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This subcategory contains 75 links Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana By Ambrose Cowperthwaite Fulton. Published 1898 by The author in New York . Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer From PBS. Includes biography of this Floridian who became a labor activist and civil rights leader. Speech teacher and inventor of the telephone. Biography of the famed aviator who disappeared in the air in the Pacific in 1937. Done by the WPA, 1936-40 From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Source for a biography of Franklin 300 years From the Franklin Institute Excellent work Story of the Wild West and Camp-Fire Chats by Buffalo Bill (1888) Discography, essays, filmography. links Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas : wherein is contained a full account of his journey from Tennessee to the Red River and Natchitoches, and thence across Texas to San Antonio : including his many hair-breadth escapes : together with a topographical, historical, and political view of Texas ... (1848) By John S. C. Abbott. Originally published in 1874. Famous frontiersman and Congressman who died in the battle for the Alamo. This book, published in 1874, is uncritical and reflects the biases of that time. Written by John S. C. Abbott Rutherford B. Hayes kept a diary from age twelve to his death at age 70 in 1893. He was one of only three presidents to keep a diary while in office. The edited diaries and letters were published in 1922 as a set of five volumes, The Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth President of the United States, edited by Charles Richard Williams (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society, 1922). These 3000 pages of text have been digitized and are now available on the Web for students, scholars, and anyone interested in Hayes and the social and political history of his time period. Researchers can search by volume and keyword or browse through the 5 volumes page by page. Please remember this digitized publication is only a small part of what is available on President Hayes. Be sure to contact the Hayes Presidential Library for additional information Biography of the socialist author of Looking Backward, a utopian novel. The wallflower that blossomed. Short bio. Influential Famous socialist politician in the US. Thirty chats of Ropsevelt. The Profiles of a Man Famous in Tennessee and died at the Alamo in Texas. Dedicated to Custer and his wars against the Plains people. From the Library of Congress "Half a century after his mysterious wartime disappearance, the big-band leader and composer who gave America "Moonlight Serenade," "String of Pearls," and "In the Mood" endures as the musical symbol of an entire generation." by Joseph Gustaitis Henry Ford biography from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. Official site Detailed biography of the journalist and public figure. Famous muckraker who tackled Standard Oil. Social worker and founder of Hull House. Brief. Photos. From the University of Georgia "This text will explain you the commercial methods used by John D. Rockfeller to conquer and rule the American oil industry between 1863 and 1911. I tried to put these practices in their contexts, and to show the structures of this industry. I stopped at the final 1911 dismantling, this period offering a textbook case of a vertically integrated monopoly for the appropriation of a single natural resource." "A self-invented money making machine." Made a fortune in the fur trade and other enterprises. Developer of polio vaccine. Site has photos to accompany the biography. Complete multi-volume biography by Douglas Southall Freeman WPA A biographical page dedicated to the life and military career of Major General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) of Rhode Island. Greene was considered second only to George Washington as the greatest military leaders of the Continental Army during the War of American Independence. Advocate of birth control. From the Library of Congress Henry Ford A laudatory biography Internet Public Library Abolitionist and Senator Senator, Attorney General, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court Father of the American Industrial Revolution Lawyer, orator, and political leader. Famous for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The home of Robert E. Lee Biography Complete text "The papers of the author, educator, and political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) are one of the principal sources for the study of modern intellectual life. Located in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, they constitute a large and diverse collection reflecting a complex career. With over 25,000 items (about 75,000 digital images), the papers contain correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, book manuscripts, transcripts of Adolf Eichmann’s trial proceedings, notes, and printed matter pertaining to Arendt's writings and academic career. The entire collection has been digitized and will be available to researchers in reading rooms at the Library of Congress, the New School University in New York City, and the Hannah Arendt Center at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, in the summer of 2001. Parts of the collection will be made available for public access on the Internet. The current preview of selections from Arendt's writings also includes an essay on Arendt's intellectual history, a chronology of her life, and an index of all folders in the Arendt Papers." From Archiving Early America Founder of Kenyon College "Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the importance of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea and dreaded his duties as a ship's captain." PBS series. PBS site. The Little Giant, as he was known. "Dedicated to the life and memory of Stephen A. Douglas, Senator from Illinois and champion of 'Popular Sovereignty.'" To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925–1927. Edited by Raimund E. Goerler. General and President The Most Comprehensive Site on the Internet for Students and Those Interested in Learning About the Famous Civil War General and 18th President of the United States. Those oft-neglected seconds-in-command! The W. S. Hancock Society is dedicated to educating the public about the history and life of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. Prtesidential candidate; Secretary of State; influential US politician. General Winfield Scott Hancock, a lesser known but highly competent Union general, almost defeated Republican candidate James A. Garfield, also a Union general. Hancock was remembered in the South for his considerate behavior during Reconstruction. From the Military History Institute |
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