American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning (ASHP/CML) - Based at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, ASHP/CML produces award-winning print, visual, and multimedia materials about the working men and women whose actions and beliefs shaped American history. These include the two volume Who Built America? textbook, Freedom's Unfinished Revolution: An Inquiry Into the Civil War and Reconstruction, ten Who Built America? documentary videos with accompanying Web resources, the CD-ROMs Who Built America? From the Centennial Celebration of 1876 to the Great War of 1914 and Who Built America? From the Great War of 1914 to the Dawn of the Atomic Age in 1946, the Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution CD-ROM and Web site, and the Web sites History Matters: The U.S. Survey on the Web, The Lost Museum: Exploring Antebellum American Life and Culture, and Student Voices in World War II and the McCarthy Era.
Association of Ancient Historians (AAH) - The largest organization in North America devoted exclusively to promoting teaching and scholarship in ancient history.
California Historical Society - The state's official historical society holds extensive materials about California's history. This site provides content for researchers. Society headquarters are located in San Francisco.
California Preservation Foundation (CPF) - Statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of California's historic built environment.
Canada's National History Society - Established in 1994 as a charitable organization devoted to popularizing Canadian history, Canada's National History Society aims to make Canadians more aware and appreciative of their past. Also see Canada's History Magazine, Canada's leading popular history publication.
Chicago Historical Society - Devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American history, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications.
English Heritage - From visits to historic properties and battle re-enactments to conservation grants, from archaeological digs to children's books, English Heritage offers insights into England's past. Publishes the State of the Historic Environment Report annually.
German Historical Museum -
The German Historical Museum has the most extensive object database of all museums in Germany that can be consulted on the Internet. The collections of the Museum are recorded and administered in the database. It currently comprises around 500,000 objects and provides digital photos of some 70 percent of these objects.
H-Net - International consortium of scholars and teachers that coordinates Internet networks to advance teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Historic New England - Historic New England, presented by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional preservation organization in the country. It offers a unique opportunity to experience the lives and stories of New Englanders through their homes and possessions.
International Institute of Social History (IISH) - One of the world's largest documentary and research institutions in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular.
King Center - Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of America's nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace in the 1950s and 60s.
McCord Museum of Canadian History (Montreal, Canada) - Founded in 1921 by David Ross McCord, the McCord Museum is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of Canadian history.
National Coalition for History - A Washington, D.C. based non-profit educational organization. The history coalition seeks to provide leadership in history-related advocacy, serves as the profession's national voice in the promotion of history, and acts as a clearinghouse of news and information of interest to history-related professionals.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum -
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc. began formal operations in the spring of 2005 and worked with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation on the design and construction management plan. In the summer of 2006, the organization assumed responsibility for overseeing the design and working with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the construction manager on the project.
National Trust for Historic Preservation - Preservationist organization chartered by Congress in 1949. Dedicated to protecting historic buildings and revitalizing the neighborhoods and landscapes they anchor.
Royal Historical Society - Represent the needs of scholarly historians in Great Britain. Promotes the serious study of history among the wider public.
SEC Historical Society -
Preserves and advances knowledge of the history of financial regulation through its virtual museum and archive.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History - The Museum collects and preserves more than 3 million artifacts - everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and Abraham Lincoln's top hat to Dizzy Gillespie's angled trumpet and Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz.
Supreme Court Historical Society - Dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports bound by session of Congress. It began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817). Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research - Dedicated to education and to the advancement of research concerning the life and culture of East European Jewry and related topics.
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