History: Primary Resources

Transcriptions of documents related to law, history and diplomacy from 4000 BCE - present day. Includes documents from several countries.

From the site: "News archive search searches across a large collection of historical archives including major newspapers/magazines, news archives and legal archives. Search results include both content that accessible to all users (such as BBC News, Time Magazine and Guardian) and content that requires a fee (such as Washington Post Archives, Newspaper Archive, and New York Times Archives). "

This site provides access to transcriptions of documents of the U.S. Congress dating from 1774-1875. Includes Journals of the Continental Congress, Letters of Delegates to Congress, House and Senate Journals, Register of Debates and more.

Provides scanned images of over 7,000 advertisements printed in the United States and Canada between 1911 and 1955.

This site provides access to transcribed documents and historical maps that relate to American history. Links are in chronological order.

Scanned images, maps, sketches and more associated with the American Civil War.

Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this website offers access to documents, sound and video recordings, photographs, maps and sheet music that demonstrate life in the United States.

Hosted by the Library of Congress, this site allows you to search and view newspapers published between 1880-1922.

Provides transcriptions of important documents relating to U.S. history.

Provides access to images and transcripts of important documents relating to U.S. history and government, such as the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, Presidential papers including inaugural speeches, and much more.

Primary Source materials related to the history of the southern region of the United States. Includes books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews and songs.

Provides links to primary source documents related to the Cold War. Some broken links.

Search by volumes: 1945 to 1980; and
Administration: pre-Kennedy (back to 1861) through Carter
(documents available as of 8/2013)

Provides data from the U.S. Census between 1790 and 1960.

Offers some transcriptions and audio files of letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives from individuals worldwide.

Offers links to digitized primary source documents, including presidents' letters, explorers' journals, ships' logs, slave narratives and more.

Provides access to thousands of digitized images held at the New York Public Library. Examples of images include photographs, vintage posters, historical maps, illuminated manuscripts and more.

This site offers access to articles from the newspaper, the Richmond Times Dispatch, dated between November 1, 1860 and December 30, 1865.

Access documents related to U.S. foreign policy from the Kennedy Administration through the Nixon-Ford administration.

Includes materials released by the Press Secretary of the White House. Same as print title.

Transcriptions of documents related to law, history and diplomacy from 4000 BCE - present day.

This site provides access to both primary and secondary source materials related to the history of Great Britain, from the medieval period through modern day.

Link to a "Guide to Parliamentary Papers" in PDF.

Provides access to transcriptions of documents important to the history of the United Kingdom, including the Confession of Saint Patrick, the Magna Carta and Joan of Arc's Letter to Henry VI.

A portal to scholarly websites that offer access to primary source materials related to European history.

Provides links to scanned images or transcriptions of primary source materials related to the history of the United Kingdom.

Offers some transcriptions and audio files of letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives from individuals worldwide.

This site offers access to 600+ primary source materials related to the French Revolution. To browse the list of secondary source materials, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the link that says "more than 600 primary documents". This site also contains secondary source materials as well.

Provides access to scanned images of pamphlets related to social policy in the United Kingdom. Main topics of the pamphlets include health, housing, pensions, the Poor Laws and unemployment insurance.

A collection of links to several different digital archives, including historical maps, scans of rare books, manuscripts, playbills, images and much more.

Offers written transcriptions and some audio files of holocaust survivors.

Provides access to text and image files associated with Connecticut and New England.

Includes scans of books from the Wellesley College Library, pre-1600s manuscripts, letters and postcards and more.

Transcripts of oral interviews conducted with seven major figures of the suffragist movement.

Provides access to scanned images of manuscripts, pamphlets and photographs relating to the women's role in the US economy.