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Dr. Christie's Online Research Links: Primary Resources

American History | American Speeches | American Images | American South
World History | Statistics | Interdisciplinary | Entertainment | News
General Collections | Using Primary Resources

America and American History

• American Memory Collection
  Library of Congress - documents, the history and culture of the United States
• Teaching with Historic Places
• Spy Letters of the American Revolution
  University of Michigan
• Popular Songs in American History
  Tunes, lyrics, information and historical background
• World War I Document Archive
  International in focus; everything from uniforms to propaganda
• World War II Resources
• What Did You Do in the War Grandma?
  An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School
• American Colonists Library
  A Treasury of Primary Documents arranged chronologically
• United States Historical Census Data
  Census data from 1790 to 1960
• National Archives - Digital Classroom Collection
  These primary documents are assembled into teaching units
• American History Documents: 1400-2000
• The National Security Archives
• Online Archive of California
• History Matters: Many Pasts
  More than 600 documents dating from the turn of the century, selected to reveal the lives of "ordinary Americans," and edited for use by students
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1820-1940
  Primary source documents in women's history, organized around particular topics. Questions for students' use in analyzing the documents are provided. From Binghamton University.
• Making of America
  Collection of social history sources from the 19th century. A project of the University of Michigan.
• AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
  More than 350 historical documents, organized by chronological period. Maintained at the University of Kansas.
• The History Place
  In addition to primary sources, this site presents essays, movie reviews, and other teaching and learning aids.
• Source Documents in American History
• American Civil War HomePage
• Cultural History of the Twentieth Century

American Speeches and Written Documents

• Documents of Freedom
• American Hypertexts
• Ronald Reagan's Speeches and Letters

American Images  

• New York Public Library Digital Image Collection
• Images of American Political History
• American Memory Collection
  Library of Congress - documents, the history and culture of the United States

American South  

• Excerpts from Slave Narratives
  From the University of Houston
• Documenting the American South
• New York Times Civil War Project
• Paths to Freedom: Underground Railroad Library

World History

• EuroDocs - Primary Documents from Western Europe
  Arranged by time period and country
• Eyewitness
  Firsthand narratives from all time periods of history
• History and Politics Out Loud
  Audio archive of events and people of the 20th century
• A Chronology of US Historical Documents
  From Pre-colonial times to the present
• Internet Archive of Texts and Documents
  From Hanover College; these are primarily from Western Europe and Asia
• Primary Source
  Nonprofit center for inter-disciplinary study of history and the humanities
• Holocaust Documents

  Statistical Information

• US National Archives and Records Administration
• Statistical Abstract of the United States 
• CIA Fact Book
  A comprehensive source of information on countries worldwide

 Interdisciplinary Sources

• Smithsonian Institution
  This is a wonderful resource for Social Studies with its online exhibits many of which are interactive and include resource guides for teachers
• The Avalon Project
  A Yale University project that provides documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
• Primary Source is a nonprofit resource center for multicultural and global education that offers professional development and curriculum resources to teachers and school communities. Site is no longer maintained and may contain out-of-date information.

 Entertainment

• Ad Access
  Images of over 7000 advertisements
• Television News Archive
  Abstracts of evening news broadcasts since 1968 which is searchable by date or keyword
• Roger Ebert Movie Reviews
• Kennedy Center Millennium Stage Performance Archive

 News Sources

• Washington Post Articles

  General Collections

• Primary Source Microfilm
• Repository of Primary Sources
• Berkeley Digital Library
• Primary Source Digital Archives and Collections
  From the Chico High School Library
• Selected Primary Source Databases
• The Primary Source Page
• UC Berkeley: Primary Sources on the Web

  Using Primary Source Materials

• Making Sense of Evidence
  An excellent site to teach your students about primary source material
• History Firsthand: Primary Source Research in Elementary School
• Library Research Using Primary Sources
• Yale University Library Primary Sources Research
• Process Guide #4: Primary Source Documents
• Using Primary Source Documents in the Classroom
• The City of Washington at Lincoln's Death: Primary Source Document Exercise
• How to Read a Primary Source
  University of Iowa
• How do I Find Primary Source Materials?
  East Carolina University
• Camp Silo: Using Primary Source Material
• Learner.org Examining Documents and Images
• The Primary Source Help
• Methods and Resources for Teaching with Primary Source Material
  Colorado Digitization Project