Looking for Primary Sources?
Here are some places to start…..
New Mexican History:
Celebrating New Mexico Statehood—nmstatehood.unm.edu—Supplies photos, media,
papers, books, articles, links to other resources.
Rio Grande Historical Collection--lib.nmsu.edu/depts/archives/rghc.shtml—Makes
available records of organizations, personal papers, and other unpublished
materials which document the cultural heritage and history of New Mexico
and the Southwestern experience.
New Mexico’s Digital Collections: econtent.unm.edu
Selected Library of Congress Resources for New Mexico—
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/states/new
mexico/index.htmlNew Mexico Primary Resources from the National Archives—
http://archives.gov/denver/education/materials/lessons-new-mexico.pdf
American History:
Library of Congress—www.loc.gov—Provides photos, sound recordings, maps,
film, manuscripts, newspapers.
National Archives—www.archives.gov—Specializes in wars, founding documents,
presidents, women, genealogic documents.
American Journeys—www.americanjourneys.org—Accounts early American exploration
through documents like diaries, logs, journals, maps, etc.
Primary Source Documents-Pertains to early American History—
www.constitution.org/primarysources/primarysources.html—
Digital History--www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p1.cfm
New Deal Network -- newdeal.feri.org/-- Supplies documents, photos, poetry from
Depression Era
History Matters-- http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
American Heritage—www.americanheritage.com
American Memory: National Digital Library—http://memory.loc.gov/
Making of America: 19th c. books and magazines—http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
100 Milestone Documents from American History—
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone
Smithsonian Source from the Smithsonian Institute-- http://www.smithsoniansource.org/
Making of America (University of Michigan and Cornell University)—
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
Legacy Tobacco Documents Library--http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials—
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
World History:
Library of Congress—www.loc.gov/topics/worldhistory.php—Features a variety of
primary sources from other continents.
World History Sources--chnm.gmu.edu/world-history-matters/
Western European Primary Historical Documents--http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/
Gallica: Digital Library of the National Library of France--http://gallica.bnf.fr/
The Avalon Project Documents in Law History and Diplomacy-http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/major.asp
Eye Witness to History--http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
Medicine:
National Library of Medicine—www.nlm.nih.gov http:/
Yale University Library History of Science and Medicine Primary Sources—
/guides.library.yale.edu/hshm
Primary Sources - Andrew Cmu - Carnegie Mellon University
www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sc24/History/medprimary.html
Sports:
Digital Librarian—www.digital-librarian.com/sports.html
Sports Archiveshttp://primarysourcenexus.org/tag/sports/
Holocaust: fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/document/document.htm
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum--http://www.ushmm.org/education/
Slavery:
docsouth.unc.edu/
Other Primary Sources:
Digital Librarian—www.digital-librarian.com/
Primary Documents Online--library.csusm.edu/subject_guides/history/online_primary
Other Resources:
Ask an Expert--www.allexperts.com/el/U-S-History/
Ask a Librarian (Library of Congress)—www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
Historical thinking Tools for educators to teach kids to critically read primary sources—
historicalthinkingmatters.org
Teaching History History Education Clearinghouse includes materials to teach students to
use and find primary sources—teaching history.org
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