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Amdocs: Documents for the Study of American History
This site, maintained by the University of Kansas, provides access to hundreds of important documents related to the study of American History. The materials date from the fifteenth century to the present and includes a large number of primary source materials.

American Memory
American Memory is the online resource compiled by the Library of Congress's National Digital Library Program. It is a gateway of rich primary source materials relating to the history and cultural developments of the United States. The site provides multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, maps, recorded sound, and moving pictures.

Keele University (UK) School of American Studies Useful Links
This site has information on and links to resources on American studies, history, film, music, art, and literature.

American Studies Web
In this site links are arranged by category and subcategory. Categories of primary interest in the area of multiculturalism include Race and Ethnicity: General Resources, African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American Studies, Latino and Chicano Studies; and other Ethnicities: Gender and Sexuality, Women's Studies, and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Resources.

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
The site provides hundreds of important primary source documents related to American History from pre-Colonial times to the present. It is maintained by the Law Center at the University of Oklahoma.

Hidden America
Look here for "On The Road" Americana. This site includes links to festivals.

The (American) National Portrait Gallery
This is a searchable site that contains photographs, portraits, and biographical information on thousands of prominent Americans.

National Security Archive
The National Security Archive is an independent nongovernmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University. The archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The archive claims to have the world's largest nongovernmental library of declassified documents, including thousands of documents relating to nuclear history. US - Japanese relations, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and other crises of the 1960s and 1970s.

Presidents of the United States
In this resource there are background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included.

United States Historical Census Data Browser
The data presented in the site describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1790 to 1970.

Making of America (Cornell)
Making of America (U of M)
Two sites with the same name, from Cornell University and from the University of Michigan, with different selections of full text documents including journal articles from the 19th Century. The Cornell link also has records of the American Civil War (War of the Rebellion).