History and Biography
Local History
Los Alamos History
Find out about the remarkable history and inspiring stories of Los Alamos and its people through the Los Alamos Historical Museum, the Los Alamos Historical Society Archives and Collection, Los Alamos Historical Society publications through Bathtub Row Press, ownership and interpretation of historic buildings, educational programs, and more.
Voices of the Manhattan Project
Voices of the Manhattan Project in partnership with National Museum of Nuclear Science & History allows you to listen to interviews, presentations from those who lived it.
Los Alamos Historic Walking Tour
Visit Los Alamos: Historic Walking Tour's map provides a guided walking tour of downtown Los Alamos, NM.
Manhattan District History
A multi-volume history of the Manhattan Project commissioned by General Leslie Groves, and intended to describe, in simple terms, by the average reader, just what the Manhattan District did, and how, when, and where.
New Mexico History / Southwest
Layers of Santa Fe StoryMap
ArcGIS StoryMaps are a type of digital story-telling platform that combines images, text, and video to enhance learning and illustrate spatial relationships with a visual appeal. This StoryMap is an assembly of maps starting with the spatial geology, topography, types of vegetation, air flow, and land use of the state and region.
New Mexico Humanities Council
The New Mexico Humanities Council's online Atlas of Historic New Mexico maps website contains twenty historic maps of New Mexico, annotated with descriptions by the mapmakers and by other people living, working, and exploring in New Mexico at that time.
Southwest Collection
The Southwest Collection is a rich and extensive resource for information on New Mexico state history, geography, culture, ethnology, government, natural history, and economics. You may need to obtain a NM state library card.
Office of the State Historian
The Office of the State Historian, encourages original research into all aspects of New Mexico’s rich historical and cultural legacy.The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S.
Library of Congress: New Mexico
The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S.
New Mexico History Museum
The New Mexico History Museum and KNME present short pieces about New Mexico's history.
El Palacio
El Palacio: The Magazine of the Museum of New Mexico
Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico
Mission of the Society: To assemble, preserve and interpret the history of Southeast New Mexico and to promote a great interest, understanding and appreciation of the area's past.
National History
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress's Digital Collections page provides direct access to the millions of items in the complete listing of their numerous digital collections including humanities, philosophy, language, literature, art, history, social sciences, criminology, education, political science, psychology, sociology, and women's studies.
Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America provides immediate access to valuable our nation's historical memory allowing users access to our shared history, culture, and knowledge.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) documents and maintains all materials they believe of historical value.
USA.Gov
History and Historical Documents, provides a brief historical timeline with links to important historical documents.
World History
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Internet History Sourcebooks Project at Fordham University provides a collection of public domain and copy permitted text for educational purposes.