History Subject Guide

More than 7 million items from some 100 historical collections at the Library of Congress.

The most comprehensive on-line source of historical photographs for Cleveland. It is filled with photos of some of the city’s architecture and landmarks, as well as interesting information on famous/infamous Cleveland area people such as Elliot Ness and Dr. Sam Sheppard. It is a collaborative effort of the Special Collections Dept., Digital Processing Unit, Technical Services Dept. & Systems Division at the Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University.

Digital images from archives, historical societies, libraries and museums across Ohio. The state's answer to the American Memory Project, the database includes items from Hiram College.

Scanned images of works of art by Cleveland artists commissioned by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.

A streaming video platform with thousands of educational videos, with a strong focus on documentaries. The collection includes content from Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, BBC, Filmakers Library, and Sony Pictures Classics. Please preview thoughtfully: once any video is viewed four times for 30 seconds or more, the library is charged for a one-year license to that video.

Contains some fifty hours of primary footage and secondary documentaries that explore the key events of the sixties and early seventies. This is a great video complement to The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974.