History: Websites

The Library of Congress has an extensive online collection of primary source material. Their online collection includes prints, photographs, historic newspapers, maps, sound recordings, oral histories, diaries, letters, family papers of prominent Americans, manuscripts, and more.

Formerly titled Historic Documents of the United States of North America, this site contains a bibliography of primary documents available on the Internet that are essential for the study of US history. This is one of the most comprehensive bibliographies of individual electronic documents

The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA’s collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others. Users can also explore digital exhibitions curated by the DPLA’s content partners and staff.

An interactive timeline of WWI with videos, images, and easy to read descriptions.

A visual history of WWII with videos, images, and easy to read descriptions.

is a gateway to European cultural assets, through this one site you can search for artworks, cultural items, archival collections from participating institutions all around Europe. This site is a gateway, and once you have selected the items you want you will be redirected to the website of the institution that owns the item, and often these sites will not have English translations. To find an item with the Creative Commons licensing you prefer -

1. Once you type in your initial search on the main page, you will have a list of filters on the left hand side of the page
2. Use the "Can I use it?" and "By Copyright" filters to narrow down your results

Telecourse, video series, and Web site produced by WGBH Boston, funded by Annenberg/CPB, and designed to be a self-contained college-level history course for on-campus students and distant learners.Both undergraduate students and their instructors will find useful information, thought-provoking exercises, and multiple links to further sources.