Provides access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides related to African American history, literature, and culture, including the rise of slavery and descriptions of life for enslaved and free peoples.

Contains correspondence between North America and Great Britain and other primary source material documenting the American Revolution and the early years of the American Republic.

Collection of oral history video interviews and artifacts from American military personnel and civilians during the Second World War (1937-1949).

EBSCO database that provides access to journal articles covering topics related to United States and Canadian history. For the rest of the world, see Historical Abstracts.

Experience streaming video of historical moments from the 1890s to 1980s. Resource includes the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel.

Collection of primary source materials covering American history from early settlers to the end of World War II (1493-1945); includes letters, diaries, government documents, newspapers, images, maps.

Short biographies of significant, influential or notorious figures from American history (deceased) written by prominent scholars.

Archive (Gale) of Associated Press (AP) reporting, wire copy, and internal correspondence, memos, and documentation from AP bureaus worldwide.

Cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more.

Source for African American video with broad multidisciplinary coverage of culture, politics, social and economic issues. Contains documentaries, primary and secondary source material.

Collection of non-fiction writings by American Black leaders, artists, politicians, religious leaders, and more; includes letters, speeches, essays, political leaflets, interviews, trial transcripts.

Full-text, searchable database that includes books, journals and government publications documenting Canadian History.

UK National Archives database of digitized colonial records from 1574 to 1757, that relate to the governance of, and activities in, the American, Canadian and West Indian colonies of England.

Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars and edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

Comprised of publications related to Latin America and the Caribbean since the late 1960s. Topics range from political, economic, and social issues to the arts and humanities.

History database (EBSCO) that provides access to journal articles that cover topics related to world history. For U.S. and Canadian history, see America: History and Life.

Compendium of statistical series on a range of social, behavioral, human and environmental topics from the United States Census Bureau, from Colonial times to present.

Primary source materials on Slavery and Southern plantations document the functioning of the slave system through ledgers, correspondence, petitions, photographs, diaries, legal documents, and more.

Documents and personal papers relevant to women's history in the U.S., covering voting rights, the National Woman's Party, national politics, reproductive rights, and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Primary source materials on workers and the post-Civil War American labor movement, progressive and radical social movements, and their efforts to impact American and international politics.

Archive of scholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and mathematics. Journal coverage is volume 1 of each title until 3-5 years ago (embargo period varies by title).

Gateway to the Library of Congress's vast resources of digitized American historical materials.

Digital library of primary sources documenting American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction; content hosted by Hathi Trust

A distributed digital library of important materials (journals and books) that document nineteenth century America and the history of the United States.

Primary source materials about far-right and radical left political groups; covers philosophical, social, political, and economic ideologies, gender, sexuality, race, religion, civil rights, and more.

Full text newspaper archive of the Wall Street Journal, from 1889 to 2013.

Works about the Americas published around the world from 1476 to 1926, based on Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discovery to the Present Time.

House and Senate Documents and Reports published by the United States Congress, as well as presidential communications, treaty materials, and official Civil War records.

Search hundreds of early English newspaper titles and pamphlets from the collection of Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817).

Newspaper content from the nineteenth century, featuring a range of urban and rural regions throughout the United States.

Searchable archive of U.S. newspapers documenting the African American experience from the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century.

Newspapers and magazines by and about African Americans from 1825-1995.

U.S. newspapers published between 1690 and 1922.

Digital archive of historical periodicals, published between 1691 to 1877, document two centuries of life in America.

The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1691 to 1877, arranged into five series. The collection represents over two centuries of ...

Digitized newspapers produced by people who have been incarcerated in the United States.

Cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more.

Full-text searchable newspaper database that includes Catholic publications from around the United States.

U.S. newspapers from 1789-1963.

Collection of newspapers published in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama between 1861-1865.

Collection of local, regional, and national newspapers promoting white nationalism from Klan organizations and others, as well as those opposed published by ethnic, Catholic, and Jewish organizations.

Searchable collection of newspapers in ten languages published in the U.S., primarly focused on Czechs, French, German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Polish, and Slovak communities.

Online newspaper portal: cross-searches Gale newspapers archives using a single interface, covering over 400 years of content, with over 10 million pages of full text images. Includes all online Ga...

