GCSU Library Subject Guide

History: Primary Sources

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Examples of Primary Sources: Libraries & Archives National Archives and Records Administration List of all American Memory Collections and Topics, from the Library of Congress The Manuscripts Department, UNC-CH, the Southern Historical Collection Special Collections at Emory UGA Libraries Digital Archive Documenting The American South, from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library The Age of King Charles V Academic & "Official" Projects California Heritage Digital Image Access Project Valley of the Shadow Project (Can load slowly at times.) The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Information from Individuals & Organizations Chicago Historical Society The Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University have created a World Wide Web exhibit that recounts events related to the Chicago fire of 1871. Welcome: Digger Archives Viet Nam Generation, Inc. Home Page What did you do in the war, Grandma? Commercial Ventures History Buff's Home Page To find other primary source documents on the web, try the sources below, other collections of history-related information on the web, and also try searching for your subjects in a Web Search Engine or Directory. Try Searching the archives from "The Scout Report" which evaluates websites for their utility and content. Compilations and Guides to Primary Sources EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents Historical Text Archive Librarians' Index to the Internet: History

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