Dr. Kevin F. Decker
Department of History
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Dr. Kevin F. Decker
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The following links might be useful or interesting for students to visit.
America: A Narrative History Web Companion An interactive multi-media study guide designed to coordinate with the course textbook. Students may register on-line for free access to this site.
American History The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, 2002. This site provides an overview of the basics and a catalog of relevant entries for the period since 1865.
Law Buzz: Awesome Stories An interesting and comprehensive collection of on-line material relating to famous and sensational trials.
Library of Congress: American Memory A good place to search for further information on many topics related to American History. The site includes a searchable database of photographs, manuscripts, and other primary source materials.
Home Page of the History Channel This site includes speeches, exhibits, and other useful material covering a broad range of topics and periods.
The American Presidency The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia includes biographies of presidents, presidential candidates, and other related issues.
Medical History of American Presidents A site developed by a medical doctor. Interesting materials concerning the history of medicine and certainly relevant to the history of the U.S. Presidency.
The Oyez Project: United States Supreme Court Multimedia Database To learn more about important Supreme Court cases (Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, etc.), visit this site at Northwestern University for texts, images, and audio materials.
Central Pacific Railroad A collection of photographs and documents from the Central Pacific Railroad collection. Includes considerable information and primary source materials concerning the nation's first transcontinental railroad.
Anti-Imperialism in the United States: 1898-1935 A collection of resources relating to opposition voiced within the United States to the Spanish American War and subsequent related events.
Archive of the American Eugenics Movement Virtual exhibits chronicling the rise and fall of eugenics movement in the United States during the twentieth century.
Red Scare An image database of the 1919-1921 Red Scare.
The New Deal Network This site contains and an enormous collection of documents, interviews, photographs, links, and other resources relating to the New Deal and the 1930s.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy This site contains a collection of resources relating to the one of the most important trials of the twentieth century.
The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History This site containing over 7000 images provides an interesting and informative look at popular culture and graphic art between 1911 and 1955.
Home Page of CNN's Cold War Series This site contains a fascinating collection of video and audio resources relating to the Cold War era.
The Cold War Museum An organization dedicated to historical education and the preservation of material related to the Cold War.
This page last modified on 01/20/05 .
Please contact kevin.decker@plattsburgh.edu for information concerning this website.