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HIS 4315: Wall Street, Soup Kitchen, & War: Digital Collections

This course, beginning with the "Roaring Twenties," traces American cultural, economic, and political history up to 1968. Issues to be covered include the Great Depression, the World War II home front, the Atomic Age, the Civil Rights Movement, and the tu

Portal to Texas History

Portal to Texas History

National Archives

Image: The National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper that preserves and maintains the U.S. government's collection of documents, and makes them available for research. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. The National Archives is the U.S. Government’s collection of documents that records important events in American history.