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US History Primary Sources: General Primary Sources

Databases with Primary Sources

Websites with Links to Many Sources

100 Milestone Documents
19th Century American Literary, Historical, and Cultural Studies
19th Century Documents Project
Ad*Access: Ads from 1911 to 1955
The Ad*Access Project presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
American Founders Online: An Annotated Guide to Their Papers and Publications
American Memory (Library of Congress)
American Presidency Project
American President: An Online Reference Resource
American Women
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Best of History Web Sites: American History
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
Digital History
Digital Librarian: History
Early American History and Culture Links
Gottingen State and University Library: U.S. History
Historical Text Archive: African Americans
Historical Text Archive: United States
History in Motion: Film Clips from the Past
HyperHistory Online
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
National Archives: Access to Archival Databases
Navy Department Library: Online Publications, Documents, and Subject Presentations
Omeka-Powered Websites
Opening History: U.S. History Resources from Libraries, Museums, and Archives
Presidents of the United States: Resource Guides
Primary Documents in American History
Voice of the Shuttle: U.S. History
World Digital Library: United States of America
World Wide Web Virtual Library: History: United States
WSS Links: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
Public and Private Papers (of the Presidents)
UCSD Primary Sources Links
22 pages of primary source links, includes anarchy movements, slavery documents, labor documents, presidential, etc.

Primary Sources for American History