General Information
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Penny Magazine Online
[New link requested from Rochester University on 6/15/20]
The Penny Magazine, published every Saturday, was aimed at the working class. It was part of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge's program for liberal reform.
History of the National Refining Company
http://www.enarco.com
Majic Bus: An American Odyssey a Tour Through American History
http://douglasbrinkley.com/books/the-majic-bus-an-american-odyssey/
" [This book is available for purchase.] The Majic Bus educational odyssey was started in 1992 by history professor Douglas Brinkley when, frustrated by his students lack of knowledge about their American heritage, he took his class from Hofstra University on a six-week voyage across America to study history, literature and culture."
The Grazian Archive
http://www.grazian-archive.com/
In Search of the Americans, "the accumulating avant-garde American history (1400-2000) by Professor Alfred de Grazia ... [including] the largest ... personal correspondence of home front-war front in WWII, and other literary and scientific materials of De Grazia on world governance and natural history of catastrophes."
The Time Page: Cycles in U.S. History
http://www.timepage.org/
United States Postal Service, History 1775-1993
https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/
American History
http://www.u-s-history.com/
The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive history of the United States, providing more detail than would be available from most textbooks, with intensive crosslinking of pages
Archives and Databases
American Special Collections: Format Photographs
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
A listing of the Library of Congress online photographic special collections
American Special Collections: Detroit Publishing Co. Photos, 1880-1920
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/touring-ameri...
A Library of Congress Special Collection
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
Census Bureau Home Page
http://www.census.gov/
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Tulane University Special Collections
http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/index.htm
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Societies
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American Jewish Historical Society
http://www.ajhs.org/
American Truck Historical Society
http://www.aths.org/
"American Truck Historical Society preserves antique trucks and trucking history. We publish bimonthly magazine about antique trucks, trucking history, and truck collectors. Discussion page available."
Beckenham Historical Association
http://beckenham-historical-association.org/
Beverly Historical Society
http://members.tripod.com/~BeverlyHS/
California Historical Society
http://www.calhist.org/
Canton Historical Society
https://www.cantonhistorical.org/
Chicago Historical Society
http://www.chicagohs.org/
Cranston Historical Society
https://www.cranstonhistoricalsociety.org/
The Folk Art Society of America
http://www.folkart.org/
Illinois State Historical Society
https://www.historyillinois.org/
Jewish Historical Society of Maryland
http://www.jhsm.org/
LaborWeb: The AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/
Lancaster County Historical Society
http://lanclio.org/
Lenni Lenape Historical Society and Museum of Indian Culture
http://www.lenape.org/
the Lenni Lenape Historical Society and Museum of Indian Culture
State Historical Society of North Dakota
http://www.state.nd.us/hist/
Northwest Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ganwhags/
Oregon Historical Society
http://www.ohs.org
Organization of American Historians
http://www.indiana.edu/~oah
Palisades Amusement Park Historical Society
http://www.palisadespark.com/
Western Reserve Historical Society
http://www.wrhs.org
World Ship Society
http://www.worldshipsociety.org/
Presidential Sites
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Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are included
Presidential Elections Statistics
http://www.multied.com/elections/
information on each of the US Presidential elections, with electoral votes and popular votes.