Historical Documents

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)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rachel Carson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Woodrow Wilson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
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)
“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The text of the 19th amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Federal Deficit Under Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Amnesty Oath
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Article
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Painting by Howard Pyle, 1905.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original Document of Former President Roosevelts Executive order 8802
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Adams Letter
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Image of First Charter of Virginia
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Painting of Jamestown Life
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Lincoln Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)