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Primary Sources


Primary Source documents were created during or immediately after the event they document. They may be photos, artifacts, speeches, legal documents, etc.


American Memory:
Library of Congress

7 million digital items of the U.S.
American Rhetoric
Online Speech Bank
American Colonist's Library
Historical Works Which Contributed to the Formation of American Politics, Culture, and Ideals
AMDOCS
American Documents Organized by Chronological Period
American Hypertexts
Class Texts in American History
American Women's History
Middle Tenn. State U.
Archiving Early America Authentic History Center Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents CIA: Electronic Reading Room Core Documents of U.S. History
Digital History: Primary Source Documents From Revolution to Reconstruction History Channel
Speeches, Video, Audio
History Matters History Wired In the First Person
Internet History Sourcebooks Project Legal Information Institute
Cornell School of Law
Librarian's Internet Index
Hint: Search for Primary Source + Keyword
National Archives National Security Archive
George Washington U.
New York Public Library Digital Collection
Old Magazine Articles Our Documents
Milestone Docs from National Archives
OYEZ: U.S. Supreme Court Media
Picture History Presidential Libraries Primary Sources on the Web
Worldwide sources
Rare Map Collection
U. of Georgia
Repositories of Primary Sources
Worldwide sources
 
Smithsonian Museum of American History
See Collections
Studs Terkel: Conversatons with America Thomas: Library of Congress
Legislative Info
Virtual History Index Women & Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000  

   
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Created By: Jennifer Cirino
Webmaster:  Robin Stiles
Last updated: March 23, 2011