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Amelia Earhart: Online Resources

"The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with Amelia Earhart, including manuscripts, photographs, and books. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to Amelia Earhart that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site."

Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar

"In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's best-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there during World War II."

Charters of Freedom

This exhibit will allow you to study our Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights in great detail. The exhibit includes "some of the most highly detailed photographs ever made of the documents. In addition, this exhibit will permit you to examine the Letter of Transmittal and pages two and three of the Constitution, which are only rarely displayed."

Compact History

This site is slated to have more than 200 tribal histories of Native Americans in the United States. Organized by region, the histories of the tribes of the Northeast are most complete.

Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War

At the official website for the PBS film Crucible of Empire users can learn more about the timeline of the Spanish-American War, read about journalism and the war, and more!

Guide to the Spanish American War

"The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with the Spanish-American War, including manuscripts, maps, broadsides, photographs, prints, sheet music, and films. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to the Spanish-American War that are available throughout the Library of Congress Web site."

Guide to World War II materials

"The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide and diverse selection of materials relating to this period. This guide gathers in one place links to World War II related resources throughout the Library of Congress Web site. "

NetState

Find many interesting state facts at this site under such categories as government, people, state news, economics, symbols, quizzes, state maps and others.

POW/MIA Databases & Documents

Created by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, the POW/MIA Database is an online index to information relating to the treatment, location, and/or condition (T-L-C) of United States personnel who are unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. ``The original microfilmed documents are housed at the Library of Congress and can be borrowed through local libraries.

Salem Witch Trials

Archival information about the Salem witch trials in 1692. Includes verbatim transcripts, articles, and maps.

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