Requires JavaScript support with browser. The Research Information System of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution Online Collections Offers access to digitized collections of the Smithsonian. Offers thumbnail images and brief information about collection. Today in History Extended information on an event, birth, or notable happening that occurred on this day in history.
Offers link to archive of historical events.
From the Library of Congress American Memory site. WPA Life Histories Contains more than one thousand life histories including interviews with former slaves. Digitized documents originally created by the Virginia Writers' Project during the depression years. Included in the Library of Virginia's Digital Collections site.