History Subject Guide
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Countries and Their Cultures (Gale Virtual Reference Library) Four volume set on cultures and countries around the world. Descriptive summaries of the country, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information are provided. *Home Use for OPL Only. |
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Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (Gale Virtual Reference Library) Contains essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. *Home Use for OPL Only. |
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NewspaperArchive.com Full- text of historic newspapers from 500 cities. Includes Oshkosh Northwestern; 1881 - 1975 (some years & months not available) and additional Oshkosh newspapers dating as far back as 1849 with sporadic coverage. *Home Use |
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Oshkosh Local History
Oshkosh Local History
Oshkosh Public Library's "Historic Oshkosh" page with links to a Timeline of Oshkosh History, digitized Oshkosh City Directories and local history books, database of Oshkosh Facts, Firsts and Frequently Asked Questions and more.
Oshkosh in Motion
Hometown movie that "presents a rare and unique glimpse of Oshkosh and its residents." From the UW-Oshkosh Archives & Area Research Center and the Oshkosh Public Museum. Need QuickTime 5 to view.
Highholders of Oshkosh
History of ancestors known as Highholders that came to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the late 1800's.
Token Catalog
This site includes tokens from various Oshkosh businesses and organizations. Click on "Display Tokens", choose Wisconsin and then Winnebago County.
Wisconsin State History
Turning Points in Wisconsin History
Hundreds of authentic documents, pictures, and artifacts from Wisconsin's past from the collections of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. New content added daily. Created with support from the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, CESA 6, and UW Oshkosh's Teaching American History Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Women's History in Wisconsin
Celebrate Women's History Month this March at the Wisconsin Historical Society web site for a tribute to women of Wisconsin. This page leads to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources available online that reveal the history of Wisconsin women.
Wisconsin Electronic Reader
"Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals, and tidbits from Wisconsin history. Many firsthand accounts, profusely illustrated." A cooperative project of the UW-Madison General Library System and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, funded in part by the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.
Wisconsin Historical Images
Historical images collected by the Wisconsin Historical Society from the 19th and 20th centuries. Images are primarily photographs but there are also several paintings and posters
Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
Digital images of historical and biographical articles that have been preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
United States & World History
American Journeys: eyewitness accounts of early American exploration and settlement
Read the words of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. View, search, print, or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts, and classic travel narratives from the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
American Rhetoric
Online Speech Bank (over 5000 text, audio & video speeches), Top 100 Speeches (significant American political speeches), and Movie Speeches.
American Memory
View historic photographs from all parts of the United States. Photographs are from the Library of Congress's National Digital Library.
Best of History Websites
Best of History Web Sites provides quick access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories.
Biography
Over 20,000 biographies of historical figures. The on-line version of the Arts and Entertainment Channel television show. dMarie Time Capsulehttp://dmarie.com/timecap/ Enter a date and see a Time Capsule for that day. Other features will give you birthdays, songs, prices & TV shows for that date.
dMarie Time Capsule
Enter a date and see a Time Capsule for that day. Other features will give you birthdays, songs, prices & TV shows for that date.
Encyclopedia Titanica
Passenger and crew lists, biographies, deck plans, links, and a chronology of the historic sinking of the RMS Titanic, provided by the British education resource, EduWeb.
Eyewitness to History
History through the eyes of those who lived it.
The History of Costume
Virtual reproduction of the book, The History of Costume, originally published by the German firm, Braun and Schneider, from 1861 to 1880. This exhibit includes 500 full-color sketch images from the original text, documenting how costume and dress changed throughout history, from ancient times to the late 19th century. Provided by the Department of Theatre and Dance at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville.
Hmong WWW Homepage
Information, links, and resources about and for the Hmong community, including pages in Hmong.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Over 85 nations are covered in the areas of history, social factors, economy, geography, politics and military issues. These profiles are the full-text versions of books produced by the Library of Congress.
Milestone Documents
100 milestone documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965. Compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration.
New York Public Library Digital Gallary
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library.
Pop Culture
Variety of links about the culture and fads in the United States during the 20th century. Browse by decade or by topic, such as movies, music and television.
Presidents of the United States
The Internet Public Library's web resource to U.S. presidents with name and subject indexes.
Useless Information
Trivial information and interesting historical facts. Useless? You decide.