USMA Library Homepage: Department of History: HI101 & HI105/155

Colonial Era

History Commons This link opens in a new window
Browse primary source material in American history. The collection includes historical periodicals and books, with eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records.
The Civil War Collection Part I, A Newspaper Perspective: Contains news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Coverage begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, continues through the surrender at Appomattox and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War Collection Part II, The Soldiers’ Perspective: The Soldiers’ Perspective, provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
The Civil War Collection Part III, The Generals’ Perspective: The Generals’ Perspective allows a look into the way the battles within the war were fought. Here the emphasis is on strategies and tactics as planned and executed by the commanding officers, with a longer-term view as opposed to daily concerns.
The Civil War Collection Part IV, A Midwestern Perspective: A Midwestern Perspective section of our Civil War collection consists of seven newspapers published in Indiana between the years of 1855 and 1869.These newspapers provide pre-and post-Civil War information, in addition to coverage of the Civil War itself.
The Civil War Collection Part V, Iowa’s Perspective: This collection consists of memoirs, pamphlets, and regimental histories that provide battle perspectives from both soldiers and generals, with additional accounts of Midwest action. Iowa provided more troops per capita than any other Union state, and these writings reflect the experiences of Iowa soldiers as they fought in nearly all the campaigns and major battles throughout the war years.
The Civil War Collection Part VI, Northeast Regimental Histories: These Union regimental histories provide details on the organization and achievements of particular units, including such items as regimental rosters, transportation documents, honor rolls and casualty statistics and promotion and court martial documents.
The Civil War Collection Part VII, Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books: This unique collection brings together a disparate group of abolitionist era reference materials. Ranging from memoirs to speeches, biographies to essays, sermons to proceedings minutes, these publications provide an intimate insight into the social, political and religious natures of these contentious times.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1956 This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of titles from all 50 states chronicling the evolution of American culture and society through eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries, and much more. Contains images and full-text content access to historic newspapers.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Search full text of historical American periodicals published between 1684-1912 collected by the American Antiquarian Society. The AAS library contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material printed through 1876 in what is now the United States, as well as manuscripts and a substantial collection of secondary texts, bibliographies, and digital resources and reference works related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Colonial State Papers This link opens in a new window
Access to over 7,000 hand-written documents and more than 40,000 bibliographic records on Colonial History. Resources detail Britain's colonial relations with the Americas and other European rivals for power. This collection also covers the Caribbean and Atlantic world.
Early American Imprints. Series I. Evans (1639-1800) This link opens in a new window
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 is a digitized collection of virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America from 1639-1800. These were originally published in the Early American Imprints, Series I microform set based on Charles Evans's comprehensive American Bibliography. This collection includes the more than 36,000 works found in the microform edition plus more than 1,000 additional digitized works. Browse a wide variety of publication types, including advertisements, almanacs, bibles, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, and treaties.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Browse a full-text collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides in all subjects printed between 1701 and 1800. The wide variety of resources provides insight to what was thought of as "knowledge" in the eighteenth century. Examples of resources include: dictionaries, law books, histories, poetry, novels, and plays, biographies, works of science, philosophy, theology, religious books, tracts and sermons, royal, government or local proclamations, letters, journals and diaries, almanacks, acts of parliament, works on art, architecture, and auction catalogues, music, petitions, and schoolbooks.
Founders Online This link opens in a new window
Discover correspondence and other writings of six major shapers of the United States, namely George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison. Includes over 119,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the Founding Fathers Papers projects.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.

