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Civil War CT Volunteers An online edition of The History of the 13th infantry Regiment Volunteers of Connecticut During the Great Rebellion. The appendix includes the names of volunteers and the towns they come from. Part of a digitization project of Connecticut history by Quinnipiac University. |
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CT Historical Society Includes over 200,000 prints and photographs and 35,000 volumes. Also three million manuscripts. |
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Slavery/Wtby Fortune's Story. The story of Fortune and informationon slavery in Waterbury. From the Mattatuck Museum. |
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Waterbury Genealogy and history of the Greater Waterbury area. Also provides travel information for those outside the region wishing to visit Waterbury to conduct research. Many links still unfinished. |
STATES |
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State Histories Click on any state from the map of the U.S. for state information useful to both grade and high school students. From infoplease. |
UNITED STATES |
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African American History Timeline 1600 to the present. From Galegroup. |
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Our Documents Images of, transcripts from, and information about 100 United States documents considered to be milestones. From the National Archives and Records Administration. |
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U.S. History An outline of American History from the U.S. Department of State international information program. |
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Witchcraft Trials 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials: Documents and Participants. From the University of Virginia Library. |
WORLD |
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Best History Web Sites Best of History Web Sites provides quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories. BOHWS has been designed to benefit history educators and their students, but general history enthusiasts will find the site useful as well. |
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Middle Ages What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages? Areas covered include religion, home, clothing, health, arts & entertainment, and town life. Appropriate for middle school grades. |
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Speeches/Broadcast Read or listen to some of the most famous broadcast or recorded speeches of the 20th century. Offered by the History Channel. |
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Trials Highly regarded Web site that tells the stories of famous trials (mostly American) using transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents and essays. Some of the trials are: Salem Witchcraft, Armistad, Sacco-Vanzetti, O.J. Simpson, and Scopes. Sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. |
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 History Refernce Center Ebsco research database lets you study United States and world history. Simply, select your parameters in the timeline pull-down menu. This is a good resource for students doing reports. (use our link to Ebsco from iconn on our home page)
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Updated 1.28.2008 |