Historical Documents

Franklin Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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
“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)
Federal Deficit Under Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Ronald Schouten
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Ronald Reagan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
James Warren
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
LULAC Logo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Penelope J. Corfield
Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
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)
Abigail Adams
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Alien and Sedition Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Adams Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Collections

US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Red Scare
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Kennedy at his desk
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
Chief Justice John Marshall & Associate Justice Joseph Story
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
First Sunday School Class
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

A Group of Immigrants Outside a Building on Ellis Island
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Historical photograph of the assassination of President Garfield
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
March on Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)