Revolutionary Era

History Commons This link opens in a new window
Browse primary source material in American history. The collection includes historical periodicals and books, with eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records.
The Civil War Collection Part I, A Newspaper Perspective: Contains news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Coverage begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, continues through the surrender at Appomattox and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War Collection Part II, The Soldiers’ Perspective: The Soldiers’ Perspective, provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
The Civil War Collection Part III, The Generals’ Perspective: The Generals’ Perspective allows a look into the way the battles within the war were fought. Here the emphasis is on strategies and tactics as planned and executed by the commanding officers, with a longer-term view as opposed to daily concerns.
The Civil War Collection Part IV, A Midwestern Perspective: A Midwestern Perspective section of our Civil War collection consists of seven newspapers published in Indiana between the years of 1855 and 1869.These newspapers provide pre-and post-Civil War information, in addition to coverage of the Civil War itself.
The Civil War Collection Part V, Iowa’s Perspective: This collection consists of memoirs, pamphlets, and regimental histories that provide battle perspectives from both soldiers and generals, with additional accounts of Midwest action. Iowa provided more troops per capita than any other Union state, and these writings reflect the experiences of Iowa soldiers as they fought in nearly all the campaigns and major battles throughout the war years.
The Civil War Collection Part VI, Northeast Regimental Histories: These Union regimental histories provide details on the organization and achievements of particular units, including such items as regimental rosters, transportation documents, honor rolls and casualty statistics and promotion and court martial documents.
The Civil War Collection Part VII, Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books: This unique collection brings together a disparate group of abolitionist era reference materials. Ranging from memoirs to speeches, biographies to essays, sermons to proceedings minutes, these publications provide an intimate insight into the social, political and religious natures of these contentious times.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1956 This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of titles from all 50 states chronicling the evolution of American culture and society through eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries, and much more. Contains images and full-text content access to historic newspapers.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Search full text of historical American periodicals published between 1684-1912 collected by the American Antiquarian Society. The AAS library contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material printed through 1876 in what is now the United States, as well as manuscripts and a substantial collection of secondary texts, bibliographies, and digital resources and reference works related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Early American Imprints. Series I. Evans (1639-1800) This link opens in a new window
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 is a digitized collection of virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America from 1639-1800. These were originally published in the Early American Imprints, Series I microform set based on Charles Evans's comprehensive American Bibliography. This collection includes the more than 36,000 works found in the microform edition plus more than 1,000 additional digitized works. Browse a wide variety of publication types, including advertisements, almanacs, bibles, catalogs, charters and by-laws, contracts, cookbooks, elegies, eulogies, laws, maps, narratives, novels, operas, plays, poems, primers, sermons, songs, speeches, textbooks, tracts, travelogues, and treaties.
Fold3 This link opens in a new window
Original source documents with an emphasis on military records and stories. Includes: History and genealogy archives -- African American archives -- Holocaust archives -- Native American archives -- Revolutionary War archives -- U.S. Bureau of Investigation case file archives -- World War II archives.
Founders Online This link opens in a new window
Discover correspondence and other writings of six major shapers of the United States, namely George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison. Includes over 119,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the Founding Fathers Papers projects.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books This link opens in a new window
Developed in conjunction with the New York Historical Society, this collection offers access to Orderly Books found nowhere else and contains handwritten volumes documenting military orders, movements and engagements by brigade, regiment, company and other specific military units between 1748 and 1817. Users will discover detailed accounts of troops' daily lives, documenting everything from court martial cases to the price of necessities charged by locals. This resource provides historically valuable information about soldiers' lives.
Rotunda This link opens in a new window
Rotunda is the digital imprint of the University of Virginia Press. This platform provides digital access to important historical documents and records from the earliest days of the United States government through more contemporary figures like Richard Nixon.

Early Republic Era

Eight Centuries This link opens in a new window
Search a database covering source material dating from 1106 until 1960. Users will find access to articles, newspapers, books, U.S. patents, government documents, and images, with links to full-text where available.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Browse this collection of digitized newspapers originally published in the United States between 1800 and 1900. Features a variety of publications, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century's end. Major newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women's rights groups, labor groups, and the Confederacy.
History Commons This link opens in a new window
Browse primary source material in American history. The collection includes historical periodicals and books, with eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records.
The Civil War Collection Part I, A Newspaper Perspective: Contains news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Coverage begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, continues through the surrender at Appomattox and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War Collection Part II, The Soldiers’ Perspective: The Soldiers’ Perspective, provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
The Civil War Collection Part III, The Generals’ Perspective: The Generals’ Perspective allows a look into the way the battles within the war were fought. Here the emphasis is on strategies and tactics as planned and executed by the commanding officers, with a longer-term view as opposed to daily concerns.
The Civil War Collection Part IV, A Midwestern Perspective: A Midwestern Perspective section of our Civil War collection consists of seven newspapers published in Indiana between the years of 1855 and 1869.These newspapers provide pre-and post-Civil War information, in addition to coverage of the Civil War itself.
The Civil War Collection Part V, Iowa’s Perspective: This collection consists of memoirs, pamphlets, and regimental histories that provide battle perspectives from both soldiers and generals, with additional accounts of Midwest action. Iowa provided more troops per capita than any other Union state, and these writings reflect the experiences of Iowa soldiers as they fought in nearly all the campaigns and major battles throughout the war years.
The Civil War Collection Part VI, Northeast Regimental Histories: These Union regimental histories provide details on the organization and achievements of particular units, including such items as regimental rosters, transportation documents, honor rolls and casualty statistics and promotion and court martial documents.
The Civil War Collection Part VII, Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books: This unique collection brings together a disparate group of abolitionist era reference materials. Ranging from memoirs to speeches, biographies to essays, sermons to proceedings minutes, these publications provide an intimate insight into the social, political and religious natures of these contentious times.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1956 This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of titles from all 50 states chronicling the evolution of American culture and society through eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries, and much more. Contains images and full-text content access to historic newspapers.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Search full text of historical American periodicals published between 1684-1912 collected by the American Antiquarian Society. The AAS library contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material printed through 1876 in what is now the United States, as well as manuscripts and a substantial collection of secondary texts, bibliographies, and digital resources and reference works related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
American State Papers, 1789-1838 This link opens in a new window
Find U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838, including 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session. Users will find nearly 6,300 legislative and executive documents of the first 14 Congresses, including presidential speeches and messages.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Early American Imprints. Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in America from 1801 through 1819. The collection also features many state papers and government materials, including published reports; presidential letters and messages; and congressional, state and territorial resolutions. Collection is based on the authoritative American Bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker, which is now supplemented by thousands of new items.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Browse a full-text collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides in all subjects printed between 1701 and 1800. The wide variety of resources provides insight to what was thought of as "knowledge" in the eighteenth century. Examples of resources include: dictionaries, law books, histories, poetry, novels, and plays, biographies, works of science, philosophy, theology, religious books, tracts and sermons, royal, government or local proclamations, letters, journals and diaries, almanacks, acts of parliament, works on art, architecture, and auction catalogues, music, petitions, and schoolbooks.
Founders Online This link opens in a new window
Discover correspondence and other writings of six major shapers of the United States, namely George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison. Includes over 119,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the Founding Fathers Papers projects.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window
Explore primary source material from women’s diaries and correspondence spanning more than 300 years, from Colonial times to 1950, presenting the detailed personal experiences of hundreds of women.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
Rotunda This link opens in a new window
Rotunda is the digital imprint of the University of Virginia Press. This platform provides digital access to important historical documents and records from the earliest days of the United States government through more contemporary figures like Richard Nixon.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

