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Category - History

AlternaTime
	Collection of Web timelines ranging from famous individual lives to broad historical and cultural eras.
American Civil War
	Many links to electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).
American Cultural History
	Organized by decade 1900-1999 this guide offers a broad perspective on the twentieth century and will be useful for reunion planning, writing class reports, and reminiscing. Each decade is broken down into subjects, such as: art and architecture, music, fashion, and historic events.
American Memory
	Collection of images, oral histories, etc. relating to the history and cultural developments of the U.S. compiled by the National Digital Library Program (Library of Congress).
Avalon Project at Yale University
	Collection of digital documents in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government from pre 18th through the 21st century.
Best of History Web Sites
	Sites for students, educators, and amateur historians. More than 800 sites rated for accuracy and quality.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index
	Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index (not full-text articles) to over 15 million biographical sketches on nearly 5 million people in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures, living or dead, throughout the world. [For a full description of this database, go to Gale Group's Product Fact Sheets to link to a PDF format file. The Acrobat Reader plug-in is loaded on the MPL PCs.] Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. Library subscription. Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library cardholders.
Center for History and New Media
	Search to look in on or locate colleagues, conduct historical research, or help out with graduate or undergraduate application.
Center of Military History
	One of the largest libraries of military history information on the World Wide Web. This U.S. Army site includes online bookshelves, photographs, and lineage and honor.
Children in Urban America Project
	This is a collection of documents and photographs about the history of children in Milwaukee from the 1850s to the present. It offers an archive of more than 5400 newspaper articles, public documents, oral histories, letters and other sources, focusing on growing up in Milwaukee over the last 150 years.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors
	This is the National Park Service computerized database of Civil War Soldiers & Sailors. There is a complete searchable index of U.S. Colored Troops and more than six million soldiers.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks
	Handbooks analyzing the political, economic, social, and national security systems & institutions of over 100 countries. The website contains online versions of books previously published (1988-98) in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army. About half of the studies have been updated more recently. The date of information for each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end of each section of text.
Dictionary of Wisconsin History
	The Dictionary of Wisconsin History is a collection of words and phrases gathered from the Turning Points in Wisconsin History digital collection. Certain names of people, places, things, and events specific to Wisconsin can be found in this growing online dictionary.
dMarie Time Capsule
	Create your own time capsule by entering date and find headlines, top songs, books. movies, and prices of goods for that time period. Less information available for the years between 1800 and 1875.
Great Lakes Marine Collection
	This database contains information on over 10,000 Great Lakes vessels from 1815 to the present: some that are diesel-powered, some rigged with sails, and some barges; cargo vessels, passenger boats, military and even pleasure craft. It also includes the names of owners, captains and builders of the vessels. The database was created by the Library and the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society with the Shipshape grant.
Historic Preservation Commission
	This site contains records on local properties. Towards the bottom of the first page, look for "Properties and Districts." Click on Locally-designated areas to find Historic Designation Study Reports and some photos on neighborhoods and individual properties.
Historical Text Archive
	Provides original material, links to other sites, and electronic reprints of books and is organized by geography/nations and topics.
History Channel
	Where the past comes alive...online.
History Reference Center
	History Reference Center from EBSCO is a full text history database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. It features content from more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from history publishers and full text for nearly 170 periodicals including American Heritage, American Historical Review, American History, Archaeology, Aviation History, Chinese America: History & Perspectives, Civil War Times, German History, History Today (back to January 1975), Journal of American History, Military History, Naval History, Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Wild West, Wisconsin Magazine of History, and World War II, in addition to other titles. Further, the database contains more than 112,000 historical documents (such as landmark legal decisions); more than 113,000 biographies of historical and current figures; over 112,000 historical photos and maps; and 80+ hours of historical video. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription. Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library cardholders.
Internet Archive
	The Internet Archive is a comprehensive library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form, today launched the Wayback Machine, a free service allowing people to access and use archived versions of past Web pages. For the first time, all members of the public will be able to search and view the Internet Archive*s enormous collection of Web sites, dating back to 1996 and comprising over 10 billion Web pages.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
	Collections of texts, "public domain and copy-permitted" for educational use, covering ancient, medieval, and modern history with links to other history sourcebooks. Suggestions on how to use and read primary sources.
