The 1900s began a century of advancement, invention, and progress
in the United States. The automobile was just beginning to make
what would become an indelible mark on the U.S. economy and way of
life, and the Wright brothers made their first air flight. From
federal regulations of the food industry to the advent of the first
cartoon, the United States saw a wide spectrum of events and issues
during the first decade of the twentieth century. The following
documents are just a sampling of the offerings available in this
volume:
- Diary entry of December 17, 1903, by Orville Wright
- "The Man with the Muck Rake, speech given by President Theodore
Roosevelt, April 15, 1906
- Fundamentals of Basketball, handbook written by James Naismith,
creator of the game
- "To the Person Sitting in Darkness," an article by Mark
Twain
- Ford Price List of Parts for Models "N," "R," "S" and "S"
Roadster, manual written for Ford car dealers
- Drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the "Gibson
Girl"
- "Lynch Law in America," an article by Ida B. Wells-Barnett,
founding member of the NAACP
- Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp from
Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first American Indian woman
physician
- "The Little Schoolboy," from The New McGuffey Second
Reader
- "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces," one of the first
cartoons
- Lecture by philosopher William James, "The Varieties of
Religious Experience"
- "The Memphis Blues," by W.C. Handy
- Speech on "The Road Problem," by William Jennings Bryan
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