PRIMARY
SOURCES |
The
following are compilations of Primary Source Documents. They are
arranged in alphabetical order.
1800's
EPHEMERA
- ... contains images of various papers found in a box
that had not been opened in over 100 years
ARCHIVING
EARLY AMERICA
- ... main focus is primary source material from 18th
Century America-- all displayed digitally. A unique array of
original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen
just as they appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago
AskAsia:
A K-12 Resource of the Asia Society
British
Maps Home Page
Clamen's
Political Archives
- ...international historical documents collection
EuroDocs:
Western European Primary Historical Documents
DBQ:
Teaching With Documents
- ...developed by Peter Papas as an aid for meeting the
NYS Standards; includes both elementary and secondary worksheets
DBQs
- ... clear explanations of how to answer DBQs
The
Gilder Lehrman Collection
- ...holdings encompass materials from the first European
encounters with the New World to recent events; exceeds 50,000
items, principally autograph manuscripts and printed documents
THE
HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE
- ...an eclectic mix of documents and other primary texts
from many countries.
Internet
History Sourcebooks Project
- ...are collections of public domain and copy-permitted
historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive
layout) for educational use
Lower
East Side Tenement Museum
- ...photo albums and a history of the Tenement House
Act
Map
Collections Home Page
- ... from the Library of Congress; includes cultural
landscapes, cities and towns, military battles and campaigns,
exploration and discovery, and transportation and communication
MOA
JOURNALS COLLECTION
- ..."The Cornell University Library Making of America
(MOA) Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."
National
Archives: The Digital Classroom
- ...provides materials from the National Archives and
methods for teaching with primary sources.
National
Register of Historic Places, National Park Service
New
York State Archives Home Page
Only
a Matter of Opinion?
- ...
introduces teachers, students and all interested to opinion pieces,
with the purpose of encouraging all to write and to draw their
own opinion pieces after instruction and research.
Perry-Castañeda
Map Collection
Political
Cartoons and Cartoonists
Political
Cartoons of the Lilly Library
- ...America in caricature from 1765-1865
Political
Cartoons of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Primary
Source Documents
- ... An invaluable collection of historical works which
contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and
ideals; dates from 500 B.C,
Primary
Sources and Activities for the Classroom
- ...this page contains reproducible copies of primary
documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United
States, teaching activities correlated to the National
History Standards and National
Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular
connections.
Primary
Sources Research Colloquium
- ...an exhaustive collection from the Yale University
Libraries
Repositories
of Primary Sources
- ...A listing of over 3700 websites describing holdings
of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs,
and other primary sources for the research scholar
SUNY
New Paltz Department of Geography WWW Links Page
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Carole L. Ashbridge, M.L.S.
Library Media Specialist
Last updated 10 July 2001
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