Guides: PAID 112 Section 07: Wilkie (Spring 2020): Find Primary Sources

Primary Source Collections

Digital Collections and Archives

Making of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Created through collaborative effort by the University of Michigan and Cornell University.
American Memory: Women's History Collections
Access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents classified under women's history as part of the larger project organized by the Library of Congress.
Best of History Websites: Women's History
Produced by EdTechTeacher, this site has been designed to to provide quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online. This link goes directly to the women's history category, but you can also narrow resources by place and time period.
Digital Public Library of America
A portal to library and archival resources from institutions across the United States, focused on American heritage.

News / Media Sources

New York Times, Historical plus Index (ProQuest)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: the New York Times provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851. It is searchable by keyword, author, article title, and first paragraph (abstract). You can browse issues by clicking Publications at the top of the screen. It includes illustrations and advertisements. The title changed from the New York Daily Times to the New York Times in 1857.
American Antiquarian Society [AAS] Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCO)
Access to newspapers, bulletins, reports, and other periodicals from the United States, providing coverage from 1691-1877.
Early American Newspapers (Readex)
More than 290 significant 18th- and 19th-century newspapers from every region of the United States. This collection focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860, when the number of American newspapers rose dramatically. Part of the Readex America's Historical Newspapers collection.
Independent Voices
This collection chronicles the transformative decades of the 60s, 70s and 80s through the lens of an independent alternative press. Independent Voices provides access to over 1,000 titles of publications from feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Latinos, gays, lesbians and more.
Chicago Defender (ProQuest)
A Chicago-based weekly newspaper, serving a primarily African-American audience. This collection covers issues published from 1910-1975.

Government & Legal Documents