Historical Documents

"Keep Off!" cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
President Woodrow Wilson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Steven Spielburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Rebecca Nurse
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), 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)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Caroline Churchill
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)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Siena College Research Institute 2022 US Presidents Survey
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Protestors at the Supreme Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
work at Jamestown
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Broadside of John Brown's Last Speech
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
General Thomas Gage
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Students kneeling in prayer
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)