I am still working on my History of the Internet article. Until then here are some of the resources I am using:

A Little History of the World Wide Web. Robert Cailliau, October 1995. Nice hypertext history of Tim Berners-Lee's creation.

The History of the Net. Henry Edward Hardy, September 1993. Master's Thesis. A great background of the Internet before everybody discovered it.

A Brief History of the Internet. By many of the people who made it happen: Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn, et. al. Last revised February 1997. Excellent use of hypertext foot notes, easy to read, and extensive.

And coming soon . . . "The Future of the Internet." Here are some sources I'm reading:

Nicholas Negroponte "We have seen computers move out of giant air-conditioned rooms into closets, then onto desktops, and now into our laps and pockets. But this is not the end." Let Negroponte tell you what your digital future looks like. Newsday finds his book Being Digital "succinct and readable. . . . If you suffer from digital anxiety, that creeping sense that technology is racing along much faster than you can follow, here is a book that lays it all out for you. . . . We need visionaries like Negroponte." Fun reading! Check out his essays here.

The Internet Is Redefining Distance, Time and Community
New York Times: May 6, 1997
by Vince Giuliano