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American Memory Project: Library of Congress
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than seven-million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
This Smithsonian Museum site offers a wide range of resources related to American history.
National Museum of American History: Virtual Exhibits
This site has links to virtual exhibits that tell a variety of stories about America's past.
History of the American West 1860-1920
This Library of Congress site houses 30,000 photographs to illuminate many aspects of the history of the American West.
Historical Maps of North America
Yale's Map Collection offers maps of North and South America from 1556-1870.
National Museum of the American Indian
This site offers information about the new Smithsonian Museum as well as numerous resources and exhibits.
Mythology of Native Americans
Visit the links to learn about Mythology of North American Indians related to objects in the sky, the earth, and aspects of their world
Other Apache Sources
This site offers a list of some of the other Apachean textual materials that are available as electronic texts or are in development.
Black Elk's World
University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Website dedicated to Black Elk Speaks.
Mexican and Latin American Literature: Selected Sources
A good starting place for resources about Mexican and Latin American Literature.
Latin American Resources
Yale Library's list of Latin American links offers numerous resources for studying Latin American literature.
Related Links for Latin American Words
This BBC site features numerous interesting and informative links about Latin American culture.
Spanish, Latin American, Brazilian And Caribbean Literature: Additional Sources on Literature
This site from Duke's library offers a wide range of scholarly print resources concerning Spanish, Latin American, Brazilian and Caribbean literature.
Slavery in America
This site is an excellent resource for students and teachers and provides useful information, images and context for understanding the history of slavery in the U.S.
Voices From the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
A Site from the American Folklife Center (Library of Congress) provides the opportunity to listen to former slaves describe their lives in interviews conducted between 1932 and 1975.
The African-American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom
The African-American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom chronicles the movement from slavery to freedom.
African American Women Writers of the Nineteenth-Century
New York Public Library Digital Library Collections Digital Schomburg series offers electronic versions of numerous texts by 19th century African American women writers.
Women's Work in the 19th Century U.S.
This site links to numerous resources about 19th century American women and work.
American Women Writers Links
This site offers a variety of links devoted to American women writers.

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