African American

1. Africana Heritage Project - "Rediscovering the Names and Lives of Slaves, Freedpersons, and Their Descendants"
2. African-American Cemeteries Online
3. African-American History (from Gale)
4. African-American Women's History
5. Black History - Biographies (from Gale)
6. Black History (from History.com, includes milestones, features, maps, icons, and facts)
7. Black History Hotlist (history, issues, leaders, slavery, civil rights, poetry)
8. Black History Month (history, timelines, statistics, issues, quizzes, etc)
9. Black History Month: February 2008 (Facts for Features from the U.S. Census Bureau)
10. Black Oral History Collection (interviews with African American pioneers and their descendants)
11. Black Studies (abolition, literature, primary sources, civil rights movement, statistics, etc.)
12. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (legacy, chronology, biography, and more, from The King Center)
13. Freedmen's Bureau Online (records on murders and outrages, marriages, labor; Preservation Act of 2000)
14. Heart and Soul - A Celebration of African-American Music
15. Juneteenth
16. Library of Congress African American Mosaic
17. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 19)
18. Martin Luther King, Jr. Newspaper Archive
19. Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute (includes the King Papers Project, curriculum, resources, an online encyclopedia and more)
20. Our Shared History: African American Heritage (National Park Service)
21. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (provides information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages)

Art / Architecture

1. Architectural History (from Wikipedia; incl. links to many eras and styles)
2. Architecture History (from Yahoo)
3. Architecture Timeline - Explore Architecture Through the Ages
4. Art History (artists, periods/movements, museums, stolen/looted art, etc.)
5. Art History Resources on the Web (prehistoric through modern)
6. History of Art (includes many links to Prehistoric, Ancient, Western, Eastern, Islamic, Contemporary)
7. Smithsonian History of Art and Design
8. Timeline of Art History (from the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Biographies

1. Black History - Biographies (from Gale)

Colorado

1. Colorado 1876 State Constitution (Colorado State Archives)
2. Colorado Education (information about Colorado such as emblems, symbols, history, biography, etc., library resources, as well as information for parents, educators and students)
3. Colorado Historical Society (includes links to information about preservation of historic properties, guidelines and regulations, statewide plans, guides to historical architects and builders of Colorado as well as architectural styles and forms, etc.)
4. Colorado History (Indians, miners, cities, virtual field trips, ranchers, trappers, etc.)
5. Colorado History Chronology (Colorado State Archives)
6. Colorado State Archives (history, geography, tourism, family history)
7. Colorado State Facts and History (government, demographics, history, museums, FAQs, etc.)
8. Colorado Virtual Library for Kids - Colorado history, geography, government, museums, etc. (ACLIN)
9. Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection (view digitized newspapers 1859-1923 or search for articles, pictures, ads)
10. Denver Public Library Photography Collection (history of Colorado and the American West)
11. Japanese Internment Camp Links and Granada Relocation Center (Colorado State Archives)
12. Old Colorado City Historical Society
13. Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections (Regional History and Genealogy)
14. Pioneers Museum (Colorado Springs)

Costume / Fashion

1. Costume History (prehistoric-2000s by period, e.g., ancient Greek, Italian Renaissance, 1920s, etc.)
2. Costume Page (museums, organizations, history, ethnic, theatrical, Halloween, accessories, supplies)
3. Costumer's Manifesto (accessories, supplies, patterns, underwear, ethnic, military, religious, history by period)
4. Costumes and Clothing (history of clothing and historic ethnic and regional dress from around the world)

