The U.S. Department of Labor Library is one of the oldest Cabinet-level libraries in existence. Large portions of the library holdings are unique documentation of the social and economic history of the United States, including Folio Collection of labor union documents going back to the 1860s. On March 28, 2000, Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman dedicated the library to former Secretary W. Willard Wirtz and his wife Jane. Visit the Wirtz Labor Library at http://www.dol.gov/oasam/wirtzlaborlibrary/welcome.htm.

The Chronicling America web site (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) provides free access to over 5 million pages of select digitized historic newspapers published between 1836 and 1922. It is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a long-term partnership between NEH and the Library of Congress to digitize representative historic newspapers from all 50 states and U.S. territories. Chronicling America currently has digitized newspapers from 28 states and the District of Columbia, with new content added regularly, including newspapers published in foreign languages starting with Spanish and Frenc

This is a catelog site of the World War II political cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). They reflect his own beliefs regarding patriotism and the war effort. http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dswenttowar/#intro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art website has examples of art ranging from ancient civilizations through the modern periods from all over the world. This is an excellent site to support many research topics. They have a good topical search engine or you can search by time period, kingdom, region, or country. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/

The Library of Congress is also a great resource. They have large digital collections in many areas. Check them out at http://www.loc.gov/index.html.