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African American History
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Photographs from About.com
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American Heritage
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Look for the PICTURE OF THE DAY.
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Archiving Early America
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Primary sources from 18th Century America. Take a look at the short films on famous moments!
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Awesome Stories
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Presents history as stories with direct links to the primary sources that make it real. You must subscribe, but they provide free academic memberships to educators, including library media specialists and administrators. There is a newsletter that will come to your email.
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Civil War Era Collection
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Contain all the words, photographs, and advertisements from selected Pennsylvania newspapers published during the pivotal years before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War.
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Decade by Decade
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About.com explores the 20th Century.
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Detroit Public Library
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Contains an extensive collection of documents from Abraham Lincoln
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Digital History
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The University of Houston's History Department has designed the Digital History web site for K-12 American History students.
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Digital Library of Appalachia
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Online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region.
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Documenting the American South
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A digital initiative of the University of North Carolina that provides access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
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Eyewitness to History
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History through the eyes of those who lived it.
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Footnote
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You can browse through historical documents; search for a name, date or event; or browse through documents by time period. There is a lot of free content (like census reports and military registers), but premium content (including pages from the Atlanta Journal!) requires a membership.
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Freedom: A History of Us
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View hundreds of images from American history associated with the PBS series.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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This collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, contains more than 60,000 documents detailing the political and social history of the United States.
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Harper's Weekly Original Civil War Newspapers
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Harper's Weekly was the most popular newspaper during the Civil War, and it featured stunning illustrations, and in depth stories on all the important people and events of the war.
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History and Politics Out Loud
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A searchable archive of politically significant audio materials, such as speeches by Martin Luther King.
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Holocaust Memorial
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Exhibitions from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Internet Archive
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You might enjoy the Old Radio collection or Walter Cronkite's You Are There series!
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Life Magazine Covers
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From 1936
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Life Magazine Photo Archive
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Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google. Just add "source:life" to any Google image search!
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Los Angeles Public Library
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Check out Far & Wide: The Golden Age of Travel Posters.
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The Milton Rogovin Collections
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The work of social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin,
speaks of the humanity of working people, the poor and the forgotten ones - miners, Native Americans, and Appalachia.
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NBC News Archive
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NBC has opened its video news archives to teachers using HotChalk. They date from the 1930's and include more than 5,000 clips created for K-12 classrooms. A free account is required.
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New York Public Library
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Over 640,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
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Old Magazine Articles
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Great primary source covers, articles, and cartoons.
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Open Video Project
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A repository of digitized video content that includes 1263 educational videos, 187 historical videos, 2079 ephemeral videos.
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Penny Postcards
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Wonderful images of postcards prior to 1940, organized by state.
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Primary Source Hotlist
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Links to a wide variety of primary sources on the Internet.
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The Primary Source Librarian
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Mary J. Johnson was a Library of Congress American Memory Fellow in 2000. Her blog contains a wealth of information and many good links. Don't forget to set up an RSS feed to get newly posted information!
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Rare Book Room
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See some of the world's greatest books, including Poor Richard's Almanac, the works of Shakespeare, and a Gutenberg Bible.
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Repositories of Primary Sources
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A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources.
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Smithsonian Source
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Download free primary sources and lesson plans from The Smithsonian Institution.
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Source list from Joyce Valenza
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An extensive list of links to primary source collections.
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Time Magazine Covers
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1923 to the present
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Vintage Car Ads
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Classic automobile advertising starting with the Model T.
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Women's History
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Pictures collected on About.com
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Letters of Note
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Correspondence - fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos - deserving of a wider audience.
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