Resources for History

• Eurodocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
• General Resources for Historians (University of Oxford)
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project (huge array of source texts from ancient, medieval and modern history)
• Jewish History Resource Center (at Hebrew University)
• St Pachomius Library (extensive Patristic resources)

Scott Langston's history list (thanks, Scott!):

1. Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/index.html): one of my favorites!

You can conduct a general search on the main webpage, but should go to “digital archives” (link is on the main page or you can go to http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html). There you will find many collections that can be searched. I especially have found the American Memory collection to be helpful.

2. National Archives and Records Administration (http://www.archives.gov/index.html). This page will get you started with the online databases: http://www.archives.gov/research/tools/index.html.

3. H-Net Lists (http://www.h-net.org/)

Here you will find a list of electronic lists that you can join and engage in the scholarly discussion of a variety of topics. I have found these great for posing questions and getting wonderful suggestions.

4. American Journeys (http://www.americanjourneys.org/)

American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later.

Do the Advanced Search.

5. Documenting the American South (http://docsouth.unc.edu/)

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

6. Making of America (http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/)

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

7. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)

The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

8. Archives of the Episcopal Church (http://www.episcopalarchives.org/)

9. Open Collections Program (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
Women Working, 1800 - 1930 focuses on women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections. The collection features approximately 500,000 digitized pages and images including: 7,500 pages of manuscripts, 3,500 books and pamphlets, 1,200 photographs.

10. Accessible Archives (http://www.accessible.com/accessible/)
Digitized primary sources from 18th and 19th century periodicals.

11. Jewish American History on the Web (http://www.jewish-history.com/Default.htm)
Collection of materials on 19th century, particularly Civil War and Westward expansion; also seven volumes of Isaac Leeser’s, The Occident.

12. Biblical Art on the Web (http://www.biblical-art.com/index.htm)

13. Databases:

The Nation Digital Archive (1865-Present)
Historical New York Times (1851-Present)
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
British Periodicals (17th-20th centuries)
Early American Imprints, series I (1639-1800) and series II (1801-1819)
Early American Newspapers (1690-1876)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Twentieth Century Poetry (American and English)


Series Consultant for History (available for series' authors):

Euan Cameron, Department of History, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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