History Old: Web & Social Media

Annotated links to over 1200 history websites. Main topics include art history, American history, Early Modern Europe, maps, and more.

Covers the Revolutionary and Colonial eras and Philadelphia in general. Owned by the Independence Hall Association.

Emphasizes primary documents of the 18th century. Editor of site is an archivist.

Claims to be the largest free reference center on US black history and global African history. It has over 3,000 pages, including an encyclopedia, speeches, primary documents, timelines and biographies. Their content specialist is a Ph.D. candidate in African American history.

Annotated list of links of general, Africa, Asia, US, etc.

Includes documents and maps. By the University of Virginia.

The Journal of San Diego History is accessed under Collections. Historic photographs for purchase. Student resources if you create an account. Can do research if pay entrance fee.

A list of local museums.

Resources include web guides on doing oral history.

This site was begun as a way to offer information about various historic sites. Browse by historic site or by time period.

Browse by themes (art, food, gender), time period or major geographic location. However, not all articles are free.