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Gateway Sites

Conversations with History
http://conversations.berkeley.edu/

"Interview program, broadcast nationally...Conceived in 1982 by Harvey Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times.." Includes over 500 interviews, 1982 to present.


EyeWitness - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/

Searchable collections include Ancient World, Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Centuries, Civil War, Old West, Photo of the Week, SnapShots, voices, History in Motion.

Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com/
Massive collection of documents, photographs, articles and books on the topics of: Africa, African-American, Asia, Europe, Family, Internet, Hungary, Korean War, Latin American, Colonial Latin American, Mexico, Persian Gulf, Religion, Rock n Roll, USA, World War I, World War II, Old West, Maps.


History and Politics Out Loud: a searchable archive of politically significant audio materials
http://www.hpol.org/
Search the database or browse by title, speaker or date. Covers 1930 to present.


History Channel: Famous Speeches in History
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches
Audio collection of some of the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the twentieth century. Categories: Presidential, War, Civil Rights, Sports.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp
Covering Ancient through Modern times, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an online collection of about 3,500 objects which can be searched by artist, period, style, or keyword.


National Library of Medicine: Images from the History of Medicine
http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/all
"The collection includes portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine."


New York Public Library Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photgraphs and more."


Sunsite Digital Collections
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/
Diverse collection ranging from history to literature from UC Berkeley.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
http://americanart.si.edu/
Online versions of past and present exhibitions. Viewable by exhibit summary or by directly accessing the images.


Speeches & Transcripts
http://library.albany.edu/reference/speeches.html
Variety of speeches, many unique, such as graduation speeches, Bill Gates's speeches, and Mark Twain speeches. Also, transcripts of many radio and television shows such as Washington Week and All Things Considered.

TIME.com Photoessays
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/
Searchable Photo Essays from 1999 to present; Links to Europe and Asia photo essays.


UCR California Museum of Photography
http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/
Special Collections include Andy Warhol, Black Panthers, Ike Ude, Afghanistan 1933, Carawans Life of Music, Korea 1900-1905, California Agricultural Community.


The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/
Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the American Civil War. It is an archive of newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, maps, church records, population census, agricultural census, and military records.


Organized and Maintainted by
Ann B. Perham  Ann_Perham@needham.k12.ma.us
School Librarian 
Needham High School, Needham, Massachusetts
Updated: January 2012