Web sites can be useful sources of additional information. These sites provide good starting points for finding information about ethnic and minority groups on the web.
- Minority Studies Page
Part of the Voice of the Shuttle humanities resources page. Includes numerous links to ethnic studies sites.- Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archives
Collaborative project that provides digital archives on ethnic groups living in the Columbia River Basin including Japanese Americans, Native Americans and Basque Americans.- Ethnic America
Overview of the ethnic American experience plus excerpts of primary sources.- People with a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History
"Presents the history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people. It includes hundreds of original texts, discussions, and [soon] images, and addresses LGBT history in all periods, and in all regions of the world." See also Out of the Past: 400 Years of Lesbian and Gay History in America, the website accompanying the PBS documentary.African Americans
- African American History
Collection of links to web sites dealing with African American history from colonial times to the present.- Africans in America
Companion site to the PBS documentary includes narratives as well as historical documents, images and biographies.- Seattle's Black History
Seattle Post-Intelligencer special on local Black history includes articles and links to other sources.Asian Americans
- Ancestors in America
Web site accompanying the PBS documentary on Asian immigration to America. Site includes selected documents.- A History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State
Curriculum packet created by the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest which includes a lengthy narrative of the history of Asian Americans in the state plus pertinent documents and photographs.- Chinese in California, 1850-1925
"The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California from 1850 to 1925 through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Part of American Memory.- Densho
Project to collect oral histories, photographs and documents dealing with Japanese American history with special focus of World War II. The site currently contains narrative with selected documents, images and oral histories plus study questions and bibliographies. Registration required for full access.- Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA)
JARDA brings together collections from many California respositories. Included in the collection are digitized photographs, documents, diaries, and finding aids.- Korean American Digital Archive
Collection of documents (English and Korean) and photographs from the Korean community in Los Angeles. Part of the USC Digital Archive.European Americans
- German Americans: An Ethnic Experience
Electronic version of a book written by Willi Paul Adams work, originally published in German in 1990, presented by the Max Kade German American Center.- Jews in America
Exhibit on the history of Jews in America. Also see the Library of Congress exhibit From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America.Hispanic Americas
- CLNet
Major site for listing resources for the Latino community.- Mexican Migration Project
Joint project of the University of Pennsylvania and the Universidad de Guadalajara dealing with current migration comprised mainly of datasets and interviews.Native Americans
- American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
"This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics." Part of American Memory.- Native American History
Collection of links dealing with Native American history.
Portrait of the Runyon family of Texas, courtesy of American Memory.
