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General Primary Source Databases
- America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1900 This link opens in a new windowOver 959 early American historical newspapers, with strong coverage in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Indiana papers include the Indiana State Journal (1846-1899) and American Nonconformist (1892-1896), and Brookville Enquirer (1819-1820).
- American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Includes thousands of American periodicals from 1691 to 1877.
- Digital Collections (from the Library of Congress) This link opens in a new windowAn amazing resource with digital versions of photographs, maps, books, pamphlets, music and more. Especially useful for the study of American history, but impressive coverage of other regions as well.
- Digital Public Library of America This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 40 million images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the US. Rich primary sources!
- Harper's Weekly This link opens in a new windowFull-text of America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper: 1857-77
- HeinOnline Civil Rights and Social Justice This link opens in a new window• Comprised of more than 650 titles from the United States Commission on Civil Rights
• Nearly 1,000 congressional hearings
• Learn the process that went into passing civil rights legislation and their various evolving pieces with our curated list of nearly 50 legislative histories
• Discover nearly 1,400 books, reports, and publications on a variety of civil rights issues - HeinOnline Government, Politics & Law This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full content of the Congressional Record since 1873, 3000 law journals, U.S. Reports back to 1754, constitutions for every country in the world, classic books from the 18th & 19th centuries (including significant works on Women and the Law and Religion and the Law), all United States Treaties, and more.
- History Reference Center This link opens in a new windowFull text of reference books, magazines, journals, and primary source documents in U.S. and world history.
- Making of America @ Cornell This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources related to development of the U.S. infrastructure and American social history including books (100) and journals (22) from 1840 to 1900. The collection is particularly strong in representing the main magazines of the era, such as Atlantic Monthly (1857 - 1901) and Scientific American (1846 - 1869).
- Making of America @ Michigan This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources related to development of the U.S. infrastructure and American social history including books (10,000) and journals (13) from 1850 to 1900. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowIncludes Supreme Court Decisions dating to 1790, as well as current news, law cases and reviews, and company financial information.
Wabash College and Indiana history
- Hovey Letters This link opens in a new windowNearly 400 letters written between 1822 and 1876 that document the life of Edmund O. Hovey as student, Presbyterian minister, and educator. They also provide accounts of events in the early history of Wabash College, pioneer life in frontier Indiana, Presbyterian thought and missionary activity, the personal concerns of early 19th century Americans, and the Hovey family history. Edited by Metadata Librarian Brian McCafferty
- Hovey Scrapbook This link opens in a new windowCollection of ephemera related to the earliest decades of Wabash College. It was assembled by Edmund O. Hovey, a founder and the first professor of sciences at Wabash, and consists of letters, memoranda, annual catalogues, programs of College events, and newspaper clippings covering the period from 1832 to 1876.Edited by Metadata Librarian Brian McCafferty
- Hoosier State Chronicles This link opens in a new windowOnline access to high quality digital images of almost 300 of Indiana's historic newspapers.
- Indiana MemoryPortal to primary sources in Indiana libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions
Primary Sources Information
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Primary Sources are immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it (a participant or observer). Primary sources do not have to be used in their original form. They may be reproduced electronically, printed or published later and still be considered primary sources. Examples:
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Black Studies Primary Sources
- Digital Black HistoryThis website is a free, searchable directory for online history projects that can help further Black History research. This ongoing project was created to collect information about these digital Black History projects in order to benefit historians, genealogists, and family historians who are researching the lives of Black individuals and families.
- African American History Digital Collections from the Library of CongressIncludes 22 different digital collections related to African American History available from the Library of Congress.
- Black Freedom StruggleOver 1,600 primary source documents from 1790 through today focused on Black Freedom.
- Frederick Douglass newspapersPresents The North Star, Frederick Douglass' paper, and the New National Era, all edited by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous orators, authors, and journalists of the 19th century.
- Black Metropolis Research Consortium Archives PortalOnline gateway to information about archival collections highlighting Black experiences in Chicago and beyond.
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