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"One of the world's largest documentary and research institutions in the field of social history in general and the history of the labour movement in particular." This site provides access to the catalog of their archival collections, online exhibits, and links to related sites.
Searchable database of the archival finding aids of the collections held by the Library of Congress
At the University at Albany. Contains the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy, which focuses on public interest groups in New York State, and the German Intellectual Emigre Collection, which contains the papers of German-speaking who fled Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, plus a general manuscript collection focusing on New York and New England.
Information about the NUCMC program operated by the Library of Congress, about archives and manuscript repositiories, and topics of interest to archivists and archival researchers.
This file contains records for archival and manuscript materials from repositories nationwide. including major research collections. It is avaliable through the NUCMC Home Page.
5000+ links to repositories worldwide from the University of Idaho.
Homepage of the largest historical society in the U.S.
"An organization dedicated to the use of computers in historical research."
A weekly program focusing on all aspects of history, for the layperson and academics. From the University at Albany History Department. Requires RealPlayer compatible software to hear the live or archived programs.
The home page of the largest academic voice library in the nation. It plans to make a large number of its recordings available on the Internet; at present it has recordings of speeches of twenty American presidents and recordings of discussions with prominent Michigan authors.
This site provides lots of free factual and historical information about the countries of the world. Part of the site is restricted to subscribers only.
Primary documents in law, history and government from the 15th to the 21st century from the Yale University Law School.
From the University of Arizona, a research-based collection of primary and secondary sources for the study of the deportation of over 1,000 striking miners from Bisbee on 12 July, 1917.
Links to selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations
"The official documentary historical record of major US foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity," from the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State through January 1, 2001. Provides a complete listing of print volumes in this series, plus a number of recent volumes online, including volumes from the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations. The University Libraries have this series in print (JX 233 A3).
Collection of primary documents, biographies, bibliographies, etc., relating to 20th century genocide up to and including Kosovo.
A site focused on the debate about 19th century imperialism, with a wealth of graphics, particularly political cartoons
Includes original material, historical documents, links to other sites; arranged by geography/nations and topics.
A guide to full-text ancient history sources on the web.
Primary and secondary texts, arranged geographically by chronological period. From Hanover College.
Full-text primary and secondary sources, including Ancient, Medieval and Byzantine hagiographical sources.
An extensive guide to full-text primary and secondary sources on the web, including multimedia sources.
Electronic archive of documents relating to the Holocaust, hate groups and fascism.
Historical facts about today's date with links to the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress
Primary documents about The Great War, assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L)
Primary documents from the University of North Carolina
A guide to collections of books and other full-text information on the Internet. Most, altough not all, of the information, is of historical interest. Compiled by the History Department at Hanover College.
Nearly 400 electronic editions of University of California Press books are freely available to the public at this site. Browsing by subject will allow the user to view available historical titles.
Covers all fields of history. Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per E 171 A57).
Articles on all aspects of the Cold War are available at this site.
Research relating to "research relating to modern historical culture (historiography, erudition, philosophies of history, methodologies of historical research, didactics of history)." In English and Italian.
This journal is dedicated to " publishing the best of current writing on all aspects of eighteenth-century culture." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per NX 1 E55X).
A web guide to history journals. Can be browsed: by title, by period, by region, by subject, by language and by eÂjournals.
Online magazine from The National Historical Society.
Peer-reviewed journal of multimedia scholarship published by the Department of History at the University at Albany
Dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of history and economics. Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per HC 10 J64)
This journal publishes " scholarly articles and book reviews on topics in military history from all chronological periods and geographical areas. Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per E 181 M55).
Commonly regarded as "the leading American journal for the study of European intellectual, political, and cultural history." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per D 1 J6).
Articles, reviews of both print and electronic resources.
This journal publishes articles on "the evolution of ideas and their influence on historical developments." Current issues available through Project Muse.
Publishes articles on: the history of photography, film, television and multimedia; the representation of history on/in these media; and the role of these media in social history.
5000+ links to repositories worldwide from the University of Idaho
Indexes the periodical literature covering the history of the world except for the United States and Canada from 1450 to the present.
Maps of Europe, Asia and North America. Some maps require the Shockwave plugin
Offers a guide to the archives, libraries and museum which have important collections of African primary sources.
