Also Try
- Native American
Lists
- American Literature Written before 1900
- California Missions Resources (California Mission Studies Association)
Provides sources of information on the California missions, presented by type of information or by mission. 8-00
- Multicultural American West (Washington State University)
- Overland Trail (Larson)
- The West - Expansion of the USA Westward (University of Virginia)
Documents the western expansion of the USA from 1774-1920 using maps. 7-00
- The West - Expansion of the USA Westward (West Film Company and WETA)
Documents the western expansion of the USA using photos, historical documents, and interviews. Tries to provide a balance between two views of the expansion West. One view was that it was a triumph of enterprise and courage, while the other view was that it was a crime of conquest and dispossession. 2-01
Materials
- California Missions - Photographs (California Museum of Photography)
Provides photographs of each of the 21 Spanish missions established along California's coast. Includes 1. San Diego de Alcalá, 2. San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, 3. San Antonio de Padua, 4. San Gabriel Arcángel, 5. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 6. San Francisco de Asís, 7. San Juan Capistrano, 8. Santa Clara de Asís, 9. San Buenaventura, 10. Santa Bárbara, 11. La Purísima Concepción, 12. Santa Cruz, 13. Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, 14. San José, 15. San Juan Bautista, 16. San Miguel Arcángel, 17. San Fernando Rey de España, 18. San Luis Rey de Francia, 19. Santa Inés, 20. San Rafael Arcángel, and 21. San Francisco Solano. 8-00
Papers
- Articles of the Kansas Collection
Original works dating from the late 1800's and early 1900's.
- Austin, Stephen F. (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a short biography of the man who "established the first Anglo-American colony in the Tejas province of Mexico and saw it grow into an independent republic," which later became Texas. 6-02
- Biographies Related to the American West (West Film Company and WETA)
Provides biographies related to the western expansion of the USA. 6-02
- California Gold Rush (Oakland Museum of California)
Provides a history, art, and even a quiz. 8-00
- California Gold Rush - A History (PBS)
Provides a short history through stories. 8-00
- California Gold Rush - Teacher Resources (PBS)
Provides a teacher's guide, readings, and Web links around the PBS film on the gold rush. 8-00
- California Gold Rush Timeline (California Resources Agency)
Provides a short history, art, and even a quiz. 8-00
- California Missions - History (BGe Internet Services)
Provides a history for 21 Spanish missions established along California's coast. Includes 1. San Diego de Alcalá, 2. San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, 3. San Antonio de Padua, 4. San Gabriel Arcángel, 5. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, 6. San Francisco de Asís, 7. San Juan Capistrano, 8. Santa Clara de Asís, 9. San Buenaventura, 10. Santa Bárbara, 11. La Purísima Concepción, 12. Santa Cruz, 13. Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, 14. San José, 15. San Juan Bautista, 16. San Miguel Arcángel, 17. San Fernando Rey de España, 18. San Luis Rey de Francia, 19. Santa Inés, 20. San Rafael Arcángel, and 21. San Francisco Solano. 8-00
- California Missions - History and Pictures (Think Quest 3615)
Provides a history of the missions, along with a tour of San Juan Capistrano. 8-00
- California Missions - History, Pictures, and Quizzes (Garretson)
Provides a history of each mission, along with pictures and a quiz on the information. 8-00
- California Missions Art (California Almanac and Art.com)
Provides paintings of California missions. 8-00
- California Missions Glossary (California Mission Studies Association - Honig)
Provides an illustrated glossary of terms used in connection with California missions. 8-00
- California Missions Glossary (California Mission Studies Association - Neuerberg)
Provides a definition of key terms related to California missions. 8-00
- California Missions Timeline (Joel GAzis-SAx)
Provides a list of key events related to establishing the California missions. 8-00
- California Missions Timeline (Stephan)
Provides the dates each mission was established and presents them (through animation) in sequence. 8-00
- Carson, Kit (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a short biography of the trapper, scout, and soldier. 6-02
- Dawes Act of 1887 (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides information about the Act which allowed reservations to be broken into individually owned plots of land. 6-02
- Hide Tanning (NativeTech)
- History of the American West - 1500 - 1917 (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a timeline of major events related to the American West, starting with the 1500's. Also covers period before 1500's. 6-02
- Houston, Sam (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a short biography of the first President of the Lone Star Republic, which became Texas. 6-02
- Kansas History (The Kansas Collection)
Provides excellent original works dating from the mid-1800's through the early 1900's.
- Orphan Trains of Kansas (Dipasquale and Stafford)
Original works regarding the shipping of orphaned children West dated during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Part of the Kansas Collection
- Pioneers - Buffalo Bill Cody
- Pioneers - Daniel Boone
- Pioneers - Historic Sights on the Oregon Trail
- Pioneers - Primer on the Oregon Trail
- Red Cloud (The West Project and WETA)
Provides a short history of the famous Lakota chief who resisted expansion of territory by the European Americans using diplomacy, as well as warfare. 6-02
- Sitting Bull (The West Project and WETA)
Provides a short history of the famous Lakota chief and holy man who resisted expansion of territory by the European Americans. 6-02
- Smith, Joseph (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a short biography of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, popularly known as the Mormons. 6-02
- The West (PBS - Burns and Ives) 2-01
- The West - Documents from the Documentary
- Young, Brigham (The West Film Project and WETA)
Provides a short biography of the leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, popularly known as the Mormons. 6-02
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