PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE WEB

USING PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE WEB
From the American Library Association, Reference and User Services Association, History Section. It includes information on what are primary sources, how to find, and how to evaluate them. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm

• 100 MILESTONE DOCUMENTS
  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. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone
• AD ACCESS
  A collection of images from over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 through 1955. Subject areas include: radio, television, transportation, and World War II. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/
• AMERICAN MEMORY Historical Collections (Library of Congress)
  A gateway to the Library of Congress´s vast resources of digitized American historical materials. Comprising more than 9 million items that document U.S. history and culture, it is organized into more than 100 thematic collections based on their original format, their subject matter, or who first created, assembled, or donated them to the Library. A map collection is included, (the maps are printable), as well as prints, drawings, manuscripts, rare books, sound recordings, and moving pictures.                  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• AVALON PROJECT AT YALE LAW SCHOOL: DOCUMENTS IN LAW, HISTORY AND DIPLOMACY
  Documents range from 18th to 21st century.                                            http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
• BEEN HERE SO LONG
  Numerous slave narratives compiled during the Great Depression by writers who worked for the Federal Writers Project (FWP was part of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration). http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/index.htm
• CIVIL WAR WOMEN: PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE INTERNET
  From Duke University's Special Collections Library. Includes full-text diaries, letters, photos and prints. http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html
• THE CRISIS OF THE UNION
  An Electronic Archive of Documents about the Causes, Conduct, and Consequences of the US Civil War. http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/civilwar/index.cfm
• DIGITAL LIBRARY ON AMERICAN SLAVERY
  The Digital Library on American Slavery, a cooperative effort of the University Libraries and History Department at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, provides detailed personal information about slaves, slave holders, and free people of color. Information gleaned from the petitions includes where, when, and by whom slaves were owned, and where, when, and how free people of color lived. The documents collected by the Project span from the end of the American Revolution to the end of the Civil War and represent the fifteen slaveholding states and the District of Columbia. A rich and valuable source based on the variety of issues ("causes") brought to the courts by the petitioners, raised by the defendants in their answers to suits against them, and issues found in supporting related documents such as slave inventories, witnesses´ testimonies, and bills of slave sale                                                               http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/
• EURODOCS
  Primary historical documents from Western Europe.                            http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
• HISTORY MATTERS
  First-person primary documents and guides to analyzing historical evidence for high school and college students as well as teachers of American history.                                     http://historymatters.gmu.edu/search.php
• MAKING OF AMERICAA digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (19th century). This collection has approximately 8500 books and 50,000 journal articles. The subject focus is education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, science and technology.                                                                                          http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
• NATIONAL RECORDS and ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION
  This page contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States. These sources also contain teaching activity information. One major place to click is "American Historical Documents" either on the right or on the left under "Explore & Interact." http://www.archives.gov/
• NEW DEAL NETWORK
  Includes a photo gallery of over 5000 images from the Great Depression Era and over 900 documents from the Neal Deal Era (1928-1955) consisting of speeches, advertisements, letters, articles and administrative papers. There is also information on how to cite sources from this website.           http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
• NJ DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Created by the New Jersey State Library, contains items like "The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays" and "The Origin of New Jersey Place Names."    http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/index.php
• NJ DIGITAL HIGHWAY
  Developed by cultural heritage organizations throughout New Jersey, through a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Organizations involved are the Rutgers University Libraries, the New Jersey State Library, the NJ Division of Archives and Record Management, the New Jersey Historical Society and the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark. http://www.njdigitalhighway.org/search/collections.php
• OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
  This site contains selected after action reports of the Commanders in the field for major battles of the American Civil War and other selected events.                                 http://www.civilwarhome.com/records.htm
• U.S. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ARCHIVE
  Primary source documents from American history starting with Columbus and going through to the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
• THE VIETNAM CENTER AND ARCHIVE
  Includes documents, photographs, slides, negatives, oral histories, artifacts, moving images, sound recordings, maps, and collection finding aids.                     http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/index.htm
• WORLD WAR I DOCUMENT ARCHIVE
  This archive of primary documents from World War One has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). International in focus, the archive intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.                               http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
• WORLD WAR II: A DIGITAL LIBRARY
  Historic government publications from WWII, provided by Southern Methodist University.               http://worldwar2.smu.edu/

Compiled by The Hunterdon County Library 2008