Historical Documents

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Letters from An American Farmer
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)
Poem
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dollree Mapp
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 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Barack Obama's Second Presidential Inauguration
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Students kneeling in prayer
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lincoln and Hamlin Image
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Siena College Research Institute 2022 US Presidents Survey
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
President Carter and Omar Torrijos shaking hands after signing the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Two Treatises of Government Title Page
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Franklin Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)