Historical documents are document that contain important information about a person, place, or event. Some important and famous American historical documents include Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Articles of confederation, some famous world historical documents include The Magna Carta, the 95 Theses of Martin Luther, and the Gutenberg Bible. A declaration of independence is a proclamation of the independence of a newly formed or reformed independent state, usually from a part or the whole of the territory of another nation, or a document containing such a declaration. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... The Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, formed the first governing document of the United States of America. ... Magna Carta placed certain checks on the absolute power of the English Monarchs. ... The Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, known as the 95 Theses, challenged the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church on the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgences. ... The Luther seal Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines of Lutheran, Protestant and other Christian traditions (a broad movement composed of many congregations and church bodies). ... The Gutenberg bible owned by the US Library of Congress The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible) is a print of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by its namesake, Johann Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany using moveable type, mass-produced starting on February...

Most famous historical documents, consist of laws, accounts of battles (usually given by the victors), and the exploits of the powerful. Though these documents are of historical interest, these documents do not detail the daily lives of ordinary people, or the way society functioned. Anthropologists and Archeologists, generally are more interested in documents that describe the day to day lives of ordinary people. Such as what they ate, what they worried about, hopes and/or dreams, and their family interaction. It is this information that allows Anthropologists and Archeologists, to understand and describe the way society was functioning at any particular time in history. See Anthropology. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... See Anthropology. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

Many documents that are produced today, such as personal letters, pictures, contracts, newspapers, and medical records, would be considered valuable historical documents in the future to Anthropologists and Archeologists. However most of these documents will be lost in the future since they are either printed on ordinary paper which has a limited life span, or on digital formats that will become obsolete in a relative sort time frame. See Anthropology. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

Some companies and government entities are attempting to increase the number of documents that will survive the passage of time, by taking into account the Preservation Issues and printing documents in a manner that increase the likelihood of them surviving the passages of time or placing documents into time capsules or other special storage environments. Preservation issues Preservation of Documents and Pictures. ... A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future. ...

External link

• List of American Historical documents
• Library of Congress
• historic document collection
• caring for your family archives
• how to create/preserve historical documents
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History