Subject guides: American Studies: Web Links

Web links for the United States

The following links go to sites that contain, or indicate how to find, primary sources.

Also look at the links under eResources.

The Library of Congress
Extensive digital collections on American history, politics and culture
Duke Digital Collections
Digital images of material held by Duke University Libraries and affliates. They range from Advertising to Women's history.
EURweb
The Electronic Urban Report is an information source for
urban entertainment, sports, politics and opinion particularly for and about African Americans.

The following links go to sites that contain, or indicate how to find, primary sources.

Also look at the links under eResources.

AMDOCS
Documents for the study of American History, from 800 CE to the present
American Social History Online
19th and 20th century primary resources from unique historical digital collections.
MOA - Making of America
Primary sources in American social history from 1850-1877. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

American President : an online reference resource
Indepth information provided by the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. It contains a speech archive and oral history.
National Security Archive
Thousands of declassified documents with an emphasis on US foreign policy since 1945, as well as economic and military policy.
Foreign Relations of the United States
The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication from 1861 to 1960

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Digitisation is still in process, so the series is incomplete.

Hearing America: a century of music on the radio
This American RadioWorks program explores the history of American radio.
Historic American Sheet Music
Digital images of 3,042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.
Public Domain Music
Music and lyrics published before 1923 in the United States are in the public domain and may be used by anyone (this is subject to US copyright law - check Australian law before using).

IMB - Internet Movie Database
Film listings, credits, links to reviews, articles and other websites.
AFI : American Film Institute
AFI's mission is to preserve the history of the motion picture, educate the next generation of storytellers, and honor the artists and their work.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Early American Fiction 1789 - 1875
Full text of 875 first editions of American novels and short stories.
Wright American Fiction 1851-1875
This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. There are currently 2,887 volumes by 1,456 authors.