see also: Meriam Library -- California History
see also: Meriam Library -- Genealogy Information

jump to : Newspaper Archives

19th Century American Literary, Historical, & Cultural Studies (Washington State University)

Air Force Museum (National Museum of the United States Air Force)

AmDocs: Documents for the Study of American History (University of Kansas)

American Civil War Home Page

American Folklife Center (Library of Congress)

American Memory: Library of Congress

• American Life Histories : Manuscript of the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1940
• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
• American Women
• Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey; 1933-
• By the People, For the People : Posters from the WPA 1936-1943
• Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873

American State Papers (1789-1838)
Annals of Congress (1789-1824)
Bills and Resolutions (1799-1873) [incomplete]
Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Congressional Record (1873-1875)
House Journal (1789-1875)
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate (1861-1865)
Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-1789)
Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-1789)
Register of Debates (1824-1837)
Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875)
Senate Journal (1789-1875)
Serial Set (1833-1917 (selected portions))
Statutes at Large (1789-1873)
and more

• Civil War Maps (1861-1865)
• Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1774-1789
• Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian
• From Slavery to Freedom : African American Pamphlet Collection
• Hotchkiss Map Collection (Confederate Army maps)
• Map Collections 1500-2004
• Trails to Utah and the Pacific, Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
• Westward by Sea: Maritime Perspective on American Expansion: 1820-1890
• Words and Deeds in American History

Archives.gov (National Archives and Records Administration)

American Posters of World War I (Georgetown University)

American Presidency Project (U.C. Santa Barbara)

Army Center of Military History

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

• Federalists Papers (1787-1788)
• Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789
• War of 1812 and Associated Documents
• World War II Documents

Biographical Directory of the U.S Congress 1774 - present

Census Bureau

Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts

• Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses 1790-2000
• Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
• Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. 1878 - 2005

Chronology of U. S. Historical Documents ( Univ. of Oklahoma, College of Law)

Civil Rights Commission Documents (University of Maryland, School of Law)

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database (National Park Service)

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (GPO Access)

Documents in Military History (Hillsdale College)

eHistory (Ohio State University)

Famous Trials (by Douglas O. Linder : University of Missouri, K.C.)

Federalist Papers (1787-1788):

• Federalists Papers (Avalon Project at Yale)
• Federalist Papers (Project Vote Smart)
• Federalist Papers (Thomas)

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS):

• Foreign Relations of the United States : 1945-1972 (U.S. Dept. of State)
• FRUS Volumes, summaries, and press releases : 1958-1968 (Univ. Illinois, Chicago)
• Foreign Relations of the United States : 1861-1960 (Univ., Wisconsin-Madison)

Freedom of Information Privacy Act : Archives (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Geologic Atlas of the United States (Texas A & M University)
---set of 227 folios published by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1894 and 1945

Historic Documents (University of Michigan, Documents Center)

Historic Government Publications from World War II  (Southern Methodist University)

Historical Census Browser: 1790-1960 (University of Virginia)

Images of American Political History
---Teaching Politics, by William J. Ball. All images are believed to be in the public domain.

Impeachment Documents Relating to a U.S. President ( Auburn University)

Internet Moving Images Archive

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (California Digital Library)

Kapplers Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Oklahoma State University Library)

Making of America (MoA) [Univ. Michigan]
Making of America (MoA) [Cornell Unniv.]

Marine Corps History Division

McCarthy Hearings : 1953-54 (vols 1-5 / S. Prt. 107-84) [GPO Access]
McCarthy Heariings : 1953-54 (from U.S. Senate - Art and History)

Medal of Honor Citations (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
--- Full-text Listings of Medal of Honor Citations
paper copy: UB433 C65 1984 (Main Collection)

Minerals Yearbook : 1932- 1993 (University of Wisconsin)

National Agricultural Library Digital Repository (NALDR)

Yearbook of Agriculture (1894 to 1992)
Agricultural Handbooks

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

• America's Historical Documents
• Charters of Freedom: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights
• JFK Assassination Records
• Pictures of the Civil War
• Picturing the Century: One hundred years of photography from the National Archives

National Park Service : History and Culture

• The American Civil War

• African Americans in the Civil War
• Civil War Parks
• Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database

• National Underground Railroad : Network to Freedom
• American Revolutionary War: National Park Service Museum Collections
• National Park Museums
• NPS Historic Photograph Collection

National Register of Historic Places(National Park Service)

Naval Historical Center (Dept. of the Navy)

Newspaper Archives: coverage varies [some may charge for articles]

Chronicling America : Historical American Newspapers (Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities) [part of National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)]
Google News Archive
NewsLibrary.com
NewsPaperArchcive.com
U.S. Newspaper Program (select a state) : index to title & holdings [National Endowment for the Humanities]

Meriam Library -- News Sources
Meriam Library -- Current Newspapers in Meriam Library
Meriam Library -- California Newspaper in Meriam Library [by county]

see also: California Newspaper Archives [Meriam Library -- California Historical Information]

Oregon Trail (Idaho State University)

Ourdocuments.gov (100 milestone documents)

Political Graveyard

Presidential Directives and Executive Orders (Federation of American Scientists)

Presidents of the United States (White House)

Presidents of the United States: POTUS (Internet Public Library)

Presidential Libraries (archives.gov)

Public Resource History Center

Primary Documents in American History (Library of Congress)

• 1763-1815 : The American Revolution and the New Nation
• 1815-1860 : National Expansion and Reform
• 1860-1877 : Civil War and Reconstruction

Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects (registry.fdlp.gov)
---links to digitized copies of publications originating from the U.S. Government agencies and Universities

Senate Historical Office

Smithsonian Institution

• National Museum of American History : Archives Center
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries : Digital Library

Spy Letters of the American Revolution (University of Michigan)

State Department : Office of the Historian

Tombstone Transcription Project (USGenWeb Project)

U.S. Civil War Center (Louisiana State University)

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey: Annual Reports 1852-1950

U.S. Department of Transportation : Online Digital Special Collections

• Investigations of Railroad Accidents 1911 - 1994
• Investigations of Aircraft Accidents 1934 - 1965

Veterans History Project

War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Cornell University)

War of the Rebellion : Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (Cornell University)

World War I Document Archive (Brigham Young University)

World War II Links (Florida State University)

World War II Links on the Internet (Univ. of San Diego)

compiled by Gloria Hylton (October 2008)