This collection of Spanish and English language newspapers stems from the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project at the University of Houston. When complete, it will consist of 350 ...

The Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press collection documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and S...

Digital archive of African American newspapers, containing news stories, biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements, 1827 to 1909.

Collection of U.S. newspapers published and written by African Americans for African Americans in the South, from Reconstruction through the Jim Crow period (1870-1926).

Digitized newspapers from colonial America: The Virginia Gazette, The Pennsylvania Gazette, The Pennsylvania Packet, The Maryland Gazette, and five South Carolina newspapers.

Archive of the second longest running woman suffrage newspaper covering women's civil and political rights, and international issues, published in Nebraska by Clara Bewick Colby from 1883 to 1909.

Collection of American military camp newspapers from World War I covers social insights into the war, attitudes among military personnel, politics of the time, training, and news about the enemy.

Digital archive of national, local and student newspapers published in the US and Canada by Indigenous peoples between 1828 - 2016. Includes some bilingual and Indigenous-language editions.

Wisconsin historical newspapers archive from the 1800s - 2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers from around Wisconsin.

Digital newspaper archive of Atlanta Daily World (1932-2003) and Atlanta World (1931-1932).

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of Chicago Defender and Chicago Daily Defender, with coverage from from 1909 to 2010.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of the Chicago Tribune, with coverage from from 1849 to 1998.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of Cleveland Call and Post, with coverage from 1934 to 2010.

Digital newspaper archive of the Communist Party USA, published from 1919 to 2013, available in downloadable PDF files.

Digital archive of Black weekly newspaper covered civil rights issues, segregation, discrimination, and other issues of the African American community. Archive in progress, content still being added.

Collection of news publications in English covering Communist, Socialist and Marxist thought, theory and practice (1845 to 2015).

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of Los Angeles Sentinel, with coverage from from 1934 to 2010.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of the Los Angeles Times, with coverage from from 1881-1999.

Digital newspaper archive of 22 publications from Minnesota (and neighboring Wisconsin) offer cover-to-cover full-page access to local, regional, national, and international news (1867-present).

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of New York Amsterdam News, with coverage from from 1922 to 2010.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of New York Times, with coverage from from 1851 to 2020.

Full-text, fully-searchable, coverage of the New York Tribune, and its merged successor newspaper the New York Herald Tribune, from 1841 to 1962.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of Pittsburgh Courier, with coverage from from 1911 to 2010.

Digital newspaper archive of every page and every article from every issue published from 1865 to 1922, available in downloadable PDF files.

Digital newspaper archive of St Louis American (1949-2010), an important voice of the area's African American community, with coverage of the politics, society, and events of the time.

Digital newspaper archive of the "Afro-American", one of the most widely circulated African-American newspapers on the Atlantic Coast, with content published from 1893 to 2010.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of the Washington Post, with coverage from 1877 to 2006.

Wartime newspapers (1939-1948) for soldiers serving in major theaters around the world, published in the US, Canada, New Zealand, India, and the countries of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Increase A. Lapham's most important published work from 1855 is based on research of the Indian effigy mounds found on Wisconsin's landscape.

Archival finding aids that describe primary source materials in repositories around Wisconsin; Includes correspondence, diaries, maps, government records, film, photographs, and audio recordings.

Explore more than 1,600 people, places and events in Wisconsin history.

GetFacts, formerly WISSTAT, contains thousands of demographic and economic variables for the state of Wisconsin, its counties and smaller communitites. The sources of the data include the U.S. Cens...

The History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life collection is based on a bibliography compiled as part of the National Preservation Project for Agricultural Literature. Items in the bibliograph...

Wisconsin historical newspapers archive from the 1800s - 2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers from around Wisconsin.

Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centu...

Recollection Wisconsin is an expanding digital collection featuring thousands of historic photos, postcards, maps, letters, diaries, books, artifacts, oral histories and other digital collections f...

Digitized archival and published materials deemed important to the study and teaching of the State of Wisconsin, from books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources.

Articles, images, books, manuscripts, and other eyewitness accounts of key historical events of Wisconsin's history. Includes essays, lesson plans and reference tools for teachers.

