Middle School/Upper School Research: Class X History
American Primary Source Collections
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Trans-National Archive (NYPL) This link opens in a new windowA historical archive of several million cross-searchable pages of books, serials, supreme court records and briefs, and key manuscript collections from the United States, Great Britain, and France concerning debates of slavery and abolition.
- 100 Milestone Documents100 milestone documents of American History, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration
- Gale American Decades Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowPrimary source collection, organized by decades beginning in 1900. Many primary sources are excerpts.
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) PapersThis archive includes more than 2 million pages of primary resource materials from the records of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The records focus on civil rights, race, gender, and issues relating to the U.S. Supreme Court. The collection includes: legal briefs, newspapers, internal memoranda, client correspondence, and committee reports.
- The Avalon ProjectHosted by Yale Law School- a vast collection of documents on law, history, and diplomacy, organized by century.
- Center for Migration Studies ArchiveThe CMS Archive consists of more than 100 collections that document the immigrant experience in North America from the mid-19th to the 21st century.
- Indigenous Peoples: North America (NYPL)Over 50 archival collections documenting the Native American experience from institutions such as the Library of Congress, the Association on American Indian Archives, and the U.S. National Archives. These digitized primary sources include manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, and photographs.
- In Motion: The African-American Migration ExperienceOrganized around thirteen defining migration narratives over 400 years of African American history, this resource makes available 16,000 pages of text, 8,300 illustrations, and more than 60 map, as well as secondary sources.
- Internet Modern History SourcebookHosted by Fordham University- a comprehensive collection of primary sources, organized by era and then topic.
- Library of Congress Digital CollectionsA vast array of photographs, letters, songs, drawings, documents, and more-- throughout the span of American history. Archives are organized by topic.
- Making of AmericaA collection of Early American journals, monographs, and other documents from Cornell University
- Nineteenth Century Collections OnlinePrimary source collections of the long nineteenth century, across the world
- Oyez ProjectA multimedia judicial archive of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Smithsonian CollectionsAn online search that covers all digitized records and online images from the Smithsonian
- Wilson Center Archive: International History DeclassifiedA digital archive of formerly classified documents from across the globe, providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy
- Freedmen's Bureau OnlineDigital archive of the Freedmen's Bureau, including labor records, marriage records, and death records.
Destiny Catalog
Digital Resources
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
- Project MUSE (NYPL) This link opens in a new window
- Infobase Issues and Controversies in American History This link opens in a new window
This database delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in American history. All articles feature multiple primary sources, essential to understanding our nation’s past. In addition, all articles have been indexed to key subjects such as immigration, politics and government, race and civil rights, religion, war and military, and more.
- Latino American Experience (NYPL) This link opens in a new windowCovers history and culture from all the countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula, including content on modern-day Latin American countries, the history of the Hispanic Diaspora, and indigenous peoples. Features peer-reviewed essays, reference sources, primary documents, media, newspapers, and magazines.
- The African American Experience: The American Mosaic (NYPL) This link opens in a new windowFull-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora.
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender (NYPL) This link opens in a new windowContains 51 digitized archival collections exploring LGBTQ history and culture since 1940.
- University Press Scholarship (NYPL)University Press Scholarship Online offers full text of over 7,000 academic monographs in 21 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from six leading university presses.
