Events and Ideas of the1880's

The following resources will help you research background information on the events and ideas of the 1880's.

 Online Databases

EBSCO Host - History Reference Center Access newspaper and magazine articles from the past (Select Timeline U.S. History (1800 - 1860). Select Advanced Search to enter multiple keywords.
   

The Hartford Courant

 Hartford Currant - Historical Newspapers: 1764- 1922
Find out what was going on in CT between 800-up to the end of the Civil War. (Scroll to bottom of page, and select Proquest Historical Newspapers - Hartford Courant 1764-1922)

 

 Internet Sites

General 19th Century America: http://www.teacheroz.com/19thcent.htm

Digital History - Day by Day: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/daybyday/daybyday_menu.cfm

The Gilded Age - 1865-1900: http://www.sagehistory.net/gildedage/index.htm

Kingswood College - 19th Century Cultural History: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury1800.htm

Nineteenth Century American History: http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/19Am.html

U.S. History Sites, Museums and Documents: http://fasttrackteaching.com/favoritelinks.html
Culture & Entertainment

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events Pre 1620-1920: www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls: www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/texts/dimes_toc.html

Kingswood College - 19th Century Cultural History: http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury1800.htm

Nineteenth Century American Literary, Historical, and Cultural Studies: http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/19th/19th.html

Nineteenth Century - Recreation: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/every/life.htm

Nineteenth Century Social Dance: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay6.html

PBS - American Experience - The Jubilee Singers: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/

PBS - Uncle Tom's Cabin Takes the Country by Storm: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/peopleevents/e_cabin.html

Steven Foster - The Life and Times of America's First Great Songwriter: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/archives/chrono_1624_02.html
Fashion 19th Century Fashion Pictures: http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/pics/1800c.shtml

Fashion Era - 1800-1845 Regency to Romantic: www.fashion-era.com/1800_1845.htm

Fashion Era - Victorian Fashion: www.fashion-era.com/the_victorian_era.htm

Gentleman's Emporium - Authentic Historical Clothing: www.gentlemansemporium.com/mens_victorian_outfits.php?source=google&
campaign=VicFashion

Ladie's Emporium: Authentic Historical Clothing: www.gentlemansemporium.com/ladies_victorian_clothing.php?from=topnav
Key People Gunslingers and Outlaws: http://www.americanwest.com/pages/gunsoutl.htm

PBS New Perspectives on the West - People: www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/

PBS - American Experience - Emma Goldman: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/

PBS - American Experience - The Rockefellers: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/

PBS - American Experience - Woodrow Wilson: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/
Key Events PBS New Perspectives on the West - Events: www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/

PBS - American Experience - The Donner Party: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/

PBS - American Experience - The Gold Rush: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/index.html

PBS - American Experience - The Golden Gate Bridge: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldengate/

PBS - American Experience - Reconstruction, the Second Civil War: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/

PBS - American Experience - Transcontinental Railroad: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/
Scientific Discoveries Inventions and Inventors of the Nineteenth Century: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub19.htm

Inventions and Inventors of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800a.shtml

Inventions and Inventors of the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800a.shtml

PBS - American Experience - Edison's Miracle of Light: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/

PBS - American Experience - The Telephone: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/index.html

PBS - American Experience - The Wizard of Photography: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/index.html

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

  Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "nineteenth century", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on old English as opposed to all of the sites containing the word nineteenth plus all of the sites containing the word century.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about the nineteenth century, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about the inventions of the nineteenth century,  I would enter the following:

    "nineteenth century", inventions,

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 


 

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