When does an aggregation of "stories" become a "history"? The history of the University of Wisconsin is far too colorful and texture-rich to be told in a single document. Within these collections y...

The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a growing collection of documents about the activities, functions, and policies of Wisconsin State Government. The collection contains documents from 2001 to curre...

Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals, and tidbits from Wisconsin history. Many first hand accounts - profusely illustrated. (Updates vary)

Statewide public affairs broadcasting network, providing video coverage of the Wisconsin State Legislature and Supreme Court as well as public policy video series.

The Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It collection includes archived versions of Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government web sites, as well as archived versions of web sites from the ...

Archival finding aids provide more detail about collections than do catalog records, and often include lists of folder titles as well as searchable description of a collection and its contents. The...

The digital collections of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau contain documents published by the legislature and legislative agencies (including the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislativ...

WLHBA consists of image files of historical and biographical articles preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society, mainly between 1860-1940. It is searchable by headline, subject, n...

The Wisconsin Pioneer Experience is a digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century. The proje...

The culture of the 1980s is presented through a variety of source materials showcasing subcultures, alternative lifestyles, and consumer culture primarily in the UK, North America, and Australia.

Archive of materials collected by U.S. diplomats from 1880 to 1906 related to Aden, a strategically located port city in Yemen, on the route from the Mediterranean to India via the Suez Canal.

Journal articles and reports covering modern aviation, aeronautics and space sciences during the second half of the 20th century, collected and translated by a U.S. government organization.

Collection of primary source materials presents multiple aspects of the African American community, focused on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas.

Collection of printed works providing insight into African-American culture and life from the beginning of Jim Crow to World War I and beyond. Capturing voices of, by, for, and about African Americans.

Archive of documents about African American life from post-Civil War years to the beginning of Jim Crow. Includes works of individuals and organizations, works of fiction, poetry and drama.

Federated search portal across all primary source materials in our subscribed social sciences and humanities collections (15th - 21st century) from Adam Matthew.

Full-text access to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1847 to 1994, genealogies, vital records of many New England towns, military records, and church records.

Digital archive of historical periodicals, published between 1691 to 1877, document two centuries of life in America.

The American Founding Era Collection contains the annotated, full-text searchable set of the personal papers and manuscripts of the founders of the American Republic. The collection includes the pa...

The AAS Historical Periodicals Collection contains more than 6,500 historical periodical titles dating from 1691 to 1877, arranged into five series. The collection represents over two centuries of ...

Archive of correspondence of members of the Presbyterian Church's Board of Foreign Missions relating to their work among American Indians from 1833 to 1893.

The American Indian Experience is a portal and full-text online library of more than 150 titles; hundreds of primary documents and images, including treaties, speeches, traditional tales, and capti...

FBI documentation on the evolution of American Indian Movement (AIM) as an organization of social protest, including the 1973 Wounded Knee Stand-off.

Collection of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration (AD 1000 to 1800s), from rare books, manuscripts, and travel narratives in the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

This is a fully searchable resource of over 25,000 pamphlets and other short works from the collections of the New York Historical Society spanning the varied history of the United States from the ...

Digitized images of American magazines and journals published in the United States from 1740-1940.

Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts.

News articles, radio transcripts, and television transcripts from around the world, covering race relations in the United States that were collected by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS).

This resource is dedicated to public communication and rhetoric of all kinds and includes a speech bank, movie speeches, audio figures of speech, the top 100 American political speeches of the 20th...

Based on sources from the Everett D. Graff Collection at the Newberry Library, this resource contains manuscript materials, broadsides, maps, photographs, and rare printed items documenting the his...

This Directory provides brief biographical information, including party affiliation, for all members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives from the Continental Congress to the pr...

This database contains approximately 15,000 articles and documents written by Black abolitionists during the antebellum period in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The contents include corresp...

Digital archive of leading business and financial news magazine, with coverage from first issue in 1929 through December of 2010.

Online bibliography of book and library history from scholarly publications written from a historical perspective; covers papermaking, bookbinding, book illustration, type design, libraries, and more.

Video and transcripts of C-Span programming since 1987.

