GCSU Library Subject Guide

History: Primary Sources


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  • EuroDocs: Western European Primary Historical Documents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
  • A-Z Sitewide Index About the site
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