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Selected History Sites
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American Memory
 memory.loc.gov
Locates digital photographs of people, places, and events including documents, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' Americana collection.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
yale.edu
Search digital documents in Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government from pre-18th to the 21st Century. Searchable by author, title, or subject; or browse titles alphabetically within time periods. Includes a list of common names of diplomatic documents.
Best of History Web Sites
besthistorysites.net
Contains links to over 800 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness.
Economic History Resources: How Much is That Worth Today?
eh.net
Provides answers for questions of comparative value covering purchasing power, exchange rates, and other variables between the past and today.
Internet History Sourcebooks
fordham.edu
Contains collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. From Paul Halsall at Fordham University.
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Local History
Built St. Louis
builtstlouis.net
Wonderful photographs and descriptions of many historic buildings and neighborhoods in St. Louis.
History of St. Louis Neighborhoods
stlouis.missouri.org
Written for the St. Louis Community Development Agency in the early 1970's by Norbury Wayman. Provides a detailed viewpoint of the historical neighborhoods from the vantage point of the 1970's -- the information about the current state of individual neighborhoods may not apply today.
History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis
usgennet.org
A wonderful collection of links to historical information on St. Louis and surrounding municipalities. One long page that may take a while to
load in your browser.
Missouri Historical Society
mohistory.org
View information about the society's mission and current exhibits. A portion of the society's catalog is searchable online.
Missouri State Archives
sos.mo.gov
Currently provides access to the African American History Initiative, the St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project, the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, and the Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database. Contains a nice timeline of Missouri History.
Virtually Missouri
virtuallymissouri.org
Virtually Missouri is a portal to dozens of digitized historical, cultural, scientific, and artistic collections and exhibits created by Missouri archives, libraries, museums, galleries, and historical societies. It provides access to a number of online collections of primary source material, often with JPEG or GIF representations of original documents.
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This Day in History
Any Day in History Page
scopesys.com
Events that occurred on any day of the year. Includes births, deaths, historical events, and holidays.
dMarie Time Capsule - On This Day in History
dmarie.com
Select month, date, and year to view news headlines, consumer prices, celebrity birthdays, top songs, television shows, popular toys, and best-selling books from that day. Covers 1800 - 2002.
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Timelines
20th Century History by Decades
kclibrary.nhmccd.edu
Web guides to decades of the twentieth century produced by reference librarians at Kingwood College, TX.
HyperHistory Online
hyperhistory.com
Presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of lifelines, timelines, and maps. Enables reader to view what was happening in widely separated parts of the earth.
St. Louis Historic Timeline Fact Sheet
explorestlouis.com
From 850 AD to the present. Contains many St. Louis "firsts." Produced by the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission.
Year by Year, 1900-2003
factmonster.com
Presents highlights in American History by year. Topic areas include economics, events, sports, entertainment, science, and death. From Information Please.
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