Primary Sources

The AAPB is an initiative to digitally preserve and make accessible public radio and television programming, ensuring its collection, management, preservation, and access.

A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

Comprising more than 9 million items that document U.S. history and culture, American Memory is organized into more than 100 thematic collections based on their original format, their subject matter, or who first created, assembled, or donated them to the Library.

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

Links to primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale.

Data and terminology presented in the Historical Census Browser are drawn directly from historical volumes of the U.S. Census of Population and Housing.

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

Search the primary sources databases at GALILEO.

Search the digital collections and repositories databases at GALILEO.

Search the Statistics and Datasets resources at GALILEO.

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