Historical Documents

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)
American Progress
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
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this civil rights case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Barack Obama
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
John L. O'Sullivan
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)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
The Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
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)
News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Document
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

Picture of "School Begins" Political Cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
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)
Clara Barton
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stonewall Jackson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
General Custer's death struggle. The battle of the Little Big Horn
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Sheet Music
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Many Faces of Polio
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A Breaking Scene of Western Pioneers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Sitting Bull
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Harvest of Death
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
William Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Women's Suffrage Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Collections

Memphis, Place of Good Abode
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
James Dean
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
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
Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692, by Tompkins H. Matteson, 1855
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Custer Fight, by Charles Marion Russell
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
The American Cowboy
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
Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
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)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lee surrenders
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)