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Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures
The three titles digitized for "Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures" by the Library of Congress represent diverse pictorials published in Sunday pictorial sections by two of the most prominent U.S. newspapers of the day: the New York Times and New York Tribune. The images in this collection track American sentiment about the war in Europe, week by week, before and after U.S. involvement. They document events of the war alongside society news and advertisements touting products of the day, creating a pictorial record of both the war effort and life at home. An excellent research site.

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
This Smithsonian website skillfully integrates Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. There is also a Civil War mystery, an exhibition self-guide, and a teacher's guide. The World War I section contains a short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts.

The World War I Document Archive (BYU)
An important source of links to primary documents, such as treaties and personal recollections.

The Great War(PBS)
This site includes interviews, maps, an interactive timeline, and brief summaries of the series episodes.

Eyewitness on World War I
Has first-hand accounts of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the death of an American pilot, and a German U-boat attack

The Great War
Provides a detailed list of WWI-related Web sites

The Great War Society 1914-1918
A site for students and researchers that features numerous links to WWI topics

Influenza 1918 (PBS)
Site focuses on influenza attacks in America and features an interactive map

American Leaders Speak (Library of Congress)
This LOC site has 59 brief sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918 to 1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920.