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Recommended starting points for research on all areas of American history. Use to locate key reference works, books, articles, newspapers, and other primary resources.
The following digital collections provide a starting point when looking for online primary resources. They are provided through subscription to UVM students, faculty, and staff.
Large collection of archival and documentary streaming video. Search for videos by keyword or browse by time period, subject, people, places, and more. Each video includes a full transcript, can be browsed by viewing thumbnail images that can be adjusted to provide access at different timed intervals, and many include a detailed study guide.
This resource provides access to primary source materials related to the Early Republic of the United States. It contains searchable full-page images of documents, reports, maps, and statistics from the U.S. Congress and other federal government agencies.
Vast collection of high quality images many with historical interest. See for example the Schlesinger History of Women in America Collection and the Native American Art and Culture Collection.
Primary source materials from the 16th to 18th centuries relating to Britain's presence and activities in America, Canada, and the West Indies. Full-text is available for (CO1) Privy Council and Related Bodies: America and West Indies, Colonial Papers while the Calander of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739 provides descriptive bibliographic information.
This resource contains primary source materials related to American history, literature, culture, and more. Items include digital images of books (hymnals, literature, travelogues, diaries, cookbooks, maps, textbooks, and more), broadsides, and pamphlets published in the United States between 1639 and 1800.
This resource contains primary source materials related to American history, literature, culture, and more. Items include digital images of books (hymnals, literature, travelogues, diaries, cookbooks, maps, textbooks, and more), broadsides, and pamphlets published in the United States between 1801 and 1819.
This resource includes a wide variety of primary source materials from 1780-1925 on topics ranging from popular culture, colonialism, literature, religion, science, politics, and women.
Online access to results of public opinion polls. Includes public opinion polls social issues, public policy, international affairs, and elections since , as well as other polls. Dates vary but polls are available as far back as the 1930s.
This resource includes 370,205 full-text publications designated by the U.S. Congress for printing from 1817 - 1994, scanned from original print volumes of the Serial Set. Includes citation records for the Serial Set's 74,495 maps.
Digital collection of documents relating to history, law, and diplomacy. Highlights include: American Revolution - a Documentary Record, The Federalist papers, and documents relating to the Cold War.
Searchable guide to locating American portraits from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Search by subject, artists, or biographical details. Searches can be limited to those items with online images.
"The Cornell University Collection of Political Americana is comprised of approximately 5,500 Presidential promotional and commemorative items dating from 1789 to 1980."
From the University of North Carolina, this collection, "provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture."
The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
The Library of Congress has digitized numerous collections of historical materials from their collections and from other institutions on a wide variety of topics.
Rights & Usage: Each image has a statement on Rights and Reproductions.
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection currently contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
This collection presents twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress.
Collection of texts of speeches by American Presidents from George Washington through Barak Obama. Many include audio and video files as well as the text.
This collection is " a digital collection of books and pamphlets that demonstrate the varying ideas and beliefs about slavery in the United States as expressed by Americans throughout the nineteenth century."
The Center for Digital Initiatives is a gateway to digital resources at the University of Vermont. These include materials such as photographs, letters, speeches, and documents, with a current emphasis on public policy and Vermont history.