Making of America, Cornell University
	Cornell Unversity Library's contribution to MOA consists of more than 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints including The Atlantic Monthly (1857-1901), Scientific American (1846-1869), Manufacture and Builder (1869-1894) and others. This site also has the U.S. War Department's Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion and the U.S. Naval War Records The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Making of America, University of Michigan
	Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, comprising nearly 11,000 volumes published from 1850-1876.
Making of Milwaukee
	The Making of Milwaukee documentary series, based on local historian John Gurda's book by the same name, details the rich history of our city. This Web site includes historic photographs, an interactive timeline, and educational materials for use in the classroom.
Milwaukee County Historical Society
	The Society collects, preserves, and makes available materials relating to the history of the Milwaukee community through a broad range of activities, an extensive library and archives of government and naturalization records, photo collections and personal papers.
Milwaukee Neighborhoods
	The UWM Libraries have developed an extensive online digital collection titled "Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992." The collection presents 638 images of Milwaukee's neighborhoods from the Far Northwest Side to the Far South Side, providing a visual documentation of the development of the city.
Milwaukee Road Historical Association
	Membership society in which hobbyists, historians, model railroaders, and others join in preserving and reliving the history of the famed Milwaukee Road. The society has many special membership benefits including the opportunity to assist the Milwaukee Public Library in cataloging the Milwaukee Road Archives
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
	Academic site written and maintained by scholars. Primary sources, articles and links to other medieval sites.
Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers
	The Wisconsin Historical Society has reproduced here a set of volumes which list all the soldiers known to have participated in Wisconsin's Civil War regiments. Known as the Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, these two volumes were compiled in 1886 from original archival records, and their alphabetical index was published in 1914.
This Day in History
	From the producers of cable's History Channel.
Veterans Page
	This Web site links to all the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as many veterans posts and organizations.
Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
	Links to documents, articles, photographs, and diaries, as well as to most of the key Web projects available on the Internet, including such a database of casualty names, an oral history, and folklore project, plus sites concerning veterans memorials.
Wisconsin Black Historical Society / Museum
	The Wisconsin Black Historical Society / Museum's mission is to document and preserve the historical heritage of African descent in Wisconsin. The museum exhibits, collects and disseminates materials depicting this heritage. Serving as a resource center for all people interested in Wisconsin's rich African American heritage, the Museum's purpose is to promote community and cultural activities.
Wisconsin Electronic Reader
	Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals and and tidbits from Wisconsin history. There are many first hand accounts accompanied by digitized illustrations. This is a cooperative digital imaging project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System and the Wisconsin Historical Society, funded in part by the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.
Wisconsin Historical Society
	The Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW)) preserves historical materials in many forms documenting a wide array of subjects concentrating on collecting and disseminating knowledge of Wisconsin and of the trans-Allegheny West. It serves as the archives of the State of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
	By the end of 2001, the Wisconsin Historical Society will have placed online 16,000 articles on people and places in Wisconsin. The material comes from newspaper articles found in scrapbooks available in the WHS Archives. The years cover 1860-1940.
Wisconsin Name Index
	Obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsinites are indexed in this resource from the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Society will provide full-text copies from the sources cited for a fee. Many of the sources cited for the obituary or sketch may be available at the Milwaukee Public Library.
Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records
	The Public Land survey of Wisconsin was conducted between 1833-1866 to divide the land into lots for sale. Surveyors recorded notes and these field notes are now available online. The notes may describe landscape or vegetation, surface of land, quality of soil, etc. The notes may be difficult to read as there has been some deterioration of the paper along with fading ink. Plat maps are being added.
World War I Military Portrait Index
	The Milwaukee Public Library's special collections include 3,192 photographs of World War I military personnel from Milwaukee County. The names of individuals in the photograph collection are listed on this site. Use the alphabetical search key to look for an individual name.
WWW-VL History Index
	Collection of history related sites by country, topic, eras and epochs, with links to instructional and research materials. Site aims for high standards in selectivity as to make site useful for practicing historians