| History 147 Documents and other Links |
NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER. Links we add for this class will be placed at the top here.
History of St Patricks Day video http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/history-of-st-patrick-s-day/5dy4me9q
Read at the end: the racist legacy of slavery http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/slavery.htm
Mapping History http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/US/US23-02.html
Is Avatar Racist? http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/features/movies/avatar-racism-subtext/story/?gt1=28140
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/soldierlife/cwarmy.htm Life of soldiers
Post-bellum Architecture: http://facweb.furman.edu/~benson/h41sg2.htm
Causes of the Civil War:
 | http://members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/gr02013.htm (A short and clear discussion of the intersection of causes of the Civil War.) |
| Economic Causes of the Civil War: http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/ransom.civil.war.us |
Inventors of the Industrial Revolution (kind of a kids link, but with names of inventors and pictures of their machines, it gives you an idea of the innovations happening in the IR)
Black Codes of St Landry's Parish, Louisiana
The online encyclopedia of Washington State History: http://www.historylink.org/
From the US Mint on the state quarters: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/index.cfm?action=50_state_quarters_program
"The Sad Story of how 'Separate but Equal' was born" by Keith Weldon Medley. There are two options to get a hold of this article. One is to get it from WWL, vol 2: Ch 6 (available on reserve in the library). Or to get it through Ebsco on the Online Resources Page, of our library. Choose Ebsco. (Off campus you need an Ebsco password. On campus, you don't.) Type in the author's full name and choose selection 4 to get this title. Published originally in the Smithsonian, Feb 94, (Vol. 24 Issue 11).
History of Daylight Saving Time from a web exhibit from the IDEA (Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement), with sponsorship by the US Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Time and Frequency Division, as a complement to www.time.gov. They've also got an interesting site on the history of calendars: Calendars through the Ages
An interesting article on the history of the US census: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/census2.html addressing some of the questions that came up in class.
A brief CNN article on population and consumption of resources: http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/12/population.cosumption/
Statistics on consumption vs. population from The Population Institute (a nonprofit organization advocating population control): http://population.newc.com/teampublish/71_234_1055.CFM Check out other links on their page -- some pretty interesting information and issues. Some suggestions on what you can do: http://population.newc.com/teampublish/71_234_1622.cfm
Another great source: www.peopleandplanet.net Check out the "population pressures" link on the left and many others. This site is a publication of a British nonprofit: Planet 21.
Homesteading: http://www.nps.gov/home/virtual_tours.html
Check out these photographs: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/photos/digital/history.htm
Many are being scanned to reveal new details from the originals.
Photos from the Central Pacific: http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html
Articles from Brown Quarterly: Check out many issues' table of contents with links to articles
| On Indian Boarding Schools : http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/04-3/04-3a.htm |
| On Ellis Island: http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/04-1/04-1a.htm |
| History of Chinese Immigration: http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/03-4/03-4c.htm |
| On Chinese and RR building: http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/01-3/01-3f.htm |
| On John Brown: http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/03-3/03-3a.htm#cap1 |
| On Buffalo Soldiers (black soldiers): http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/01-1/01-1e.htm |
Joe Hill (labor activist and songwriter): http://www.pbs.org/joehill/story/index.html
Historic Songs (a few mp3s to listen to). Mostly 1800s, early 1900s.
John Henry, the Steeldriving Man. Listen to different versions of the song.
Haymarket Affair: Chronology http://www.chicagohistory.org/hadc/chronology.html and The Dramas of the Haymarket: http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/overview/over.htm
Child Labor from the History Place: read the descriptions and view the photos
How to Speak 19th Century: http://celticfringe.net/history/vocab.htm
More on Santa Anna:
| From PBS The West series: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/santaanna.htm |
| http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/fsa29.html |
| http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=159 |
| From PBS US Mexican War series : http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/mainframe.html
Click on Dialogues and then Santa Anna on the left |
The Alamo:
| http://www.thealamo.org/ |
| Alamo the movie (due out in April, 2004) site: http://alamo.movies.go.com/main.html |
Some cool sites on diseases we've talked about:
| A fascinating article on disease in the Mexican American War: http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/historybug/mexwar/mexwar.htm from the site: Insects, Disease and History: http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/historybug/index.htm |
| On dysentery from the World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact108.html |
| Would you believe there are some patron saints of dysentery? (or I'm sure the intention is victims of dysentery): Saint Lucy: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintl01.htm and Polycarp: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintp13.htm |
| Cholera: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec1151/ a lecture: on cholera history. Really interesting. |
Donner Party:
| The site for the film we saw in class (The American Experience:The Donner Party): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/index.html |
| On the Breen Diary (published in 1910). Excerpted in the film, some history included on the diary's history and publication: http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/Academy_Pacific_Coast_History/Diary_of_Patrick_Breen_txt.html |
| A book list: http://www.bookshelfstores.com/rh_donner_party.htm |
Oregon Trail:
| Site from Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City, OR: http://oregontrail.blm.gov/ |
| Oregon Trail clothes: http://oregontrail.blm.gov/OTHistory/Pioneer%20Clothing.htm |
Africans in America (website that accompanies the PBS documentary on slavery). Within the site: More specifics on the beginnings of slavery in Virginia
Harriet Jacobs background: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2924.html and excerpts from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2924t.html
To find out more history and beliefs of various North American religions, see: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cf.htm#family (Page down to a list). This site is Religious Tolerance. org, which seems to be just what the name is about and offers what looks to be fairly objective descriptions of many North American religions with lots of links. Embedded advertising is a bit prominent, but I guess that's how they support themselves. Mormons, Quakers, Unitarians and more that we've covered in class are here.
