american studies
This page offers few of the numerous resources available online on American
Studies. Additional resources and information is also available through
our databases and print collection.
Databases
American Rhetoric
A database of 5000 text, audio, and video (streaming) public speeches, and more.
National Archaeological Database
Government Institutions
Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation
Its purpose
to promote the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our Nation's
historic resources, and
advise the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy.
Directory of Cultural Resource Professionals in
Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Governments
The
Foreign Relations of the
United States series presents the official documentary historical record
of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The
series, which is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian,
began in 1861 and now comprises more than 350 individual volumes. The volumes
published over the last two decades increasingly contain declassified records
from all the foreign affairs agencies. A staff of more than 30 historians and
editors at the Office of the Historian in the Department of State compile and
prepare the volumes for publication.
Historians on America
This series of
11 essays by major historians explores
specific moments, decisions, and
intellectual or legislative or legal
developments that altered the course of U.S.
history, ranging from the trial of John
Peter Zenger in 1735 to the Immigration Act
of 1965. Academic Institutions
Avalon Project at
the Yale Law School giving access to a vast array of documents in law, history
and diplomacy from the 18th to the 21st centuries e.g. the Monroe Doctrine,
Balfour Declaration, UN Charter and so on. It has them sorted by year, by major
collection (e.g. U.S. multilateral treaties from 1864-1999), bibliography and a
search facility. Excellent site which also includes a human rights archive.
The
Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
presents the papers of the nineteenth-century African-American abolitionist who escaped
from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming an outspoken
antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher.
The
Getty Research Institute is an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust that serves education in the broadest sense by increasing knowledge and understanding about art and art history through advanced research. The Research Institute provides intellectual leadership through its research, exhibition, and publications programs and provides service to a wide range of scholars worldwide through residencies, fellowships, online resources, and a Research Library. The Research Library is one of the largest art and architecture libraries in the world, containing 800,000 volumes, including general collections of books, periodicals, and auction catalogues encompassing the history of Western art and related fields in the humanities
The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress presents the papers of the nineteenth-century African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then risked his own freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher.
The
National Parks of the United States
represent an extraordinary variety of pristine natural environments at the scale of a continent. This image collection is the result of a project to photograph in depth each of the National Parks with the high level of detail made possible by a large format 5x7 camera. In the summer of 2002, I achieved the goal of visiting each of the 58 US National Parks. This gallery currently features more than 3500 pictures, making it an unique site on the web, but this is still on-going work: watch for new images, interpretative text, and photographic
tips.
Between a Rock
and a Hard Place- A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present
The Blackout History Project
The Center for Arts and Culture
The Center for Arts
and Culture aims to inform and improve policy decisions that affect cultural
life. The guiding principles of that mission include freedom of imagination,
inquiry and expression, as well as freedom of opportunity for all to participate
in a vital and diverse culture.
Founded in 1994 in Washington, DC, the Center is a nonprofit, non-partisan
organization, supported by foundations and individuals, governed by a board of
directors, and advised by a Research Advisory Council.
Library of
Southern Literature
The "Library of Southern Literature" documents the riches and diversity of
Southern experience as presented in one hundred of its most important literary
works. The late Professor Bain of the English Department at University of North Carolina-CH asked his
colleagues in Southern studies to help him identify the one hundred most
important Southern literary texts. The list he compiled forms the basis of this
project.
Women and Social Movements in the US
1775 - 1940
The
Professionalization of Social Work
Watergate and Economic Crisis:
Watergate
Washington Post Watergate
The
Blackout History Project
State Historic Preservation Offices
Today in History
Art and Architecture
General Culture
African American History and
Culture
Asian American History and
Culture
Hispanic and Latino History and
Culture
Native American History and
Culture
Southern American Culture
General U.S. History
Family History and Genealogy
Historic Places and
Preservation
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