African American Web Connection: This extensive selection of African American links has been compiled by webliographer, Willian Jones, founder of African American Web Connection. He has selected sites that provide resources which will educate and benefit those who want to learn more about the history of African Americans.

Afro-American History: "A gateway to African American History and other related resources."

American Colonist's Library: "Primary source documents pertaining to early American history. This is a massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America." The literature links go to historical works having the most significant influence upon the American Colonists.

American Folklife Center: This web site provides Ethnographic Resources related to Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and the Humanities. Unless otherwise noted, the sites listed in this directory are provided by organizations other than the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links.

American Memory: Library of Congress gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 5 million items from more than 90 historical collections.

American West - Native Americans: History of Native Americans with categories including General Native American Resources, Education, Leaders of the Past, Images, Organizations And Government Sources, and Ghosts from the Past.

Avalon Project: A major collection of full-text digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Online documents are available from late B.C. to the 21st century. This digital project is sponsored by Yale University.

Documenting the American South: "A collection of [original] sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th centuy. Organized into the following projects: First-person narratives of the American South, Library of Southern Literature, North American Slave Narratives, Southern Homefront, 1861-1865, and the Church in the Southern Black Community."

Encyclopedia of American Studies: "The American Studies Web is the largest directory of web-based resources in the field of American Studies. The current version features a tagging system, as well as rating and commenting."

Fifty States and Capitals: "State information resource links to state home pages, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representatives, songs, birds, flowers, and trees."

Historical and Genealogical Societies: Link directory to information on historical and genealogical societies listed by state.

Historical Text Archives: Includes historical resources in subjects such as: Africa, African American, Asia, Europe, Genealogy, HTA, Latin America, Persian Gulf War, Religion, Rock'n Roll, United States, World War I and World War II. Also has links to related links on the web.

History Channel: Features "historical information ranging from Great Speeches (in audio) to facts about This Day in History."

HyperHistory: "Provides several hundred links to the World Wide Web. Presents 3,000 years of World History with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps."

HyperTexts: This site provides electronic texts, maps and projects for the study of American Culture. Sponsored by the American Studies Department at the University of Virginia.

Jensen's Web Guides: Professor of history emeritus, University of Illinois, Richard Jensen's guides to history sites.

Internet History Source books Project: "Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use."

Making of America: "A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology."

Paper of Record: Access to major historical newspaper coverage in full text from the 1800's to the 1900's. This is a searchable newspaper image database of documents presented in their original published from selected worldwide newspapers. (Free registration is required)

Presidents of the United States: Includes historical records and information on every President from George Washington to George W. Bush.

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Library at Duke Universtiy: "This website contains information about the library's collections, as well as digitized versions of many items that you can use on-line."

Repositories of Primary Sources: This is a listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.

United States History Directory: The history directory of Yahoo search engine.

University of Chicago Library - History: History sections including American Environmental Photographs, 1897-1931 Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World CUIP Digital Library Project (eCUIP) The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 Digital Library Activities List.

US Historical Documents: Includes famous articles by figures in history starting with the Magna Carta from 1215, Letter from Christopher Columbus to the King & Queen of Spain, The First Thanksgiving Proclamation, The Resolutions of the Stamp Act, and the Inaugural Addresses of every American President, including George W. Bush.

U.S. State Historical Societies & State Archives Directory: A good index for genealogists and historians.

Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation: The Library of Congress has provided online acccess to U.S. Congressional documents and debates, including: Journals of the continental congress, letters of delegates to congress, Elliot's debates, Farrand's records, bills and resolutions, statutes at large, american state papers, U.S. serial set.

Ellis Island Records: "Between 1892 and 1924 over 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York. Now you can research passenger records from ships that brought the Immigrants -- even see the original manifests with Passengers' names."

Flag Timeline: USHistory.org and The Betsy Ross Homepage have provided this site which gives a detailed timeline of the creation of and changes to the American Flag from 1776 to the present.

Founder's Constitution: "In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner draw on the writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable. The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day."

James Madison Papers: "The James Madison Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress consist of approximately 12,000 items captured in some 72,000 digital images. They document the life of the man who came to be known as the "Father of the Constitution" through correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation, an autobiography, legal and financial documents, and miscellaneous manuscripts."

Library Research Using Primary Sources: Use this site prepared by the UC Berkeley Library staff to learn what Primary Sources are and where to locate them whether they are located in a library or on the Web.

National Constitution Center: This site sponsored by The National Constitution Center in historic Philadelphia provides an interactive United States Constitution and Constitutional Timeline.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories: This site "includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information, so providing a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950."

Our Documents: "100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century: This site includes digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education.

Primary Sources on the Web: "Students and researchers now have greater access to primary source materials for historical research than ever before. The traditional use of sources available in print and microfilm continues to be the foundation for research, but in some cases documents, letters, maps, photographs of ancient artifacts and other primary material are available online in different formats from free websites or subscription services on the Internet. This guide is written by the Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association."

Salem Witch Trials: The University of Virginia Documentary Archive and Transcription Project which includes 17th Century Documents, Historical Maps, full-text transcriptions of original sources, literary works and images.

Vietnam Center and Archive: "The mission of the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience; promoting a greater understanding of this experience and the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia. Its functions are threefold: collection and preservation of pertinent source material; education through exhibits, classroom instruction, educational programs, and publications; and encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, publishing of noteworthy research, symposia, and financial support."

Voices of Civil Rights: "AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress have teamed up to collect and preserve personal accounts of America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all."

War Relocation Authority: Sponsored by the Harry Truman Library and Museum, this site provides original papers, manuscripts, photographs and oral histories pertaining to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WWII.

World War I Document Archive: "This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List. International in focus, the archive intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War."

World War II Document Archive: "This archive of primary documents from World War II has been assembled by The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.