How the Other Half Lives
http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
“The hypertext edition of Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York reproduces the full text and all the illustrations from the original print edition of this book, first published in 1890 by Charles Scribner’s Sons.”
In 1890, the photojournalist Jacob Riis shocked the country with his book that detailed the horrid conditions of immigrant tenement life in Manhattan (nearly one-half the population of New York City). The book was highly popular and underwent 11 editions in just 5 years. His book included detailed descriptions of the living conditions as well as illustrations, diagrams and photographs. The photographs and statistical data that Riis collected helped make his book a convincing and shocking account. This website provides the book in its entirety along with the photographs and other illustrations. This is an amazing resource in studying or teaching about the Gilded Age, Progressive Era and American Industrialism.

Ida Tarbell Home Page
http://tarbell.alleg.edu/
“Ida Tarbell (1857-1944), the sole woman in Allegheny College’s class of 1880, was America's first great woman journalist. She set an example that today's practitioners would do well to emulate. A relentless pursuit of all the facts and fairness in presenting them marked her writing throughout her career. She also refused to exploit her professional accomplishments for monetary gain or celebrity status.”
Known for her professional journalism and bold attack on Standard Oil Company that earned her the sobriquet “muckraker”, Ida Tarbell wrote her name in the pages of U. S. Women’s History. Possessing keen writing skills, yet unwilling to endorse the Women’s Rights Movement, Tarbell remained in the slim gray areas of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American Women’s History. Designed by Helen McCullough and assisted by Allegheny College, this website brings browsers information concerning Tarbell’s life, works, and impact on American women. Also, the website designer offers primary documents and images, as well as a digital copy of History of Standard Oil Company.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: U.S. Immigration
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html
Like the many other Internet Modern History Sourcebook pages, this page on U.S. immigration offers a good selection of links and primary resources. The topic of U.S. immigration is divided into the following categories: US Immigration and Its Effects, European Immigration, Asian Immigration, Latin American Immigration, Ellis Island and New York and Opposition to Immigration. European Immigration is further subdivided into General, British, German, Irish, Italian, Jewish and Other. Some of the most interesting primary resources are those dealing with anti-immigration movements within the U.S. Although this page is neither the largest portal site nor the largest collection of primary sources, it does offer an excellent selection of significant and useful resources. (BR)

OSU Dept. of History Internet Documentaries
http://history.osu.edu/Projects/webprojects.htm
Provided by Ohio State University, this is a group of web pages about various topics from the Progressive Era. The “internet documentaries” contain historical information, images, primary documents and other resources. The topics presented are Lynching in America, The Era of William McKinley, Clash of Cultures, Choices in 1912, The Ohio Dry Campaign of 1918, Temperance and Prohibition, Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Labor Management Conflict in American History, The American Steel Industry, Child Labor and Child Reform in American History, The Ram's Horn, Thomas Nast, Werner von Siemens, U.S. Political Cartoons, Immigration and Old Columbus, Ohio. The separate pages all vary in depth, some offering detailed information and others only general surveys, but together they constitute a great resource. Those pages that do go into more detail often include images, primary documents and extensive historical analysis.

Suffragists Speak 1910-1920: A Multimedia Source
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/final-projects/suffragists/SuffragistsSpeak/Homeframecontracted.html
“Welcome to Suffragists Speak! The core of this site is a unique set of oral histories of women who both inherited and fulfilled the hopes of the suffrage movement's early pioneers such as Susan B. Anthony…To bring this critical period to life, a diverse mix of primary and secondary resources are available. These sources are suitable for scholarly researchers as well as those who are simply curious about this important period in our history.”
This website was developed by the Bancroft Library and graduate students from UC Berkeley’s School of Information Management and Systems. For background information it contains an excellent timeline that divides events into 3 columns: Suffragist Events, Historical Events and Politics, and Literature and Arts. This is a great place to start to gain a historical context for the primary sources on the website. The textual primary documents include Oral Histories, Periodicals, Correspondence, Books, Speeches (Text), Diaries, Ephemera, Photographs and Newsreels. There are also audio files of songs and interviews. This website helps add personality and put faces to the Women’s Suffrage movement. Ultimately, it is a fascinating subject and a fascinating collection of primary sources.

Teaching with Documents: Alexander Graham Bell’s Patent
for the Telephone and Thomas Edison’s Patent for the Electric Lamp
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/
telephone_and_light_patents/telephone_and_light_patents.html
“In 1876 Americans held a Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia to celebrate the nation's birth 100 years earlier. . . Inside, inventions by two of America's greatest inventors were on display. Alexander Graham Bell exhibited the first telephone, and Thomas Alva Edison presented the automatic telegraph, one of more than 1,000 inventions he would patent in his lifetime. Together their inventions changed American life in ways that still affect us today.”
This is a wonderful lesson plan for students learning about the Gilded Age. Since this period in American History was marked with the exponential rise of corporations and technology, students will benefit by learning of Alexander Graham Bell’s and Thomas Alva Edison’s innovative contributions. Primary documents, images, and a narrative accompany the group activities and worksheets. Teachers and students should also enjoy the activities where students create corporations and discuss the impact of the telephone and electric light on American society and businesses.

The Triangle Factory Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
“The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The incident has had great significance to this day because it highlights the inhumane working conditions to which industrial workers can be subjected…This web exhibit presents original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle Fire, held by the Cornell University Library.”
This is an excellent web exhibit that incorporates historical analysis with lots of primary sources. These primary sources include documents, photographs, oral history audio files, illustrations and others. The significance of the Triangle Waist Company fire in the labor movement of the early 1900’s makes this exhibit all the more valuable. The fire broke out in the factory on March 25, 1911 and the near 150 deaths were blamed as much on the unsafe working conditions as on the fire. It led to public outcry and protest and remains today one of the prime examples of the dangerous side of early industrial America. This website provides both the primary sources and more than ample secondary analysis and discussion of the event and its consequences. Teachers and students interested in the Progressive Era, the Industrial Revolution or the labor movements of the early 1900’s will find this site interesting and useful.

The United States and World Wars I and II
http://www.worldwar1.com
“You are at the "Trenches" Home Page. These pages contain information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history. Entire kingdoms were to vanish in the clash. The map makers of the world would be busy indeed!”
Dedicated to the battles, technology, and landscape of World War I, this website offers its readers a reservoir of images. Diverse photographs portray the grim realities of life on the battlefield. These images have good resolution, but they are relatively small. The webmaster also posts a wide variety of maps on World War 1—Trenches on the Web. Viewers accessing the maps may choose from detailed maps of cities and battlefields with color coded trench lines, or regional maps of the different theatres of operation. The site also offers primary documents and historical text. Unfortunately, the text does not include references.

The World War I Document Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/index.html
“This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). “
The World War I Document Archive website, hosted by Brigham Young University, serves as an important source of links to primary documents, such as treaties and personal recollections. The website itself is simple in its design, and as is the case, it is easy to navigate. There are many documents that can be located through scrolling, and even some documents with dual-frame functionality that enable side-by-side comparisons. Of particular interest on this website is the “WWI Image Archive.” Not only can the visitor find images of the war and its combatants here, but also maps and the flags of the participating nations. With a “Documents by Year” function (from Pre-1914 to Post – 1918), finding what one is looking for is simple and quick. This site is still under partial construction, so some of the features are yet to be added.