Historical Documents

Blog- Rebirth of St. Nicholas League
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
War Powers Resolution
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (1948)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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.
Serna v. Portales
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"History Will Absolve Me" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in February 1945
The Yalta Conference
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Political cartoon depicting the results of the Cuban Adjustment Act
The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alliance for Progress Postage
Alliance for Progress
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Civil Rights Act (1964)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Beale Street, Memphis, TN
Birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll? Memphis has plenty of evidence in its favor
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)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
National Chicano Moratorium
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ernesto Miranda's mugshot
Miranda v. Arizona
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
Mendez v. Westminster
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Warsaw Pact
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Tierra Amarilla Land Grant and Courthouse Raid
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Remarks by the President After Two Planes Crash Into World Trade Center
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Loving v. Virginia 1967
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Students Praying in School
Engel v. Vitale
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
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
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Articles

Where the Media Critics Went Wrong (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Man is Not God (February/March 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A One-sided Johnson (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Unregretfully, Alger Hiss (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Struggling to End the War (August 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Why Did Ruby Kill Oswald? (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
JFK's Fighter-Bombers (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Going Back (December 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 8)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Fast Forward (July/August 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Museum of Democracy Finds a Home (Fall 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
What Happened in the Gulf of Tonkin? (February/March 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
“A Total Eclipse of the Sonny” (Liston) (October 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Why We Were Right to Like Ike (December 1985 | Volume: 37, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Twenty-Second Greatest Battle (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Ike Balances the Court (October 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 6)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Dubin at Work (December 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 8)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Connecting with Eastern Europe (November 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 7)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Carpetbagger RFK Runs for Senator of New York (October 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 6)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
How a Two-dollar Watch Saved the World (December 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 8)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Road from Rentiesville (February/March 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Day We Shot Down the U-2 (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Small World (December 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 8)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
What Was a Woman Doing There? (Fall 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 7)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sergei Khrushchev and the Soviet Union (July/August 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 4)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Ordeal of Engine Charlie (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Collections

Memphis, Place of Good Abode
The Place of Good Abode, by Shelby Foote
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
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock's America, by David Lehman
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