13 Original Colonies - The Time Page

Center for American History

Center for Desert Archaeology

Center for Digital Government

Chronology of US Historical Documents

CIA Factbook - Great site contains much of the same info as the World Almanac.

 

       Executive Branch - White House, The American President, 

 

       Legislative Branch - Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, Congress Votes Database,

 

       Judicial Branch - National Center for State Courts, Supreme Court of the United States,

         Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States, Federal Judiciary Homepage, 

         United States Supreme Court Monitor, WWW Virtual Library - Law,

       Montana Law Links, Montana State Law Library, 

                  Legal Information Insitute - Cornell University Law School - U.S. Code, Supreme Court Opinions.

 

       Native American Law Sites - University of Okalahoma College of Law - Native American Legal Resources,

       Cornell Legal Information Institute - Indian Law: an Overview, Native American Rights Fund, 

 

         Constitution - Bill of Rights

 

       Citizenship - Civic Ideals

 

       Federal Government Resources - US Government Online, Great Government Sites

 

Confinement and Ethnicity- An overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites.

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy

Countries of the World - Another almanac site.

Country Reports - Includes links to site with maps, weather, flags, national anthems, and more. 

Currency Exchange - Find out what other countries money is worth compared to America's dollar bill.

 

David Ramsey Historical Map Collection 

D-Day Battlefield Maps

   The Digital Char-Koosta News Project is a collaborative effort of the D’Arcy McNickle Library at Salish Kootenai College.

 

   Disasters that touched our ancestors - GenDisasters

Deconstructing the Myths of “The First Thanksgiving” by Judy Dow (Abenaki) and Beverly Slapin. 

          Recommended Books, Books to Avoid, and Primary Sources from a Colonialist Perspective

 

Digital Atlas of Montana

Digital History Reader - United State and European History.

Drumlummon Institute - The online journal of Montana arts & culture, Helena, MT.

 

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian - digital collection.

Election Guide

Ellis Island

Encyclopedia of Chicago

 

Experiencing War (Voices of War): Stories from the Veterans History Project - is the companion website for a book from the Veterans History Project.  Video interviews, photos, & letters relate war through the eyes of 60 veterans & civilians.  Stories are organized by book sections -- answering the call, a day in the life, combat, coming home -- & by themes:  courage, life-altering moments, hurry up & wait, D-Day, POWs. (LOC)

 

Exploration & Explorers - looks at Europe's view of North America before & after Columbus, Martin Waldseemuller's 1507 map of the world, Diego Gutierrez's 1562 map of America, Spanish & Portuguese encounters in America, the Dutch in America, exploration & settlement of America from British & American points of view, Lewis & Clark, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, & early images of the U.S. (LOC)

 

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

 

Farming Life during the Great Depression - Wessels Living History Farm Organization.

Films from the National Archives - 103 films digitized by Google.

First World War Battlefield Maps

 

The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, & Substance - showcases Japanese "Ukiyo-e" -- pictures of the floating, of sorrowful, world.  More than 100 prints, drawings, & books are presented, mostly from 1600-1900.  Ukiyo-e was born in Edo (now Tokyo) when merchants, relegated to low social status by shogun rulers, turned to art & culture as arenas where they could participate with elites (warriors, farmers, & artisans). This is the first public viewing of this collection. (LOC)

 

From Slavery to Freedom, 1824-1909- presents nearly 400 pamphlets written by African-Americans & others about slavery, emancipation, African colonization, Reconstruction, & related topics. Materials range from personal accounts & public orations to reports & legislative speeches.  Authors include Frederick Douglass, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington, & others. (LOC)

 

Government Documents Library

     Government Information Online

 

Government Printing Office

      Government Printing Office Online Resources: A-Z Resource List 

 

The Great Depression - Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Society.

The Great Depression - Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

 

Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project

 

Historic American Newspapers- "The Library of Congress offers a database of digitized American newspapers in an ongoing project as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. As of March 2007, selected newspapers from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah and Virginia for the years 1900-1910 have been digitized. Chronicling America also features a directory of American newspaper titles from 1690 to the present. Search by state, county, city, publication date, frequency, language, ethnic presses, and newspapers published by labor groups."

