SITES TO FIND IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS

 

THOMAS

Maintained by Library of Congress as portal to Federal legislation, etc.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Official repository (vocabulary word) of U.S documents, including Declaration of Independence, correspondence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, treaties, etc.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES

Best single site for information about Maryland, its history, its government and jurisdictions. Includes documents for teaching, etc.

GPO GATE

Site maintained by University of California as a portal to the Government Printing Office on-line material. Has search capability

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INFO CENTRAL History portion

Maintained by Librarians at National Geographic, has a wonderful list of on-line sources for documents of American History.

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES LINK

I found this courtesy of the National Geographic web site. It has a state by state directory of links to historical societies: state, local, and subject matter. A very rich source of information.

TEN MOST WANTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

As determined by a survey run by The Center for Democracy and Technology, which tracks technology issues and how proposed governmental action might affect democracy.

 

TOTALLY USELESS BUT FUN SITE

You want to see how STUPID laws can be? Try this site.

 

 

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