Documents / Archives / Photos

1. Archiving Early America (primary source material from 18th Century America: documents, maps, music, firsts)
2. Avalon Project (Law, History, and Diplomacy documents, 1st Century B.C. - 21st Century)
3. Colorado State Archives (history, geography, tourism, family history)
4. Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection (view digitized newspapers 1859-1923 or search for articles, pictures, ads)
5. Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (cornerstone, presidential, judicial, congressional)
6. Declaration of Independence (Library of Congress exhibition: chronology, history, images of key documents)
7. Declaration of Independence (the writing, publicizing, and printing of the Declaration)
8. Denver Public Library Photography Collection (history of Colorado and the American West)
9. Digital History - Online Textbook (interactive timelines, primary sources, multimedia exhibits, obituaries, newspaper articles and more)
10. HEARTH: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History 1850-1950
11. In The First Person - letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives
12. League of Nations Photo Archive
13. Library of Congress American Memory (primary sources - history, photos, docs. Browse by topic, timeline, location)
14. Library of Congress American Memory (digital historical collections - U.S history and culture)
15. Library of Congress' Photostream (historical photograph collections available on Flickr)
16. LIFE photo archive (from the 1750s to today)
17. National Archives and Records Administration - Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
18. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
19. Our Documents (100 milestone documents in U.S. history from 1776-1965)
20. Panoramic Photographs - cityscapes, landscapes, portraits from the Library of Congress
21. Perseus Project (primary and secondary sources: classics, literature, history)
22. Photographs: America from the Great Depression to World War II (over 160,000 photos)
23. Picture Collection Online (U.S. History, Costumes, Indians, Slavery, NY City)
24. Remembering Pearl Harbor (history, photos, films, archives, ships, planes, etc.)
25. Smithsonian Institution Libraries
26. U.S. Constitution
27. World Digital Library (primary source materials from countries and cultures around the world - available in multilingual format)

Engineering / Inventions

1. Famous Inventions A - Z
2. Great Idea Finder (inventors and inventions)
3. Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century (history and timelines)
4. Invention Facts and Myths (includes timeline, inventor biography, trivia quiz)
5. The History of Invention (who made what when and how inventions have changed the world)

Food

1. Food History (many links to various food history topics)
2. Food Timeline (history of foods 17,000 B.C. - 1990s, with recipes)
3. HEARTH: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History 1850-1950
4. History and Legends of Favorite Foods
5. Not By Bread Alone - America's Culinary Heritage

Hispanic American

1. All About Mexico - Cinco de Mayo
2. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (Hispanic history, famous Latinos, pinata game)
3. Celebrating Hispanic Heritage (activities , biographies, music, timeline, links)
4. Cinco de mayo de 1862 - La Batalla de Puebla (dual-language: English and Spanish)
5. Latino History and Culture (from the Smithsonian)
6. Legislative History of Hispanic Heritage Month

Holidays / Observances

1. American Indian Heritage Month (history, tribes, words, statistics, reservations, etc.)
2. Children's Health Month
3. Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos - from Answers.com)
4. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead - history, postcards, food, crafts, photos, altar)
5. Earth Calendar - holidays and celebrations around the world by date, country, religion
6. Fourth of July (facts and statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)
7. Hanukkah (from Answers.com)
8. Hispanic Heritage Month (statistics, biographies, language, holidays, terminology)
9. Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids (biographies, statistics, countries, quizzes, crossword)
10. History of Valentine's Day
11. Holidays on the Net
12. How Valentine's Day Works
13. Kwanzaa (from Answers.com)
14. Memorial Day - History of the Holiday
15. Mother's Day
16. National Book Month
17. National Library Week
18. National Military Appreciation Month (May)
19. Origins and Traditions of May Day
20. Passover (from Answers.com)
21. Ramadan (from Answers.com)
22. Rosh Hashanah (from Answers.com)
23. St. Patrick's Day - politics, culture, crossword puzzles, quizzes, and more
24. Thanksgiving History
25. Veterans Day (history, fact sheet, etc., from Department of Veterans Affairs)
26. Why Are Leap Years Used?
27. Yom Kippur (from Infoplease)

Legal

1. Law History (many links to various law history topics)
2. Supreme Court Justices (search chronologically or by name)

Meta-Sites

1. Best of History Web Sites (for educators, students, and enthusiasts; rated sites on topics and periods)
2. History Place (American and World History)

Military

1. American Prisoners of War (numbers and status of POWs and MIAs listed by war)
2. America's Wars (from VA: deaths, casualties, living veterans, total servicemembers)
3. America's Wars and Casualties (numbers of participants, deaths)
4. Stars and Stripes - The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
5. Veterans History Project (audio- and video-taped oral histories, letters, diaries, photos, home movies)
6. World War II Timeline (interactive timeline from PBS; also incl. Home Front, Social Aspects, Psychology, Battlefield)

Modern

1. History in the News - The Middle East (history, culture, society, religion, economics, politics, maps)
2. Internet Modern History Sourcebook
3. Plane Crash Info.com (pictures, famous deaths, by aircraft type, airline, specs, 100 worst)
4. September 11 Digital Archive (websites, video, digital art, audio, stories, etc.)
5. September 11 Information (Attack on America - news, govt. info., maps, background, etc.)
6. September 12 Newspaper Front Pages (national and international - Attack on America)
7. Space Shuttle Columbia (CNN Special Report)
8. Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Coverage
9. Timeline: Iraq (a chronology of key events from 1920 to the present)
10. Why the Towers Fell (forensic engineers' conclusions on World Trade Center collapse)

Museums

1. National Civil Rights Museum
2. Smithsonian Institution (Art & Design; History & Culture; Science & Technology)
3. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Native American

1. Colorado History (Indians, miners, cities, virtual field trips, ranchers, trappers, etc.)
2. National American Indian Heritage Month (National Park Service)
3. Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

On This Day / Year by Year

1. Brainy History (events by year, events on any day, notable birthdays, important deaths)
2. On This Day: Today's Highlights in History (from the New York Times)
3. Personalized Timelines (personalized timelines incl. historical events, people, and inventions; also people born in a given year)
4. This Day in History (includes categories, e.g., Automotive, Entertainment, Crime, Vietnam War, Literary, Civil War)
5. Time Capsule from dMarie (headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, books, etc. for selected date)
6. Year By Year 1900-2008 (select year for highlights and facts; decades with history and quizzes)

Television / Movies

1. History Channel (American and World History; TV Listings, Timelines; Video and Audio Clips)

Timelines

1. Architecture Timeline - Explore Architecture Through the Ages
2. Colorado History Chronology (Colorado State Archives)
3. Digital History - Online Textbook (interactive timelines, primary sources, multimedia exhibits, obituaries, newspaper articles and more)
4. Food Timeline (history of foods 17,000 B.C. - 1990s, with recipes)
5. More Timelines (history, society, culture, disasters, sports, health, entertainment)
6. Personalized Timelines (personalized timelines incl. historical events, people, and inventions; also people born in a given year)
7. Prehistoric Timeline (from National Geographic)
8. Timeline: Ancient Rome
9. Triassic Legacy - A Natural History Timeline (eras, periods, epochs with times and descriptions)
10. WhoWhatWhen Interactive Historical Timelines (create timelines of periods and lives)
11. World History Timeline Chart (500 B.C. - 20th Century; incl. maps)
12. World War II Timeline (interactive timeline from PBS; also incl. Home Front, Social Aspects, Psychology, Battlefield)

U.S.

