Finding U.S. History Sources
Finding U.S. History Sources
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Documents, photos, and other primary sources from the National Archives.
The digital collections for the Library of Congress which includes thousands primary sources on American History topics. For tips on how to best use the search function check out this infographic
Discover 40,807,340 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States.
Digital database of American newspapers from 1789 - 1963.
Access 24,825 descriptions of personal papers, manuscripts, photos, oral histories, films, works of art and organizational records.
Digital collections include over 35,000 digitized books and manuscripts as well as digitized photos, ephemera, and more.
Artifacts from the Smithsonian Museums' collections of the natural and cultural world.
Digital database of photographs, maps, manuscripts, videos, and more primary sources on American history topics.
Over 660,000 historic maps of American towns and cities. Access is free to all North Carolinians through NC LIVE (with a local library card).
Week-to-week chronological record of national events in the last half of the nineteenth century.
Over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential or notorious figures from American history written by prominent scholars.
Census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. You can temporarily access it remotely for free with a State Library of N.C. library Card through December 31, 2021.
Provides access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. You can access it free with a State Library of N.C. library Card.
Reports on political and social issues, such as health, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Access is free to all North Carolinians through NC LIVE (with a local library card).
Access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction .
Finding Topical Sources
Finding Topical Sources
Access to several early American primary source texts including documents related to the Salem Witch Trials.
Find information relating to American Indians from 1774 - mid 1990s.
Online reproduction of Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856 edition.
National Parks Service Database containing information about those who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
Explore the document of US government Indian boarding schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hundreds of Native American treaties have been scanned and are available through the National Archives.
Sources on South Asian American History.
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