COVID-19 American History Project guide
American Folklife Center have produced a guide to materials they have collected about experiences of COVID 19. It is available via the Library of Congress and it provides links to COVID-19 collections within the Library of Congress and to online collections outside of the Library.Materials include a selection of online photographs and images and oral […]
Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry 1946 (US)
New from the USA National Archives thousands of photographs of mining industry and regions taken in USA in 1946 as part of a survey of conditionsIn 1946 the Department of Interior and the United Mine Workers agreed to a joint survey of medical, health and housing conditions in coal communities to be conducted by Navy […]
NAACP Legal Defense Fund records
A major resource documenting the funding and activities of the NAACP fighting for Black civil rights in 20th Century America. It includes materials relating to key cases including:
Real-time crime index, USA
An initiative to provide real-time updated data and mappings of crime in the USA. It has been built by AH Datalytics and supported by Arnold Ventures. It includes data by state with national comparison and data on trends of types of crime over several years. The latter include murders and rapes. Data can be downloaded […]
Picturing Lincoln
The Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has digitised more than 1,000 images of the American president. They cover his home life, his time in office and his assassination.
Live crime tracker, USA
From the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice the Live Crime Tracker offers in-depth information on crime, violence and victimization in cities across the United States. It includes data from 50 large cities and covers daily crime updates and crime maps plus yearly statistics and crime profiles for each of the cities. Methods […]
Online US government information and news disappearing: Pew Internet Project
Disappearing content from online websites The latest report from the Pew internet project focuses on broken links from US government and news agencies. It found a quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 were no longer accessible (October 2023). Large percentages of tweets had also been removed from live […]
United States Statutes at Large 1789-1950
The USGPO website now contains the full text of significant US legislation including the constitution, treaties and the Declaration of Independence. Statutes at Large from 1789-1950 : https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/STATUTE
US caselaw
Caselaw Access Project The Caselaw Access Project is based on the holdings of Harvard Law School. Its aim is to provide free public access all published U.S. court decisions. The earliest dates from 1658. Details of coverage is on the website. This also offers data download options.
Left Behind
From the USA’s National Deaf Life Museum this website explores the often-forgotten Deaf experience during the AIDS crisis. Includes images, oral histories and accounts.
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