This subcategory contains 76 links

"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song!"(435 clicks)
Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War from the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana

A life's voyage; a diary of a sailor and land, jotted down during a seventy-years' voyage(437 clicks)
By Ambrose Cowperthwaite Fulton. Published 1898 by The author in New York .

A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865(427 clicks)
Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer

A. Philip Randolph(412 clicks)
From PBS. Includes biography of this Floridian who became a labor activist and civil rights leader.

Alexander Graham Bell(420 clicks)
Speech teacher and inventor of the telephone.

Amelia Earhart(418 clicks)
Biography of the famed aviator who disappeared in the air in the Pacific in 1937.

American Life Histories(432 clicks)
Done by the WPA, 1936-40

Andrew Carnegie: A Tribute(521 clicks)
From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Ben Franklin: A Documentary History(419 clicks)
Source for a biography of Franklin

Benjamin Franklin(437 clicks)
300 years

Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man(494 clicks)
From the Franklin Institute

Biographies(459 clicks)
Excellent work

Buffalo Bill(486 clicks)
Story of the Wild West and Camp-Fire Chats by Buffalo Bill (1888)

Charlie Mingus(427 clicks)
Discography, essays, filmography.

Custer, George Armstrong(427 clicks)
links

David (Davy) Crockett(463 clicks)
Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas : wherein is contained a full account of his journey from Tennessee to the Red River and Natchitoches, and thence across Texas to San Antonio : including his many hair-breadth escapes : together with a topographical, historical, and political view of Texas ... (1848)

David Crockett: His Life and Adventures(458 clicks)
By John S. C. Abbott. Originally published in 1874. Famous frontiersman and Congressman who died in the battle for the Alamo.

David Crockett: His Life and Adventures(422 clicks)
This book, published in 1874, is uncritical and reflects the biases of that time. Written by John S. C. Abbott

Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes(435 clicks)
Rutherford B. Hayes kept a diary from age twelve to his death at age 70 in 1893. He was one of only three presidents to keep a diary while in office. The edited diaries and letters were published in 1922 as a set of five volumes, The Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes, Nineteenth President of the United States, edited by Charles Richard Williams (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society, 1922). These 3000 pages of text have been digitized and are now available on the Web for students, scholars, and anyone interested in Hayes and the social and political history of his time period. Researchers can search by volume and keyword or browse through the 5 volumes page by page. Please remember this digitized publication is only a small part of what is available on President Hayes. Be sure to contact the Hayes Presidential Library for additional information

Edward Bellamy(439 clicks)
Biography of the socialist author of Looking Backward, a utopian novel.

Eleanor Roosevelt(472 clicks)
The wallflower that blossomed. Short bio.

Eleanor Roosevelt(443 clicks)
Influential

Eleanor Roosevelt Biography(428 clicks)

Eugene V. Debs As An Orator(439 clicks)
Famous socialist politician in the US.

Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt(421 clicks)
Thirty chats of Ropsevelt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt(419 clicks)
The Profiles of a Man

Friedman, Milton(413 clicks)

Frontier Hero Davy Crockett(446 clicks)
Famous in Tennessee and died at the Alamo in Texas.

General George A. Custer Home Page(463 clicks)
Dedicated to Custer and his wars against the Plains people.

George Eastman(395 clicks)

George Washington Papers(471 clicks)
From the Library of Congress

Glenn Miller(432 clicks)
"Half a century after his mysterious wartime disappearance, the big-band leader and composer who gave America "Moonlight Serenade," "String of Pearls," and "In the Mood" endures as the musical symbol of an entire generation." by Joseph Gustaitis

Henry Ford(408 clicks)
Henry Ford biography from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum(420 clicks)
Official site

Horace Greeley(443 clicks)
Detailed biography of the journalist and public figure.

Ida Tarbell(450 clicks)
Famous muckraker who tackled Standard Oil.

Jane Addams, 1860- 1935(449 clicks)
Social worker and founder of Hull House.

Jimmy Carter Biography(908 clicks)
Brief. Photos.

