LOCATING AND USING PRIMARY SOURCES
1.5 Use the US History in Context (Password WEST) or the Ebsco Databases at ResearchItCT databases and perform a search for your topic. Then, use the “Primary Sources” limiter located in the MENU on the left side of the results screen.
2. Use Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov) --This webpage can be confusing and difficult to navigate, but there are many valuable sources if you can find them. One of the major perks is that most of the sources have a ‘quick cite’ option.
3. Try the Digital Public Library of America
4. Search online Newspapers 1789 - 1924 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
4.5 More historical newspapers at Elephind.com https://elephind.com/
5. Try the National Archives www.archives.gov
6. Try DocsTeach https://www.docsteach.org/documents/documents
7. Primary Sources: Use TABS across the top! RUSA History
8. If all else fails, sometimes it is good to do a Google search of your topic + "primary sources" or +loc.gov ( for Library Of Congress )
Addional Sources for Primary Sources
Photos
PHOTOS, MAPS AND OTHER IMAGES
America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, 1935-1945
Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian
Expedition: A Photographic Study
The Gallery of the Open Frontier
Historic American Buildings Survey/Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)
Library of Congress Manuscripts
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Mexico from Empire to Revolution
Panoramic Photographs Collection
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
Schomburg Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
Trust Territory of the Pacific Archives
United States Holocaust Museum Research Collections Photographs
Western History Photograph Collection
World's Transportation Commission Photograph Collection, 1894-1896
World War II Poster Collection
MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES
American Numismatic Association - Money Museum
Library of Congress Exhibitions
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
National Museum of Health and Medicine
National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of Naval Aviation
National Park Service - Struggle for Civil Rights
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Women's History Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Patent and Trademark Museum
Historical sites
ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Women's History Project
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Organization of American Historians
Society for American Baseball Research
Society for History in the Federal GovernmentSociety for Industrial
Society for the History of Technology
Southern Historical Association
White House Historical Association
NATIONAL LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND DIRECTORIES
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
History, Genealogy, and ArchivesLibrarians' Internet Index: History
NASA Historical Archive for Manned Missions
National Anthropological Archives
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
United States Historical Societies Directory
U.S. HISTORY PRIMARY SOURCES AND MAJOR WEBSITES
American Memory Project from the Library of Congress
Documents for the Study of American History
Duke University-Special Collections
Primary Sources Research Colloquium
Turning Points In American History: The American Founding and Reconstruction
Civil War History
American Civil War From Revolution to Reconstruction Secession Era Editorials Project
African American History
http://www.southallegheny.org/webpages/jmccay/resources.cfm?subpage=1276276
Africans in AmericaDocumenting the American South
Dred Scott Digital ArchiveFreedmen and Southern Society Project
Freedom's JournalRace and Place: African American Community Histories - PDF of Newspapers written by African Americans
Roanoke Island Freedmens Colony
Native American History
American Native Press ArchivesKappler's Indian Affairs, Laws, and TreatiesNational Archives Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Archives Records of the Indian Claims Commission
Plains Indian Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project
Military History
Air Force Historical Research AgencyU.S. Army Center of Military History
U.S. Army Military History Institute
Colonial History
Colonial Williamsburg History Explorer
Plymouth Colony Archive Project
US Government History
Central Intelligence Agency - Electronic Document Release Center
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
FBI - Freedom of Information Act - Reading Room
Foreign Relations of the United States
Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia Database
Resources for the Study of International Relations and Foreign Policy
United States Historical Census Data Browser
Presidential History
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Digital Archives
THOMAS -- Legislative Information from the U.S. Congress on the Internet
White House Historical Association
Women's History
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project Online
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
Women's Studies: Women in the Jewish Community
Worcester Women's History Project
Western US History
Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
WestWeb: Western History Resource
Maps
American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789
Digital Maps from the University of Berkeley
Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection
Map History / History of Cartography
Military Maps from the US Military Academy
OSSHE Historic & Cultural Atlas Information Page
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
MUSIC
American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
Civil War Sheet Music from the Stern Collection
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
Shanties and Sailor Songs / Shantys und Seemannslieder
Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Genres