![[Detail] Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir.](../images/header_nature.jpg)
[Detail] Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir. 
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Historical context and ideas for integrating individual digital collections of primary sources into instruction.
American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936: Images from the University of Chicago Library (Summary and Teaching Resources) Over 4,500 photographs document the natural environment, ecology and plant communities in the United States during this period.
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: A Study Collection from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Summary and Teaching Resources) Use this collection to explore the relationship between man and his natural environment. Included are over 500 images of projects created by Frederick Law Olmstead, landscape architect and city designer.
Atlantic World: American and the Netherlands (Summary Only)
Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916 (Summary and Teaching Resources) Seven films in the collection capture the devastation resulting from the 1906 earthquake and fires that followed.
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement: 1850-1920 (Summary and Teaching Resources) Explore the history of the conservation movement.
The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 (Summary and Teaching Resources) Read accounts of professional and amateur scientists who documented and cataloged specimens of plants and animals and monitored patterns of weather and climate as they traveled West.
History of the American West: 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library (Summary and Teaching Resources) Search this collection using terms like "landscape", "mountains", or "national parks" for environmentally related photographs.
Map Collections (Summary and Teaching Resources) Be sure to visit the Conservation and Environment Maps page.
Mapping the National Parks (Summary and Teaching Resources) This collection of approximately 200 maps dating from the 17th century to the present documents the history, culture, and geological formations of areas that eventually became United States National Parks.
The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals (Summary and Teaching Resources) Browse issues of Garden and Forest published from 1888-1897.
Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934 (Summary Only) This collection documents the development of the modern conservation movement, the establishment of the Everglades National Park and the role of state and federal governments in the development of a national park.
Tending the Commons: Folk life and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (Summary Only) Explore the Big Coal River Valley environment.
Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920 (Summary and Teaching Resources) Photographs by artists like William Henry Jackson document both the natural landscape and the industrial development that altered it.
Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century (Summary and Teaching Resources) Use the terms "nature" or "naturalists" to search this collection for entries related to the environment.
Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 (Summary and Teaching Resources) Students can research the agricultural conditions that led to the Dust Bowl.
Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890 (Summary and Teaching Resources) This collection presents diaries, letters, logbooks, photographs and other materials that document sea travel and the role of maritime events in the westward expansion of the United States.
Last Updated: 06/29/2009