Web Resources

pbs.org/weta/thewest

Offers an array of source materials linked to the PBS/WETA documentary film series The West, including lesson plans and additional resources.

lcweb2/loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html

From the Library of Congress’s American Memory project, a useful collection of materials relating to the emergence of the conservation movement in the United States.

csvivc.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/files/

WestWeb is a topically-organized website about the study of the American West created and maintained by born-and-bred Westerner Catherine Lavender of the Department of History, College of Staten Island, City University of New York.

digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/photographs/

30,000 photographs pertaining to the West from the Denver Public Library.

publications.newberry.org/frontiertoheartland/

Based on the world-renowned collections of the Newberry Library in Chicago, “Frontier to Heartland” offers access to historical primary sources, scholarly perspectives on the past, and more.

theautry.org/research/women-of-the-west

From the Autry National Center, “Women of the West” provides resources for understanding women’s contribution to western history and culture.

kmorrissey.faculty.arizona.edu/web_resources

From Professor Katherine Morrissey of the University of Arizona, a list of web resources featuring academic centers devoted to the study of the West.