primary sources

Finding Primary Sources on the Web: Examples

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  Consult major collections of primary sources

  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:

  • 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/

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