Civil War Era

Eight Centuries This link opens in a new window
Search a database covering source material dating from 1106 until 1960. Users will find access to articles, newspapers, books, U.S. patents, government documents, and images, with links to full-text where available.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Browse this collection of digitized newspapers originally published in the United States between 1800 and 1900. Features a variety of publications, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century's end. Major newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women's rights groups, labor groups, and the Confederacy.
History Commons This link opens in a new window
Browse primary source material in American history. The collection includes historical periodicals and books, with eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records.
The Civil War Collection Part I, A Newspaper Perspective: Contains news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Coverage begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, continues through the surrender at Appomattox and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War Collection Part II, The Soldiers’ Perspective: The Soldiers’ Perspective, provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
The Civil War Collection Part III, The Generals’ Perspective: The Generals’ Perspective allows a look into the way the battles within the war were fought. Here the emphasis is on strategies and tactics as planned and executed by the commanding officers, with a longer-term view as opposed to daily concerns.
The Civil War Collection Part IV, A Midwestern Perspective: A Midwestern Perspective section of our Civil War collection consists of seven newspapers published in Indiana between the years of 1855 and 1869.These newspapers provide pre-and post-Civil War information, in addition to coverage of the Civil War itself.
The Civil War Collection Part V, Iowa’s Perspective: This collection consists of memoirs, pamphlets, and regimental histories that provide battle perspectives from both soldiers and generals, with additional accounts of Midwest action. Iowa provided more troops per capita than any other Union state, and these writings reflect the experiences of Iowa soldiers as they fought in nearly all the campaigns and major battles throughout the war years.
The Civil War Collection Part VI, Northeast Regimental Histories: These Union regimental histories provide details on the organization and achievements of particular units, including such items as regimental rosters, transportation documents, honor rolls and casualty statistics and promotion and court martial documents.
The Civil War Collection Part VII, Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books: This unique collection brings together a disparate group of abolitionist era reference materials. Ranging from memoirs to speeches, biographies to essays, sermons to proceedings minutes, these publications provide an intimate insight into the social, political and religious natures of these contentious times.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1956 This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of titles from all 50 states chronicling the evolution of American culture and society through eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries, and much more. Contains images and full-text content access to historic newspapers.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Search full text of historical American periodicals published between 1684-1912 collected by the American Antiquarian Society. The AAS library contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material printed through 1876 in what is now the United States, as well as manuscripts and a substantial collection of secondary texts, bibliographies, and digital resources and reference works related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Browse a collection of over 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. In addition, there are 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland Planter William Claytor. The collection also includes biographies, an extensive bibliography of the sources in the database, and material licensed from The Civil War Day-by-Day by E.B. Long.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window
Explore primary source material from women’s diaries and correspondence spanning more than 300 years, from Colonial times to 1950, presenting the detailed personal experiences of hundreds of women.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.
War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies [via Making of America] This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of primary sources (correspondence, orders, reports, and returns) generated by both the Union and the Confederate Armies during the course of the Civil War.

