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Inhalt :: Content
Online-Service mit Zugang zu über 60.000 Primärquellen zur amerikanischen Geschichte von der Besiedlung bis ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein. Die Dokumente stammen aus dem Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York. Die Sammlung umfasst Briefe, Tagebücher, Regierungsdokumente, Unterlagen aus Unternehmen, Bücher, Pamphlete, Zeitungsartikel, Fotografien, Flugblätter und Karten. Ergänzt werden diese durch Sekundärquellen wie einer interaktiven Chronologie, Essays und Videovorträge.
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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information
This collection traces the progress of American History and extensively covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History holds one of the outstanding collections on American History. It is full of individual items, but it also has rich veins of manuscript research material. This makes it ideal for teaching survey courses on American History, but equally valuable as a platform for undergraduate essay work and postgraduate research.
Modules
- Module I: Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform, 1493-1859
- Module II: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945
Period Covered
Highlights
- Over 60,000 primary source documents; the majority is unique manuscript material
- Colonial America - the Livingston collection dates from 1666 to 1750 and includes unique material on the Dutch settlement in New Amsterdam, the development of early New York and on mercantile trade
- The American Revolution – The papers of Henry Knox, George Washington's general of artillery and Secretary of War, have long been recognized as a vital source for the study of the American Revolution. In addition to providing a first-hand account of the conflict, there are the remarkable letters of Lucy Knox providing a woman's view of the war and the key characters
- Federalism and American expansion – There is much important material on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and subsequent Amendments.
- American Indians – There is voluminous material on early relationships with the Cayugas, Creek, Mohawks, Mohicans, Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecans and many other tribes across North America
- Slavery and Abolition
- Thousands of individual diaries and letters from combatants on both sides of the conflict
- Records relating to the role of African-American troops in the war
- Material on women during the Civil War and the impact on Northern and Southern states
- Medical guides, papers of surgeons and records relating to prisoners of war
- Translations and transcriptions for many manuscripts
- Features from partner organizations Mount Vernon and the Gettysburg Foundation
Source Archive
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York
Material Types
- Books
- Broadsides
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Financial documents
- Government documents
- Land transaction documents
- Legal documents
- Maps
- Military documents
- Miscellany
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Notes
- Objects
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Prints, paintings, engravings and sketches
- Private organisation documents
Editorial Board
- Crispin Bates, University of Edinburgh
- Carol Berkin, Baruch College
- Emma Christopher, University of Sydney
- Eric Foner, Columbia University
- Philip Hamilton, Christopher Newport University
- Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University
- David M. Kennedy, Stanford University
- Ellen Pawelczak, Consultant at Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Clement Price, Newark College of Arts and Sciences, University College, Newark
- Alan Taylor, University of California, Davis
- Betty Wood, University of Cambridge
Subjects
- The Americas to 1620
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- African Americans
- Banking & Economics
- Children & Family
- Creating a New Government
- Education
- French & Indian Wars
- Government & Politics
- Health & Medicine
- Law
- Literature, Language, Arts
- Native Americans
- Presidents
- Religion
- Science, Technology, Invention
- Slavery and abolition
- The Mexican Wars
- War of 1812
- Westward Expansion
- Women in American History
- The American Civil War
- The Great Depression
- The Gilded Age
- World War I
- World War II
Key Features
- A powerful teaching tool and research guide
- Interactive maps - experience the famous Civil War Battle of Gettysburg through eyewitness accounts, historic and modern images in 'Mapping Gettysburg'
- Mount Vernon and George Washington - Explore Mount Vernon, the family estate of George Washington, through photographs and see a selection of documents written from his beloved home.
- The History of America in 100 Documents – An interactive selection of 100 documents demonstrating some of the key themes of the period from 1493 to 1945. Each document takes the user back into the full collection.
- Video lectures from writers and historians discussing various aspects of the period from early Indian conflicts to the founding generation.
- Essays written by leading academics look in detail at various areas of American history.
- Thematic guides
- Visual galleries
- Chronology
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