Historical Documents

Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria Hungry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
Foraker Act of 1900
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton
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)
American Progress
American Progress by John Gast
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), Multiple Eras
A Winter Walk
"A Winter Walk" Essay
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), 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
Indian Land for Sale
Dawes Act of 1887
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The President Dead
The President Dead- September 19, 1881
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Chinese Exclusion Act
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Article
The Problem of the West
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Insanity Defense Overview
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Articles

Billy-the-Kid Country (April 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Edison and the Electric Chair (October 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Boston Strong Boy (September/October 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A New Study of the Life of a Robber Baron (April 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Billy the Kid: From Outlaw to Legend (Spring 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 1)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Snapshots of General Custer (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Vampires in America? (October 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 6)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A Connecticut Yankee in Hell (November 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 7)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Business of America (June 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 4)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Scene of the Crime (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Johnstown: “Run For Your Lives!” (September 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 4)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Out of Boston’s Bounds (November 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 7)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Magnitude of J. P. Morgan (July/August 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 5)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Standard Time (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Rich for a Day (April 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Dread Federal Surplus (April 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
A Century of Cable Cars (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Technology Transfer (February 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 1)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The Other Sherman’s Legacy (May/June 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 4)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
An American Sculptor's Adventures in Paris (Fall 2011 | Volume: 61, Issue: 2)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Historical Images

Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
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), Multiple Eras
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The White Man's Burden cartoon
The White Man's Burden
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y
Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States : 1883
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government cartoon
Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
Map of the Indian Tribes of North America
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)

Collections

Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
The Magazine that Taught Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Millay How to Write, by Paul Rosta
Multiple Eras, 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)