Timelines

Timeline Tools

There are a number of tools you can use to create a timeline. Here are a few suggestions.

Timetoast another open source tool to create a timeline with images.
See the History of Graphic Design example.

Word - You can make a timeline in Word. There are numerous "how to" videos on YouTube.

Powerpoint - Use SmartArt in PowerPoint to create a timeline.

JS Timeline

Note: Survey books about theatre history often include timelines, such as the Cambridge Companion to British Theatre and the Cambridge History of American Theatre.

Calendar of Creative Man by John Paxton; Sheila Fairfield
Call Number: Reference (NX447.5 .P38 )
ISBN: 9780333181577
Publication Date: 1980
Lists what was happening in any or all of the arts at a given time and place from 500 AD to 1980.
The Wilson Chronology of the Arts by George Ochoa; Melinda Corey
Call Number: N5306 .O26 1998
ISBN: 9780824209346
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
A record of human creativity from ancient times to the present.

History of Theatre Timeline
Website covering 10,000 years of theatre history (Requires Adobe Acrobat Player)

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
Call Number: E169.1 .E626 2001 Reference (first floor of library)
Publication Date: 2001
Covers all aspects of 19th-century history including: population, politics and government, economy and work, society and culture, religion, social problems and reform, everyday life and foreign policy.
Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History by Mary Kupiec (Editor); Peter W. Williams (Editor); Mary K. Cayton (Editor)
Call Number: E169.1 .E624 2001 v. 1-3, Print reference (first floor)
ISBN: 9780684805610
Publication Date: 2001
The Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History surveys the richly layered dimensions of American life in a format that clarifies the many issues, ideas, movements and places that constitute the American experience.