History Research Guide

A massively collaborative open U.S. history textbook

Access to information about America's people, places, and economy. Replaces American FactFinder.

Dedicated to telling the stories of Minnesota’s forgotten history and overlooked places. It’s about more than sparking nostalgia or looking back on a time that we have never experienced. It is about reveling in exploration and adventure. It’s about slowing down and taking the time to uncover the stories of people and places that have been hidden by neglect or lost to time. It’s about looking back at what we’ve lost and learning to appreciate the unique places that surround us today. It’s about sparking curiosity.

Serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence. A project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Visible Knowledge Project.

Describes what oral history is, how historians use it, how to interpret it, etc.

Quickly access information about Minnesota's diverse and burgeoning immigrant population

The Minnesota Historical Society preserves Minnesota's past, shares our state's stories and connects people with history in meaningful ways, for today and for tomorrow. Because history matters!
We're part of Minnesota's rich history. Since 1849, we've grown to become one of the largest and most prestigious historical societies in the country. We play an important role in our state's historic preservation, education and tourism; and provide the public with award-winning programs, exhibitions and events.

Collecting since 1849, the Minnesota Historical Society Library is the world's premier library for research about Minnesota's people, places, history, and culture

Subject guides, how-tos, and other useful resources for researchers using the Minnesota Historical Society's Gale Family Library

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