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.
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
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
Note: Many of these sites focus on current data, not historical. They have been included in case there is an interest in current data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/
Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
Department of Housing and Urban Development
http://www.hud.gov
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Federal Labor Relations Authority
http://fedbbs.access.gpo.gov/flra01.htm
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