Primary Sources: Locating Primary Sources on the Web

Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. From the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.

Major publications of the U.S. Office of the President, including: public papers of the President, inaugural addresses, executive orders, radio addresses, party platforms, videos of debates, and popularity polling data. Developed by two political science professors at the University of California Santa Barbara.

Historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages from the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Search by format to locate Primary Sources.

Rare 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.

Oral histories collected from 1967-1972 from hundreds of Oklahoma Indians about all aspects of their lives.

Video files from all aspects of U.S. history. Sponsored by the National Technical Information Service and the non-profit open government organization Public.Resource.Org

Photographs, paintings, ledger drawings, documents, serigraphs, and stereographs from 1874 through the 1940's. From Montana State University, the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, and Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana.

Permanent access to historical collections including texts, audio, and moving images.

Images from U.S. and world history from the 1750s to the 2000s.

Photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings that document the history of the United States people. From the Library of Congress.

Primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. A collaborative effort of the University of Michigan and Cornell University.

Images from the The New York Public Library's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

Primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. Available in multilingual formats. Operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.

Manuscript collections of letters, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and other primary-source materials that document Idaho history, particularly Boise and Southwest Idaho. Topics include politics, environment, Basque culture, filmmaking, literature, ethnicity, gender, music, geosciences, and many others.

Digital publications that are created by state agencies for the purpose of public information.

The State of Idaho's permanent records, including documents and other resources which bear significance to the history of Idaho and surrounding region.

Research materials that document the historical, cultural, and folk life experience of Southeast Idaho, the Intermountain West, and the history of Idaho State University.

Descriptions of primary sources in the Northwestern United States, including correspondence, diaries, or photographs. Digital reproductions of primary sources are available in some cases.

Research materials that document the history of Idaho and the surrounding states. Personal papers and archives, photographs, books, serials, reports, maps, blueprints, oral history interviews, and related items.