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African-American History: Digital Library -- Links to document sources focusing on African-American history.
AMDOCS (Documents in the Study of American History) -- Documents ranging from the journals of Christopher Columbus to President Bush's 2003 State of the Union speech.
American Civil War Homepage -- General resources plus documents on individual battles & regiments by state.
American
Memory -- Extensive
resources from the Library of Congress on all aspects of the history of the
US.
America's
Story from America's Library (Library of Congress) --
History resources presented for kids.
Avalon Project (Yale Law School) -- Author, title, subject, collection access to pre18th c. to 20th c. documents.
Bay of Pigs Document Excerpts -- Portions of the Taylor Commission that investigated the Bay of Pigs.
Been Here So Long Online Resources (New Deal Network) -- Slave narratives collected 1936-1938.
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (Library of Congress) -- US Congressional Documents and Debates, 1174-1873.
Chronology of US Historical Documents (Univ. of Oklahoma) -- Documents including inaugural addresses from pre-colonial times to the present
Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet -- Diaries and other documents depicting the Civil War from a woman's perspective.
Commission on Presidential Debates -- Includes transcripts of selected Presidential debates.
Costumer's Manifesto -- Illustrations from paintings, statues, advertisements, catalogs, photos, accessible by civilization, historical era, century and decade.
Debates in the Federal Convention -- Transcripts of the debates and discussions at the Federal Convention of 1787.
Documenting the American South -- Covers Southern history and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address (Northwestern Univ.) -- Archive of American oratory and related documents searchable by speaker, title, issue, and chronologically.
Drop Zone Virtual Museum--World War II Through the Eyes of the Rangers and the Airborne -- Oral history of Rangers and Airborne in World War II in Europe, Pacific, Training, Axis Accounts, Scrapbooks (photographs).
FindLaw -- Case law including US Supreme Court decisions.
Founding Documents (Constitution Society) -- Links to Constitutional documents as well as links to other sites pertaining to constitutional government including the papers of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
From Revolution to Reconstruction (A Hypertext on American History (University of Groningen, Netherlands) -- US documents from before 1400 through 1900 including Presidential speeches and writings--biographical information is a secondary resource.
Guide to Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections
(Univ. of Texas--San Antonio) -- Links to
repositories of primary source documents by state. Minimal primary sources
online.
Hamilton
College Library Digital Collections
-- Civil War materials, including letters, journals and enlistment
papers, mostly from the 117th Volunteer Infantry Regiment from Oneida County,
N.Y.
Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection (Univ. of Georgia) -- Rare maps from New World times through the 1930s with an emphasis on the South. Includes maps from the Civil War period.
History Channel--Speeches -- Speeches by individuals from the US and the world on wide range of topics including politics & government, science & technology and arts & entertainment.
Images of American Political History
-- Collection of public domain images of American political history, including maps.
IMLS
Digital Collections Registry -- Provides a
searchable directory to digital library collections in a wide range of
subjects.
In
the First Person --
"Index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives."
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States -- Inaugural addresses from George Washington to George W. Bush.
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Oklahoma State Univ.) -- Text of various laws and treaties compiled by Charles Kappler.
KODAK Taken On The Road-American Mile Markers -- Collection of photographs taken every mile from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Language of the Land -- Journeys Into Literary America (Library of Congress) -- Literary heritage through photographs, maps, text; arranged by geographic area: Northeast, South, Midwest, West.
Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell Univ.) -- Case law from all levels of government including the US Supreme Court.
Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier in the American Civil War -- Collection of letters written by a Union soldier describing his experiences in Mississippi, Missouri, Iowa, and Arkansas, 1862-1865.
Lewis and Clark (PBS) -- Includes primary and secondary sources from the PBS special, Lewis and Clark.
Lincoln/Net (Northern Illinois University) -- Includes a wide range of materials about Abraham Lincoln, including his writings and speeches.
Making of America (Univ. of Michigan) -- Digitized primary sources in American social history, antebellum through reconstruction.
National Archives and Records Administration -- Digitized documents from the National Archives including text, pictures, maps & charts, and audio clips.
New York State Archives--Rediscovering New York: History & Culture -- Links to primary source materials online, housed throughout New York and links to repositories. Also includes links to archival, curriculum and history resources for teachers.
NYPL Digital Gallery -- Access to images from primary sources and printed rarities in the New York Public Library.
Online Archival Collections--Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture (Duke Univ.) -- Online collections on Women's Liberation Movement, African-American Women, Civil War Women plus links to additional women's archives on the Internet including PBS site, "Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony"
Orphan Trains of Kansas -- Newspaper accounts and graphics regarding the orphan trains to Kansas, 1867-1930.
Rochester Images (Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, NY) -- Postcards, photographs, etc. of life and buildings in the Rochester and Monroe County area.
Temperance
& Prohibition (Ohio State
History Dept.) -- Documents with introductions relating to the Prohibition movement.
Truman
Presidential Library --
Life and times of Harry S. Truman through documents and links.
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War (Univ. of Virginia) -- Two communities across a valley but on different sides during the Civil War.
Virtual Jamestown -- Combines documents from the early history of Jamestown with interactive web technology.
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement -- Pictures, addresses, and background information about forty-one properties where civil rights activities took place.
World of Early America: Archiving Early America -- Newspapers, maps, magazines, and writings of Early America.
World War I: Digital Library -- Links to documents focusing on World War I.
World War I: Trenches on the Web -- Descriptions, biographies, photos, and maps of the Great War including some primary source documents.
World War II: Digital Library -- Links to documents focusing on World War II including the atomic bomb and the Holocaust.
EuroDocs (Brigham Young Univ.) -- Documents from the countries of Western Europe, as well as Medieval and Renaissance texts and Europe as a Supernational Region.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures (Univ. of Evansville) -- Chronology and essays on ancient cultures including relevant primary source documents.
House of Commons Debates--Hansard -- House of Commons daily debates.
Links to World History Document Sources -- Provides links to a variety of world history resources.
Survivors of the Shoah -- Collects video testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust.