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US History

19th Century, Collection Essays

John C. Calhoun and American Disunion

Robert Elder, Valparaiso University
April 23, 2018

20th Century, Collection Essays

World War II and US Visual Culture

Image of a fighter pilot in the sky. Private companies sometimes sponsored artists to create vivid pictures of the military in action.

Mark B. Pohlad
August 1, 2017

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

The Colonization of the Black Hills in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, in Historic Maps and Documents

Map of western United States in various colors indicating a variety of resources and their locations.

Peter Nekola
August 1, 2017

18th Century, Lesson Plans

Native Nations in an Age of Empire and Revolution, 1750-1783

Anthony Di Lorenzo
January 24, 2017

19th Century, Collection Essays

The Anti-Slavery Movement in Chicago and Illinois

Speech given by John Hossack at his sentencing for violating the Fugitive Slave Law.

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Commodities and the Transformation of the North American Landscape

Peter Nekola and Neal Dugre
March 6, 2014

20th Century, Collection Essays

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Urban North

Poster of text

Rachel Bohlmann with Kevin Boyle
January 30, 2014

19th Century, Collection Essays

The American Renaissance in Context

An illustration of two women from Fanny Fern’s bestselling collection of stories and essays.

Hana Layson with Lawrence Howe
January 23, 2014

19th Century, Collection Essays

Home Front: The Visual Culture of the Civil War North

Hana Layson with Daniel Greene
November 15, 2013

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Collection Essays

Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America

Neal Dugre
September 1, 2013

20th Century, Classroom Materials, High School

Raising Support for World War I

Emily Weiss
June 28, 2013

20th Century, Collection Essays

World War I in U.S. Popular Culture

Hana Layson with Patricia Scanlan
June 27, 2013