Don't forget to ask the librarian if there are books set aside on school reserve for this topic!

Accessible Archives Full-Text Databases

Searchable primary source material from 18th and 19th century periodicals.

American and British History Resources on the Internet

From Rutgers University, this site is enormous and well organized.

American Colonist's Library

A "collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals."

American Memory from the Library of Congress

This complete list of American Memory collections has several items that may be of interest to students.

Archiving Early America

Newspapers, maps, magazines, and writings of 18th century America.

Archive of Thomas Paine Works

From Common Sense and The Rights of Man to The Origin of Freemasonry.

The Avalon Project

Yale Law School hosts this collection of "digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics,Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

Born Into Slavery

A collection of personal narratives that contains original transcripts from over 2,000 interviews with ex-slaves.

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents

A large site from the University of Oklahoma Law Center -- see 18th and early 19th century resources.

Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19th-Century America

Compiled by the Academic Affairs Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Douglass: Archives of American Address

Douglass is an electronic archive of American oratory and related documents from Northwestern University. Search for speeches by title, by speaker, chronologically, or by controversy or movement.

Electronic Documents in History

Extensive set of links from Tennessee Technological University.

Electronic Texts and Primary Documents

From the Digital Librarian.

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

Links to Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated.

The Founders' Constitution

Online version of this anthology of documents from the 17th century through the 1830s about popular governments in the United States. The collection is searchable and browseable. From the University of Chicago and the Liberty Fund.

Great American Speeches

A century of great speeches as well as some exercises for students of speech and American History.

Historical Text Archive

From Mississippi State University.

History Central: American Source Documents

Over 450 primary source documents organized by period.

The History Channel: Great Speeches

Click on "speeches" to access audio clips of featured and archived remarks.

History Place: Great Speeches Collection

From Susan B. Anthony on a woman's right to vote through Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.

A Hypertext on American History

Excellent collection of historic documents arranged chronologically.

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

From George Washington to Bill Clinton. Searchable.

LibertyOnline

Texts of historical importance.

Making of America

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

National Archives and Record Administration Exhibit Hall

Interesting and famous documents from American history.

Repositories of Primary Sources

A listing of over 4200 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.

Third Person, First Person: Slave Voices From The Special Collections Library, Duke University

These web pages are based on the catalog of an exhibit mounted at Perkins Library at Duke, in November and December, 1995. See also the main page of the digitized collections at Duke for more texts and images.

Voice of the Shuttle: History Page (U.S.)

Links to primary resources..