History and American Studies

The Library of Congress

• American Memory - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
• Words and Deeds in American History - Manuscript Division
  This online display includes approximately ninety representative documents spanning from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century - the papers of presidents, cabinet ministers, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, military officers and diplomats, reformers and political activists, artists and writers, scientists and inventors, and other prominent Americans.
• Today in History
• American Treasures - The American Treasures of the Library of Congress exhibition is an unprecedented permanent exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past, drawn from every corner of the world's largest library.
  
  

U.S. President

• The Presidents of the United States (The White House) - The President biographies presented here are from the book The Presidents of the United States of America written by Frank Freidel and Hugh S. Sidey (contributing author), published by the White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society.
• Presidential Libraries (U.S. National Archives & Records Administration) - The Presidential Library system is made up of ten Presidential Libraries, plus Nixon Presidential Materials Staff and the William J. Clinton Presidential Materials Project. These are not traditional libraries, but rather repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, and other historical materials of U.S. Presidents since Herbert Hoover.
• Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789 - Present - Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress
• The American Presidency - Grolier
• POTUS - Presidents of the United States (Internet Public Library) - In this resource one will find 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 Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site.
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States - Bartleby.com

American Literature

• The Cambridge History of English and American Literature - An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes - one of the most important works of literary history and criticism; it contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages, with essay topics ranging from poetry, fiction, drama and essays to history, theology and political writing.
• Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures - contain essays, syllabi, bibliographies, and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States

Documents

• The Declaration of Independence - U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
• The Constitution of the United States - U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
• The Bill of Rights - U.S. National Archives & Records Administration