Internet Links
The following list is not exhaustive, but it will provide
a starting point for some of the more useful links for the
Vietnam era. Before you begin it is important that you read some
of the material on how to assess the quality of websites from the History
323 Research and Writing page. Simply because the material is
found on the internet does not make it useful or accurate, nor is
it necessarily primary material, which is to be the core of the research
paper. It is also imperative that you know how to use the internet
sources properly in both your references and your bibliography.
Created and maintained by Texas Tech University, this is one of the largest collections of materials outside of the federal government.
The
Wars for Vietnam: 1945 to 1975
A site located at Vassar College which provides a good
overview of the wars and an extensive document section online. Also
links to other sites.
Famous
Trials
An excellent site which contains the transcripts, etc. of famous
trials. Relevant to this course would be the trials of the Rosenbergs, The
Chicago Seven, and the Mississippi Burning Trial.
An excellent collection of links to online sites, as well as an extensive bibliography of relevant print sources.
A wide ranging set of links to virtually anything connected to the war or the period, maintained by Wellesley College.
Part of the American Folklife Centre at the Library of Congress, the site includes documents, interviews, etc., from participants of American conflicts from WWI onwards.
The
Sixties Project
A rich and eclectic site devoted to all aspects of that
decade. The site includes online issues of the
Vietnam Generation Journal, a good primary documents
section, and links elsewhere.
Digger Archives
Text and archives of the Diggers of San Francisco, 1966
to 1968, an important facet of the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.
The site contains documents about the Diggers as well as links to other
sixties sites.
The Free Speech Movement
Archives
An excellent document collection for this very important
movement of the 1960s.
Country
Joe and the Fish Homepage
An important sixties band blending commercialism and
protest.
Hey, Hey...its one of the most successful commercial bands of the sixties.
Documents
from the Women's Liberation Movement
A very good site from Duke University
More nostalgic than analytic, but some interesting content (particularly material and social culture). Not necessarily great links, but where else can you link to the Lucy-Desi Museum or to The Rifleman homepage....
The Literature and Culture of the American 1950s
A very extensive site with great primary documents online which is part of a course from the University of Pennsylvania.
The Cuban Missile Crisis and its Aftermath
A collection of 275(!) documents relating to the Crisis created as part of the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
Documents Relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Another very extensive collection of primary documents.
Documents Relating to the Cold War
A very extensive set of links to primary documents from 1945 onwards.
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: Vietnam
A very extensive list of links to sites and primary documents on American foreign policy as it related to Vietnam from 1941 onwards.
The Trial of the Chicago Seven
A good site with trial transcripts and other links. A good insight into aspect of the sixties youth rebellion, counterculture, and politics.
The Mississippi Burning Trial (1967)
The trial in 1967 of the KKK members charged with the murder of the three civil rights workers in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964. A very good site with trial transcripts, etc., which provide an excellent look at the south, the Klan, and the struggle for civil rights in the early 1960s.
1969 Woodstock Festival and Concert Homepage
Were you there? It seems as if everyone else was....Relive the sex and drugs and rock and roll. A mixed set of links on you know what.
Woodstock: The Musical Festival Homepage
Another "official" homepage. Some links on the festival and its place in the 1960s culture might be of interest.
Retro: Super Cool Stuff from the 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s
I didn't make up the title of this homepage. I does have links to a lot of the popular culture of the period, although the value of some of it is questionable. Good luck.