Historical Documents

Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Boston Harbor
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Newspaper Headline Announcing Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Treaty of Paris
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Carter and Omar Torrijos shaking hands after signing the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Clinton Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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
Battle field of Gettysburg.
Metahistory & Historiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
The Alien and Sedition Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Dick Heller
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
“The Land of Romance” Poem
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), 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
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Lincoln's address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery,
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The text of the 19th amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)