Integrated collection of records supports 19th century research; includes indexes and finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers, archives, and reference material.

Index to journal articles, newspapers, books, book chapters covering aspects of the Chicano and Latino U.S. experience, in art, education, labor, literature, mental health, law, politics and sociology.

Translated reports, publications, news broadcasts covering facets of the Cold War, focusing on news outlets in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, North Korea, Vietnam and more.

Manuscript materials of the Colonial Office files; contains original correspondence of the North American and Caribbean colonial governments with the British government, covering the period 1606 to 1822.

Archive of journal articles, government publications, newspapers, and transcribed television and radio broadcasts from around the world documenting the history and impact of computer science between 1957 and 1995.

Collection of newspapers published in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama between 1861-1865.

Official British government correspondence and internal papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices (FCO) concerning the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean from 1824 to 1961.

The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is an international digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations. tDAR’s use, development, and maintenance are governed by Di...

Collection of declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events, including their military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions, 1945 to the present.

The DPLA brings together books, images, historic records, and audiovisual materials from contributing universities, public libraries, museums and other public-spirited organizations in the United S...

Searchable directory of History dissertations that have been completed or are in progress in the United States and Canada since 1873.

This database provides access to hundreds of digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. The database...

Official records, unofficially reported debates, and correspondence related to the of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America.

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. Cu...

DRAM is an online music database offering on-demand, streaming access to an extensive and ever-growing catalog. A primary focus of the collection is the preservation and dissemination of hard-to-fi...

This collection contains digital editions of all titles in the Evans microform editions; more than 36,000 items and over 2,400,000 images, all with searchable OCR-created ASCII text. Both the digit...

Early Encounters in North America is a collection of primary texts that provide evidence of encounters between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in the New World. The texts focus on illustr...

Digital magazine archive (1945-2014) covering news, culture, and entertainment with a spotlight on Black life in America and worldwide.

Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provides exploration of colonial history, politics, culture, and society. Key features include: tens o...

The Encyclopedia of Chicago includes a vast collection of information about the history of the city. Thousands of historical resources-including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers-re...

Core archive of trade magazines in the fields of film, music, broadcasting, theater, and video games through 2020.

Full text sources covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.

Newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic, minority and native press, from Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, multi-ethnic communities.

Collection from the Winterthur Museum covers over 400 British and American books on etiquette, dating from 1631 through well into the 20th century.

European Views of the Americas, 1493-1750 is a bibliographic database created from the six volume bibliography European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the A...

Archive of correspondence of the American Presbyterian Church's Board of Foreign Missions relating to their Philippines Mission during the period of 1898 to 1910.

Archive of correspondence of the American Presbyterian Church's Board of Foreign Missions relating to their Thailand Mission during the period of 1840 to 1910.

Collection of publications issued by federal departments and agencies, including annual reports, general publications, serials, instructions, rules, circulars, decisions, and registers.

Digitized historical documents from the life and work of Fanny Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist and civil rights leader.

Documents from the FBI investigation on Eleanor Roosevelt (1941 - 1965), who was known as an outspoken woman and humanitarian; archive includes correspondence, memos, letters, and newspaper clippings.

Primary source materials covering the First World War; covering experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of a conflict; propaganda and recruitment; and visual perspectives.

Historical primary documents featuring U.S. city directories, naturalization records, and Revolutionary War Pensions. Collections include: History and Genealogy Archives, African American Archives,...

Collection of full cookbooks and recipes in manuscripts from the collections of the Winterthur Museum and Library, from 1669 to 1990. Includes recipes for the kitchen, medicinal formulas, and more.

Collection of archival content, visual ephemera, monographs, and videos that explore how food shapes the world around us.

Digital magazine archive (1930 to 2000) covers news and analysis of both American and, later international business, economics, technology, and industry.

Primary source collection of documents related to European and colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples of the areas.

FOIA files, memcons and telcons from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library documenting the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall and its implications for U.S.-German relations.

Online encyclopedia presents a survey of the cultural and political history between the German-speaking world and the Americas, covering key events over 400 years of transatlantic history.