Links to primary and secondary sources, related web sites.
Mostly contemporary, but some historical maps
From the Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
Significant repository of primary and secondary documents, photographs and testimony related to the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia from the Yale University Center for International and Area Studies
This page offers Information Guides to the countries of East Asia, which contain significant historical components, including some full text documentary sources.
Not strictly historical, but a good place to start research on these areas. Includes information on Asian Americans.
Not really history, but with a wealth of information about the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Links to primary and secondary sources, other useful web sites.
Links to primary and secondary sources, other useful web sites
Documentary sources, secondary texts, pictures, sound archives, etc.
Comprehensive and well-organized web site from the National Library of Australia.
Articles, book reviews, historical documents.
A guide to New Zealand history on the web.
Comprehensive list of links to Canadian archives and related resources.
Detailed list of links from the National Library of Canada, organized by time period and province.
"This list focuses on Internet resources pertinent to Canadian heritage in the disciplines covered by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation: archaeology, ethnology, history... and folk culture."
Deals with causes of and events surrounding the battle as well as information about the battle itself; also provides a bibliography and suggested readings.
Of particular interest are the "Historic Royal Profiles" and "Historic Royal Speeches," which go back to Alfred the Great.
From the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of East Central Europe at Columbia University.
Created as a "cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the Internet to establish an online textbook source for medieval studies on the World Wide Web." The site is organized into several sections including e-texts, an encyclopedia, a textbook library, and resources for teaching.
Available in English and French, this atlas consists of maps "depicting with accuracy the state of this continent every day of each centennial year from AD1 to AD 1700". The site also links to a bibliography and maps from De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.
"Reviews and reappraises significant work in the fields of British and European history."
Deals with many aspects of the Victorian Period. From Brown University.
An extensive list of links to the full-text of many periodicals and the tables of contents from others. From the Latin American Library at Tulane University.
Part of the Guatemala Documentation Project of the National Security Archives, this site offers an overview of the project along with data on military units and selected primary documents.
A good general guide to Latin American resources, including history, on the web.
Excellent starting point to resources from a variety of sources
From the Department of History at the University at Albany, this comprehensvie site covers the history and culture of various countries throughout Middle East.
From Cornell University Libraries, this page includes links to information on Christianity, the Crusades, Judaism, the Islamic Empire, and more.
From the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham University. Good overview of the area.
A very thorough overview of the Middle East including current political developments.
This page,while specific to Columbia University Libraries,is a useful guide to bibliographies dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, handbooks,and library catalogs pertaining to the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa
This site reports on the archaeological excavation of a small portion of downtown Albany.
Records of twentieth century political interest groups in New York. In the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives at the University at Albany.
Search these catalogs before you make a trip to the State Library!
Information about the Association and its collections.
"The images in this digital collection are drawn from the New-York Historical Society's rich archival collections that document the Civil War. They include recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides."
From the University at Albany
Various aspects of the history of Buffalo with sound and video.
Collection of history sites relating to New York State
A nice collection of maps from the map collection at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
"The story of nuclear weapons through historical documents, photos, and videos." The full text of many government documents relating to the nuclear weapons program.
A collection of primary documents relating to 20th century genocide.
History of nuclear weapons, images, links to other sites.
A partial catalog of the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Three major information resources are integrated in ArchivesUSA: 1. A newly compiled directory of manuscript repositories, giving full addresses,including e-mail addresses and URLs, opening hours, and details of holdings and areas of special interest. This directory updates and supersedes the Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States (DAMRUS) last published in 1988. 2. Collection records from the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). Information gathered and compiled by the Library of Congress from the 1950s to the end of 1995, covering some 75,000 collections. 3. Names and detailed subject indexing of over 42,000 collections whose finding aids have been published separately in the major microfiche series, National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (NIDS).
American immigration and ethnic history, with a particular focus on eastern, central, and southern European, and Near Eastern ethnic groups; their archival and library collections can be searched from this page.
Can be searched by name, position and/or state
Biographies of Presidents and First Ladies, plus inaugural addresses.
Check under "Databases", then "Data Series Online" for a link to downloadable data from the Historical Labor Statistics Project.
Seventeen interviews with former slaves.
Features the searchable full text of The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.
Arranged chronologically
A comprehensive webliography of online primary source documents pertaining to early American history.
Archival material relating to American culture and history from the Library of Congress; includes papers of Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, WPA life histories, images, sheet music, etc.
A sample of WPA interviews with former slaves, plus photos taken at the time of the interviews.
Original newspapers, maps, and writings from 18th century America.
Primary documents, photos and excerpts from a history of the airlift; from the Harry S. Truman Library.
This free and fully searchable web tool provides access to thousands of pages comprising the 14-volume printed work, originally published by the University of Illinois Press. The hard copy of this work is available in the University Libraries (H 185.97 W274).
Facsimiles of U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875.
A searchable collection of more than 3,800 images of original manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, prints and artifacts relating to the Haymarket Affair--the violent confrontation between labor protesters and police in Chicago in 1886. The site also contains a chronology of events.
Sponsored by the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this site is a collection of "sources on Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century." More than 1,000 documents, including first-person slave narratives are included.
The complete text.
A free archive of documents relevant to the "life, administration, death, and legacy" of John F. Kennedy. Materials include speeches, remarks, press conferences, and addresses.
"..historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1815-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating Illinois life during Lincoln's time." Includes text, video, images and sound.
Digital collection of primary materials containing approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. Mostly scanned images.
A "bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest." Includes a great deal of primary source material, much of it made available here for the first time. From the Library of Congress.
Declassified documents, audio files, photos. Currently includes documents dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Chinese nuclear program, Vladimiro Montesinos (Peru's former intelligence chief), etc.
An "electronic briefing book" from the National Security Archive which offers audio and transcripts of Nixon's conversations after the case broke, audio and transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments, and briefs for the New York Times and Washington Post, with other background material.
Documentary materials from the original Plymouth colony settlement; includes court records, colony laws, biographical information, etc.
Collection of important speeches and other resources for all U.S. Presidents
A multimedia archive focusing on Uncle Tom's Cabin and the nation's response to it.
"A hypermedia archive of thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania," including newspapers, letters, diaries, censuses, etc. From the University of Virginia.
A guide to the Vietnam holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library, plus an assortment of full-text documents and images.
Course Web page from Vassar College; text of many official documents, including translations of some Hanoi documents.
Primary source materials (diaries, letters, etc.) plus supporting materials such as bibliographies, biographies, commentaries, maps, timelines, pictures, and sounds and video clips associated with de Anza's expedition. From the Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon.
Focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This journal tries to promote "a broad, humanistic understanding of American culture and encourages cross-disciplinary work." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per AP 2 A3985).
The Civil War segment of Harper's Weekly, covering the years 1857-1865. HarpWeek is the full-text, full-image electronic version of Harpers Weekly for the nineteenth century.
Full-text access to current issues of The American Historical Review, The Journal of American History, Law and History Review, The William and Mary Quarterly, The History Teacher, and The Western Historical Quarterly. Back issues are available through JSTOR.
"The leading scholarly publication and journal of record in the field of American history." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per E 171 J87).
Published by the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc. Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per E 185 J86).
"A quarterly devoted to the history of the American South and is unrestricted as to chronological period, methodology, or southern historical topic." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per F 206 J68).
Presents in-depth reviews of "the newest books in American history." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per E 151 R48X).
This journal publishes "refereed scholarship in history and related disciplines from initial Old World-New World contacts to the early nineteenth century and beyond." Also available in print in the University Libraries (Per F 221 W71).
Collection compiled at Rutgers University
Historic photographs on the theme "The Urban Landscape"; mostly U.S.
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.
Historical geography of America from the University of Virginia
Collection from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
Historically significant voice recordings from Michigan State University. Still under development, but interesting nonetheless.
International; updated annually.
From the Encyclopedia Britannica. Contains articles on hundreds of American women from 1600 to modern times. Also included are timelines, primary documents, classic Britannica articles, audio and video clips, and a study guide.
From the Digital Scriptorium Project at Duke University.
Documents focusing on the origin of the Women's Liberation Movement. From the Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Links to primary and secondary sources, other useful web sites
A collection of scanned documents focusing on family law and domestic relations in the 19th Century. A collaborative Project sponsored by the Research Libraries Group.
Provides citations to print resources and links to online resources, including primary resources
Links to an eclectic and international variety of women's history sites; from the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands.