Finding Primary Sources on the Web: Examples
- Consult major collections of primary sources
- Digital Library of Georgia
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ - Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/ - Cleveland Memory Project
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/
If you are working on a regional or local history topic check with local historical organizations. Many historical societies, university libraries, and state archives are digitizing major collections of primary sources dealing with state and local history. Some examples are:
Image: Diary of Kate Dunlap. Courtesy of Brigham Young University, vault mss. 49. American Memory collection, Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
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