Digital History (U. of Houston)
Find primary sources (including court cases and landmark documents), special topics section, a history reference room and more
Digital Public Library of America
Explore over 16 million items from libraries, archives, and museums, including items on the American Civil War, Immigration Since 1840, and the Civil Rights Movement
Documenting the American South
Documenting the American South
Find primary resources related to Southern history, literature, and culture. From University of North Carolina.
Early Americas Digital Archive (EADA)
Collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.
Founders Online
Letters, legal documents, and more from John Adams, James Madison, Ben Franklin, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton.
A Continent Divided: The U.S. - Mexico War
One of the largest online collections of primary source materials on the U.S. - Mexico War. A joint project of the Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the Library at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Dallas Mexican American Historical League (DMAHL) Collection
Collection of items from DMAHL, an organization dedicated to researching, collecting, and preserving the historical and cultural experiences of Mexican Americans in Dallas from the early 1900s to the present.
Handbook of Tejano History
Contains more than 1,200 entries, including 300 new entries, detailing the critical influence of Tejanos on the Lone Star State
Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press
Collection showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from mid-1800s to 1970s.
Handbook of Texas
Find over 23,000 articles dealing with Texas history, geography, and culture. Topics include information on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and more in this multidisciplinary encyclopedia.
The Portal to Texas History
The Portal is a gateway to Texas history materials. You may discover anything from an ancestor's picture in a college yearbook to a rare historical map.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
Civil Rights Digital Library
Unedited news film, sound recordings, and texts document the events, places, and people of the civil rights movement.
Freedom on the Move
A database of digitized "runaway" ads of fugitives from North American slavery, placed by their enslavers in U.S. newspapers
Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery
Database of digitized ads placed in U.S. newspapers searching for enslaved or formerly enslaved family members from the 1830s to after the Civil War
British Library Digitized Manuscripts
Access over 1,000 digitized manuscripts, including a range of manuscripts from the ‘Medieval and Renaissance Women’ digitization project
Google News Archives
Provides free access to scanned newspapers, some dating to 18th century
Jewish Women's Archive
Archive documents Jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.
Perseus Digital Library
Online collection covers history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world
Women in World History
Online curriculum resource center provides primary sources dealing with women and gender in world history.
World Cultures & History Collections
Search over one hundred collections of manuscripts, historic photos, maps, web archives, and more from around the world
World History Matters
Find online primary sources and further your understanding of the complex nature of world history issues
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions.
National Council for History Education
The National Council for History Education provides professional and intellectual leadership to foster an engaged community committed to the teaching, learning, and appreciation of diverse histories.
Organization of American Historians
The Organization of American Historians promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history.
World History Association
The World History Association (WHA) is a professional association of scholars, teachers, and students organized to promote world history by encouraging teaching, research, publications, and personal interactions.
Streaming Media and Interactive Websites
American Experience
Videos of selected episodes of the PBS program The American Experience.
American Experience: The Presidents
PBS program collection includes documentaries, biographies, interviews, articles, image galleries and more for an in-depth look at the history of the American presidency.
Rick Steves Classroom Europe
Free online video library featuring roughly 500 educational clips including the best of European history, art, culture, and experiences (plus topics beyond Europe).
