Online repositories of primary documents for use by History Majors
鈥� transcripts, facsimiles, and translations of European documents
鈥� international legal documents ancient to modern
鈥� newspaper collections going back to the 18th century
鈥� music, film, and documents archive
鈥� Fabian Society documents
鈥� British documents from Middle Ages to present
鈥� discussion of the concept of primary documents and historiography; additional sites with primary documents
鈥� Both sites offer access to the 鈥淢aking of America鈥� program which 鈥渋s a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.鈥�
鈥� Portal for collections of primary documents
鈥� documents and historical maps of Britain
鈥� European primary documents; strong in Russian documents
鈥� US National Archives has some documents available online; interlibrary loan might acquire copies of the written records after you search this site and find what you want
鈥� 鈥渕eta index鈥� of archives
鈥� Smithsonian Institute Digital Library contains podcasts, webcasts, reprints of lectures, and primary documents in American history
鈥� UK National Archives
鈥� Online guide to archives and libraries in Europe; search for material that might be available through interlibrary loan
鈥� International source of online accessible newspapers
鈥� 鈥淧rimary resources for the study of Southern history, literature, and culture鈥�
鈥� American slave narratives
鈥� Antebellum and Civil-War era documents from Virginia
鈥� Slave narratives and primary abolitionist documents
鈥� Frederick Douglas papers
鈥� Student letters from the University of North Carolina from 1795 to 1868
鈥� World War One treaties, official papers, letters, diaries, images, links to other sites
— 19th-century children鈥檚 literature
鈥� UK primary documents
鈥� Portal to World War II primary document sites
鈥� Portal to World War I primary document sites
鈥� Portal to Civil War primary document sites
鈥� Portal to Native American primary document sites
鈥� World War II primary documents
鈥� World War II primary documents
鈥� Massive portal for European primary documents
鈥� German primary documents (many translated into English) for World War II
鈥� Primary documents from World War I in addition to the Treaty of Versailles
鈥� Primary documents relating to American women in World War II
鈥� Advertisements in US and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 to 1955
鈥� 鈥溾�楳an-on-the-Street鈥� Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor鈥�
鈥� Alice Williamson鈥檚 diary detailing the occupation of Gallatin, TN, by Union troops in 1864
鈥� Eclectic portal of primary documents on World War II
鈥� Digitized copies of material distributed by the Government Printing Office during World War II
鈥� Collection of some World War II images relating to the Nazis and the Holocaust
鈥� The site contains lesson plans for US history but also primary source websites; the left-hand panel contains the periodization and clicking on them takes you to primary documents, among other sources
鈥� Primary documents on War of 1812
鈥� Primary documents of Nazi propaganda (translated)
鈥� Massive portal of primary documents relating to World War II
鈥� Primary documents from American female journalists during World War II
鈥� World Wars I and II posters
鈥� Artifacts at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
鈥� International portal by the Library of Congress for international research, including primary documents
鈥� 鈥淚ndian Removal Act鈥� and ancillary events from the Library of Congress
鈥� 鈥淚ndian Affairs: Laws and Treaties鈥�
鈥� North American slave narratives
鈥� Sampling of primary document websites for American history
鈥� Documentary history of Reconstruction
鈥� 鈥淔rom Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909鈥� [Library of Congress]; browse by title, author, or subject or search by keyword
鈥� Martin Luther King, Jr. papers
鈥� 鈥淪laves and the Courts, 1740-1860鈥�
鈥� Irish foreign policy documents, 1919-21, 1923-32
鈥� European written, pictorial, and film documents
鈥� Access to Holinshed鈥檚 Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland written during the Tudor period
鈥� Historical maps on the internet
鈥� Maps and charts depicting the process of globalization
鈥� Collection of newspapers from around the world. Some are archived so they could be primary documents. (Yes, it鈥檚 on Wikipedia, but sometimes even a blind nut finds a squirrel).
鈥� Interviews with survivors of the Nazi forced labor program
鈥� 鈥淧apers of the War Department, 1784 to 1800鈥�
鈥� 鈥淒igital Library on American Slavery鈥�
鈥� Political cartoons from Harper鈥檚 Weekly
鈥� An immense collection of digitized images from Harvard library鈥檚 collection covering a wide range of historically relevant topics
鈥� Primary documents in American history from the National Humanities Center
鈥� Primary legal documents from Medieval and Early Modern England
鈥� A portal containing primary documents at Yale University as well as links to primary documents on 鈥渟lavery, abolition, and resistance鈥�
鈥� A portal with links to museums, the visual arts, music, maps, etc.
鈥� 鈥淓uropean Historical Bibliographies鈥� containing links to a number of university and document depository websites.
鈥� Timeline of British history including images of primary sources
鈥� Portal with links to European primary sources
鈥� All the interviews of the persons that went into making the documentary, Eyes on the Prize
鈥� Digitized collection of the Illustrated London News from 1842 to 2003.