Primary Sources

Primary Sources can be found in archives, museums, libraries, historical societies, attics and, of course, by using the internet for digital representations.  Here in the Commons we have a physical archive that contains Life magazines from 1939 to 1999, National Geographic from 1943 to 2010, sample U.S. newspapers for 1942 through 1945, and a collection of Weston High School yearbooks from 1973 to the present.    

World History Sources


Modern History Sourcebook


Ancient History Sourcebook


Medieval History Sourcebook

EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents

Facing History and Ourselves - Holocaust, Social Justice, Race, Genocide, Immigration


Hanover Historical Texts Collection - Ancient Greece/Rome, Medieval & Modern Europe, Africa, Asia, 17th to 20th Century America


Perseus Digital Collection - Greek & Roman, Renaissance, 19th century American materials from Tufts collection


Spartacus Educational


US History Sources

FRENCH REVOLUTION SOURCES