LibGuides: Primary Sources: Websites

Europe

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.
In addition you will find video or sound files, maps, photographs or other imagery, databases, and other documentation.
The sources cover a broad range of historical happenings (political, economic, social and cultural).

England

Dictionary of Victorian London
The site includes over 40 full text books, various cartoons, photographs, maps and a plethora of primary documents addressing aspects of daily life in Victorian England.
John Leech Sketch archives from Punch
These were originally published as "sketches of life and character" and give extraordinary insight into life in England from 1841-1864.
London Lives
London Lives is a fully digitized and searchable wide range of primary sources about eighteenth-century London. This resource includes information on crime, poverty, illness, apprenticeship, work, politics, money and other aspects of daily life.
British History Online
A digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800.
National Archives United Kingdom
Click on "Find Online Collections" to view digitized collections such as WWI soldier diaries and wills of famous Britons.

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Yavapai College does not necessarily endorse nor condone content found on third-party websites. Links are provided as a convenience only.

Selected Websites: United States

American Memory
A gateway to the Library of Congress' primary source materials relating to the history and cultures of the United States.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available.
Civil War Photos
Over 1,000 Civil War Images, Photographs and Cartes de Visite.
Digital Public Library of America
All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. Click on the link "Primary Source Sets."
Documenting the American South
A digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
Harvard Classics - American Historical Documents
The 47 treaties, speeches, historical accounts and governmental documents in this collection trace the United States from the settling of the continent to early 20th century international relations.
History Matters
This site that has been screened by professional historians contains primary documents in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans throughout U.S. history.
Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
The website offers access to more than 2,000 pages of documents, photos, broadsides, pamphlets, drawings, cartoons, and other images documenting the Civil Rights struggle in Arkansas.
Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of the United States.
LIFE photo archive (hosted by Google)
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.
Veterans History Project
The Veterans History Project is a collection of personal stories of wartime service of U.S. veterans from World War I through the Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.

The World

Avalon Project
Yale University's law school project of digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Eyewitness to History
Features a collection of personal narratives and firsthand resources compiled by Ibis Communications, Inc. Includes sources from Medieval Europe, the American Civil War, the American West, World Wars I and II and items from the 18th through the 20th centuries.
World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes significant primary materials available from countries and cultures around the world.
Perseus Digital Library
A collection of digital libraries that include primary sources on the Greco-Roman world, the Germanic peoples, Renaissance history, and nineteenth century America.
Internet History Sourcebooks
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts, covering the ancient, medieval and modern eras.

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