Progressive Era

Eight Centuries This link opens in a new window
Search a database covering source material dating from 1106 until 1960. Users will find access to articles, newspapers, books, U.S. patents, government documents, and images, with links to full-text where available.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Browse this collection of digitized newspapers originally published in the United States between 1800 and 1900. Features a variety of publications, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century's end. Major newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women's rights groups, labor groups, and the Confederacy.
History Commons This link opens in a new window
Browse primary source material in American history. The collection includes historical periodicals and books, with eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records.
The Civil War Collection Part I, A Newspaper Perspective: Contains news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Coverage begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter, continues through the surrender at Appomattox and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War Collection Part II, The Soldiers’ Perspective: The Soldiers’ Perspective, provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
The Civil War Collection Part III, The Generals’ Perspective: The Generals’ Perspective allows a look into the way the battles within the war were fought. Here the emphasis is on strategies and tactics as planned and executed by the commanding officers, with a longer-term view as opposed to daily concerns.
The Civil War Collection Part IV, A Midwestern Perspective: A Midwestern Perspective section of our Civil War collection consists of seven newspapers published in Indiana between the years of 1855 and 1869.These newspapers provide pre-and post-Civil War information, in addition to coverage of the Civil War itself.
The Civil War Collection Part V, Iowa’s Perspective: This collection consists of memoirs, pamphlets, and regimental histories that provide battle perspectives from both soldiers and generals, with additional accounts of Midwest action. Iowa provided more troops per capita than any other Union state, and these writings reflect the experiences of Iowa soldiers as they fought in nearly all the campaigns and major battles throughout the war years.
The Civil War Collection Part VI, Northeast Regimental Histories: These Union regimental histories provide details on the organization and achievements of particular units, including such items as regimental rosters, transportation documents, honor rolls and casualty statistics and promotion and court martial documents.
The Civil War Collection Part VII, Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books: This unique collection brings together a disparate group of abolitionist era reference materials. Ranging from memoirs to speeches, biographies to essays, sermons to proceedings minutes, these publications provide an intimate insight into the social, political and religious natures of these contentious times.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Search full text of historical American periodicals published between 1684-1912 collected by the American Antiquarian Society. The AAS library contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material printed through 1876 in what is now the United States, as well as manuscripts and a substantial collection of secondary texts, bibliographies, and digital resources and reference works related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
American West This link opens in a new window
From early topographical sketches and pioneers’ accounts, to photographs of Buffalo Bill and his ‘Wild West’ stars, explore the fact and the fiction of westward expansion in America from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Browse a wide range of rare and original documents including printed books, journals, historic maps, broadsides, periodicals, advertisements, photographs, artwork and more.
Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Browse a topically focused digitized collection of historical documents. The collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths of this resource include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Fold3 This link opens in a new window
Original source documents with an emphasis on military records and stories. Includes: History and genealogy archives -- African American archives -- Holocaust archives -- Native American archives -- Revolutionary War archives -- U.S. Bureau of Investigation case file archives -- World War II archives.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window
Explore primary source material from women’s diaries and correspondence spanning more than 300 years, from Colonial times to 1950, presenting the detailed personal experiences of hundreds of women.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
Proquest History Vault: International Relations and Military Conflicts Collection This link opens in a new window
Browse digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections. Resources within this database provide a detailed view of U.S. foreign relations during the period from the years immediately before the outbreak of World War I through to the end of the Vietnam War. In addition, this resource also includes British Foreign Office Records on World War I and the creation of Israel from 1940-1948.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

World Wars Era

Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Browse a topically focused digitized collection of historical documents. The collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths of this resource include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Explore declassified government documents covering U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century.

Provided by the Class of 1946.
Fold3 This link opens in a new window
Original source documents with an emphasis on military records and stories. Includes: History and genealogy archives -- African American archives -- Holocaust archives -- Native American archives -- Revolutionary War archives -- U.S. Bureau of Investigation case file archives -- World War II archives.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window
Explore primary source material from women’s diaries and correspondence spanning more than 300 years, from Colonial times to 1950, presenting the detailed personal experiences of hundreds of women.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
Proquest History Vault: International Relations and Military Conflicts Collection This link opens in a new window
Browse digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections. Resources within this database provide a detailed view of U.S. foreign relations during the period from the years immediately before the outbreak of World War I through to the end of the Vietnam War. In addition, this resource also includes British Foreign Office Records on World War I and the creation of Israel from 1940-1948.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.
Women, War and Society, 1914-1918 This link opens in a new window
The First World War had a revolutionary and permanent impact on the personal, social and professional lives of all women. Their essential contribution to the war in Europe is fully documented in this definitive collection of primary source materials brought together in the Imperial War Museum, London. Browse unique documents such as charity and international relief reports, pamphlets, photographs, press cuttings, magazines, posters, correspondence, minutes, records, diaries, memoranda, statistics, circulars, regulations and invitations.

