Historical Documents

Liberator
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Putnam’s response to Commander Weems
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John Paul Stevens, the author of the majority opinion
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Ernesto Miranda's mugshot
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
This map shows the land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Broadside of John Brown's Last Speech
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Article
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Franklin Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Proclamation
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
English Bill of Rights
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Frederick J. Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Columbus Manuscript
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Adams Letter
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Eight base layers of the National Map
Metahistory & Historiography