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Internet Resources for U.S. History: Regional Resources
American Swedish Historical Museum
The American Swedish Historical Museum in South Philadelphia is the oldest Swedish Museum in the United States.Archaeology and Historic Preservation
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Archaeology and Historic Preservation home page.Chester County (Pa.) Archives & Records Services
Online indexes include Marriage Applications, 1885-1900; Delayed Births Records, 1857-1906; Feme Covert Records, 1842-1848; Fugitive Slave Records, 1820-1839; Indentured Servants and Apprentice Records, 1700-1855; Insolvent Debtor's Petition & Bonds, 1724-1850; Naturalization Records, 1798-1906; Petitions for Sheriff's Deeds, 1728-1835; Registry of Automobiles, 1903-1905; World War I Servicemen (County War Aid Association), 1917-1921; and Coroner's Inquisition Papers, 1740-1940.The David Library of the American Revolution
The library’s mission is the collection and dissemination of information on the period circa 1750 to 1800.Delaware Military Heritage and Education Foundation, Inc.
The Foundation collects and preserves material evidence associated with Delaware military units and individuals of the uniformed services of the State and the United States.Delaware Public Archives
See its Slavery Papers, digitized legal documents related to the treatment of slaves living in the State of Delaware, as well as a number of other digitized collections.The Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture
Located at Salisbury State University, Salisbury, Maryland, the Center is a repository for artifacts, archives, books, genealogy, microfilm, and original documents pertaining to the Delmarva Peninsula.Iron Hill School: An African-American One-Room School
Part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places Web site, this site structures a lesson plan on Progressive Era education around the history of a one-room African-American school house at Iron Hill in rural northern Delaware.LancasterHistory.org
Site for Lancaster (Pa.) Historical Society and President James Buchanan's Wheatland.Maryland Historical Society
Provides online access to the Society’s catalog of book and archival collections.Maryland State Archives
The Archives is working to provide online access to over one million historical documents. See especially the Archives of Maryland Online, which currently provides access to over 466,000 historical documents that form the constitutional, legal, legislative, judicial, and administrative basis of Maryland’s government.The National Trust for Historic Preservation Library
Located at the University of Maryland, College Park.New Castle, Delaware Community History and Archaeology Program
Includes Researching Your House in the Town of New Castle, images, maps, and other resources relating to the history and archaeology of New Castle.Pennsylvania Historical Association
Sponsors the ExplorePAHistory.com Web site. It includes Search PA Online, “a searchable, expanding bibliography of books, articles and dissertations sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical Association, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and Temple University.”Philadelphia African American Census 1847
“A statistical inquiry into the condition of the people of colour of the city and districts of Philadelphia,” an original manuscript census held at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
“As of September 9, 2009, the American Architects and Buildings database contains more than 264,087 projects and buildings, 24,479 architects, engineers and contractors, and over 127,191 images.”Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
Images that reflect the history of Philadelphia in the 19th and 20th centureis are featured in this collection, sponsored by Thomas Jefferson University’s Scott Memorial Library and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Reflecting Jefferson’s strengths, the image collection has a special emphasis on health care and medical education.Redlining in Philadelphia
Maps of Philadelphia from the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC), created during the Depression to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. HOLC created residential security maps to indicate the level of security for real estate investments. These maps graded neighborhoods from first to fourth grade and colored fourth grade areas—considered “hazardous”—red.Trenton Historical Society
Includes History of Trenton (1929) and Trenton: Old and New as well as the first-person account of prominent Trentonian Edmund Hill’s diaries.ushistory.org
A “Congress of Websites,” created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia, which includes many facets of the history of Philadelphia.You Be the Historian
“See if you can figure out what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas and Elizabeth Springer’s family in New Castle, Delaware.”
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