Research

Digital Collections | The Library of Congress
Primary sources from the largest library collection in the world.

The National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. The NARA holds in trust the most important records of the federal government.

The Avalon Project | Yale University
Primary source documents in law, history and diplomacy.

Chronicling America | Historic American Newspapers
Provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages.

Digital Collections | The New York Public Library
Explore over 700,000 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. Includes prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, videos, etc.

Digital Media Repository | Ball State University
Primary source materials include photographs, oral history interviews, artwork, video and film footage, cartographic resources, architectural drawings, publications, and 3-dimensional objects.

Hanover Historical Texts Collection | Hanover College
Documents from all historical eras arranged by time and subject.

Internet History Sourcebooks Project | Fordham University
A selection of Public domain and copyright Permitted texts, maps, and articles on a wide variety of subjects in European history.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives' Digital Collections
Contains the official records of the Smithsonian, as well as personal papers, special collections, records of professional societies, and oral/video histories relating to the history of the Smithsonian.

Digital Public Library of America
Discover 41,763,311 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.

Digital Collections | British Library
Digital collections from the national British Library.