Historical Documents

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Original Document of Former President Roosevelts Executive order 8802
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Excerpt from Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Defeat of Braddock
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
George Mason
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Transcript of Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Egleston Regarding his Polio Attack, 10/24/1924
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Johnson with his attorney
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Steven Spielburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws Book XI- Excerpts
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Jefferson Davis
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Map showing American territorial gains
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Painting by Howard Pyle, 1905.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Columbus letter
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.
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)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
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)
Original Supreme Court documentation of Brown v. Board
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Mary Todd Lincoln letter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Newspaper image
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
News Article: “Many Deaths”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Image of the first page of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)