Archival materials cover the transformation from the post-Civil War period of the Gilded Age with its technological progress, through the reform movement and social problems of the Progressive Era.

The Gilded Age collection contains primary documents and scholarly commentary covering U.S. history from 1865-1902. It includes over 50,000 pages of fully searchable text and associated audio and v...

The Great Lakes Maritime History Project contains resources on Wisconsin’s maritime history from the Milwaukee Public Library/Wisconsin Marine Historical Society, Wisconsin Historical Society, Univ...

Comprised of publications related to Latin America and the Caribbean since the late 1960s. Topics range from political, economic, and social issues to the arts and humanities.

Digital magazine archive (1850 to present) covers literature, politics, culture and the arts.

HarpWeek is the searchable electronic version of the Civil War years of Harper's Weekly, one of the most important American periodicals of the nineteenth century. Includes images of all the pages, ...

Published and unpublished hearings from U.S. Congressional committee hearings proceedings.

The Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL) is a collaboration between New York University Libraries and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics that provides a digital li...

HeritageQuest Online combines searchable text and images of all federal censuses (1790-1930), Revolutionary War records, African-American history, genealogy and local history monographs, and portio...

Collection of 2,500 digitized volumes of county histories from across the United States.

Newspapers, books, personal accounts, pamphlets, and regimental histories from the Civil War era. Includes: New York Herald (1861-1865), Charleston Mercury (1860-1866), Richmond Enquirer (1860-1867).

This collection covers the struggle for voting rights for women in the U.S., and includes newspapers covering the temperance and women's rights movements, as well as an anti-suffrage paper.

The History Guide is an Internet-based subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history. Current emphasis is Anglo-American history, but it is expanding to include other aspects of worl...

Archive of the complete print series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Digitized records, correspondence, and personal narratives document Indian Wars, westward migration, and the interaction among white settlers, the U.S. federal government, and Indian tribes (1809-1971).

Broad collection of records and manuscripts on American politics in the 19th and 20th centuries, covering presidential and FBI records, elections, immigration, and Robert M. Lafollette's papers.

Primary source materials on social and political events of the 20th century Black Freedom Struggle from the perspective of people directly involved in the movement. Includes complete NAACP papers.

Primary source collection of documents from the White House Office of Hispanic Affairs on Latino Civil Rights during the Carter Administration (1979-1981).

Digitized primary source materials from Colonial America and the Early Republic: personal papers, diaries, and governmental records pertaining to the Revolutionary War and the French and Indian War.

Archive of hearing and meeting transcripts, reports, and press clippings of the independent body advising Congress and the President on the development of national policy concerning the HIV epidemic.

Archive of legal, political, and diplomatic documents about trade with American Indian tribes in the Southeastern United States, from 1763 to 1901.

Digital archive of materials documents interactions between Indigenous Peoples in North America and European colonists, from earliest contact to the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century.

Online archive of primary source materials documenting the political, social, and cultural history of indigenous peoples of North America, 16th to 20th century.

Full-text legal materials by and about indigenous peoples of the United States, including treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence.

Archives of a social organization formed to strengthen international understanding and friendship among the women of Asia, the Pacific and the USA.

Archive of UK and US periodicals published between 1919-1939, on arts and culture, fashion, family life, travel, current affairs, social and welfare issues, and writing of prominent literary figures.

Digital magazine archive (1951-2014) covering news, culture, the civil rights movement, and entertainment related to the Black community.

Digitized primary source collection of personal papers from the American Jewish Historical Society in New York documents the history of Jewish communities in America from 1654 to today.

Archival collection of government agency and departmental documents on a variety of presidential programs and initiatives during the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969).

JTA Jewish & Israel News is a searchable database chronicling modern Jewish history, as seen through the eyes of journalists. It consists of articles published or disseminated by the JTA (Jewish Te...

Collection of guidebooks, brochures, periodicals, travel agency correspondence, photographs and personal travel journals documenting the growth of tourism for the masses.

Digital historical archive of over 40 magazines devoted to LGBTQ+ interests, including The Advocate and Gay Times, document over 50 years of LGBTQ+ history, gay cultures, lives, and events.

Database of books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day.

