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History: Primary Sources by Era or Topic

Databases of primary sources arranged by time period or topic

The Americas, 20th Century Primary Source Collections

The full text of letters and diary entries, often from works that have been previously published as books containing collections of letters or diaries. Use the Browse indexes to find works about specific historical or life events.

Use the date range limit inside each collection to narrow your search to a relevant time period. 

Search for articles published in popular magazines and journals from different times in history.

Collections of several types of primary sources curated around a topic or theme.

Digitized collections of books published during different time periods.

Official government publications, including laws, treaties, and records of legislative proceedings.

United States

FBI files

National Archives

Digitized photos and art images.

These links allow you to search across multiple databases at the same time.

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