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American: Websites
| Academy of American Poets
Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this site contains biographies of poets and the texts of hundreds of poems, many with images and sound files. |
| American Collection: An Educator's Site
Highlighting the works of six great authors—Henry James, Langston Hughes, Esmeralda Santiago, James Agee, Willa Cather, and Eudora Welty—the site provides primary and secondary source information. Resources include lesson plans related to each of the authors; links to peer-reviewed websites; and on-line teacher guides. |
| American Masters (NEW)
(NEW) An ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of America’s most outstanding cultural artists. |
| American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
Archival resources for exploring many aspects of American history and culture. |
| American Studies at the University of Virginia
The site is a repository of scholarly concentrations on such humanities topics as the 1930s, cultural maps, American literature, avant-garde and postmodern art exhibitions, and the U.S. Capitol building as an American icon. The site houses hypertexts of several American authors, including: Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
| American Verse Project
Electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920 |
| Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events (NEW)
(NEW) A comprehensive timeline on American history from the mid-17th century through 1920, as well as a robust listing of American literary movements. |
| Connecticut History Online
Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a collaboration between the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society. |
| Conversations with History
Interviews with a broad range of historical figures from the latter half of the twentieth century. |
| Do History
The site centers upon the historical work surrounding the diary of Martha Ballard, an 18th Century midwife. The core of the site is Martha's actual diary, which can be browsed or searched online, but the site also includes a large archive of primary sources about Martha and colonial America. |
| Documenting the American South
Growing collection of primary materials documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. |
| F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
The site offers a comprehensive view of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life, works, and influence on American literature. Links to audio clips, film clips, and quotations from Fitzgerald and other notable figures deepen visitors' understanding of the author. |
| Harpweek
Created by Harper's Weekly as an online archive of 18th and 19th century issues of the magazine, the site contains ten free features utilizing rich primary sources and scholastic commentary on topics that range from Immigrant and Ethnic America to The World of Thomas Nast. |
| Hawthorne in Salem
This site draws on the collections of The Peabody Essex Museum, the House of Seven Gables Historic Site, and the Salem Maritime National Historic site. It features critical approaches to Hawthorne’s work and includes a timeline, an image gallery, and links to several electronic editions. |
| Humanities Interactive (NEW)
(NEW) The Texas Council for the Humanities places its resources in the hands of teachers and librarians in an interactive format. |
| Internet Public Library
Produced by the University of Michigan School of Information, this site contains a vast collection of online texts, including novels, newspapers, magazines, and tutorials for students of all ages. |
| Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening
The site features 13 works by Chopin, including The Awakening, a transcript of the documentary, interviews with a Chopin descendent and Chopin scholar, and a basic chronology of Chopin's life. |
| KateChopin.org (NEW)
(NEW) The official website of the Kate Chopin International Society. Provides a network and forum for the study of American author Kate Chopin (1850-1904). The society encourages and supports scholarship and activities that illuminate Chopin’s contribution to the American literary tradition, and it seeks to preserve her literary significance for future generations. |
| Mark Twain in His Times
Broad range of materials on Mark Twain the writer and his times. |
| Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Based on a PBS lecture series narrated by Michael Palin, this site provides younger students with an overview of the life of Ernest Hemingway. |
| National First Ladies Library
Background on the women of the White House. |
| Plymouth Colony: Archive Project
The site presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, Colony laws, 17th century texts, research and analysis of various topics, biographical profiles of colonists, probate inventories, wills, maps, town and fort plans, and architectural and material culture studies. |
| Scribbling Women
Online resources for teaching American women's literature using dramatizations produced by The Public Media Foundation |
| The Antislavery Literature Project (NEW)
(NEW) Primary source texts on the antislavery movement as well as podcasts and videos. Accompanied by teachers’ guides. |
| The Walt Whitman Archive (NEW)
(NEW) An electronic research and teaching tool that sets out to make Whitman's vast work, for the first time, easily and conveniently accessible to scholars, students, and general readers (U. of Nebraska, Lincoln, and U. of Iowa). |
| Thoreau Reader (NEW)
(NEW) Annotated works of Henry David Thoreau and an extensive resource list on his life and works. Teaching Thoreau feature with further resources. |
| Wired for Books
For many years, most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. The one-on-one interviews typically lasted 30 to 45 minutes and then had to be edited down to a two-minute radio show. Listen to the voices of many of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. |
| Women of the West Museum
Online exhibits about the experiences of women in the American west. |
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