HIS 132 (American History II): Sources to use for your paper

This site contains 100 milestone documents compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965 and include the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Marshall Plan.

Emma Goldman was a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. This is a collection of her papers and includes exhibitions and memorabilia.

The Internet History Sourcebook Project is a collection of public domain and copyright-permitted historical texts. Online resources include speeches, letters, reports, and journal articles.

The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

The Valley of the Shadow is a digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, during the era of the American Civil War. Here you may explore thousands of original documents that allow you to see what life was like during the Civil War for the men and women of Augusta and Franklin.

Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.

The American Memory Project is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

The primary purpose of "Behind The Veil" was to record and preserve the living memory of African American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s.

The American Slave Narratives contain interviews with slaves from Ohio to Mississippi, including North and South Carolina. Click on Race and Ethnicity and then African American Studies to access these materials.