Digital archive of Liberty: A Weekly for Everybody, an illustrated magazine covering the moods, attitudes, lifestyles, fads, and values of middle America, published from 1924 to 1950.

Digital magazine archive (1936-2000) with a focus on photojournalism and covering 20th Century current events, politics, and culture.

Research collection documenting history of the dynamics of Western trade, 1500 to the early 20th century. Covers historical underpinnings supporting the study of economics and European imperialism.

Primary source collection on life in medieval and early modern Europe and the Americas.

Documents related to the government investigation into the consequences of the Dawes Act of 1887 including the Meriam Report, which declared that allotment had been a disaster for Native American communities.

Primary source collection covers British, European and Asian migration through personal accounts, shipping logs, printed literature, and organizational papers, as well as teaching and research aids.

Digital movies uploaded by Archive users, ranging from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts, many of which are available for free download.

Streaming audio of over 56,000 albums of American roots music and pre-20th century American popular music. Designed as an audio history of America’s past, songs are indexed by major events.

Collection drawn from the FBI Headquarters Library documents the surveillance of noncitizens and national security during World War II and the early postwar period. Includes the Custodial Detention Index (CDI).

Complete digitized collection of records and documents from Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendents, from 1813 to 1880.

Digital magazine archive of The New Yorker (1925-present), covers politics and culture, people, humor, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism of literature, the arts, and fashion.

British Foreign and Colonial Offices (FCO) government documents from Richard Nixon’s presidency covering Anglo-American discussions, US Policy, social conditions, domestic reforms, and more.

Collection of letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives of immigrants to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950.

A collection of published and unpublished women's diaries and correspondence, drawn from more than 1,000 1,300 sources, including journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conferenc...

Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race.

Journal articles and reports covering the development and use of nuclear energy during the second half of the 20th century, collected and translated by a U.S. government organization.

Reference tool of authoritative research guides designed to support the study of Geography, combining aspects of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.

Reference tool of authoritative research guides supporting the field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, combining aspects of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.

Online encyclopedia covers values, aspirations, anxieties, and beliefs in the U.S., whether expressed in everyday life or formal bodies of thought, from early days of settlement to the 21st century.

Online encyclopedia covers the social experience of Americans throughout history, from population movements, work, racial divides, women’s suffrage, voting, leisure, consumption patterns, and more.

Online encyclopedia explores the changing nature of science, medicine, and technology in the U.S.; key individuals, institutions, and organizations; concepts, practices, and processes behind changes.

Online encyclopedia of topics related to women and gender studies; covers geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and biographies, pre-history to the 2000s.

Digital edition of Grant's papers, based on the original letterpress edition edited by John Y. Simon, including all editorial annotations, introductory essays, and appendices.

With more than 1,500 pages of information, PDBA offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections...

Original primary sources on society, music, politics, fashion and youth culture from 1950 to 1975. Photos, video, music, fanzines, magazines, press kits, ads and other archival material from the ti...

Archival collection showcases the development of 'popular' medicine in 19th century America, in books, pamphlets, trade cards, and advertising for remedies and treatments aimed at the general public.

Journals and ebooks in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage in art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, history, ethnic and cultural studies, music, philosophy, religion, psychology, sociology and women's studies.

Newspaper and pamphlet sources for access to research on Civil War era American history.

Collection of U.S. federal government publications including acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hearings testimony, and selected legislative histories.

A complete collection of publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking, useful for compiling a federal legislative history.

U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations content.

Archive of documents related to the Public Housing Administration's policies and procedures on public financing of housing in relation race and civil rights.

Digital queer history project of primary source document collections and curatorial essays for students and scholars of queer history and culture.

Digital archive of records from the National Domestic Workers Union (U.S.) contains legal documents, minutes, printed material and voluminous correspondence.

Materials from the Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries documents responses to the challenges of overcoming prejudice, segregation and racial tensions in the United States.

Primary source collection of materials related to the diplomatic and military response by the United States (as part of a multi-national force) to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990.

Searchable, multimedia collection supporting the study of important events and themes related to revolution and protest from the 18th century through the 21st century.

Digital archive of Rolling Stone magazine (1967-present), which focuses on rock and popular music journalism, and covers topics such as politics, media, and society.

