World
- The Avalon Project Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
- Vast array of documents that include links to supporting text.
- In the First Person
- Indexes diaries, letters, oral histories and personal narratives and serves as a portal to these primary sources on the World Wide Web.
- Medieval and Modern Thought Digitization Project
- Interface to thousands of pages being digitized by Stanford University. Requires registration.
- World News
- Provides access to media sources and thematic and regional news sites in many languages.
Europe
BBC News Europe
For Europe-related news coverage. EuroDocs
Primary sources for European history.
Great Britain
Britannia.com
Includes documents dating from 61 AD.
British Library
Rich source of primary material.
Center for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature
The University of Kent at Canterbury has developed this web page with political cartoons dating back to 1904.
Victorian Women Writers Project
Works by various Victorian women writers.
Middle East
The Middle East, 1916-2001: a Documentary Record
Extensive historical and legal document collection, especially on the topic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
United States
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
"American Memory is the online resource compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. With the participation of other libraries and archives, the program provides a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and cultural developments of the United States."
Archives.gov
Web site for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) which is a repository of federal, regional and local historical documents.
Historical Census Browser
Selected U.S. Census records from 1790 through 1960. Many ways to view and manipulate data and create tables. To view exact reproductions of selected census publications covering 1790-2000 go to the Census of Population and Housing.
NYPL Digital Library
Links to primary source documents on a range of subjects, including New York.
September 11, 2001, Documentary Project
Archive of reactions to the events of September 11 initiated by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center (AFC).
Women Working, 1870-1930
Primary source material on women's employment during the period of industrialization.
Wars & Military Affairs
- The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II: a Collection of Primary Resources
- Texts, some previously classified, documenting the decision to drop two atomic bombs and Japan's response.
- Imperial War Museum Collections Online
- Includes digitized documents from the museum's collection with a focus on Great Britain.
- Veterans History Project
- Wartime personal stories for 20th-Century U.S. wars.
- Vets with a Mission
- Veterans have combined early history of Vietnam with that of the Vietnam War.
- The Vietnam Project
- One of the richest collections of primary sources dealing with the United States experience in Vietnam.
- Vietnam War Bibliography
- Recommended as the place to start research on the Vietnam War.
- The Wars for Vietnam: 1945 to 1975
- From Vassar College, site includes an overview, documents, and related links.
- World War One Document Archive
- Includes treaties, reminiscences, biographies and images.
