Historical Documents

Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
SVREP logo
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
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
Oberlin College
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)
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)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

John Brown, the Abolitionist
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Susan B. Anthony
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Benjamin Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Chief Justice John Marshall
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

March on Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)