United States History: Military History
18th & 19th Centuries
- Coming of the American RevolutionNewspapers, official documents and personal correspondence from the Massachussetts Historical Society.
- Spanish American War in Motion Pictures68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine Revolution.
Civil War
For additional resources, please see Theresa Mudrock's subject page: History: Military
- A House Divided: America in the Age of LincolnThe exhibit "explores the institution of slavery, the fierce sectionalism of free and slave economies in the rapidly expanding county, and the destructive power of the Civil War." The exhibit is replete with images and includes a narrative written by Eric Foner.
- Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization ProjectGoal of this project is to " bring together digital versions of documents, images, and music related to Abraham Lincoln's life in Illinois."
- Abraham Lincoln PapersFirst release of 2,200 documents from the General Correspondence series. This series includes "incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material." Part of American Memory.
- Avalon Project: 19th Century Documents"The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government" from all historical periods.
- Civil War PhotographsCollection of more than 1000 Civil War photographs held by the Library of Congress. Part of the American Memory project. For other images see Civil War Images of Northern Virginia and Civil War Image Portfolio at the American Memory Project.
- Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical SocietyCollection of photographs, drawings, posters and a small selection of letters from the collections of the New York Historical Society. Part of the American Memory project.
- Civil War WomenLinks to primary sources dealing with women in the Civil War including letters, diaries and photographs. Also includes a bibliography of Duke University holdings on the topic.
- Collected Works of Abraham LincolnDigitized version of the printed set of Lincoln's correspondence, speeches, and other writings.
- Confederate BroadsidesWake Forest's digitized collection of 250 Confederate broadside poems written by southerners and southern sympathizers.
- Crisis at Ft. Sumter"Crisis at Fort Sumter is an interactive historical simulation and decision making program. Using text, images, and sound, it reconstructs the dilemmas of policy formation and decision making in the period between Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861."
- Crisis of the Union"This collection is comprised of pamphlets, books, broadsides, cartoons, clippings, paintings, maps, and other print memorabilia about America from circa 1830 to 1880."
- Documenting the American SouthAmbitious project from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to present "primary sources documenting the culture of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners." Includes diaries, slave narratives, and images.
- Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery CollectionDigitized collection of thousands of anti-slavery and abolitionist material from Cornell University.
- The Gettysburg AddressLibrary of Congress exhibit includes various drafts of the Gettysburg Address.
- The Martyred President: Sermons Given on the Occasion of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"This site contains the full text of 57 sermons published on the occasion of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The original copies of the sermons have been drawn from the Pitts Theology Library" at Emory University.
- Valley of the Shadow ProjectOngoing project to produce a multimedia historical database on the impact of the Civil War on two towns. Includes military records, census data, diaries, photographs and newspapers.
World War I
- Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War This link opens in a new window
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Primary source periodicals written by and for servicemen and women of all nations during the First World War.
- Stars & StripesComplete run of the paper from February 1918 to June 1919.
- Newspaper Pictorials: World War I RotogravuresPictorial sections from the WW I era New York Times and New York Tribune.
- Veterans History ProjectFirst hand accounts of war from World War I to the present.
- World War I Collection100 books and magazines from WW I that are particularly strong in documenting rescue and relief efforts and propaganda materials.
- World War I Document ArchiveTranscribed document and images; international in focus.
- World War I Sheet MusicOver 1,800 titles that relate in some way to the events of World War I, and the impact of that war on American society.
- World War I PostcardsA collection of war-themed cards produced in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and the U.S. during World War I.
- World War I Posters from the Elisabeth Ball CollectionSampling of more than 2,000 WWI lithographs from Italy, France, Belgium, England, Australia, Germany, the United States.
World War II
- "A Summons to Comradeship": World War I and II PostersMore than 6,000 posters from WWI and WWII.
- After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl HarborOpinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States.
- Atomic Bomb and the End of World War IICollection of primary sources dealing with the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
- Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical ProjectDocuments the contributions of women in the military and related service organizations since World War I.
- Federal NewsmapsWW II army publications depicting key events.
- Historic Publications from World War IIContains more than 300 informational pamphlets, government reports, instructions, regulations, declarations, speeches, and propaganda materials distributed by the U.S. during WW II.
- Normandy: 1944Encyclopedia Britannica's coverage of the event; includes oral histories, videos, maps, etc.
- Rutgers Oral History ArchivesDocuments the personal experiences of participants of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
- U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History ProjectDocuments the contributions of Latinos and Latinas of the WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War generations.
- Veterans History ProjectPersonal accounts of American war veterans from World War I to the present.
- Wartime Columns of Ernie PyleMore than 40 news columns by the noted WW II journalist.
- World War II FilmsShort films and news clips, primarily in black and white, documenting Allied operations and activities during WWII.
- World War II PostersMore than 300 posters issued by various U.S. government agencies during World War II.
- More WW II primary sourcesLinks compiled by UW Seattle history librarian Theresa Mudrock.
Korean War
- Korean War DocumentsPrimary sources from the Eisenhower Library on the Korean War.
- Korean WarDocuments from the Truman Library on the origins of the Korean War.
- Korean War Armistice62 "documents related to the armistice negotiations from the period of 1951 to 1953"
- Korean War Propaganda Leaflet CollectionLeaflets created by American forces and distributed in Korea during the war
Vietnam War
- Peers InquiryReport of the Department of the Army Review on the investigations into the My Lai Incident.
- My LaiPBS documentary focusing on the 1968 My Lai massacre and its subsequent cover-up.
- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, 1954-1968More than 2,000 National Security documents relating to the Vietnam War.
- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, 1969-1975More than 1,500 National Security documents relating to the Vietnam War.
- Vietnam War Era Emphera CollectionCollection of documents of anti-war activities (along with other social movements) at the UW Seattle.
- Virtual Vietnam ArchiveContains more than 3.2 million pages including documents, photographs, slides, negatives, oral histories, artifacts, moving images, sound recordings, maps, and collection finding aids. All non-copyrighted and digitized materials are available for users to download.