Web Resources: Internet History

The World Wide Web: Past, Present and Future

by Tim Berners-Lee, "inventor" of the World Wide Web and a principal research scientist at the Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html

A History of the Internet

History of the net, designed for non-experts, which also hopes to give some of the concepts necessary to understand how the Net works. Also includes a history of the Web and electronic mail.. From the Leiden Unversity History Department.
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html

Internet Timeline

An Internet timeline highlighting some of the key events and technologies which helped shape the Internet as we know it today. Includes links to some of the original papers and agencies involved.
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

Nerds 2.0.1

A brief history of the Internet from PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/

History and Development of the Internet: a Timeline

Illustrates a chronology of notable events that led to the Internet’s creation and concludes with the thirtieth anniversary of the ARPANET experiment.
http://www.sat.lib.tx.us/Displays/itintro.htm