Search the U.S. National Archives for historical documents, photographs, video, audio, maps and artifacts from 1754 through the present

Search the catalog of the National Archives. Refine results by "available online" to see digital documents and images.

Provides free access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience in areas such as cultural history, environment, government, sports, technology, war, religion and more

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

You can now see images from Life of the years and centuries. Use it to see fashion and dress in context.

Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

Memoirs, essays, histories, and biographies, including significant coverage of the Civil War.

Browse historical book, pamphlets, diaries, magazines, manuscripts and photographs.

Click on the "Collections" tab at the top of the page to view the various collections.

Digital images of historical documents preserve the words of eyewitnesses to the American Revolution.

Correspondence and other writings of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day about the early legal documents of the United States.

Includes women's history, photographs, maps, artifacts and much more

Provides free access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience in areas such as cultural history, environment, government, sports, technology, war, religion and more

Include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.

Primary source documents from selected periods in American history from 800-2005

The National Archives houses things like our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other documents foundational to our nation's history. Many are online and searchable from this site.

Search the catalog of the National Archives. Refine results by "available online" to see digital documents and images.

Arts, Culture, Technology, Foreign Policy, Government Records, Historical Events and Documents

Civil Rights, Labor Movement, Political Cartoons, Presidential Elections and much more...

Access to " summary statistics and GIS boundary files for U.S. censuses and other nationwide surveys from 1790 through the present."

This site links to European primary historical documents on a variety of subjects, including witchcraft, the church, science and much more...

Ancient, Medieval, and Modern primary sources

A digitized repository of declassified primary documents on Nuclear Proliferation, Korean History, and the Cold War.

Prints, maps, books, manuscripts and other significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. Website is searchable in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese (primary materials appear in their original languages)