This website is designed to be an aid in helping students in James Barrett's History 453B, a Seminar in American Working Class History, 1880-1930.

The Links on this page can be used as reference and bibliographic stepping stones towards information provided by government sources and located in government documents.

The Links are not arranged in any consequential or chronological order. A brief description of what is found through the site follows the link.

General Sources:

Library of Congress' American Memory Site
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. Allows you to search, browse, and access collections by type of document. A broad selection of topics and subject areas are represented here.
http://lcw eb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

Smithsonian Museums' Research Centers
The Smithsonian is a major center of scholarly research. This page is a guide to the collections at the Smithsonian. There are also links to the Smithsonian's specialized research centers.

Making of America, v.1
This website, provided by the University of Michigan, focuses on monographs in the areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, science & technology, and religion.
http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/index.html

Making of America, v.2
This website, provided by Cornell University, focuses on serials of the era, ranging from general interest publications to those with more targeted audiences, such as agriculture.
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

Uexplore (formerly Social and Economic Information Library>
An introductory page that includes some links to some basic statistical sources. Examples include economic indicators, bureau of the census, and economic censuses general. This site does not necessarily include historical sources, but may lead to sites that do.
http://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/uexplore.html

Specific Historical Sources:

National Archives & Records Administration
Includes guides to the use of NARA holdings for genealogical research, historical records of Governmental Agencies, an Archival information locator, links to the Federal Register, the US Government Manual, and Public laws.
http://www.nara.gov

Center for Electronic Resources (NARA)
CER appraises and provides access to US Federal Governmental electronic records of continuing value. Includes virtually any area or subject in which the Federal Government is involved.
http ://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic/homensx.html

Historical Texts Archives
A searchable index of historical archives. Includes full text articles contributed by individual authors and historians on a variety of topics.
http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/index.html

Wayne State's Archives of Labor & Union Affairs
Includes lists of holdings of various organizational and personal papers.
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/unions.html

Horus' History Links (U of California-Riverside)
An electronic resource consisting of links to history resources, indexed by subject, country, and alphabetical listing by individual. Follow links to Libraries & Archives Directories.
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html

Cultural Heritage Intiative for Community Outreach, AADL Gateway to the Arts
This site includes a guide to museums and cultural resources on the web, links to Internet resources in the visual arts, and World Wide arts resources. You may also want to go to CHICO's Latin American Database.
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/LAD/

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR (UMichigan)
This site has archive of data in a broad range of social sciences and subjects. Of particular interest is Historical Urban and Community Structure Studies under the Community and Urban Studies heading.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/archive1.html

Martin P. Catherwood Library: Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations
This site includes an ILR Electronic Reading Room, Virtual Library of Related Internet Resources, Labor-Management Historical Collections, Other Industrial Relations Libraries, ILR Class Materials and Reserve Lists. An index to sites of interest, created by Cornell University and Human Resource Executive magazine for Industrial & Labor Relations scholars called workindex is located here.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library.html