36 Places to Find American History Primary Sources

I loooove using primary sources to teach history. I think they are a great tool to keep students engaged and help them get in the mindset of the people who they are reading about. I complied a list of places that you can find American history primary sources online! Check them out:

1. The Library of Congress
2. History Central
3. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
4. Our Documents
5. AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
6. The American Colonist’s Library
7. Bartleby: American Historical Documents
8. American Journeys
9. C-SPAN American History TV
10. Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection
11. Community Service Society Photographs
12. Digital History Reader
13. Digital History
14. Documenting the American South
15. Earliest Voices
16. Founders Online
17. History Matters
18. Immigration in the United States
19. Fordham’s Modern History Sourcebook
20. Cornell’s Making of America
21. National Parks Service Museum Collection
22. New York Public Library’s Picture Collection Online
23. New York Public Library’s Digital Collection
24. Nuclear Files
25. Our Americas
26. Papers of the War Department
27. Cornell’s Political Americana Collection
28. Red Scare Image Database
29. September 11th Digital Archive
30. The United States and its Territories
31. World Digital Library
32. Teaching American History
33. Docs Teach
34. Smithsonian Source
35. America in Class
36. Historical Scene Investigation

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