American Memory from Library of Congress
American Memory provides access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
California State Univ. @ San Marcos — Library
List of Sites Containing Primary Documents for U.S., African-American, Native American, and Women’s History
http://library.csusm.edu/subject_guides/history/online_primary.asp
Chronology of U.S. History from the Univ. of Oklaholma Law School
Mostly presidential inaugural addresses, but also some other primary documents. Covers pre-colonial to present day.
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Documenting the American South from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Currently DocSouth includes twelve thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs. Click on collections at the top menu bar.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
From Revolution to Reconstruction
Primary Documents and scholarly essays on events and people significiant to U.S. History from the American Revolution to the present day. Use the links on the left to navigate the pages.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum
A few primary documents about Truman’s presidency and WWII. Audio collection and political cartoon collection.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.htm
Library of Congress — Main Index Page
Largest library in the United States, the Library of Congress houses hundreds of collections of primary and secondary sources.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Mr. Lincoln’s Virtual Library– in cooperation from the LoC
The Abraham Lincoln Papers housed in the Manuscript Division contain approximately 20,000 items including correspondence and papers accumulated primarily during Lincoln’s presidency.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html
National Archives and Records Administration
NARA has a limited amount of primary sources accessible online.
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
National History Day– List of Dozens of Primary Source Websites
Has a long long list of sites that contain primary sources.
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/USHistoryPrimarySources.htm
