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...international historical documents collection

EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents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

 

Carole L. Ashbridge, M.L.S.
Library Media Specialist
Last updated 10 July 2001
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