New Electronic Resources for
2003-2004
Annals of American History OnlineThe following information has been
taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica's Annals
of American History Online site.
Online Access to Original Source Documents in U.S. History
Explore the rich and varied history of the United States with
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Annals of American History Online. This valuable online
chronicle provides a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action. Read the
original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through
speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
Highlights
- 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present.
- Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, and more.
- Contributors that include Madeleine Albright, Henry Ford, John Hancock, Malcolm X, and
Edgar Allan Poe.
- Photos and multimedia that bring the events to lifelisten to the first inaugural
address of Franklin D. Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy discussing Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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