Here is a list of databases that may prove helpful for locating primary and secondary sources. 

Check out the NEW research hub for researching topics in Montana History. There are many topics still available on the old wiki that haven't migrated over yet.

African American Heritage Resources The resources on this website include information about many aspects of Black history in Montana. We invite you to explore the story maps, property inventories, lesson plans, census information, essays, first-person narratives, photographs, manuscript collections, and artifacts that help tell the story of Montana’s African American heritage.

Here are links to online biographies of 48 Montanans including Assiniboine/Gros Ventre educator, poet Minerva Allen, businesswoman Sarah Bickford, copper king Marcus Daly, wilderness advocate Bob Marshall, physician Caroline McGill, decorated World War II veteran George Oiye and bronc rider Alice Orr to nun and advocate Sister Providencia Tolan, politician Burton K. Wheeler, and lawyer and Crow tribal chairman Robert Yellowtail.

Voices of Labor: Through the Voices of Labor: Preserving the Montanans at Work and New Deal in Montana Oral History Interviews project, the Montana Historical Society digitized three major oral history projects in its collections: Montanans at Work, Metals Manufacturing in Four Montana Communities, and New Deal in Montana/Fort Peck Dam. These 600+ interviews conducted in the 1980s capture the stories of Montanans in the mining, agriculture, and forest products industries, as well as Montanans working in Depression-era New Deal programs, especially the construction of the Fort Peck Dam. Also, check out this list of Montana labor resources compiled by an MTHS archivist. 

The Intermountain Seismic Belt Historical Earthquake Project, U.S. Geological Survey compiled primary source kits with newspaper articles, photographs, personal accounts, and scientific details for 48 historic earthquakes along Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. (If the link to the 1935 Helena series doesn't work, try this one.)

The Gallery of Outstanding Montanans was established by the State Legislature in 1979 to pay homage to citizens of the Treasure State who made contributions of state or national significance to their selected fields of endeavor while epitomizing the unique spirit and character that defines Montana. Inductees into Montana’s hall of fame are rotated into the gallery on a biennial basis; each is honored for an eight-year period. This program is managed by the Montana Historical Society. 

Another Montana Historical Society featuring many fascinating topics including spotted fever, Helena's "high school on wheels," and  Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Russian Boy.

The Montana History Portal is a free online hub for Montana cultural institutions to share their collections with the public. For research help, contact Jennifer Birnell. 

For five years, Montana Historical Society Historian Dr. Ellen Baumler wrote entries on the funny, bizzare, and interesting episodes from Montana History that she encountered in her work. Browse through Montana Moments and see what catches your eye.

Montana joined the United States in 1889 as the 41st state. The primary sources in this set document key moments in the state’s story, and provide opportunities for students to explore that rich history further. These primary sources can raise further questions about the time, place, or events from which they emerged, and can prompt students to further investigation of Montana's history.

Open the document to the left and click on the titles to access various digital collections from MSU.

The Canyon Creek Schoolhouse Laboratory (Hamilton) was the site of important innovations in fighting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and other tick-borne illnesses worldwide. 

Montana Women's History features blog posts on women's stories, bibliographies of manuscript collections, oral histories, government documents, pamphlets, magazine articles, videos, and published material, over 130 articles, information on oral histories and historic places associated with Montana women’s history and resources specifically related to the suffrage campaign, including links to newspaper articles published in the Montana press debating the issue in 1914.

Resilience: Stories of Montana Indian Women features profiles of Montana Indian Women.

Researchers can find information relating to American Indians and Alaska Natives from as early as 1774 through the mid-1990s at National Archives locations throughout the country.

The Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains Collection includes photographs, paintings, ledger drawings, documents, serigraphs, and stereographs from 1874 through the 1940's. In 1998, the images were digitized and drawn from the library collections of three of the Montana State University campuses (Billings, Bozeman and Havre), the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, and Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana.

These resources recognize and remember the tragedy of the 1870 Marias Massacre in Montana. 

Explore inquiry-based lessons exploring a small number of primary sources. One of them might inspire your next History Day project!

Explore over 142,000 digitized maps from around the world from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries.