History - American

Digital resources from the Harvard Library collections from the 17th and 18th century.

Located at the Library of Congress, this is a rich repository of Americana. In total, the collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present...

Extensive digital collections on topics, people, and events in American history from the wide-range of Library of Congress primary resources.

"American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later."

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) collects documents of historical importance to the US. Collections include service records, photos, documents, and online exhibits of digitized materials from the vaults.ariety of online exhibits focusing on documents from the NARA collections. Documents include papers, letters, official documents, photographs, and posters.

E-text of books, many are full-text with no restrictions. Excellent source for books published after conflicts prior to 1950. Largest collection is pre-1923. Search by topic or keyword to locate books. Also includes government reports.

Complete run of all issues from the 1930's to 1970's of the pictorial news magazine. Covers all significant events in US history.

Provides access to digital collections related to South Carolina cultural heritage or created by South Carolina institutions. Also includes resources to guide institutions undertaking digital library projects. Features include...

Representative primary texts of the 19th Century, with a particular focus on South Carolina. (archived in the WayBack Machine)

Access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes twelve thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.