HIST: U.S. History Websites

Topic Guide

Collection of primary sources, organized into themes and representing films, newsreels, animated cartoons, comic strips, radio broadcasts, sound recordings, texts, fiction selections, visual art, photographs, and music selections. Nine collections of political cartoons and twenty-one collections of contemporary commentary.

Extensive collection of primary source documents in law, history and diplomacy from ancient times through the 21st century.. Organized by time period or by subject collections.

Wide range world history sources from ancient, medieval and modern time periods.

Thousands of primary sources; letters, photographs, newspaper articles. Organized by topics or searchable by keyword and time period.

Undoubtedly the most extensive collection of primary sources available online.

Huge list of guides compiled from LOC primary source materials. Search or browse by subject/topic.

Searchable collection of electronic texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.

Extensive collection of primary sources covering 1493 - present. Organized by time period, subject or source type.