Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History

Coverage: 1835 - 1976

Diaries and correspondence, plus some illustrations, describing the motivations for and experiences of travel by 19th & 20th century American women to destinations across the globe.


Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)

Collection of texts, photos, maps, and other materials on Western interaction with the Middle East, "particularly travels to Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." Provided by Rice University.


Triangle Factory Fire

Collection of newspaper and magazine accounts, testimonials, commission reports, photographs, and illustrations related to the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory fire in New York City. From Cornell University.


U. S. Electoral College

Information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present, from the National Archives and Record Administration.


U.S. Code

General and permanent laws of the United States enacted by Congress. Includes a Table of Popular Names, a list of common names for legislative acts. From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.


U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

Records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the 1st-43rd United States Congresses.


U.S. House of Representatives

Official House website. Includes membership and committee information. Also contains information on the current sessions, roll call votes, and much more.


U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules

Includes full-text of archived and current rules as reported by the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee.


U.S. NRC Glossary

Glossary of nuclear terms maintained by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.


U.S. Senate

Official Senate website that includes biographical information on Senators, committees, and roll call votes from 1989 to the present. Also includes background and historical information on the Senate.