Historical Documents

Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Oberlin College
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), 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)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
LULAC Logo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Epitaph
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)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), 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
Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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
Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Judiciary Act
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)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Collections

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)
Chief Justice John Marshall
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political Cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
March on Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Brown Cartoon
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)