American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection

Digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures.

Digital Public Library of America: Native Americans

Includes images, texts, and sound/video clips.

Documents Relating to Native American Affairs

The collection currently includes "Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties With Various Indian Tribes, 1801-1869" and the "Office of Indian Affairs, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs." Includes instructions to treaty commissioners, reports, letters, and in some cases copies of the treaties.

Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History

Provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes. Related are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living.

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian Photographic Images

The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced... In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes.

First Nations Collection

The First Nations Collection of the Southern Oregon Digital Archives consists of documents, books and articles relating to the indigenous peoples of this bioregion. 

Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains Digital Collection

Includes photographs, paintings, ledger drawings, documents, serigraphs, and stereographs from 1874 through the 1940's.

Indigenous Digital Archive

Explores the history of US government Indian boarding schools in the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes archival documents about Santa Fe Indian School, boarding school records, and letters. 

Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Kappler's Indian Affairs is an historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. The volumes cover U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII).

National Archives Native American Heritage

Information relating to American Indians from as early as 1774 through the mid 1990s. The National Archives preserves and makes available the documents created by Federal agencies.

Native American Constitutions and Legal Materials

Historical constitutions and legal materials digitized from the Law Library of Congress collection.

Native American Religions

Texts of Native American religion, mythology and folklore. Part of the larger Sacred Texts site.

Plains Indian Ledger Art

Offers digital views of Plains drawing on paper created during the 1860-1900 period.

Treaties between the United States and Native Americans

Text of treaties adopted between 1778 and 1868.

African American Primary Sources | Compiled by Librarians at the University of Michagan

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African American history. Links to respositories/collections broken down by below headings:

• All Centuries

• Newspapers & Magazine

• 15th-20th Centuries

• Biographical Sites

• Slavery & Abolition

• Civil Rights

Women | National Archives

The struggle for women to gain acceptance, recognition and equal rights in society has been a long process. In recognition of the contributions of American women, ALIC presents a listing of web sites relevant to women in the United States.

Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries

This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, Semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950s

This collection includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before.  The materials have been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies, supplemented by customer requests and more than 7,000 pages of previously unpublished material. 

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.

Women Working, 1800-1930 | Harvard Library

An exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.

Women's History Research Guide | Compiled by Librarians at the University of Washington

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for women's history. Resources are organized by topics:

• General collections

• 15th-20th centuries

• Suffrage

• Women's Magazines

• General Newspapers & Magazines

• Education & Work

• Biographical Sites