History

American Memory: Access the Library of Congress’ online American History collections. Indulge! You can also access help from a librarian.
Colonial Williamsburg: This is the web site for the largest living museum in the world. Colonial Williamsburg is the restored 18th-century capital of Britain's largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Access information regarding colonial America, and check out the Colonial Williamsburg podcast.
The Deadly Virus: The Influenza Virus of 1918: This National Archives online exhibit provides historical documents and pictures regarding the 1918 flu epidemic.
Emigration and Immigration to the United States 1789-1930: As part of it's Open Collection program, the Harvard Library offers this web site providing access to materials regarding immigration to the United States.
Hearth: Hearth is the home economics history page from Cornell University. The site contains materials from 1850 to 1950. Its mission is to bring attention to the "female ghetto" of research conducted across many subjects including modern hygiene, the Progressive Era, child development, family economics, scientific medicine, and the application of scientific research in a number of industries. It’s a fun resource to browse through.
Internet History Sourcebook: This site provides access to thousands of world history texts- so many, the site had to reformat because it was crashing computers. Access sourcebooks for ancient history, medieval history, African, East Asian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, LGBT, Women's, Global, and science history.
Naval Historical Center: The Center is the naval research facility for the U. S. Department of History and dates to 1800 with the founding the the Department of Navy Library by president John Adams.
Primary Documents of American History: Access the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers, documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789.
Tax History Project: Access the Tax History Museum, Presidential tax returns, readings in tax history, readings from the Federalist Papers regarding taxes, and more.
Trenches on the Web: This is a wonderful WWI resource. Click on the link to the Reference Library and enjoy truly amazing historical experience.
U. S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): NARA is the repository for all historical government documents. This site has amazing resources, but is not user friendly. Use the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) database or the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and consult the Subject Index. Access Presidential Libraries, genealogical resources, military records, preservation resources, records management resources, the Federal Register, special collections, and much more.

History of the Book

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS): If ancient history is your thing, you can check out things such as what a power of attorney document looked like in ancient Egypt. A fun, extensive, and amazing browsing site.
British Library's Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts: This site provides access to information regarding the medieval manuscript holdings of the British Library including some selected images and a glossary.
Codices Electronic Sangallenses (Digital Abbey Library of St. Gallen): This site provides digital access to the medieval codices in the Abbey Library of St. Gallen.
Digital Scriptorium: This University of California site is providing online access to manuscripts from many repositories.
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Perhaps the oldest written story on earth, the epic was originally written on cuneiforms tablets. It tells the story of the Ancient Sumerian King of Uruk, Gilgamesh.
Evolution of Alphabets: This page is part of the course material for "History of the Alphabets" taught by Prof. Robert Fradkin at University of Maryland. It provides an animated depiction of the evolution of ancient alphabets.
Evolution of the Medieval Book: Cornell's online exhibit about the history of book production through the Medieval period.
Medieval Manuscript Manual: This is an excellent resource for learning about medieval manuscripts. A glossary of terms is included.

Medieval History

The Crusades: Boise State University Prof. E. L. Skip Knox offers a fully virtual, asynchronous course for college credit on The Crusades. Course materials are open to the public and can be accessed on this web page.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Created by Paul Halsall of Fordham University, this page lists medieval resources and provides access to a search engine, full texts sources, and ancient, medieval, and Byzantine hagiographical sources.

Women's History

Diotima: Use this site to access resources regarding women and gender in the ancient world, including bibliographies, images, publications, and more.
Photographs from the National Woman's Party: These images are from the Library of Congress's American Memory Collection. The National Woman's Party was the militant arm of the American woman suffrage movement. They were the first to organize protests in front of the White House, and several members were jailed as a result. When some of these members went on a hunger strike in jail, the government force fed the women through feeding tubes inserted through their noses. The women were released eventually without being charged with any offense when newspaper stories regarding the treatment of the women embarrassed the government.
Women's History: Use this page to access seven women's history collections in the Library of Congress.
Working Women 1870-1930: This site provides access to Harvard Library's online collection of digitized materials regarding women's role from the Civil War to the Great Depression in the United States covering conditions in the workplace, the home environment, recreation, health, and social issues.