American Studies
Primary Document Websites
American Memory - Library of Congress - The
Library of Congress features many online exhibits of primary source documents
relating to the history and culture of the
EyeWitness: History Through the Eyes
of Those Who Lived It - Ibis Communications presents eyewitness accounts of
historic events from the 17 century to the 20th.
The Authentic History Center - A
collection of authentic primary history sources from American culture, from
colonial days through to the 1990s. Included are text and audio documents such
as: letters, diaries, political cartoons, and speeches.
History
Matters - This feature contains primary documents in text, image, and audio
about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout
Battle
Lines: Letters from America's Wars - an online exhibition created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute
and the Legacy Project, features correspondence from over 200 years of American
conflicts, ranging from the Revolution to the war in
Private Art: A Collection of WWII
Letters To and From the Home Front - Letters of Pvt. Arthur Pranger of the
86th Chemical Mortar Battalion and his family and friends.
Sgt.William
Heller's World War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division - “Sharing the pictorial history of World War II
in
A Marine Diary: My Experiences on
Guadalcanal by
J. R. Garrett - Excerpts from an
actual diary of a WWII in
The Letters of Private Melvin W.
Johnson – from WWII
Pictures
of World War II - Select Audiovisual Records from the National Archives and Records Administration
Pieces: Recollections of a Rifleman by Ed Blanco - excerpts from the diary I
kept during my tour with the 101st Airborne Division in
The USS Oriskany - Memories of Vietnam - from
Larry Matthews, a U.S Navy sailor who served aboard the aircraft carrier.
TET Journal - Jeanette Wolfe's account of
working as a nurse at the 71st EVAC in Pleiku, written on February 6, 1968,
after the first week of the Tet Offensive.
Pure Torture - account of the suffering and
perseverance of an American prisoner of war.
Visions
of Vietnam - A Personal Perspective – Famous photos