Directory of online resources on late 19th century and early 20th century America.

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1896: The Presidential Campaign, Cartoons, & Commentary
"This website provides an introduction to one aspect of the campaign: the hundreds of political cartoons published in newspapers around the country."
By Rebecca Edwards, Assistant Professor of History, Vassar College and Sarah DeFeo

The Age of Imperialism
An On-line History of the United States
"During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States pursued an aggressive policy of expansionism, extending its political and economic influence around the globe. That pivotal era in the history of our nation is the subject of this on-line history

America in the 1890s: A Chronology
"Links to Personalities; Social, Political, Literary, Economic and Cultural Events; and Art, Music and Architecture of the Decade."
American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University

American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
"...a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included are 334 English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, 61 motion pictures, 10 sound recordings, and 143 photographs and 29 memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini. Groups of theater posters and additional sound recordings will be added to this anthology in the future."
American Memory, Library of Congress

BoondocksNet.com
A large (over 7,000 pages and 1,700 graphics) site with a focus on American imperialism including a historical graphics gallery, political cartoons, and a Mark Twain directory with more than 1,600 pages of content.
By Jim Zwick

Cartoons of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era - (dead link)
Ohio State University

Chicago in 1900
A Millennium Bibliography
By By Lyle Benedict, Ellen O'Brien and Shah Tiwana, Municipal Reference Collection, Chicago Public Library

Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
A nice collection of texts and pictures

Crucible of Empire : The Spanish-American War
"...this site offers a timeline of the major events before, during, and after the war; original 1890s sheet music popular during the War; photographs of the major figures involved; newspaper articles and headlines from 1890s newspapers; classroom activities for teachers and students; historical resources, including recent scholarship concerning the war, bibliographies, and links to other web sites..."

European Immigration: 1820-1920
Includes statistics, biographies, laws, history and more on European immigrant to the United States.
The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia

The Era of William McKinley - (dead link)
K. Austin Kerr, Ohio State University

The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
"...documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. The collection consists of 60 books and pamphlets, 140 Federal statutes and Congressional resolutions, 34 additional legislative documents, excerpts from the Congressional Globe and the Congressional Record, 360 Presidential proclamations, 170 prints and photographs, 2 historic manuscripts, and a two-part motion picture."
American Memory, Library of Congress

H-SHGAPE Resources
A listing of Internet resources from the Society of Historians of the Gilded and Progressive Era Home Page
Included teaching materials, convention notices & programs, papers, lectures and more

Immigration in the Guilded Age and Progressive Era - (dead link)
Bibliographical essay
Donna R. Gabaccia, Professor of American History The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
American Memory, Library of Congress
"The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign."

The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
American Memory, Library of Congress
"The complete collection will include 68 motion pictures and a selection of sound recordings related to the war; 53 motion pictures are included in this first release."

Teaching the JAH [Journal of American History]

  • Empires, Exceptions, and Anglo-Saxons:
    Race and Rule between the British and United States Empires, 1880-1910
    By Paul A. Kramer, Journal of American History 88 (March 2002), 1215-53.
    Sections include: The Article ; Teaching the Article ; Primary Sources ; Further Readings ; Links.

Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
"This presentation features 104 films which record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919; 8 of these films have previously appeared in other American Memory presentations. The majority of films (87) are from the Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection, while the remainder are from the Paper Print Collection. Besides containing scenes of Roosevelt, these films include views of world figures, politicians, monarchs, and friends and family members of Roosevelt who influenced his life and the era in which he lived. Commemorative events up to 1921 are also included as well as silent documentaries compiled from earlier footage by the Theodore Roosevelt Association between 1919 and 1928. Four sound recordings made by Roosevelt for the Edison Company in 1912 in which he states his progressive political views are also included."
A most wonderful collection of primary resources!
American Memory, Library of Congress

Votes for Women: 1850-1920
American Memory, Library of Congress
"This selection of 38 pictures includes portraits of many individuals who have been frequently requested from the holdings of the Prints and Photographs Division and the Manuscript Division. Also featured are photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display, as well as cartoons commenting on the movement."

Women's Suffrage
"A comprehensive website with over 150 entries on the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. This includes biographies of 60 women involved in the campaign. Sections include: Women Campaigners, Women Artists and the Campaign, Journals and Magazines, Suffrage Organizations, Political Campaigns and Male Supporters of Women's Suffrage.
The text within each entry is hyper-linked to other relevant pages in the encyclopedia. In this way it is possible to research individual people and events in great detail. The sources are also hyper-linked so the student is able to find out about the writer, artist, newspaper, organisation, etc., that produced the material."
The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia

[Works of] Theodore Roosevelt
A collection of texts, essays, letters by and about Teddy
Online editions by Bartleby.com

World's Columbian Exposition
Idea, Experience, Aftermath
"This hypertext thesis explores the Exposition through a virtual tour, investigates visitors' reactions to the Fair, and analyzes the social, political, and cultural legacies of the World's Columbian Exposition."

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