Statistical data in a wide range of subject areas, with tools for searching, analyzing and visualizing. Formerly known as Data Planet Statistical Datasets.

Primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records.

Archive of materials collected by U.S. diplomats on the internal and foreign affairs of Saudi Arabia, from 1930 to 1959.

The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 documents the key events, trends, and movements in 1960s America vividly conveying the zeitgeist of the decade and its effects i...

Archival collection documenting the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of slavery, and the dynamics of emancipation.

Collection of primary source documents related to slavery and abolition studies dating from 1490 to 2007, supported by scholarly essays, tutorials, a visual sources, chronology, and bibliography.

Access to millions of 2D and 3D digital items from the Smithsonian collections, including images and data from across 19 museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Digital magazine archive (1857-2014) covering news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more.

Digital archive of a weekly magazine (1865-2020) of political and cultural news and opinions on America and the world. Subjects include society, politics, economy, environment, activism, and more.

Digital archive of news magazine (1923-2000) that covers current events, national and international news, politics, entertainment, and sports.

Primary source collection of illustrated trade catalogues, trade cards and marketing ephemera document commercial tastes and consumer trends in America from 1850 to 1950.

Collection of accounts by women of their travels across the globe (early 19th century to late 20th century), from manuscripts, diaries and correspondence to drawings, guidebooks, and photographs.

Archive of records of the U.S. Operations Mission established to intervene in Vietnam.

Collection of previously classified federal records (1945 to present) sourced from all of the presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies.

Declassified U.S. government documents from the U.S. intelligence community in East Asia and Southeast Asia during the Cold War (1945-1991).

Declassified U.S. government documents concerning the U.S. intelligence community’s spying and analytic efforts in the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa.

Documents and records pertaining to the use of Federal troops and the Arkansas National Guard in the Little Rock integration crisis of 1957-1958.

Archive of materials of Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG) to process, monitor, and evaluate American military aid to French forces fighting in Southeast Asia.

Archive of U.S. State Department Office documents and files related to diplomatic, political and economic issues in Southeast Asia, from 1944-1958.

This is a "virtual archive" of the Civil War in two Virginia counties. Included are maps, photographs, drawings, diaries and other personal accounts, newspapers, government records, and other prima...

Digital magazine archive (1913-1936, 1983-2015) providing social commentary and covering pop culture, fashion, celebrities, and politics.

Primary source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930, includes objects, printed books, ephemera, posters, photographs and playbills.

Bibliography of books and articles about the Vietnam War.

Archive of Ferrar Papers, supporting study of English colonial history, the Virginia colony's economic development and settlement from the perspective of the Virginia Company of London (1606-24).

Correspondence related to Indian Affairs from the archives of the War Department, dating from 1800 and 1824.

Documents and records pertaining to the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) collections which highlight efforts to meld the issue of civil rights and antipoverty initiatives.

Materials from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library document the in-depth analysis of poverty in the Midwestern States (1960 to 1968) with an extensive inventory of historical data at a local level.

Collection of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other government records concerning activities of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) and its work on community-based antipoverty programs.

Digital military history archive of wartime and postwar records related to activities of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) branch of the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Document collection on witchcraft dating from 1500 to 1930 includes classic texts, anti-persecution writings, works by penologists, legal and church documents, and transcripts of trials and exorcisms.

Resource supporting the study of history of women in social movements in the United States between 1600 and 2024, featuring document projects with primary sources, audio-video, images, teaching tools.

Archive from the Committee of Correspondence, a U.S. women's organization that advocated for women’s involvement in foreign policy and in the post war global governance system in the period after WWII.

Materials from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library document the tenures and work of the Special Assistant to the President for Women, from 1974 to 1977.

Backfiles of leading women's interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century through to 2005.

Archival collections concerning women’s history from across the globe and from a wide range of sources.

Collection of official records, monographs, publicity, and artifacts related to 200 international expositions and world’s fairs, with extensive materials from 12 “case-study” fairs.

Digital archive of magazines published for teen and pre-teen audiences (1940 - 2020), focusing on the history of youth culture, including fashion, rock and roll, sexuality, and dating.