An Annotated List of the Most Valuable Online Resources on Progressive Era

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PROGRESSIVISM

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire
  This site contains oral histories, photographs, political cartoons, and other primary source materials dealing with1911 factory fire.
• On the Lower East Side
  http://acad.smumn.edu/history/contents.html
  This site contains a collection of articles, documentary sources, and study guides describing life on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
• The South Texas Border, 1900-1920
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/txuhtml/runyhome.html
  8,000 photographs documented the Lower Rio Grande Valley during the early 1900s.
• Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/
  104 films spanning from the Spanish-American War in 1898 through Roosevelt’s death in 1919.
• Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century
  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/index.htm
  This online exhibit includes images from the national Portrait Gallery and biographical commentary.

Children and Child Labor

• Child Labor in America, 1908-1912: The Photographs of Lewis W. Hine
  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
  The photographs include Hine’s original captions.
• The Orphan Trains of Kansas
  http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/
  Newspaper accounts, personal stories, official documents, images, a time line, and a narrative history describe the stories of the more than 5000 children placed in Kansas homes between 1867 and 1930.

Conservation

The Evolution of the Conservation Movement
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
A searchable database of sources related to the conservation movement from 1850 to 1920. Part of the Library of Congress American Memory collection, the site contains a timeline of major events and developments, as well as a searchable archive of books, pamphlets, state papers, illustrations, and photographs.

The New Immigrants

• The INS: History, Genealogy, and Education
  http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/index.htm
  This site contains instructions for historical and genealogical research using INS records. It will also be the future home of information and resources designed for the use of primary and secondary school teachers. Historical Research Tools, including legislative history, nationality interpretations, and information on family history research, Read or print an Overview of INS History, and browse other historical articles. Immigrant Arrival Records (about the records and research tools). See especially the catalog Ports of Entry & their Records. What immigration records were created when, and where, since 1892.  Naturalization Records (what they are, about INS copies since 1906 ). Chinese Immigrant Files (Catalogs of holdings in Regional Archives and in Washington, DC). Kids, teachers, and parents will want to visit the Kids' Corner and Teacher Resources. This month in Immigration History takes a closer look at important or interesting events in immigration history.
• Ellis Island
  http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/ellisisle/reopen.html
  An Ellis Island time line, and online exhibits on immigration.
• Ethnic Mosaic of the Quad Cities
  http://www.augustana.edu/library/index.html

Popular Culture

• The Coney Island History Site
  http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/coneyisland/index.html
  An illustrated history of Coney Island. Created by Jeffrey Stanton, who is currently writing a history of Coney Island, the site contains photographs, illustrations, advertisements, and a narrative describing the several parks that made up this urban amusement center.
• Excerpts from D.W. Griffith’s Greatest Films
  http://www.uno.edu/~drcom/Griffith/
• Titanic
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/society/ngo/explorer/titanic/
  Articles from the National Geographic magazine on the sinking of the Titanic and efforts to photograph the wreckage.
• Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html
  The site includes the scripts of Yiddish and English plays, theater playbills and programs, motion pictures, sound recordings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and career of Harry Houdini.

Woman Suffrage

• Created Equal: History of the Suffrage Movement
  http://www.rochester.edu/SBA/hisindx.html
  This site includes a chronology of events leading up to women’s right to vote.
• Votes for Women: NAWSA, 1848-1921
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
  An archive of books, pamphlets, and papers from the National American Women Suffrage Association from 1848 to 1921. This exhibit from the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress contains 167 documents from the NAWSA collection. It can be searched by subject or author and also contains a detailed timeline.
• Votes for Women: Photographs
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
  A collection of 38 pictures and portraits from the women’s suffrage movement. An American Memory exhibit from the Library of Congress, the collection can be accessed through a keyword search or the name and subject index. The collection includes photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, and an anti-suffrage display; cartoons commenting on the movement; and portraits of women active in the movement.

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