Historical Documents

Image of First Charter of Virginia
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Adams Letter
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Clinton & Gore
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
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
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
An outstanding picture of 1937 – tragedy. Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., 1937 Dec. 15.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Barack Obama's Second Presidential Inauguration
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Virginia Plan Front Page
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Broadside of John Brown's Last Speech
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sons of Liberty dumped tea in Boston Harbor
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Mystery Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Speech on the Challenger Disaster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Roosevelt shortly after giving one of his famous fireside chats.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Steven Spielburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Arraignment of Guiteau
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rebecca Nurse
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)