Research Primary Sources
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Site Description |
| IPUMS USA | USA- A coherent national census database spanning 1850 to 2004//International---collect & distribute census data from around the world// for proper & complete citation see Research |
| Geostat Center: Historical Census Browser | CAN DO: examine stae & county topics for individual census years// examine state & county topics over time//generate maps of selected data// CANNOT DO: find information about individuals// download data// see _download the original data from ICPSR_ |
| How Much Is That? | CAN DO: ask questions of comparative value covering purchasing power, exchange rates & more// for the U.S. & the U.K. |
| A Century of Law Making | U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873 |
| Congressional History: Office of the Clerk | Roll Call votes//Congress overview//Historical tables: Congressional profiles, Leadership & Officers 1789 to present, Historic Legislation & events |
| US Senate: Senate Historical Office | good links-committees et. al//AVAILABLE: art & history news, origins & development, historical minutes by Richard A. Baker// Oral history project, Historical photographs, This week in Senate history, The US Senate-An Historical Bibliography, About the US Senate Archives, Publications of the Senate Historical Office |
| Congressional Biography Directory | Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-present |
| The American Presidency Project | by John Woolley & Gertrard Peters--UC Santa Barbara: The Public Papers, The Great Addressesof the Modern Presidents, Election Resources |
| Making of America: Univ. of Michigan | Making of America (MoA)- a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction: 9500 books & 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints// University of Michigan |
| Making of America: Cornell Univ. | Making of America (MoA) Cornell University's contribution to MoA as before in Univ of Michigan |
| Images of American Political History | TP: Images of American Political History// a collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History |
| NARA: Federal Register: US Electoral College | Election Central--voting resources// Historical election results// each states electors and how they vote//2004 Presidential election |
| Hundred Milestone Documents | 100 milestone documents: they reflect-diversity & unity past & future+ commitment as a nation to strive for a more perfect union: egs. DeLome Letter, Dawes Act, 14 points |
| Project Gutenburg | 18,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalogue // site map//VERY COOL |
| Rick Prelinger & the Internet Archive | Internet Active: Prelinger Archives//48,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, amateur) films// in 2002 the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division// Prelinger Archives remain in existence including ca. 4,000 titles |
| British Pathe Limited: 1st Digital News Archive | The world's first digital news archive: News, sports, social history& entertainment from 1896 to 1970 |
| The Correlates of War | COW--the original & continuing goal has been the sytematic accumulation of scientific knowledge about war. |
| UNC: Documenting the South | (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes nine thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs |
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