Primary Sources Research Guide

From the University of Michigan: MoA is a "digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction"

From the Library of Congress: Chronicling America allows you to "search America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922"

From the University of Michigan: MoA is a "digital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction"

Hosted by Google. A searchable collection of "millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today."

Including African-American Pamphlet Collection, African-American Sheet Music, Frederick Douglass Papers, Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, Southern Black Churches texts, First-Person Narratives of the American South, and more...

Interviews with over 2,300 former slaves conducted by FDR-sponsored researchers between 1936-1938 on issues including labor, resistance and flight, family life, relations with masters, and religious belief

Great collection of digital historical maps compiled by librarians at the University of Connecticut.

"The Migration Information Source provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends. A unique, online resource, the Source offers useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide."

Page images of the Virginia Gazette, a weekly newspaper published between 1736 and 1780. There is a comprehensive, searchable index.

A collection of important documents in law, history and diplomacy from Yale University.

"A digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture." From the University of North Carolina.