Collections

Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Nation of Immigrants
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
Multiple Eras, ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Nat Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The American Cowboy
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), Multiple Eras
Red Scare
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Historical Documents

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
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)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Alexis de Tocqueville
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)
“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)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
William Styron
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
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)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), 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)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)

Historical Images

Earhart and her Lockheed Electra “Flying Laboratory.”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
A Breaking Scene of Western Pioneers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Dorothea Lange Photograph
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
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)