Historical Documents

News Article: “Many Deaths”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Two Treatises of Government Title Page
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln's address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery,
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
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)
Students Praying in School
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
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
Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in February 1945
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Clinton & Gore
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Young Lords members with a sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Cover of El Plan de Santa Barbara
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Newspaper discussing the 1934 Treaty of Relations
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Patsy Murr, first grader at Fulton School in Lancaster, Pa., gets her Salk shot from Dr. Norman E. Snyder as she is held by Mrs. Walter Sourweine, April 25, 1955. Others view the proceedings with mixed emotions
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Poem
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Battle field of Gettysburg.
Metahistory & Historiography
Arraignment of Guiteau
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Newspaper with the headline "Nixon Resigns"
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)