American Memory historical collections contain documents, motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings about many topics in the history of the United States.
The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is comprised of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
A complete collection of the images included in Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian. Originally published in 20 volumes between 1907 and 1930, the work contained over 1,500 illustrations and more than 700 portfolio plates, all of which are featured at the site.
This site, created by the Danvers Archival Center and hosted by the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia, offers a number of primary documents and other materials related to the Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692 that will interest historians and students.
This digital exhibition from the Clements Library displays and contextualizes a collection of letters written by spies during the American Revolution. Includes narratives related to espionage, spying tehniques, maps tracing spy letters' routes, biographies and a timeline of major events in the American Revolutionary War.
The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project aims to bring together digital versions of documents, images, and even music related to Abraham Lincoln's life in Illinois from institutions throughout that state.
Uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses to them.