Cold War Era

Archives Direct: The Nixon years, 1969-1974 This link opens in a new window
The collection provides, from a British perspective, an overview of the Nixon presidency, its international impact, and the Watergate scandal. Top-level Anglo-American discussions and briefing papers dominate these papers. There is also a wealth of material on social conditions, domestic reforms, trade, culture and the environment.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of declassified material provided by US presidential libraries. Most content covers the years following World War II. Examples of materials included in this collection include cabinet meeting minutes, CIA intelligence studies and reports, correspondence, diaries, FBI surveillance and intelligence correspondence and memoranda, Joint Chiefs papers, National Security Council policy statements, Presidential conferences, State Department political analyses, technical studies, and archival material from presidential libraries and executive agencies.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Explore declassified government documents covering U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century.

Provided by the Class of 1946.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Explore declassified government documents covering U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century.

Provided by the Class of 1946.
Fold3 This link opens in a new window
Original source documents with an emphasis on military records and stories. Includes: History and genealogy archives -- African American archives -- Holocaust archives -- Native American archives -- Revolutionary War archives -- U.S. Bureau of Investigation case file archives -- World War II archives.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
This collection will bring together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 102,000 pages.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories This link opens in a new window
Explore primary source material from women’s diaries and correspondence spanning more than 300 years, from Colonial times to 1950, presenting the detailed personal experiences of hundreds of women.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Explore this collection documenting experiences of 1,325 women and in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographical sketches of people represented in this database.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
Proquest History Vault: International Relations and Military Conflicts Collection This link opens in a new window
Browse digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections. Resources within this database provide a detailed view of U.S. foreign relations during the period from the years immediately before the outbreak of World War I through to the end of the Vietnam War. In addition, this resource also includes British Foreign Office Records on World War I and the creation of Israel from 1940-1948.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

Civil Rights Era

Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Browse a topically focused digitized collection of historical documents. The collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths of this resource include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of declassified material provided by US presidential libraries. Most content covers the years following World War II. Examples of materials included in this collection include cabinet meeting minutes, CIA intelligence studies and reports, correspondence, diaries, FBI surveillance and intelligence correspondence and memoranda, Joint Chiefs papers, National Security Council policy statements, Presidential conferences, State Department political analyses, technical studies, and archival material from presidential libraries and executive agencies.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Explore declassified government documents covering U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century.

Provided by the Class of 1946.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
Proquest History Vault: Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle Collection This link opens in a new window
Browse the digitized collection of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to provide access to records documenting the civil rights movement. The collection includes internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. It charts the NAACP’s work and delivers a first-hand view into crucial issues: lynching, school desegregation, and discrimination in the military, the criminal justice system, employment, and housing, among others.
Proquest History Vault: International Relations and Military Conflicts Collection This link opens in a new window
Browse digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections. Resources within this database provide a detailed view of U.S. foreign relations during the period from the years immediately before the outbreak of World War I through to the end of the Vietnam War. In addition, this resource also includes British Foreign Office Records on World War I and the creation of Israel from 1940-1948.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 This link opens in a new window
Browse a comprehensive online collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners—many who later became judges and associates of the Supreme Court itself. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements, and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.

Modern Era

Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
Browse a topically focused digitized collection of historical documents. The collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths of this resource include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
This collection consists of over 300 volumes from the Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped by specific subject areas, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical topics.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Explore declassified government documents covering U.S. policy decisions from post-World War II through the 21st century.

Provided by the Class of 1946.
Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Users will find background, outcome, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict in history. Topics are presented in a pro/con format that clearly explains both sides of the historical dispute, each article is supported by a timeline and a wealth of primary sources.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Explore a collection of historic and current U.S. Congressional information and publications on all aspects of legislation from 1789 to the present. Full text is available for many resources beginning in 1990 through present day. Use this resource to browse bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service reports, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [GPO] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1995 onward. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set [Readex] This link opens in a new window
Browse this database of Congressional documents and reports from 1817 through 1994. This resource provides access to primary source material on all aspects of American history, including committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, and selected executive department and non-governmental publications.

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