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History & Biography
U.S. National Archives
& Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Records past and present U.S. governmental activity, including access to
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U.S. Department of State
Country Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Comprehensive profiles of countries of the world. |
American Memory Digital
Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/
Historical collections for the National Digital Library, a project of the
Library of Congress.
American Presidency
http://ap.grolier.com/ - Current news, government information, and history.
American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ - Text and audio clips of famous speeches, songs, movie moments, media events, etc.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1902) Online
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/
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A&E Biography
http://www.biography.com/
Access to over 25,000 biographies of famous people, searchable by name
or birthdate.
Famous Trials (by Doug Linder)
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
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PBS History & Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/history/index.html Topical essays, timelines, and images of world history and notable people.
Suffolk Historic Newspapers
http://shn.suffolk.lib.ny.us/ Digitized collection of six Long Island newspapers from the 19th to early 20th century.
World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - Country profiles, flags of the world, etc.
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