Historical Documents

The Zimmeran File
Zimmerman Telegram
William Styron
The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
President Bush Delivers a National Address in Response to the Attacks on World Trade Center.
President Bush Addresses the Nation After World Trade Center Attacks
Printed Proclamation
President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John Adams
John Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty of Peace with Algiers (1815)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
New Mexico - Laws for the Government of the Territory of New Mexico
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
Testimony of John H. Behan and Clerk’s Cover and File Sheet, 1881
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Atlantic Charter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Hamilton and Washington
Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria Hungry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Treaty of Peace between the United States and Morocco
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
FDR Address to the Civilian Conservation Corps
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
LULAC Logo
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
National Chicano Moratorium
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Balfour Declaration (1917)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
Coffin of Patrick Carr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
Josephine and Wyatt Earp- Article
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Indian Land for Sale
Dawes Act of 1887
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
U.S.-Soviet Incidents at Sea Agreement (1972)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
1901 Supreme Court
Downes v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Longstreet Letter
Battlefield Dispatches Gettysburg- July 3, 1863
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rail Splitter
“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
Zellman v. Simmons-Harris
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Excerpt from Champlain
In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport
George Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790
The Texas Declaration of Independence
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Eight base layers of the National Map
What Is A Geographic Information System (GIS)?
Metahistory & Historiography
Article
The Problem of the West
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Hitchcock Scene
YouTube Video of Dream Sequence from Spellbound
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Hoyt Letter
David Hoyt Jr. to his Father, Regarding Shays' Rebellion- Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Stamp Act
Stamp Act of 1765
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The U.S. Constitution
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
1853 Treaty on Free Navigation of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty of Peace with Algieria 1815
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
Richard Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Seneca Falls Convention
Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
Organization of American States (OAS) Charter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The President Dead
The President Dead- September 19, 1881
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Text of the 4th Amendment
4th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.
U.S. Bill of Rights
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Virginia Plan Front Page
Virginia Plan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)