Historical Documents

S.123 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
S.123 - A Bill To abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Corwin Amendment
H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Judiciary Act
Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act 1964
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187
California's Proposition 187
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
Pecan Shellers Strike
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rochester Evening Express, Editorial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sierra Maestra Manifesto
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Royal Academy of Farting
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Steven Spielburg
Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & remarks from Steven Spielberg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
H.R. 14
H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Joseph Jackson
Annual Address by Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
Madrigal v. Quilligan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
SVREP logo
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Copley Medal
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
FDR, 1936. Library of Congress
FDR Address to the Civilian Conservation Corps
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
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
Trenton State Sentinel and Capital, Editorial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
1984 Commonwealth Club Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Young Lords members with a sign
The Young Lords Organization
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring- Excerpt
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
A Plea for Captain John Brown
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.
Serna v. Portales
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
National Farm Workers Association
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Oberlin College
Oberlin Women’s Suffrage Debate
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Brutus No. 15- Excerpt
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Washington Consensus
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Historical Images

John Brown Cartoon
John Brown. Meeting the slave-mother and her child on the steps of Charlestown jail on his way to execution
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Political Cartoon
The political cartoon for the year 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
March on Washington
March On Washington
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
William Franklin
William Franklin
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Magna Britannia
Magna Britannia
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Women's Suffrage Map
Virginia Memory: The Rights of the People– Women are People. Suffrage Victory Map, 1920
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
Emancipation by Thomas Nast
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
Truman Wipes out Segregation in Armed Forces
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Collections

Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Chief Justice John Marshall
The Great Chief Justice, by Fred Rodell
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s Years in London, by Joan Paterson Kerr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Growing Up Colored, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley
How the Wilderness Was Won, by Stewart L. Udall
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