Resources for the Junior Research Paper

The web sites presented here are for you to use in developing your research project. Your teachers are well aware of the materials here and will know if they are improperly used. Please use these sites for background information and as a step to more detailed resources.

Transcendentalism

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/
This interlinked hypertext was first created in Spring 1999 by Virginia Commonwealth University graduate students studying in Professor Ann Woodlief's class in Studies in American Transcendentalism. It is a work in progress, and submissions of papers, texts and notes on them, and links are welcomed.

http://www.transcendentalists.com/
We've organized this site to provide both original content and links to other material on the internet for study of the Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and others.

http://www.transcendentalists.com/what.htm
What is Transcendentalism?

http://womenshistory.about.com/bltranscend.htm
an article by Jone Johnson Lewis, Women's History Guide It's a question that many readers of my "Women in Transcendentalism" series have asked. So I'll try to explain it here.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA95/finseth/trans.html
The emergence of the Transcendentalists as an identifiable movement took place during the late 1820s and 1830s. This Essay traces its history.

http://www.concordma.com/magazine/nov98/trans.html
A magazine article on the early transcendentalists and their beliefs.

http://eserver.org/thoreau/amertran.html
An article by Ian Frederick Finseth

Romanticism

http://www.users.muohio.edu/mandellc/eng441/urllist.htm
Romanticism¹ On Line: A List of URLs
This document contains four sections:
1. A Note to Students
2. Romanticism¹ On Line
3. Works by Women Writers On Line
4. A Discussion of Some of these Resources in More Detail

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook15.html
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Covers all aspects of Romanticism.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/romanticism.html
Part of the ART Cyclopedia, this resource deals with Romantic art and artists.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html
Historical Background for Romanticism.

http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/
Romanticism on the Net is an International Refereed Electronic Journal devoted to British Romantic studies.

http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/romanticism001.html
The Rise of Romanticism. This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 9. ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 1-10.
Don't get sucked into clicking on the advertisements.

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng372/intro.htm
American Romanticism (or the American Renaissance) Ann Woodlief's Introduction

Realism

http://www.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0255.html
Realism and the realist novel.

http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/realism.htm
Realism in American Literature, 1860 to 1890 - Broadly defined as "the faithful representation of reality" or "verisimilitude," realism is a literary technique practiced by many schools of writing.

http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c19th/realism.htm
The Art History of Realism

http://wwar.com/masters/movements/realism.html
Art History, Artists and their Biographies from the Realism movement.

http://www.callihan.com/art/realism.html
The Realism Art Gallery.

http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Periods_and_Movements/Realism/
Realism from the Google directory of Art and Literature.

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm
A discussion of American Realism.

http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/2F55/realism.html
Some Notes on Realism - Brock University Department of English.

Naturalism

http://classiclit.about.com/od/naturalism/index.htm
This page from About.com gives five excellent links to naturalism in literature.

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0834997.html
Factmonster's article on Naturalism in literature. A good but brief starting point. Originally from Columbia Encyclopedia.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568323/Naturalism_(literature).html
Encarta's article on Naturalism in literature. Limited, but OK as starting point.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv3-43
From the "Dictionary of History Ideas," this is a very extensive article on Naturalism in Art from the University of Virginia.

http://www.academart.com/ichitovkin.htm
The home page of Denis Ichitovkin. Good examples of his naturalistic art.  Site blocked at school.

Rationalism

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0858278.html
The Infoplease article on Rationalism. Very brief but with authors listed as a starting point.

http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilrationalism.htm
The Philosophy of Rationalism - presented by the Radical Academy. An in depth look at five rationalist authors. The actual information must be scrolled down to.  This page takes a while to load, so be patient.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/types/rationalism.shtml
Atheism and Rationalism - presented by the BBC.

http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Rationalism
A brief but interesting description of rationalism by the web Art History Club.

Modernism

http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/2F55/modernism.html
Some Attributes of Modernist Literature - Brock University Department of English

http://www.poetry-portal.com/styles3.html
Poetry Portal - What is Modernist Literature and who writes it?