 

History Channel Speeches

History Now - The American West

 

Indian Nations of Montana

The Indian Sentinel, 1902-1962 

Infonation- Compare data between nations.

 

InfoTrac Database

        Criminal Justice Collection       LegalTrac

 

JARDA - Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives

 

KidsClick

Kids' History Websites

 

Law Library of Congress - Research page for primary documents.

Lewis and Clark Journals Online - University Press. 

On the Lewis and Clark Trail - in Montana.

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, INC

 

Library of Congress Country Studies - Check this site out as it is a great resource.

Library of Congress Georgraphy and Map Reading Room - Reference Web Resources

Library of Congress: National Woman's Party Photographs - Primary Sources by State

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Collection

 

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library is proud to announce the availability of Lesson's History of Montana 1739-1885

 

Maps of Earth - TerraServer

Maps of Mining Claims - U.S. Department of the Interior, BLM.

Mapquest- World Atlas - maps to print or email.

Medieval Scotland

 

Mexican American Voices - Digital History

    Montana GIS Portal

Montana History Wiki

Montana Kids

Montana Law Links

Montana Memory Project

Montana Newspaper Archives- includes large National Newspaper Archives.

Montana Tribes

Multicultural West -  What is the Multicultural West - Washington State University.

 

   National Archives of Presidential Libraries

National Museum of American History

National Women's History Museum 

 

Native American and Tribal Cultural Resources

Native American Nations

Northwest History Database - Wallis and Marilyn Kimble.

 

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection- National Historic Sites, Memorials, Military Parks and Battlefield Maps - University of Texas at Austin

 

Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection- features 185 manuscripts & a 40-foot funerary scroll of the Naxi people of Yunnan Province, China.  This is the largest collection of Naxi writings outside of China & is considered among the finest in the world. The Naxi use a unique pictographic writing system.  It is the only living pictographic language in the world today. (LOC)

 

Office of the Federal Register- (OFR) - provides access to the official text of: Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, and Administrative Regulations and Notice.

Office of Immigration Statistics

Online Map Lists

Our Documents - Government Documents for the public

 

Pearl Harbor Raid - is a detailed account of the December 7, 1941, attack.  More than 100 photos & descriptions look at the 7 U.S. battleships moored along Battleship Row that morning, attacks off Ford Island, attacks in the Navy yard area, attacks on airfields, Japanese aircraft & midget submarines  used in the attacks, aerial combat, & more. (NAVY)

 

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection- University of Texas at Austin.

Political Issues and Debates

 

Presidents: The Secret History - exposes quirky facts about our first 42 presidents.  What would kids do if they were president?  What qualities do kids think make a good president? (IMLS

 

Recovery.GOV

Repositories of Primary Resources - A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness. Those added or revised within the last thirty days or so are marked {New}.

 

Republic of Lakota

 

Salish Kootenai College D'Arcy McNickle Library Digital Photo Collection

Shmoop- currently contains literature, history and poetry -  with other subjects to come.

Sitting Bull Family Foundation

Slaves of Thomas Jefferson - Searchable Database.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

The Surrounded a Literary Map - Missoula Public Library

Surviving the Dust Bowl - PBS American Experience.

 

Thomas - In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress.

Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets - U.S. Department Travel Warnings.

 

United Nations - An authoritative source.

UN Statistics Division

 

USA.gov

U.S. Patriot Act Information - Patriot Act, 2001

 

Veterans History Project Collections

 

We Shall Remain

What in the World Is That? - examines 16 inventions:  the submarine, battery radio, cotton gin, reaper, electron microscope, telephone, gramophone, telecommunication cable, snow gauge, ornithopter, airphibian, & others. (LOC)

 

Wikipedia Selection for Schools

World Digital Library - Library of Congress, primary documents.

World War I Document Archive

World History - Kid Info

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Educational Research Resources

Geography Resources

Kaleidoscope - Southeast Montana's Language Arts-English-Library Teachers Resources

Generic Lesson Plans

Math Resources

MCC Instructors

Reading Resources

Science Resources

Teacher Resources

Writing Resources