Primary Sources
"American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections."
Incredible portal for research on American History.
American Studies Web is the largest bibliography of web-based resources in the field of American Studies. Choose a category and narrow your search.
The Archive contains over 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present. Special Television and Movie Archives as well as a Usenet and Arpanet archive.
BBC Archive Diverse site with links to anything imaginable. Depending on the topic, it can find interviews with authors or artists, original documents from history, or pictures of antiques.
Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a portal to the rich cultural heritage held in museums, historical societies, colleges, libraries and other cultural repositories in Massachusetts. Browse or search the digital collections of 35 cultural institutions throughout MA for manuscripts, images, historical documents, and sound recordings.
FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Check out links to primary documents as well as photos
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
"Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use." Excellent for Ancient, Medieva, and Modern history research. Special sourcebooks on topics: African, east Asian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, Women, Global, Science, GLTB
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image
"Over 12,000 images from various collections of rare books, manuscripts, papyri, photographs and sheet music are available for your viewing. Each collection has its own web site that is unrestricted in the interests of knowledge and learning."