Historical Documents

News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Text of the 4th Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Emma Goldman's deportation photo, 1919.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sam Waterson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Roosevelt shortly after giving one of his famous fireside chats.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Lincoln and Hamlin Image
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Caroline Churchill
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)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Indian Land for Sale
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Dick Heller
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The President Dead
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Students Praying in School
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Helen Keller signature
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Grant Inauguration
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Columbus letter
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
The Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Defeat of Braddock
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts
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)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
Document
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)