Historical Documents

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John L. O'Sullivan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
William Styron
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Painting of Joh Quincy Adams
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Mark Twain in 1907
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Political cartoon depicting the results of the Cuban Adjustment Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Indian Land for Sale
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Democratic National Convention 1860
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Philip Frenau
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.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Alien and Sedition Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Charleston Mercury Article
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Abigail Adams
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
James Warren
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)