The Our Documents group presents information on the Articles of Confederation, including its history, an enlarged image of the document, and a printer-friendly version of the text. Includes PDFs (require Adobe Reader).
C-Span video [4:50:14] of House Financial Services Committee assessing the Madoff Ponzi Scheme and regulatory failures, 2009.
Original film [21:27] of the battle for control of beaches in the Pacific and European areas.
1942 video [26:42] published by the Department of Navy gives a detailed analyses of Battle of Midway strategy and events.
Original film footage [1:22:57] published in 1943 by the Department of Defense examines the war in Russia, 1941-1943.
Video [26:11] published in 1961 documents scenes of Berlin.
Original footage [28:11] from U.S. Department of Defense documents activities of the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy and their combined effort to help stamp out the threat of communism in South Vietnam.
Video [29:01] published ca. 1974 on the American rifle and its historical role in keeping America free.
An interactive experience with the Bill of Rights. The Our Documents group allows you to view a copy of the original Bill of Rights. There is a brief information section along with links to larger images, a typed transcript, and downloadable PDF (Adobe) files.
Informative site that tells about the act that authorized the building of the Hoover Dam. Read the complete text of the Boulder Canyon Project here.
Castle Film newsreel [15:43] from 1940 on the course of events in Europe including the fall of Holland and Belgium, French surrender, and London blitz, FDR and peacetime draft.
This site contains a complete transcription of The Bill of Rights, along with zoomable graphics of the original handwritten text. It also includes information about the historical context of the document, links to more constitutional amendments, and much more.
Check here to read the three amendments passed during the Progressive Era, the 16th, 17th, & 18th amendments. Fron the National Archives and Records Adminstration.
Interactive images of two documents important in Alaska's history: the check written for its 1868 purchase from Russia and the Russian Treaty of Cession (an English transcript is provided), which concluded the deal.
A copy of the original Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is available on this site. You can also link to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable .PDF file. There is also a concise and informative history and background on the document.
Find an image of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964. Read a brief description of how this life-changing legislation came to be.
Comprehensive overview of the U.S. Constitution. Places the Constitution in context with two other founding charters of American democracy and government, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Includes access to digital facsimiles of the Constitution and to all amendments (with transcripts).
The complete text of the U.S. Constitution as adopted by the U.S. Congress on September 17, 1787, with information about changes made.
Information about, and a scanned copy of page one and five, of the D.C. Emancipation Act which freed slaves in Washington, D.C. in 1862.
Read about the development, purpose, and effect of the Dawes Act, which was also known as the General Allotment Act. This site has images of the original document.