American History Documents

In its past, Bedloe’s Island was a good place to quarantine people with contagious diseases.  It is far-enough off the shore of Manhattan t...

When Albert Hicks was executed on Bedloe’s Island, during July of 1860, newspaper headlines read as though a crowd-drawing entertainment scene h...

This book by Adina de Zavala, and edited by Richard Flores, provides a history of the Tejanos as courageous heroes of the Alamo. Thanks to Arte Publi...

Sol White published an account of his experiences in his book, History of Colored Base Ball. Portions of that significant work are available online, ...

Sol White published an account of his experiences as an African-American baseball player in his book, History of Colored Base Ball. Portions of that ...

The text of this story, published in the Hammond Times on the 50th anniversary of Dillinger's death (July 22, 1984), reads as follows: "Her nightma...

This is part two of a story about Hobart Wilgus, published in the Hammond Times on the 50th anniversary of Dillinger's death (July 22, 1984).  It...

Image of the telegram from Ho Chi Minh to President Harry S. Truman dated February 28, 1946.  In this message, he asks the American president to...

This is a page from the Holocaust Revisited, a CIA Report about Allied aerial recon photos taken in the area of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the summer o...

This is a page from the Holocaust Revisited, a CIA Report about Allied aerial recon photos taken in the area of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the summer o...

This is a page from the Holocaust Revisited, a CIA Report about Allied aerial recon photos taken in the area of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the summer o...

This is a page from the Holocaust Revisited, a CIA Report about Allied aerial recon photos taken in the area of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the summer o...