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0856588.html
The Lost Generation and After - An Infoplease article.

http://www.answers.com/topic/modernist-literature
A very detailed look at modernist literature by Answers.com.

http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_781528555/Modernism_(literature).html
Encarta's section on Modernist Literature

http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/modernist.html
Modernism in poetry

The Industrial Revolution

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook on the Industrial Revolution. Lots of links and lots of good material.

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture17a.html
Origins of the industrial revolution in England.

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/
About.com's page on the Industrial Revolution. Some good info in their links.

http://www.kidskonnect.com/IndustrialRevolution/IndustrialRevolutionHome.html
A resource to connect students to many pages on the Industrial Revolution.

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-IndustrialRevolution.htm
Links to the Industrial Revolution and primary source documents. 

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/images/indust.html.htm
Scenes and images from the Industrial Revolution.

Civil Rights Movement

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
An outstanding historical study of the Civil Rights Era. This is part one. Part two is linked to this page.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Infoplease Civil Rights timeline. A good starting point for this topic.

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/
An introduction to the Civil Rights Movement.

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html
CNN's historical outline of the events of the Civil Rights Movement. Includes early historical events.

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/129/80.html
A multimedia presentation of the history of Civil Rights, with audio and video clips.

http://www.ags.uci.edu/~skaufman/teaching/win2001ch4.htm
A University of California Irvine presentation of events during the Civil Rights Movement with Links.

The Roaring 20s

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html#flapper
A professor of English at Pittsburgh State University has produced several sites centering on the Jazz Age.

http://www.lawlessdecade.net/index-2.htm
A pictorial history of this period. An outstanding multimedia presentation. Very detailed.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm
The Scopes (Monkey) Trial. One of the key events of the 20's.

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
The purpose of this web/library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding of the Roaring 1920s. Information on everything from Art & Architecture to Theatre, Film & Radio!

http://www.rambova.com/fashion/fash4.html
Flapper Fashion from the 1920s. Traces how the fashion of this period developed.

http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1920.htm
Lots of interesting info on the 1920's.

http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s.html
Pictures music and primary sources from the 1920's.

http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm
The Internet Guide to Jazz Age Slang.  Where did these words come from?

The Civil War

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
The American Civil War Home Page. Truly an incredible resource. Sites covering virtually every aspect of the war.

http://www.swcivilwar.com/
A series of pages that tell the story of the Civil War.

http://www.civilwarhome.com/
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War. Another outstanding resource.

http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Dakota State University's Civil War Index.

http://www.civil-war.net/
A Civil War Home page with numerous links as well as predefined search terms.

http://mirkwood.ucs.indiana.edu/acw/
Civil War links provided by a technology worker at Indiana State University.

http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/
A museum and web page dedicated to black Americans who served during the Civil War.

http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/
The generals of the Civil War. Kind of a cool site with hundreds of pictures.

http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
The History Place Civil War outline. Good resource background information.

Women's Suffrage Movement

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwtl.html
100 years toward suffrage. A timeline.

http://www.nmwh.org/exhibits/tour_1.html
An introduction to women's suffrage. This is a series of pages that covers numerous aspects of the subject.

http://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/suffrage/
The suffrage movement in Great Britain.

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/suffrage/
The suffrage movement in Texas. A very unique look at this topic.

http://iaia.essortment.com/womenssuffrage_rcfa.htm
A rather lengthy article about women's suffrage. Lots of good information.

http://www.worldbook.com/features/whm/html/whm010.html
The World Book article on women and the right to vote.

http://www.history.com/exhibits/woman/main.html
The History Channel's look at women and the right to vote.

http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/suffrage.html
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Abolitionist Movement

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html
A presentation by the Library of Congress. This page and the next three pages contain outstanding information.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/index.html
A PBS presentation, Judgment Day, which begins with slavery on the south and works rhrough the abolitionist movement, fugitive slaves, the spread west, and the Civil War. A wonderful resource.

http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2002/abolitn.html
Women in the abolitionist movement.

http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html
Frederick Douglass, one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement.

http://americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/brief.htm
A not so brief history of the abolitionist movement. Covers the topic very well with lots of background information and links.

