Primary Sources

Primary sources are digital reproductions of original letters, journals, newspapers, photographs and other historical documents.

Repositories of Primary Sources - This is a gigantic collection
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Ad*Access http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Awesome Stories http://www.awesomestories.com/

Colorado Historic Newspapers - news & photographs http://www.cdpheritage.org/

Colorado Western History/Genealogy http://ww.denver.lib.co.us/whg

Godfrey Memorial LIbrary - genealogical resources for all 50 states, biographies, land records, and more. http://www.godfrey.org

Grand Junction History in Pictures Project http://www.gjhistory.org/main.htm

Cornell Making of American Project http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

Harvard Opening Collections http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/

Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov
Tools and resources: over 100 collections containing 7 million primary source documents, photographs, films and recordings.

Michigan Making of America Project http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

National Archives and Records(federal gov. document) http://www.archives.gov

The New York Public Library Digital Library Collection http://www.nypl.org/digital/index.htm
Pictures

Photo Archives (Denver Public Library) http://photoswest.org

Yale Avalon Project: http://yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

White House Historical Association http://www.whitehousehistory.org/
Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of the White House. This site is also an excellent classroom and reference tool. Documents, artwork, drawings, and other primary sources put you on the path that professional historians tread.

Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads