Companion site to documentary, be sure to check out maps, transcripts and "Webography" links to primary documents

The first organized expression of the City Beautiful movement as a means of beautification and social control was the 1901 Plan for Washington D.C

These two collections from the Institute for Regional Studies at North Dakota State University contain 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century. Highlights include images of sod homes and the people who built them; images of farms and the machinery that made them prosper; and images of one-room schools and the children that were educated in them

This multimedia guided tour proceeds chapter-by-chapter through each episode in the series, offering selected documentary materials, archival images and commentary, as well as links to background information and other resources of the web site

Official site of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. Links to current activities and programs.

Article/Essay from personal web site

Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film

Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film

Lecture outline and summary of William Graham Sumner from University of Oregon

Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes that occurred as America industrialized in the years after the Civil War.

Photographs of the construction of the transcontiental railroad.

Political Cartoon that is not unlike those of the French Revolution except with this one there are not three estates, but rather several levels with "capitalism" rather than the king at the top. Just the same, it is the workers at the bottom, just like the peasants of the Third Estate

Would he have ever believed that a US Navy boat would have been named for him?

Letters and articles collected by the University of Maryland

175,000 document images and a searchable database of 143,500 documents and 23,300 names. The digital edition includes documents from the Edison National Historic Site archives scanned from Parts I-III of the microfilm edition along with items from other repositories and private collections.

Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film

Silver albumen photographs of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876

This site features 341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and other related materials, such as photographs and original magazine articles. Cylinder sound recordings will be added to this site in the near future. In addition, histories are given of Edison's involvement with motion pictures and sound recordings, as well as a special page focusing on the life of the great inventor

Approved July 2, 1890, The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.