General History Resources
- Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and ResearchExtensive collection of materials, including timelines, texts and primary sources, compiled by the University of Houston and its partners.
- History Matters: The US Survey Course on the WebServes as a gateway to web resources and teaching aids for US history.
- Internet History Sourcebooks ProjectWell-organized collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use.
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- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistics, studies and reports from over 18,000 sources. Includes data from businesses, government departments, market research concerns or associations and more.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowThese are statistics from the US Census and Statistical Abstracts from 1790 to 1990 or later. This includes the population census, which includes information on housing, economic conditions and much more.
Primary Source Databases
- Accessible Archives This link opens in a new windowA collection of primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture, including Civil War materials and early African American newspapers.
- ArchiveGrid This link opens in a new windowProvides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide,
- Archives Unbound This link opens in a new windowPrimary source collection of historical documents that include: Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984; Confederate Newspapers: A Collection from Florida Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama and more.
- U.S. Serial Set This link opens in a new windowA collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under directive of the Congress. Includes Congressional Hearings. Coverage 1789-present.
Primary Sources for United States History
- African-American OdysseyDigital resources available from the Library of Congress that highlight its African-American collections.
- American Presidency ProjectIncludes more than 100,000 documents related to the study of the Presidency including public papers, proclamations, addresses, and executive orders.
- American Social History OnlineProvides access to 362 distributed digital library collections related to 19th and 20th century social history.
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary SourcesSelection of primary sources curated by ProQuest that are divided into six major subject areas.
- Digital Collections. Library of CongressHistorical collections from the Library of Congress
- Digital Media RepositoryProvides access to many digitized primary resources found in the University Libraries at Ball State University.
- Discovering American Women's History OnlineDatabase maintained at Middle Tennessee University that "provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States."
- Documenting the American SouthProvides Internet access to fourteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs related to southern history, literature, and culture.
- Foreign Relations of the United States"The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity."
- Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties ExplorerSearchable collection of 374 digitized treaties between the Native nations and the U.S. government from the U.S. National Archives. Database can be searched or browsed by treaty, cession, tribe, or place.
- National Security ArchiveLocated at George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
- Presidential Libraries -- National ArchivesLinks to the Presidential Libraries where digital, audio, and visual content is frequently available.
- Smithsonian InstitutionThis website provides access to the resources of the Smithsonian which includes nearly 8 million digital records.
- U.S. Army Center of Military HistoryThe Center of Military History (CMH) records the official history of the Army in both peace and war, while advising the Army Staff on historical matters.
- United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumIncludes exhibitions and educational resources related to the Holocaust.
- Women Working, 1800-1930This collection of digital dccuments from Harvard University focuses on women's roles in the United States economy.