LibGuides: History Department: Primary Sources

MAJOR DEPOSITORIES FOR THE WORLD

EuroDocs Links to European primary historical resources that include documents, photos, and audio files.
World Digital Library "The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world."
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They have timelines and interactive maps.
Avalon Project: Documents Related to Indochina-Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos This is a collection of primary source documents related to the Vietnam War.
Internet History Sourcebooks The Internet History Sourcebooks Project provides a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. The key feature of this site is the Index which directs you to specific time periods or subject areas.

U.S. MAJOR DEPOSITORIES

AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History
Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy Assets include documents from around the world that date back to ancient times.
Digital Commonwealth Explore historical collections from libraries, museums, and archives across Massachusetts
Digital Public Library of America "DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format."
Freedom on the Move "Freedom on the Move is a database of fugitives from North American slavery. With the advent of newspapers in the American colonies, enslavers posted “runaway ads” to try to locate fugitives. Additionally, jailers posted ads describing people they had apprehended in search of the enslavers who claimed the fugitives as property." from the website
History Matters: Many Pasts "This feature contains primary documents in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout U.S. history." (description from the website)
Leventhal Map and Education Center at the BPL "The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library shall inspire curiosity and learning, and foster geographic perspectives on the relationships between people and places..." (from the Center)
Library of Congress Digital Collection Links to all of the LOC documents and images. Excellent resource for primary sources.
Massachusetts Historical Society The Massachusetts Historical Society is the oldest in the nation and houses extensive collections that include the Adams and Jefferson papers, the Boston Massacre, the American Revolution, Women's Suffrage Movement, and 54th Regiment of Black soldiers in the Civil war
National Archives "The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever."
National Humanities Center Primary Sources Historical documents, literary texts, and works of art — thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
Wilson Center Digital archive "The Digital Archive is a resource where students, researchers and specialists can access once-secret documents from governments and organizations all over the world."

SPECIALIZED DEPOSITORIES

National Archives: Published Primary Sources Relating to American Indians
Miller Center at UVA: The Presidency and Presidential Speeches From the website: "The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history and civil discourse to the nation's most pressing contemporary governance challenges."
The September 11th Digital Archive This digital archive is meant to preserve the history of 9/11 and its aftermath and contains 150,000 items.

History Department: Primary Sources

TOOLS FOR EVALUATING PRIMARY SOURCES

MAJOR DEPOSITORIES FOR THE WORLD

U.S. MAJOR DEPOSITORIES

SPECIALIZED DEPOSITORIES