“Making Sense of Documents” provide strategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and a guide to traditional and online sources. “Scholars in Action” segments show how scholars puzzle out the meaning of different kinds of primary sources, allowing you to try to make sense of a document yourself then providing audio clips in which leading scholars interpret the document and discuss strategies for overall analysis.
IPUMS USA collects, preserves and harmonizes U.S. census microdata and provides easy access to this data with enhanced documentation. Data includes decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Surveys (ACS) from 2000 to the present.
Nine reports on Africans-Americans serving in Congress, compiled for the publication of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007, as well as important legislation for civil rights.
The Junto is a group blog made up of junior early Americanists—graduate students and junior faculty—dedicated to providing content of general interest to other early Americanists and those interested in early American history, as well as a forum for discussion of relevant historical and academic topics.
Host Greg Jenner brings together a comedian and a historian for each episode's topic, creating a casual and fun introduction to history. Produced by BBC Radio 4.
This podcast series is devoted to short, accessible discussions of important topics in world history, United States history, and Texas history with the award winning faculty and graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin, and distinguished visitors to our campus.
BackStory is a public radio program & podcast that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us today. [No longer updates, but past episodes are still available.]