FEDERAL RESOURCES

American Memory   (Library of Congress)   Access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience arranged by topic, time period, format type, or geographic region

American State Papers, 1789-1838   Contains the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838 ;  KF 11.A48 1998 (REF)  (Print version)

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present   Search by name or state ; Y 1.1/3:100-34   [1771-1989]  (Print version)

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation : U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875   (LC - American Memory)    A collection of primary historical documents

Congressional Serial Set Catalog (CGP)   Contains records for House & Senate reports and documents, Senate Executive reports and documents, and Senate Treaty documents, from the 95th Congress (1977/78) to the present

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy  (GPO)  Access to the basic federal dovernment documents that define our democratic society

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1764-1789   (LC - American Memory)   A collection of primary historical documents.

Foreign Relations of the United States   (State Dept.)  Presents documents on United States foreign policy ; not all volumes are currently available online ; S 1.1:  (Print version)

History & Culture  (NPS)   Explore America's cultural resources for buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts, people, trends, and events

Naval Historical Center   Official military website for U.S. naval history which includes online texts of administrative histories and primary research reports

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion  (Navy Dept.)   This multi-volume set was published by the Government Printing Office, 1894-1927 ; Cornell's site offers a searchable database ;  N 16.6: (Print version)

OurDocuments.gov (NARA)   Features 100 milestone documents of American history from the National Archives

Outline of U.S. History  (State Dept.)   A chronological look at how the United States took shape

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States  (GPO)   A search engine going back to 1991

U.S. Army Center of Military History   The official history of the Army in both times of peace and war, includes paintings, photographs, and full-text publications

The War of the Rebellion : a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies  (War Dept.)   This 128 volume set was published by the Government Printing Office, 1880-1901 ;  Cornell's site offers a searchable database ; W 45.5:  (Print version)

ALABAMA RESOURCES

Alabama Department of Archives and History   Official website

Alabama Historical Association   Official website

Alabama Historical Commission   Official website

Alabama History On-Line   The official and statistical register of Alabama and history information

Alabama History Timeline : From Prehistory to Modern Day   Click on the different time periods to learn what was happening in Alabama during that time

Alabama Legislative History   Offers a wealth of information regarding the various legislative bodies which have represented Alabama, beginning with the territorial era

The Alabama Legislature's Reference Links -- American History   Links are arranged as chronological and topical eras in American history

Alabama Maps Links to online maps available at the University of Alabama.

Alabama Moments in American History   A collection of resources for teaching Alabama history and geography, civic responsibility, and the study of world and U.S. history

Mobile History Hunt   A fun sheet (PDF) celebrating the Tricentennial of Mobile, AL.  Answers are located on the "Mobile : Alabama's Tricentennial City" webpages

NON-GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

1895 U.S. Atlas   Features reasonably high-resolution scans of maps of U.S. states, counties, and territories from that year

HeinOnline   A search engine to American legal history.  For USA ONLY!

Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights  (USCCR & U of MD Law School)   Access to the Commission's publications held in the Thurgood Marshall Law Library collection, in full-text, PDF format

HistoryNet.Com   Categorized history articles, features, thumbnail picture gallery, discussion board, and special events & exhibits

HyperHistory Online   Links to over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world history

The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (U of MI)   It includes volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton

U.S. Congressional Serial Set Inventory (U of North TX)   A complete inventory of serial set holdings in U.S. libraries, from volume 1 through volume 13219-3

The Valley of the Shadow : two communities in the American Civil War  (VA Center for Digital History)   A digital archive of primary source documents from two communities (1 Southern & 1 Northern) before, during, and after the war

CLASS BIBLIOGRAPHIES

European Policy : the Cold War (USA)   Course bibliography ; Print copies are available in the library