives &
Records Administration--Historical documents, photos, pictures, and
links to presidential libraries
- NativeWeb--Information on indigenous
peoples around the world.
- NetSERF: The Connection to Medieval
Resources
- New Deal Network-- an educational
web site sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
- Nuremberg
Trials--Nazi war crime trials site includes transcripts and background
information.
- Ohio Memory-- Discover primary
sources from archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums that
document Ohio's past from prehistory through 1903.
- Otterbein
Civil War Soldiers' Biographies Website - from Sarah Fatherly's class
- Presidents of the United States--Biographies,
documents, cabinet members lists, etc. for each President provided by
the Internet Public Library
- Repositories
of Primary Sources--A world wide directory of archives and manuscript
repositories with links to more than 1,700 websites. The site is organized
by region and country
- Research
Resources on American Periodicals-- Most useful for its listing of
18th, 19th, and 20th century magazines and newspapers on the web.
- Russian Archive--"link
to ALL archival collections found in Russia's archives, libraries and
museums, including those recently declassified and open to all scholars."
- Sixties Project--
Includes literature, personal narratives and other information for the
study of the Sixties.
- U.S.
Historical Census Data Browser--The data presented here describe the
people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to
1970.
- Women
in America, 1820-1842--A collection of 18 travelogs to complement
Tocqueville's and Beaumont's observations on the life of American women.
- WPA Posters--"907
graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal."
- WWW-VL History: Central
Catalogue--An index to all of the history virtual libraries.
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