Perspectives on history series

Songs, journal entries, historical writings, and pictures describe the daily lives of colonial men, women, and children.

Contains a selection of primary source documents that provides insight into the period of post-Civil War reconstruction in America, discussing the problems of freed slaves, carpetbaggers, the KKK, and other topics.

Contains excerpts from interviews, magazine and news articles, and letters that provide insight into the effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s on America and its people.

Focuses on the roles women played in the Civil War, drawing from their own words as recorded in journals and diaries.