Primary Source Information"Ad*Access-A
huge database of advertisements compiled by Duke University from
the U.S. and Canada from
1911-1955. Over 7,000 ads
available at: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess
American
Originals-Original documents from America,s past at:
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/original.html
Antiquarian
Maps at Reed College-Maps listed by century, etc., a great
source for old maps at:
http://web.reed.edu/resources/library/maps
Archiving Early America-History Documents From the Early 1800's-http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Audio Archives-Historical audio archives of sounds, etc., at: http://www.webcorp.com/sounds/index.htm
Avalon
Project at the Yale Law School-Text of documents organized
by time categories. Most documents
relate to law, history, politics
and government at: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Canada
Speaks-This web site is another resource for students of Canadian
history. It contains an archive of
speeches by Canadian Prime
Ministers. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/canspeak/
Castenada Library Map Collection-This site
is chuck full of historical maps at:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
CIA-Freedom
of Information Act documents that have been released are at
this site at:
http://www.foia.ucia.gov
Colonial Williamsburg-http://www.history.org
Daguerreotypes
of Southworth & Hawes-Southworth and Hawes are considered
to be the masters of this kind
of photography in early America.
View several of their portraits of women here from the first half
of the 1800,s
at: http://www.photographymuseum.com/sandh1.html
Dead Sea Scrolls at: http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html
Duke
University Special Collections Library-This is a fascinating
site with many collections that fall into the
primary source category.
A look at the history of advertising, letters from a wife to a
husband, etc.,
at:http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
Early
American Archives-http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica
EyeWitness-Go
to this site, pick a time period and then read the first-person
narratives from that time in
history at: http://www.ibiscom.com
FBI-Freedom
of Information Act most requested documents at their "Information
Act Reading Room" at:
http://foia.fbi.gov
Holocaust Museum-http://www.ushmm.org
Images of American Political
History-Students interpret the information found at this site
through links to the
stories, maps, and timelines.
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
Images
1(Australia)-Over 20,000 historical and contemporary images
of Australian life at:
http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/
Impeachment
Trial of Andrew Johnson-Follow the drama of the trial that
was held to impeach President
Andrew Johnson at: http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com
Internet
Medieval Sourcebook-This is a great source of medieval texts,
diaries, etc., all available in
translation at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
The
Jack London Collection-Humanities students can learn more
about Jack London and that period of time
at this site and the era
in which he lived. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/
JFK's
Executive Orders-JFK's executive orders have been placed on
the Web for public perusal at:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/jfkeo.html
Letters
from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War-Read the letters from
the Civil War battle fields that went home
to family and friends at:
http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html
Lewis and Clark: The Archive-Includes the diaries of participants at: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/
Library of Congress Collection
African
American Odyssey: Quest for Full Citizenship at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
American Memory
Project-The vast project filled with primary source pictures
and documents at:
http://memory.loc.gov/
Alexander Graham Bell Papers and Correspondence
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html
American
Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca.1490-1920
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html
America
from the Great Depression to WWII: Black-and-White and Color Photos
from the FSA-OWI,
1935-1945 at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
America's
First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views,
1839-1962 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.html
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html
American
Leaders Speak: Recording from WWI and the 1920 Election, 1918-1920
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhome.html
American
Time Capsule: 3 Centuries of Broadsides ...-Posters to business
cards from the last 300
years at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html
American
Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html
Architecture
and Interior Design for the 20th Century: Photos by Samuel Gottscho
and Wm. Schleisner,
1935-1955 at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gschtml/gotthome.html
Around
the World in the 1890's: Photos from the World's Transportation
Commission, 1894-1986 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wtc/wtchome.html
Baseball
Cards, 1887-1914 at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html
California
As I Saw It: California narratives from 1849-1900 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
California Gold: Folk Music from the Thirties
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html
Century
of Lawmaking for a New Nation, 1774-1873-Records from Congress
through the 42nd session
at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
Civil
War Photographs from the Library of Congress-Most Matthew Brady
work at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
Creative
Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vvquery.html
Documents
from Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html
Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
George Washington Papers, 1741-1799 at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
Hispano
Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande in English and Spanish
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rghome.html
Invention
Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings
of the Edison Companies at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html
Map
Collections, 1597-1988 at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Mr.
Lincoln's Virtual Library at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html
Music
for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html
New
Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theater Project, 1935-1939
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/fthome.html
Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920-900+ photos of
rural and small town life at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
Panoramic
Maps, 1847-1921 at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html
Pioneering
the Upper Midwest: Accounts from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin,
ca. 1820-1910 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html
Poet
at Work: Recovered Notebooks from Thomas Biggs Harnet-Walt Whitman
Collection,
1847-1860's at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wwhtml/wwhome.html
Portraits of Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
Samuel
F. B. Morse Papers at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/atthtml/mrshome.html
Spanish-American
War in Motion Pictures, 1898-1901 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sawhtml/sawhome.html
Taking
the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991-Views of American
main streets,
landscapes, etc., at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pnhtml/pnhome.html
Touring
Turn-of -the Century American: Photos from the Detroit Publishing
Co., 1880-1920 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
Voices
From the Dust Bowl: Chas. L. Todd and Robt. Sonkin Migrant Worker
Collection, 1940-1941 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
"Votes
for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 at:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
Washington
(D.C.) As It Was: Photos by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959 at:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/thchtml/thhome.html
Words
and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating
the Manuscript Division's First
100 Years at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html
Life
of Private Jefferson Morse (Civil War)-Journals and letters
from a man who served during the Civil War
at: http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar
Tower
of London Speeches-The last words/speeches of kings, queens,
etc., who were executed in the Tower
of London at: http://tower-of-london.com/speeches/index.html
Plague Narratives-Read first-person narratives
of the plague during the Middle Ages in Europe at:
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
Mayflower Web Site-The Mayflower Compact, etc., at: http://mayflowerhistory.com
Museum
of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center-Over 3,000 text files
and 10,000+ images relating to WW II
and the Holocaust at: http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/
National Archives
(NARA)-A wonderful source for American documents. Be sure
to go to the "Online Exhibit
Hall" at: http://www.nara.gov
NOAA
Photo Collection- Over 10,000 images done for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of
the earth and its wonders
at: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
POTUS-Presidents of the U.S. Their speeches, letters, etc., at: http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Presidential Campaign Memorabilia-http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes
Radio
Days-This site use to have the title "Old Time Radio".
If you are looking for a history of radio and to
hear old radio broadcasts
look no further. The site also is linked to many other great "old
radio" sites like
"100 years of Radio"
at: http://www.otr.com/index.shtml
3400
Newspapers Online-Full text of newspapers from all over the
world listed by country at:
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com
Repository for Primary Source material at: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Respositories.html
Spy
Letters of the American Revolution-Here are stories of spy
networks, Benedict Arnold, female spies, maps
of spy letter routes, digitized
pictures of the actual letters and the text. http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/
Truman
Library-Take a look at the papers of the President who okayed
the dropping of the Atomic bomb to
end WW II at: http://www.trumanlibrary.org
University
of Virginia Modern English Section-Texts related to African
American and Native American History
along with the Civil War
at: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/eng-on.html
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