1. "I Do Solemnly Swear..." Presidential Inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001 (from the Library of Congress)
2. 100 Milestone Documents (compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration)
3. A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
4. Academic Info: American Women's History
5. Age of Imperialism (United States)
6. American Civil War Home Page (primary sources, photos, regimental histories, etc.)
7. American Experience: The Time of the Lincolns (from PBS - information about politics, slavery & freedom, americans at war, a woman's world, and more. Includes primary sources, videos and essays)
8. American History (comprehensive: 18th Century - present; organized by era and topic)
9. American Prisoners of War (numbers and status of POWs and MIAs listed by war)
10. American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank (over 5000 full text, audio, and/or video versions of public speeches, sermons, lectures, debates)
11. American Rhetoric Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century
12. American Women - Library of Congress Resources for Women's History and Culture in the U.S.
13. American Women's History: A Research Guide
14. America's Story from America's Library - Discover the stories of America's past
15. America's Wars (from VA: deaths, casualties, living veterans, total servicemembers)
16. Archiving Early America (primary source material from 18th Century America: documents, maps, music, firsts)
17. Authentic History Center (primary sources of radio programs, music, news, sounds from different periods of American history)
18. Civil War Preservation Trust (preservation of endangered Civil War battlefields)
19. Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (cornerstone, presidential, judicial, congressional)
20. Declaration of Independence (information about the signers, the history of the Declaration, and additional resources)
21. Declaration of Independence (Library of Congress exhibition: chronology, history, images of key documents)
22. Declaration of Independence (the writing, publicizing, and printing of the Declaration)
23. Documenting the American South (collection of primary resources related to southern history, literature, and culture)
24. First Ladies' Library
25. Freedmen's Bureau Online (records on murders and outrages, marriages, labor; Preservation Act of 2000)
26. History Channel (American and World History; TV Listings, Timelines; Video and Audio Clips)
27. History Place (American and World History)
28. Lewis & Clark (timelines, maps, journal entries, photographs and drawings)
29. Library of Congress American Memory (primary sources - history, photos, documents, articles, and more)
30. Library of Congress American Memory (digital historical collections - U.S history and culture)
31. Lincoln / Net (primary sources about Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years from 1830-1861 - includes interpretive materials, primary materials, a biography of Lincoln, and discussion of eight major historical themes)
32. National Archives and Records Administration - Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
33. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
34. National Register of Historic Places
35. Our Documents (100 milestone documents in U.S. history from 1776-1965)
36. Our Flag (history, practices, observances, holidays, flying, folding, caring for flags)
37. Outline of U.S. History (from the U.S. Department of State)
38. Photographs: America from the Great Depression to World War II (over 160,000 photos)
39. Picture Collection Online (U.S. History, Costumes, Indians, Slavery, NY City)
40. Presidents of the United States
41. Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
42. Remembering Pearl Harbor (history, photos, films, archives, ships, planes, etc.)
43. September 11 Attacks
44. September 11 Digital Archive (websites, video, digital art, audio, stories, etc.)
45. September 11 Information (Attack on America - news, govt. info., maps, background, etc.)
46. September 12 Newspaper Front Pages (national and international - Attack on America)
47. Smithsonian Institution (Art & Design; History & Culture; Science & Technology)
48. Smithsonian Institution Libraries
49. Smithsonian National Museum of American History
50. Space Shuttle Columbia (CNN Special Report)
51. Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Coverage
52. Stars and Stripes - The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
53. Supreme Court Justices (search chronologically or by name)
54. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (provides information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages)
55. U.S. Census Historical Census Data Browser
56. U.S. Constitution
57. US History Guide (from How Stuff Works - learn about history, from the Native Americans through the modern era, as well as the history by state)
58. Veterans History Project (audio- and video-taped oral histories, letters, diaries, photos, home movies)
59. Why the Towers Fell (forensic engineers' conclusions on World Trade Center collapse)
60. Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 - 2000 (WASM - Teacher's Corner)
61. World War II Timeline (interactive timeline from PBS; also incl. Home Front, Social Aspects, Psychology, Battlefield)

Women

1. Academic Info: American Women's History
2. African-American Women's History
3. American Women - Library of Congress Resources for Women's History and Culture in the U.S.
4. American Women's History: A Research Guide
5. History of Women's Suffrage
6. Internet Women's History Sourcebook
7. Multimedia Sites in Women's History
8. National Women's Hall of Fame
9. National Women's History Project
10. Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 - 2000 (WASM - Teacher's Corner)
11. Women of the Century - 100 Years of American Heroes
12. Women's History (extensive links by topic; from About.com)
13. Women's History Month (from The History Channel)
14. Women's History Month (history, timelines, notable women, quizzes, reference sources)
15. Women's History Month (March) (from National Women's History Project - NWHP)
16. Women's History Month (March) (history, timelines, biographies, women's suffrage, quizzes and crosswords)
17. Women's History Resources (American and international resources, megasites)

World

1. Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History (includes information about life in Mesopotamia, artifact interactives, and more)
2. AncientMexico.com (art, culture, and history of ancient mesoamerica; Aztec, Inca, Maya)
3. Egyptians - History (hieroglyphs, magic, pyramids, ancient history, timelines, multimedia)
4. Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern (incl. maps, index)
5. Eternal Egypt (multimedia : culture, science, art, government, maps, virtual environments)
6. History Channel (American and World History; TV Listings, Timelines; Video and Audio Clips)
7. History Place (American and World History)
8. Holocaust Victims Database (victims' names; resource center, events, etc.)
9. Holocaust Encyclopedia (from the United States Holocaust Museum)
10. Hyperhistory Online (history, people, maps, events covering 3000 years of world history)
11. League of Nations Photo Archive
12. Seven Natural Wonders of the World (CNN Destinations)
13. Seven Wonders of the World
14. Seven Wonders of the World (Britannica online)
15. Timeline: Ancient Rome
16. Timeline: Iraq (a chronology of key events from 1920 to the present)
17. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
18. World History Compass
19. World History Guide (from How Stuff Works)
20. World History Timeline Chart (500 B.C. - 20th Century; incl. maps)
21. World War II Timeline (interactive timeline from PBS; also incl. Home Front, Social Aspects, Psychology, Battlefield)

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