Chronicles of America


Chronicles of America is a 50-volume series on American history published by Yale University Press. Fifteen historical films based on the series were also commissioned. Entries in the series were first published in 1918. They were written by historians about various aspects of American history. The series was edited by Allen Johnson and published by Yale University. All 50 volumes are available on archive.org; some are available on Project Gutenberg.
The 50 volumes in the series are as follows:
  1. - Ellsworth Huntington
  2. - Irving Berdine Richman
  3. - William Charles Henry Wood
  4. - William Bennett Munro
  5. - Mary Johnston
  6. - Charles McLean Andrews
  7. - Maud Wilder Goodwin
  8. - Sydney George Fisher
  9. - Charles M. Andrews
  10. - George McKinnon Wrong
  11. - Carl Lotus Becker
  12. - George McKinnon Wrong
  13. - Max Farrand
  14. - Henry Jones Ford
  15. - Allen Johnson
  16. - Edward Samuel Corwin
  17. - Ralph Delahaye Paine
  18. - Constance Lindsay Skinner
  19. - Frederic Austin Ogg
  20. - Frederic Austin Ogg
  21. - Archer Butler Hulbert
  22. - Constance Lindsey Skinner
  23. - Herbert Eugene Bolton
  24. - Nathaniel W. Stephenson
  25. - Stewart Edward White
  26. - Emerson Hough
  27. - William Edward Dodd
  28. - Jesse Macy
  29. - Nathaniel W. Stephenson
  30. - Nathaniel W. Stephenson
  31. - William Charles Henry Wood
  32. - Walter Lynwood Fleming
  33. - Edward Emery Slosson
  34. - Bliss Perry
  35. - Samuel Peter Orth
  36. - Ralph Delahaye Painee
  37. - Holland Thompson
  38. - John Moody
  39. - Burton J. Hendrick
  40. - Samuel Peter Orth
  41. - John Moody
  42. - Holland Thompson
  43. - Samuel Peter Orth
  44. - Allen Johnson
  45. - Solon Justus Buck
  46. - Carl Russell Fish
  47. - Harold Howland
  48. - Charles Seymour
  49. - Oscar D. Skelton
  50. - William R. Shepherd

Films

In 1923, Yale decided to create a series of films based on the books. Fifteen films were ultimately produced.