Primary Sources

View original and historical diaries, letters, photographs, maps, audio recordings and much more.

• History and Politics Out Loud – This great site has Real Audio clips of actual historical speeches.
• Library of Congress American Memory Project
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress
• Today in History
• National Archives and Records Administration Exhibit Hall
• National Gallery of Art
• University of Pennsylvania Center for Electronic Text and Image Collections
• Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library
• University of Washington Digital Collections
• Teaching with the Library of Congress – Tips on how to use primary sources in the classroom
• Tinfoil.com – Digitalized early recordings
• Eyewitness to History – Features archived photos, documents, and both verbal and written eyewitness accounts of famous events in history.
• WGBH Open Vault – Video excerpts, searchable transcripts, and interviews by public television station WGBH between 1968 and 1993 for individual and classroom learning.