The American Colonist's Library
http://home.wi.rr.com/rickgardiner/primarysources.htm
This is an online collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture and ideas. They are arranged chronologically from 500 B.C. to 1800 A.D The documents included are primarily concerned with religion's influence on the early colonies and creation of the United States. They were selected to support the thesis argued for by Richard Gardiner who co-author, with Donald Fuller, Never Before in History: America's Inspired Birth.
American Journeys
http://www.americanjourneys.org/
A collection of 150 rare books, original manuscripts and classic travel narratives from the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The documents provide a wide range of geographical, cultural and chronological information about the exploration of North America. The site also has 777 images that can be searched.
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections on topics as wide-ranging as agriculture, art & architecture, business & economics, geography, performing arts, religion, sports, and technology. Major collections include Woman Suffrage Movement, American Life Histories from the Federal Writers' Project (1936-1940), and Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Avalon Project posts digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government from the pre-18th century to the present. Major collections include colonial charters, the Constitution, the Cold War, Treaties between the U.S. & Native Americans, and World War II to name just a few.
Colonial America 1600-1775
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
A large collection of primary sources related to the Colonial era.
Digital Librarian: History
http://www.digital-librarian.com/history.html
An eclectic and annotated list of links, organized A-Z by title. The emphasis is on US history with some international sites, and covers all historical periods. Worth a long look!
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/index.html
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, contains more than 80,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States. The collection's holdings include manuscript letters, diaries, maps, photographs, printed books and pamphlets ranging from 1493 through modern times. The searchable database of rare and important American historical documents contains nearly 400 annotated transcripts from the Collection. Authors include George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln. The documents span the years from Columbus's arrival to the end of the Civil War and represent topics as varied as colonial frontier life, the Boston Massacre, the "Amistad" affair, and the role of African American troops in the Civil War.
In the First Person
http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.aspx
A comprehensive archive that provides in-depth field and keyword
searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and
autobiographies within Alexander Street Press databases and scholar
materials available for free on the Web. The resources span over 400 years from the 1550s to 2000s.
Making of America
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ or http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
A collaborative project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MOA is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The Michigan collection contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints; the Cornell collection, 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles.
Past Portal: Colonial Williamsburg's Portal to American History
http://www.pastportal.com/menu.htm
An impressive and growing archive of page images of 18th-c. American newspapers and books, including the full run of the Virginia Gazette (1736-1780).
Rutgers University Library: American and British History
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml
Organized by topic. Easy to use.
University of Oklahoma College of Law. A Chronology of U. S. Historical Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
A listing of important legal documents pertaining to pre-colonial; 17th century; 18th century; 19th century; and 20th century United States history. The site includes inaugural addresses of U. S. presidents.
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