ERC (Educational Resources Collection) Guide

About: The ERC contains many primary source kits and books.  Primary source kits and books provide students with access to copies of original, historically significant documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, historic pictures, and more.

Where: Primary source kits and books are shelved in the general stacks.  See ERC Layout for more information.

Organization: Primary sources are shelved by call number with a shelving location of ERC-Stacks (2nd).

Borrowing: Primary source kits may only be borrowed by members of the Merrimack College community.  For more information, see the Borrowing Guide.

The sites below are recommended by Janet Graham, ERC and Technical Services Coordinator.

General Websites:

• ALA|Using Primary Sources on the Web   
• Primary Sources on the Web

• National Archives 

• Plimouth Plantation/Just for Teachers 

• Plymouth Colony

• Colonial Williamsburg

• Old Sturbridge Village

• Beyond the Bubble
  

• Google Images / Search:  Jamestown, VA – Native Americans – Colonial America – Westward Expansion

• Jack Daws Publications/Primary Source documents

Local Websites:

• Haverhill – Buttonwoods Museum

• Essex National Heritage Area – (Andover, Essex, Gloucester, Lawrence, Lynn, Marblehead, Newburyport, North Andover, Salem, Wenham)

• Lowell – American Textile History Museum

• Saugus Iron Works