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History: American History: Primary Sources

Suggested primary and secondary research sources for HIS 131.

What is a primary source?

What is a Primary Source? (Princeton)
Use this page to learn about primary sources.

Maps

Geography & Maps Reading Room (Library of Congress)
Use the search box in the top, right-hand corner to perform a subject or keyword search for maps in this Library of Congress collection.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
Search of browse for maps in this collection from the University of Texas - Austin.

Images

Collections with photos, prints, drawings (Library of Congress)
Prints & Photographs Reading Room (Library of Congress)
Use the search box on the top, right-hand side to perform a subject or keyword search for prints and photographs in the Library of Congress collection.
Smithsonian Images
Use the search box to perform a subject or keyword search for images from the Smithsonian museums.

Search the SCC Catalog

SCC Document Databases

HeritageQuest
Search for primary documents and records related to American history and culture.
North American Women's Letters & Diaries
Find women's eyewitness accounts of historical events from 1675- 1950. Women's writings and primary sources.

Newspapers

U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present (Library of Congress)

Websites with Primary Sources

Internet Sites with Primary Sources for U.S. History (LibGuide-Bowling Green State)