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	Selected Online Resources American Memory "American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity." The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy "The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We intend to add value to these primary sources by linking to other documents expressly referred to in the body of the text. We also intend to provide as many internal links within a document as are necessary to facilitate study and navigation." Digital Collections from Massachusetts Lists links to special collections digitized under a national grant program. EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents "[L]inks [that] connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible." Experiencing War: Stories from the Veteran's History Project A collection of veterans' stories of war, organized by theme. Maintained by the Library of Congress. The History Place: Great Speeches Links to speeches central to United States history. American Memory Collection List A complete list of the American Memory collections in the Library of Congress digitized library. Internet Modern History Sourcebook Contains a vast library of links to primary source material related to all major time periods. Making of America "Cornell University's contribution to the Making of America project, a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction." National Archives and Records Administration Records from the National Archives, available in digital format. The 1920s Contains links to material covering all aspects of life in the 1920s: famous people, the Depression, the Suffragist movement, Prohibition, culture of the times, etc. The 1920s from the WWW Virtual Library Contains an extensive directory of links to all aspects of life in the 1920s, organized by year and by subject. Maintained by the Kansas Heritage Group. Proquest Historical Newspapers Search the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor back to the mid 1800's. Search by decade or topic. Repositories of Primary Source Materials "A listing of over 5000 web sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar."

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