General Sites
 Tenement Museum 
Take an online tour of a tenement in the Lower East Side of New York and find out about the lives of some of the people that lived there from 1863 through 1935.
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Mining Artifacts
Incredible collection of photographs capturing the tools of coal mining and the individuals who risked their lives every time they entered a mine.
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The Frederick Douglass Papers
This collection of materials at the Library of Congress relates to Douglass's life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant. The site also features a timeline of Douglass' life, autobiographical writings, and a family tree.
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American Slave Narratives
In the 1930s, writers and journalists interviewed some 2,300 former slaves for the Works Progress Administration. This site from the University of Virginia contains transcripts of 13 of those interviews.
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Ellis Island
Learn about the immigrant experience and conduct a passenger search of Ellis Island records to see if one of your ancestors were among the 22 million immigrants that passed though Ellis Island.
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Booker T. Washington Papers
This site from the University of Illinois contains autobiographical writings, letters, images, and other documents from Booker T. Washington.
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Centennial Exhibition of 1876
Held in Philadelphia, the Centennial Exhibition hoped to show the world the the United States had recovered from the Civil War and was an emerging industrial power. You can view images from the Exhibition and read background information at this site from the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
This site from the Library of Congress chronicles the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage using primary source documents including: books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and motion picture footage.
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