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Local/Regional
First American Roads, Rails and Rivers: WC Then and Now
  This Warren County bicentennial exhibition presents the county's transportation history through the themes of business and industry, religion, education, war, health and medicine, and entertainment.
Kentuckiana Digital Library Collections
  From the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual Library (KCVL.) Listen to the Happy Chandler sing "My Old Kentucky Home."
Kentucky Information In Cyberspace: History
  From the WKU Library faculty. Features societies & organizations, papers of Kentuckians, county histories, military history and historic sites & landmarks.
A Kind of Nobility: The Kentucky Orphan Brigade
  An online exhibit from the Kentucky Museum, it presents a unique assembly of artifacts, some of which have never previously been on public display.
WKU History Department Links
  A collection of historical links which are, in the opinion of the History Department faculty, the most useful, comprehensive or finely crafted in their areas of expertise.
National/International
American Memory
  The Library of Congress historical collections for the National Digital Library with over 70 collections now online.
Civil War Official Records
  From Cornell's Making of America Web site, the searchable full text of two classics of the American Civil War: "The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies" and "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion." Search names, titles, subjects, years.
The Founders' Constitution
  The Founders' Constitution is an online concordance to the Constitution of the United States. Contains full text and a search engine.
The History Channel
  Features keyword, timeline and TV listings searches.
History of the Federal Judiciary
  This site constitutes previously-unpublished reference source for the history of the federal courts. It is composed of five major sections: Judges of the United States Courts , Federal Judiciary, the Landmark Judicial Legislation, selected topics in judicial history, and annotated photos of historical federal courthouses.
History Online
  From the Conner Prairie, it provides numerous full-text articles.
The History Page
  Created by Peter Ravn Rasmussen from Denmark, this site grew from his class notes to an extensive resource covering archaeology & antiquity, mediaeval & renaissance history, early modern and modern histories, directories & general reference, the east india trade, a collated web index of historians and philosophers, a brief history of Denmark, and tables of history.
History on the Web
  Created by Dr. Brian E. Coutts, historian and Head of Library Public Services at WKU, it covers sites of general, professional and regional interest. It also features Web Sites By Period, Web Rings, Tutorials, Major Digital Projects, and United States History.
Internet Resources in History
  This Tennessee Technological University history site features online historical journals, Internet mailing lists in history, history sites by subject and time period, and lesson plans for history.
PBS: History
  A vast collection of history resources that include Mystery of the First Americans, the Wright Stuff, the American Experience, Red Files and In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great.
Turning Point: The American Civil War
  One of the nation's most comprehensive and powerful exhibitions about the bloodiest war in American history; hosted at the Atlanta History Center.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  Features online exhibitions, panel discussions and more.
War of the Rebellion
  A digitized compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies by Cornell University Library as part of The Making of America Project.
What George Wore and Sally Didn't
  A virtual exhibition of America's surprising past by the Chicago Historical Society.

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