Articles

My Brush With History (September 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 5)
Working for the Union (February/March 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 2)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Medical Breakthrough (May/June 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 3)
Much Ado About Mud (May/June 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 3)
Of Love, Guilt, And The Combustibility Of Letters (February/March 1980 | Volume: 31, Issue: 2)
Undimmed Pleasure (December 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 8)
1835 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
The Shores of Tripoli (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Immortality of Mae West (September 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 6)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Shadows Of The Storm (June/July 1981 | Volume: 32, Issue: 4)
Truth And Fiction: Historical Novels (December 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 8)
Mr. Smith Goes Underground (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Chateau Builder To Fifth Avenue (February 1955 | Volume: 6, Issue: 2)
Dakota Country (June 1961 | Volume: 12, Issue: 4)
Who Shot Huey Long? (December 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 8)
Railroad Country (February/March 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 1)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Listening to "The Education of Henry Adams" (September 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 5)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Italia Crashes in the Arctic (September 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 4)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
George Washington Struggles with Slavery (June 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
What Did Lincoln Really Think? (December 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 8)
The Age Of Steel (June 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 4)
Reading, Writing, And History (February 1963 | Volume: 14, Issue: 2)
Editors’ Bookshelf (April 1987 | Volume: 38, Issue: 3)
The ‘china Clipper’ Arrives (September/October 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 6)
‘holland’ Amplifications (August/September 1984 | Volume: 35, Issue: 5)
Verdicts Of History (December 1966 | Volume: 18, Issue: 1)
Young Innocents (October 1957 | Volume: 8, Issue: 6)
Be Confident—and Careful (November/December 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 8)
Trophy Buffalos (April 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 3)
Ghosts from the Sky (April 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 2)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Saints Or Sinners (December 1983 | Volume: 35, Issue: 1)
The (almost) Russian-American Telegraph (June 1975 | Volume: 26, Issue: 4)
Ben Franklin Was Not the First (June/July 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 3)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Further Reading: (October 1975 | Volume: 26, Issue: 6)
Pioneers Under The Sea (February 1961 | Volume: 12, Issue: 2)
George Washington’s Jackknife (February/March 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 1)
The Bubble Reputation (July/August 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 5)
Other Cities, Other Sessions (February/March 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
To Plan A Trip (April 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 2)
The World Since 1982 (April 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 2)
Dr. Rush Holds Forth (February 1977 | Volume: 28, Issue: 2)
Southern Violence, Southern Honor (February/March 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 1)
What Were the Japanese Thinking? (August 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 5)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Lincoln Speech (October 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 5)

Historical Images

Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.
Map of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight Path
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Collections

John Brown, the Abolitionist
The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Boston Tea Party
"The Sparck of Rebellion" (Boston Tea Party), by Douglas Brinkley
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Documents

Sioux Treaty
Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Columbus Manuscript
Columbus’s Account of 1492 Voyage- Excerpt
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Arraignment of Guiteau
The Trial of Charles Guiteau: An Account- Excerpt
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)