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Encyclopedia of Alabama - A free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama’s famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more.
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History - Provides links to the full-text of over 400 primary source documents relating to the study of American history arranged chronologically.
American and British History Resources on the Internet
The American Memory Collection - an incredible treasure from the Library of Congress with pages on topics from the African American Odyssey to Baseball Cards
American Presidency Project (University of California, Santa Barbara) - provides an online archive of nearly 30,000 historical documents related to the presidency including public papers, state of the union and inaugural addresses, data, and portraits
Best of History Websites: US History -
Center for History and New Media - an annotated guide to over 5000 US History sites
Documenting the American South - primary resources about the culture, literature and history of the American South
Great American Speeches - speeches and background notes on the most influential speakers of the recorded age, with text and audio papers!!
The WWW-VL History Index