General 19th Century Information Resources

American Memory at the Library of Congress: 1800- 1850
The collections here cover the first half of the Nineteenth Century. They include many text documents, photographs and images.

American Memory at the Library of Congress: 1850-1900
The collections here cover the second half of the Nineteenth Century. They include many text documents, photographs and images.

Images of African-Americans From the 19th Century
See in particular the section on the Civil War. The N.Y. Public Library has made this collection of images available. Search by subject or keyword.

The Making of America
Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. It contains approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles from the 19th century, a major endeavor in preservation and electronic access to historical texts.

From Revolution to Reconstruction
Online texts in American History, with links to many primary sources. Very useful to see what was actually written or stated.

U.S. Historic Documents
Historic Documents from the United States, at the University of Kansas Electronic Library.

Historical Documents of Great Britain
Collection of primary source historical documents from the British Isles, from the earliest times through the present: Magna Carta, parliamentary addresses, political statements by thinkers and leaders, philosophical writings, and more.

A History of American Agriculture: 1776-1990
Chart following eleven major themes of agricultural history in the U.S., decade by decade. Click on the theme/decade to see what major events and developments happened. Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920
"Documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. When completed, it will include all the narratives of fugitive and former slaves published in broadsides, pamphlets, or book form in English up to 1920 and many of the biographies of former slaves published in English before 1920."

Documenting the American South
Most information about nineteenth-century America comes from Northerners. This database presents primary source materials documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It offers diaries, autobiographies, travel accounts, titles on slavery and regional literature drawn from the splendid Southern holdings of the UNC--CH Academic Affairs Library.

A Library of Southern Literature: Beginnings to 1920
Full-text of literature from the American South is linked from this page, which includes an essay to introduce it, "Literature in the American South ( From Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.")
 

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Before the Civil War

Antebellum Richmond
Links that describe life in Richmond, Virginia, during the time just prior to the Civil War. Includes descriptions of various areas of life during slavery in this city of the Old South.

Black Resistance: Slavery in the United States
Covers the many ways in which slaves resisted and rebelled against their conditions of involuntary servitude (slavery). Compiled by Carolyn L. Bennett, Ph.D.

Eighteenth Century Studies
"This collection archives works of the eighteenth century from the perspectives of literary and cultural studies. Novels, plays, memoirs, treatises and poems of the period are kept here (in some cases, influential texts from before 1700 or after 1800 as well), along with modern criticism."

Nineteenth Century Resources
A text-oriented site with a large number of links to full-text documents related to people and events of the Nineteenth Century.
 

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The Alamo Web Site
Official Web site of the place where "a small band of Texans held out for thirteen days against the army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Although the Alamo fell in the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo Defenders has come to symbolize courage and sacrifice for the cause of Liberty. The memories of James Bowie, David Crockett, and William B. Travis" are recounted here.

The Alamo: An Illustrated Chronology
Illlustrated story outline of the Alamo from its beginnings in 1716. Includes many pictures, images and illustrations.

Remember the Alamo
Although a bit of history about the Alamo is included, most of this page is devoted to modern changes in and around the historic site. Includes some helpful historic images of The Alamo.

Texas, Texans, and the Alamo: An Online Exhibit
This exhibit is from The University of Texas at Austin, Center for American History, to promote The Center's Barker Texas History collection. Includes pictures and other images related to The Alamo.
 

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