Useful Digitized Online Resources. More targeted sites that post digitized images of primary resources remain very useful. Here are a few to consider. It's also worth looking at the Open and Free Access Materials for Research list from the Institute of Historical Research, which is collecting links to accessible online materials. This site also maintains a separate list of historic newspapers. The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives - Provides access 5.
American Journeys - Contains more than 18, pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies years later. Browse and search over 65, pages of uncensored, open-ended responses handwritten by servicemembers, view and download survey data and original analyses, read topical essays by leading historians, and access additional learning resources.
Paullin and John K. This digital edition reproduces all of the atlas's nearly maps. Many of these beautiful maps are enhanced here in ways impossible in print, animated to show change over time or made clickable to view the underlying data. The site contains over letters that he wrote home from basic training and from the battlefield to his parents, brother, and sisters, including scans of each letter, a typed transcription, and an audio reading of each one.
Brown University Library Collections - Contains several collections that include manuscripts, images, broadsides, newspapers, sheet music and other objects. The Capital - A Washington D. This digital version of The Capital includes every issue published in volumes , from March 12, through February 22, Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts - Offers a simple and straightforward means to discover medieval manuscripts available on the web.
Center of Military History Online Bookshelves Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers - Library of Congress project that allows you to search and view newspaper pages from and find information about American newspapers published between present. Have stories about spies always fascinated you? Civil Rights Digital Library - The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale.