Some history on the Erie canal: http://www.canals.state.ny.us/cculture/history/index.html Click on link to song lyrics too (the song wasn't published til the early 1900s though). But the canal was revamped and still in significant use then.
More on the Freemasons in the US: http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_033000_fraternalsoc.htm
On Quebec History. The question in class about Quebec's status after the French and Indian war is answered in this brief entry: http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Quebecprov_HistoryandPolitics.asp
On Mount Washington (The mountain in the Appalachians in NH, with the world record wind speed):
| http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/index.html Scroll down to get some statistics on Mt. Washington |
| http://www.mountwashington.org/ Check out the webcam in the upper right hand corner |
| And some photos: http://www.mountwashington.org/photos/index.html |
On Cherokee Removal:
On Women's Rights:
| Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls, 1848 Resolutions on Women's Rights |
| Not For Ourselves Alone: the website that accompanies the film on Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
On the West:
Impact of the Gold Rush on California Indians
On Slavery and Abolition:
| Excerpts from Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American slave |
| Online Narrative, if you're interested: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Douglass/Autobiography/ |
Important Historical documents relating to African American History: http://www.africanamericans.com/Documents.htm
Homecoming Website: site for a PBS film about the history of black farming in America. Looks good.
On Presidental Politics:
| Details on the Electoral College |
| Presidential Elections: Issues, Candidates, Results for all presidential elections |
On Money:
| A succint history of money in America |
| http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/ on the US Mint |
| On Fort Knox Gold |
On Post Civil War treaties and conflicts with Native Americans:
| Point Elliott Treaty: http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/pointElliottTreaty.asp |
| Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 |
| Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 |
| Full Speech to Congress, 1879 by
Chief Joseph
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On Jefferson Davis:
| Debate on Jefferson Davis marker covered in the Bellingham Herald: type in "Jefferson Davis" in the search engine to get the recent articles: Jan 25: "Legislator ready to rip out Jefferson Davis Road Sign", Feb 1: "Southerners back Jeff Davis Marker", Feb 4: "Highway Marker may be protected" and Feb 4th Opinion: "Davis Marker is part of History. |
On the Civil War:
| Timelines: Timeline (The History
Place) of key events: good and succinct. National Park Service timeline with overview maps by year Library of Congress Timeline | ||||
| Maps: See National Park Service timeline above Map of Eastern Theater (with modern day highways) Location maps of battles by state | ||||
| Other: Lincoln's
Innauguration speech Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address Lincoln's 1862 Address to Congress | ||||
| More on diplomacy during the war (Looks like a well-done advanced university research paper). And lots of links (page down) on the Civil War Center site about foreign powers and the Civil War. | ||||
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From an online Civil War History course: essays and exhibits: http://www.vw.vccs.edu/vwhansd/HIS269/Exhibits.html from Instructor David C. Hanson, Virginia Western Com. College
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Ford’s Theater and the assassination: http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm | ||||
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The American Civil War Homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html | ||||
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The Library of Congress on Civil War: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/ | ||||
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The Civil War Home Page: http://www.civil-war.net/ | ||||
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The American Civil War: http://www.swcivilwar.com/ |
On Reconstruction:
Website to accompany the film series Reconstruction (part of the American Experience -- excellent PBS documentary films): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
Without Sanctuary:
Photographs and Postcards of Lynching in America: a powerful, disturbing collection of
photos on exhibit around the country and online here.
On
Resistance in the South to Segregation and Descrimination (audio)
Political and
Social organization among blacks in the South during Jim Crow (audio)
Minorities in Congress Today
Compare the numbers to Reconstruction Era
On Buffalo hunting: from The West film series, two links: Walking Gold Pieces and A Wound in the Heart
General:
