Universities and Nonprofits:
Archiving
Early America adds The
Early America Review (A Journal of Fact and Opinion
On the People, Issues and Events Of 18th Century America) to
a its collection of documents which includes several full length
biographies.
The Avalon
Project of Yale University Law School has perhaps the
most extensive collection of historical documents and has its
own search engine.
The U.S.
Brig Niagara is a tribute to a reconstructed vessel
that was destroyed during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War
of 1812.
The Capitol Link of The
National Center for Public Policy Research has an excellent
collection of unusual but useful documents not easily found
elsewhere.
Chief
Executive Club is an ongoing project dedicated to the
Presidents of the United States. This excellent site is up-to-date
and very responsive to suggestions.
Civnet:
Journal for a Civil Society presents a current view
of civic education.
The
Constitution Society provides a wide range of documents
with a focus on the U.S. Constitution.
The
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents of the University
of Oklahoma Law Center is another very complete collection of
documents.
The
Federalist Papers Online has an excellent presentation
of the complete Federalist Papers and other historical documents.
First
Nation Histories, an impressive work, will eventually
include approximately 240 histories of Native American nations.
The Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History, University of
Houston, has excellent collections related to slavery.
Kahonwes's
Mohawk & Iroquois Homepage provides a comprehensive
listing of Six Nation sites in addition to its own resources.
Maritime
History is a small but fascinating collection of documents
from the British Admiralty Prize Courts.
Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
is a collection of political and settlement maps of the United
States.
Presidents
of the United States (POTUS) is a collection of documents,
data, and links for the Presidents of the United States.
Project
Gutenberg has transcribed an amazing number of public
domain texts into electronic form and is the original source
of several of the documents downloaded here.
From
Revolution to Reconstruction: WWW project of Rijksuniversiteit
Groningen, Faculteit der Letteren. The electronic revolution
makes available an excellent site in the Netherlands (in English).
The
Special Collections Library, Duke University has excellent
digitized representations of documents including collections
treating African-Americans.
Tales
of the Early Republic: A History Web Site, Focusing
on the 1830s-1840s, is an excellent source and provided very
hard to find information relevant to the War of 1812.
Genealogy Sites:
Genealogy sites provide a level of detail and personal interest
that is often missing from the other sites. The following sites
have information relevant to James Madison and his times. Please
suggest others.
Captain
David Perry. Denise Jones maintains this site about
Captain David Perry of Vermont who supported James Madison and
fought in the War of 1812.
Peterman
Family Genealogy. Greg Peterman maintains this site
with information about the Osgood and the indentured servants
that sailed aboard her to the United States in 1750.
USGenWeb
Project a group of volunteers work together to provide
Internet websites for genealogical research in every county
and every state of the United States.
USGenWeb
Kentucky Archives. This state genealogical site hosts
a wide range of historical materials including a full-length
history of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Historical Monuments and Sites:
Connecticut
River Museum mounts an excellent exhibit on privateers
including their role in the War of 1812.
USS
Constitution, the US Navy official site of "Old
Ironsides"
The
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (The
Patriots of Fort McHenry) is an imaginative and entertaining
site.
New
Orleans Online promotes New Orleans but has an interesting
collection on the history of New Orleans featuring contributions
of African-Americans.
Government:
The
National Archives is official custodian of many of the
originals of the great documents and has an excellent web site.
The
White House maintains biographies of Presidents and
First Ladies and has some historical material on the White House
itself. This used to seem like an excellent site.
The
Library of Congress mounts an excellent collection of
exhibitions and offers an American
Memory Collection with search engine. We are very much
indebted to the American Memory Collection.
The
United States Information Agency (USIA) maintains information
for teachers.
