Primary Source Documents

Major collections of primary sources
The following reputable sites link to thousands of primary sources.

• American Memory   Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
      http://memory.loc.gov/

• Avalon Project   Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
      http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

• EuroDocs   Western European Primary Historical Documents
      http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/

• Gallica   Digital Library of the National Library of France
      http://gallica.bnf.fr/

• Making of America   19th c. books and magazines
      http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/

• A Treasury of Primary Source Documents (Early American History)

          http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/primarysources.html

Other Possible Sources

          Digital History

EBSCOhost  Student Research Center- Select Primary Source Documents before beginning your search

History Central

Library of Congress- The Learning Page

Our Documents- 100 Milestone Documents

Primary Source Materials and Document Based Questions

Using Primary Sources on the Web

Follow this path- Data on Genoa1- Applications- Classic Books- History documents and files

 

 

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