This site has an essay written by Maximilien Robespierre in 1794, during the turmoultous years of the French Revolution. A brief historical background of the essay is also included in this site.
An essay written by Maximilien Robespierre in 1794, during the period known as the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution.
Fordham University provides this essay concerning the "Principles of Political Morality".
Fordham's Modern History Sourcebook offers a primary source record of a German imperialist organization's reasons to imperialize.
The Fordham University provides information about the application of steam power, which accelerated the centralization of textile production in factories.
Fardham University gives the text of the Balfour Declaration, which later was adopted and included in a UN Resolution.
This Fordham University site offers a primary source from a British Captain stating the argument for British imperialism of East Africa.
The Warsaw pact in 1955 was a treaty of friendship, co-operation, and cooperation assistance. Website gives the clauses of the Warsaw Pact in 1955.
This site from Fordham University gives the text of the Yalta Confernce. It has an outline of the agreements made.
This site from Fordham University contains actual letters between the United Nations and the USSR. These letters are attempts to reach a resolution in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This site from the Fordham University provides one Frenchman's account of the allied intervention in the Boxer Rebellion, especially the Allied battle for and entry into Peking.
The Monroe Doctrine has been used in the past 180 years to let the United States' stance on European involvement in the Western Hemisphere be known. On this interesting site you can view an interactive copy of the original pages of the speech from which the Monroe Doctrine came. There are links to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable .PDF file.
Primary document (and transcription) of Morrill Act, which provided land to states to use in the establishment of agricultural colleges.
In this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, Justice Constance Baker Motley recalls her role as an NAACP attorney in landmark school desegregation cases.
NASA information on the qualifications required of astronaut candidates and how often astronaut selection is made. Various job descriptions are included and details of several types of training programs are provided.
This resource presents the official study on the expansion and enlargment of the function and role of the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization (NATO).
This resource, provided by NATO, presents the full text of all fourteen articles of the The North Atlantic Treaty of 1949.
A historian discusses the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas, and, more broadly, the competing expectations of the Indians and English colonists in terms of the relationship of the two groups.
This site by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, part of the 'Documenting the American South' project, contains information and texts about first-person narratives of the American south. These documents give the viewpoint of the south by southerners. There are diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives. The introduction and about the project sections provide an explanation of the importance of these literary pieces to the U.S. history. Then you can find many texts in the Collection of Electronic Texts.
From the web-site of the National Archives this is an article about who are preservation and archives professionals and what they do at the National Archives and beyond. With links to various related topics this is a good resource for those interested in a career in museums or archives.