Jimmy Cater links(420 clicks)
From the University of Georgia

John D. Rockefeller & the Standard Oil Company(465 clicks)
"This text will explain you the commercial methods used by John D. Rockfeller to conquer and rule the American oil industry between 1863 and 1911. I tried to put these practices in their contexts, and to show the structures of this industry. I stopped at the final 1911 dismantling, this period offering a textbook case of a vertically integrated monopoly for the appropriation of a single natural resource."

John Jacob Astor(429 clicks)
"A self-invented money making machine." Made a fortune in the fur trade and other enterprises.

Jonas Salk(503 clicks)
Developer of polio vaccine. Site has photos to accompany the biography.

Lee, Robert E. by Freeman(438 clicks)
Complete multi-volume biography by Douglas Southall Freeman

Life Histories: Nebraska(593 clicks)
WPA

Major General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)(426 clicks)
A biographical page dedicated to the life and military career of Major General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) of Rhode Island. Greene was considered second only to George Washington as the greatest military leaders of the Continental Army during the War of American Independence.

Margaret Sanger Papers Project(512 clicks)
Advocate of birth control.

Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library(441 clicks)
From the Library of Congress

My Life and Work(530 clicks)
Henry Ford

Nathan Bedford Forest(434 clicks)
A laudatory biography

Presidents of the United States(319 clicks)
Internet Public Library

Robert E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman(354 clicks)

Salmon P. Chase(287 clicks)
Abolitionist and Senator

Salmon P. Chase, Attorney General for Fugitive Slaves(310 clicks)
Senator, Attorney General, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

Samuel Adams(300 clicks)

Samuel Slater(434 clicks)
Father of the American Industrial Revolution

Stephen A. Douglas(292 clicks)
Lawyer, orator, and political leader. Famous for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Stratford Hall(563 clicks)
The home of Robert E. Lee

Susan B. Anthony(306 clicks)
Biography

The Autobiography of Ben Franklin(282 clicks)
Complete text

The Hannah Arendt Papers(299 clicks)
"The papers of the author, educator, and political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) are one of the principal sources for the study of modern intellectual life. Located in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, they constitute a large and diverse collection reflecting a complex career. With over 25,000 items (about 75,000 digital images), the papers contain correspondence, articles, lectures, speeches, book manuscripts, transcripts of Adolf Eichmann’s trial proceedings, notes, and printed matter pertaining to Arendt's writings and academic career. The entire collection has been digitized and will be available to researchers in reading rooms at the Library of Congress, the New School University in New York City, and the Hannah Arendt Center at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, in the summer of 2001. Parts of the collection will be made available for public access on the Internet. The current preview of selections from Arendt's writings also includes an essay on Arendt's intellectual history, a chronology of her life, and an index of all folders in the Arendt Papers."

The Lives of Famous Early Americans(281 clicks)
From Archiving Early America

The Papers of Philander Chase(289 clicks)
Founder of Kenyon College

The Reluctant Seaman(296 clicks)
"Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the importance of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea and dreaded his duties as a ship's captain."

The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie(289 clicks)
PBS series.

The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie(273 clicks)
PBS site.

The Stephen A. Douglas Home Page(286 clicks)
The Little Giant, as he was known. "Dedicated to the life and memory of Stephen A. Douglas, Senator from Illinois and champion of 'Popular Sovereignty.'"

The Will of Benjamin Franklin(282 clicks)

To The Pole(300 clicks)
To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925–1927. Edited by Raimund E. Goerler.

True Benjamin Franklin, The (1903)(289 clicks)

Ulysses S. Grant(294 clicks)
General and President

Ulysses S. Grant Network(342 clicks)
The Most Comprehensive Site on the Internet for Students and Those Interested in Learning About the Famous Civil War General and 18th President of the United States.

Vice Presidents iof the United States(366 clicks)
Those oft-neglected seconds-in-command!

W. S. Hancock Society(289 clicks)
The W. S. Hancock Society is dedicated to educating the public about the history and life of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock.

William Jennings Bryan(290 clicks)
Prtesidential candidate; Secretary of State; influential US politician.

William Scott Hancock(328 clicks)
General Winfield Scott Hancock, a lesser known but highly competent Union general, almost defeated Republican candidate James A. Garfield, also a Union general. Hancock was remembered in the South for his considerate behavior during Reconstruction.

Winfield S. Hancock bibliography(322 clicks)
From the Military History Institute