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History Links

REFERENCE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY - NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE from salem press

 

Great Events from History

  • 17th Century - 1601-1700

  • 18th Century - 1701-1800

  • 19th Century - 1801-1900

  • 20th Century - 1901-1940

Great Lives from History

  • 17th Century - 1601-1700

  • 18th Century - 1701-1800

  • 19th Century - 1801-1900

  • Notorious Lives - from ancient times to the present, over 600 biographies

Directories

Internet Public Library: United States History - Lots of links for “United States History” are listed, but several subcategories are listed so that you can break down the results (ex. Native American History, Historical Documents, U.S. History by Era, etc.)  http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85/

Rough Rider Links to the Past - Lists broad categories of U.S. history.  There is a page for each category that lists individual websites for that category. http://users.cvip.net/~jsh33/

Kathy Schrock’s American History Sites - List of sites and other directories related to American history. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html

Yahoo Directory: 20th Century U. S. History -  Lists each decade plus other categories including Red Scare, Civil Rights, Military History, etc.  Links to websites are located on each of those pages. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/

Yahoo Directory:  19th Century U. S. History - Lists each decade plus other categories including Imperialism, Reconstruction, Orphan Trains, etc.  Links to websites are located on each of those pages. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/19th_Century/

Multnomah County Library American History - Tons of resources are categorized by different time periods. http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#ahistmeg 

PRIMARY SOURCES

Historical Newspaper Articles - browse list of particular topics or events in history from a drop down list, view the original newspaper article

Landmark Documents in History - such as Magna Carta, Christopher Columbus' journal, Mayflower Compact,

 
GENERAL UNITED STATES WORLD HISTORY
Discoverers U.S. Government General
Famous Trials Supreme Court Decades.com (world history by the decade)
  legal glossary United Nations
  The White House Atlapedia (facts and maps on countries of the world)
Mississippi U.S. Senate Ancient Cultures
Did you Know? U.S. House of Rep World Factbook (select country and get intro, geography, people, gov't, economy, etc. on that country)
Famous Mississippians Federal Agencies  
More Famous Mississippians U.S. History - General

See online reference books listed at the top of the page

 AFRICA:  Africa.com, Africa Guide, Geographia, Pictures, Maps & Statistics, Food in Africa/Recipes, Africa News, World Factbook, Quick Facts, African newspapers,
101 Mississippi Facts U.S. History Links Page  
Mississippi Trivia Presidents Medieval - Medieval World,
Mississippi Library Commission Miss. Trivia

Fact Monster: U. S. Presidents http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0777337.html

  
Trivia from American Profile U.S. Historical Documents (documents named and grouped into chronological categories) Holocaust- Survivor biographies;  Timeline;   Online video clips;   list of Web sites;
Mississippi Writers and Musicians U.S. Constitution online  
Indian Mounds in Miss.

Yahoo Directory: U.S. History Timelines

  
Genealogy Trails

Fact Monster U. S. History Timeline

 
Clarke County, MS The History Place  
County facts (choose the county from a drop down list)    
Mississippi State Legislature U.S. HISTORY - CIVIL WAR  
Miss Elected Officials American Civil War  
Miss. Federal Representatives Links to Civil War sites  
Mississippi History Now Civil War Photographs  
Mississippi official site Civil War  Resources  
Miss. County Quick Facts More Civil War Resources  
  Rutgers University list of Civil War links  
     

created by M. Kemp 9/07 last updated 3/1/10