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• American Memory from the Library of Congress

  
  The Library of Congress digitalized collection of over 7 million historical items including original documents, photos, recorded sound, and motion pictures
  http://memory.loc.gov/
  Reviewed: 2008

• American Presidency Project

  
  Provides searchable access to speeches and papers of the U.S. presidents from Washington to Bush.
  http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/
  Reviewed: 2008

• American Slave Narratives

  
  Offers transcripts of interviews with former slaves living throughout the American south during the late 1930s.
  http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7Ehyper/wpa/wpahome.html
  Reviewed: 2008

• Avalon Project: Documents in Law, history, and diplomacy

  
  This site from Yale University offers complete texts from historical documents in law and diplomacy, dating from ancient times through the present day.
  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/
  Reviewed: 2009

• Biography.com

  
  "Search or browse 25,000 biographies of notable personalities from antiquity to the present. The profiles range from one paragraph to several. Searchable by name of person only. Entries include dates, career information, and alternate spellings/versions of the name. More recent entries can include a photograph, list of work
  http://www.biography.com/
  Reviewed: 2008

• Documents in Military History

  
  "Primary source writings on a variety of military conflicts, wars, and battles from ancient times through the nineteenth century. Included are dispatches from military leaders, descriptions from eye witnesses, letters, period newspaper and magazine articles, and other sources." -description taken from Librarians Index to th
  http://www.hillsdalesites.org/personal/hstewart/war/left.htm
  Reviewed: 2008

• Handbook of Texas Online

  
  "...a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin." -description taken from Librarians Index to the Internet
  http://www.tshaonline.org/
  Reviewed: 2008

• Historic Houston

  
  Historic Houston is concerned with the preservation and promotion of that Houston's rich historical and architectural heritage. Among their virtual tours are images of the Dew Plantation, the Battle Ship Texas, Bayou Bend, and Houston City Hall. Press releases and special project information on saving Houston’s historic sit
  http://www.historichouston.org/newSite/home.htm
  Reviewed: 2008

• Internet Archive

  
  Enter a URL into "The Way Back Machine" to view web sites that are no longer accessible anywhere else! This archive of more than 10 billion web pages offers a glimpse of precious internet resources and memorabilia from the past. Other materials that have been converted to digital format and archived include over 1500 histor
  http://www.archive.org/index.php
  

• Perry Castaneda Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

  
  This site contains many online maps of countries, continents, cities, states, and weather. Also contains historical and thematic maps.
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
  Reviewed: 2008

• Wars for Vietnam: 1945-1975

  
  This site offers an overview of the history of the Vietnam War and provides access to relevant historical documents, including rare translations of N. Vietnamese communications and statements
  http://vietnam.vassar.edu/
  Reviewed: 2008

• World War I Document Archive

  
  "Primary documents of WWI, most in English, have been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). Includes conventions, treaties, official papers, documents by year, personal reminiscences, and a biographical dictionary." -description taken from Librarians Index to the Internet
  http://www.lib.byu.edu/%7Erdh/wwi/
  Reviewed: 2008