Ibiblio.org offers a text versions of three speeches given by Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of Britain, responding to Germany's invasion of Poland. Audio can be downloaded.

If you're looking for poems to interpret, you will find biographies and examples of some of the most influential poets. Great source for educational purposes. Includes Philip Levine, Seamus Heaney, Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Yusef Komunyakaa, Margaret Walker, and Richard Wilbur.

ibiblio.org provides a collection of works from contemporary poets from around the world, including Seamus Heaney, Margaret Walker and Czeslaw Milosz among others. Good models for both depth of thought and style found in good contemporary poetry.

This brief ibiblio.org article provides an overview of the key painters of the Renaissance in Italy. The artists and their major works are the key focus here and while further links on them are available, but you will not find anything on literature or other cultural endeavors outside of the visual arts.

This Ibiblio.org site is a thorough description of Japanese art and architecture. There are no pictures, but the writing makes up for this in its extensive history and descriptions.

The WebMuseum profiles the work of the American sculptor Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). Features include photographs of his "assemblage boxes."

Excellent information on the textile mills of the 1920s and 30s. Problems such as production and demand, strikes, and the General Strike of 1934 are discussed. Included are first person accounts.

This site from ibiblio.org gives a detailed biography on Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel until 1983.

This site includes many sound clips of Chinese music. The names of the clips are written in English and Chinese, but a special viewer must be downoaded to view the Chinese characters.

This ibiblio.org exhibit discusses in detail the history of the Soviet Union. The site is grouped into two main categories with several sub-headings. One is Internal Workings of the Soviet System including: Repression and Terror: Stalin in Control, Kirov Murder and Purges; Secret Police; The GULAG; Collectivization and Industrialization; Anti-Religious Campaigns; Attacks on Intelligentsia: Early Attacks, Renewed Attacks, Censorship and Suppressing Dissidents; Ukrainian Famine; Deportations; Jewish Antifascist Committee; Chernobyl'; Perestroika. The second main heading is The Soviet Union and the United States including: Early Cooperation, Soviet and American Communist Parties, World War II, and the Cold War.

This site from ibiblio.org gives information about the historical relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States. After reading the summary on this page, click on the links at the bottom of the page to read about early cooperation, communist parties, World War II, and the Cold War.

Twelve of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings of fields and trees are on view at this page from the Webmuseum. The enlarged views show the actual texture of the paint. "Wheatfield with Cypresses" has a link to a detailed description and connects to related artists.

View text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's official Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency in May, 1941, that puts the armed services on notice in case of aggression against any parts of the Western Hemisphere.

This site from ibiblio.org is a speech given by Adolf Hitler about the event called the Beer Hall Putsch.

Statement made on August 6, 1945, by the former Secretary of War, Stimson. Discusses the details of the production of the atomic bombs used to end World War II. Introduces the members of the Interim Committee as well. Site by Ibiblio.org.

Original document, 1942. Roosevelt places in effect emergency orders to control prices, inflation and domestic economics during war time.