Navajo Code Talkers

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm
The code talker World War II Fact Sheet. Produced by the US Navy. Includes a dictionary listing of the words and translations used by the Navajos.

http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.cfm
A daughter's web site dedicated to her father and the Code Talkers he served with.

http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/usmccode.htm
A Brief History of the code talkers prepared by the Reference Section History and Museums Division, USMC, May 14, 1982.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmcode1.html
The Infoplease page on code talkers. Good basic background.

http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/
History, pictures and background information on the Code Talkers and the Code they used.

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-4.htm
The Navajo Code Talker's Dictionary.  Provided by the Department of the Navy.

Japanese Internment Camps

http://www.42explore2.com/japanese.htm
A very comprehensive web page with background, links, and projects. Outstanding starting point.

http://www.janm.org/exhibits/breed/title.htm
The Japanese American National Museum web page.

http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/9066/9066.htm
University of Utah private collection of photographs taken during the internment at camps Tule and Topaz.

http://education.nebrwesleyan.edu/eisenhower/partsites/northeastpage/safarik/internmentpage.html
A page developed by a student at Nebraska Wesleyan University on the internment.

http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w188/life.htm
A personal account of life in the Topaz camp by Reiko Oshima Komoto.

http://www.densho.org/
A web page dedicated to keeping the debate open on what happened during the Internment.

McCarthyism

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/menace-emerges.html
How communism became a threat to national security and the response taken by the government.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/schrecker-age.html
Excerpts from the book The Age of MaCarthyism by Ellen Shrecker

.http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/McCarthy/Mccarthydocuments.html
Letters and documents written by and to Senator Joe McCarthy.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/mccarthy.htm
Articles written about Joe McCarthy and his tactics.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/mccarthy-bio.html
A brief excerpt from Richard H. Rovere's Senator Joe McCarthy.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Roosevelt_Eleanor/Hollywood_HUAC.html
Eleanor Roosevelt talks about what she sees happening in Hollywood in regards to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/blacklist.html
The Hollywood black list.

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3464y/grinberg+perry/mccarthyism.html
The effect of McCarthyism on American universities.

Salem Witchcraft Trials

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/
DiscoverySchool.com's presentation on the witch trials. Lots of informative pages.

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/
Court TV's presentation of the witch trials and their background.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM
A college web project on the Salem witchcraft trials.

http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
For the person who wants to look at the original transcripts. This site is excellent for an in depth look.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm
Eyewitness to History presentation on the Salem Witch Trials.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/
National Geographic's web page on the witch trials.

http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl310/witch.htm
The Gonzaga University presentation with links.

http://www.witchway.net/times/salem.html
Good background information on the trials and their origination.

The Depression

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/great_depression.html
A timeline to the Great Depression. Very extensive.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul08.html
The Library of Congress Web page - Today in History, the depression.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761584403/Great_Depression_in_the_United_States.html
The Encarta article on the Great Depression in the United States.

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics article by Robert J. Samuelson

http://www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery06/gallery06.html
From the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, a look at the depression from the point of view of Hoover's Archives.

http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/depr.html
A very extensive page on the depression put together by a Fresno teacher.

Organized Crime

http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/Links/links.htm
The Nathanson Center for the study of organized crime. This section links to a great number of sites from ethnic gangs to motorcycle gangs.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/
Court TV's Crime Library of criminal minds and methods.

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/ocshome.htm
The FBI's Organized Crime page.

http://foia.fbi.gov/gangster.htm
The FBI's Gangster Era listing. Provided by the freedom of information act. FBI documents relating to the gangsters of the 20's and 30's.

http://www.ganglandnews.com/
Jerry Capeci's Gang Land - a reporter for The New York Daily News shares his wisdom from years of experience reporting on organized crime.

http://www.lawlessdecade.net/index-2.htm
A pictorial history of this period. An outstanding multimedia presentation. Very detailed.

http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000247b.pdf
A .pdf file that details the rise and development of the Russian Mafia in the US
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