United States History

Compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.

"The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) library houses the largest and most accessible collection of printed materials from first contact through 1876 in what is now the United States, the West Indies and parts of Canada." Located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Yale University's collection of documents dating from 4000 BCE to the present.

Historical collections from archives, libraries, and museums across Massachusetts.

Provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region, compiled from special collections of Appalachian College Association member libraries

Search for images, documents, books, artworks, and artifacts collected from archives, libraries, and museums throughout the United States.

A digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture.

Access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes.

Friend of Man is one of the most significant and little studied newspapers documenting early anti-slavery and other reform movements. 283 issues, published from 1836 - 1842.

"The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use." The Modern History Sourcebook provides specialized sources by region and subject, within a time period ranging from Colonial North America through the 21st Century.

A digital archive of 200,000 documents written by and to Dr. King.

Digitized materials from the Library of Congress arranged by theme into subject collections.

The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is comprised of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

"The Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Directory profiles collections in more than 650 Massachusetts libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk's offices." Created by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

The National Archives preserves and provides access to the records of the Federal Government.

Papers of the War Department 1784-1800 presents this collection of more than 42,000 documents in a free, online format with extensive and searchable metadata linked to digitized images of each document, thereby insuring free access for a wide range of users.

Collections of classroom resources that contain primary sources and subject teaching guides, compiled by the Library of Congress.