Primary Sources - U.S. History Digital Collections

Online access to photographs, maps, manuscripts, and other primary historical sources documenting the social, cultural, and governmental history of Alabama.

Provides access to photographs, maps, oral histories, and archival documents that document Alaska’s history, Indigenous cultures, and communities from the 19th century onward.

Access to photographs, maps, government documents, and other primary-source materials from libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies across Arizona.

Thousands of digitized images, documents, government records, and photographs that trace the social, cultural, and governmental history of Arkansas.

A portal providing access to over two million digitized items from California’s libraries, archives, and museums, such as photos, documents, diaries, oral histories, and maps, that offer primary-source insights into California history and culture.

Search and view digitized photos, letters, and other primary sources from libraries, archives, and museums across California.

Photographs, drawings, prints, documents and 3-D images from California’s history, offering searchable collections of artwork, government records and other cultural heritage material.

Historic newspapers, photographs, state documents, and other primary source materials supporting research on the history, culture, and communities of Colorado.

Government records, photographs, maps, and historical documents from state, county, and local levels dating from 1653 onward.

Digitized government records from the Kingdom, Republic, Territory, and State eras, including photograph collections.

Photographs, documents, audio recordings, and films that trace the state’s history, culture, and government from the 19th century to today.

Digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and government documents that document the history and culture of Georgia.

Digitized state records from 1733 to the present, including death certificates from 1919 to 1927, marriage records scanned from microfilm, colonial estate files, historic maps, and Confederate pension applications.

Explore specific sets such as the Browsing Photographs Collection, the Territorial Record Indexes from 1863 to 1890, Mining in Idaho materials with photos, maps, and oral histories, and the Idaho Constitution and Constitutional Convention records.

Aggregates more than 150 digitized collections related to Illinois history, including photographs, maps, oral histories and government documents.

State and local government records, including military, naturalization, institutional, and vital records documenting Indiana’s history.

A collection of photographs, manuscripts, maps, diaries, and state agency documents that document Indiana’s history.

Brings together photographs, maps, manuscripts, and audiovisual materials from libraries, museums, and archives across Iowa that document the state’s history and culture.

A digital repository of primary sources, including photographs, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, and oral histories, with browsing by topic, time period, county, and material type.

Statewide digital collections, including photographs, newspapers, yearbooks, and manuscripts

Access to digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, and LSU and Louisiana history materials, with many items available to view and download.

Features more than 45,000 historical items from over 270 contributing partners, including letters, photographs, maps, artifacts, and other materials documenting Maine’s people, places, and history.

Online access to digitized primary sources documenting Maryland’s history, including photographs, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, audio, and video.

Access to digitized photographs, manuscripts, books, newspapers, maps, audio, and video from Massachusetts libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies.

Access to tens of thousands of digitized photographs, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, and oral histories from more than 200 partner organizations.

Access to Mississippi primary sources including diaries, letters, photographs, maps, government records, and broadsides, with themed sets such as the Sovereignty Commission files and the Eudora Welty Digital Archives.

Digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, and other primary sources.

Access to millions of digitized primary sources from the Missouri State Archives, State Library, and partner institutions, such as birth and death records, newspapers, maps, photographs, and government documents.

Access to digitized photographs documents maps audio and other historical materials from libraries museums and historical societies across Nebraska.

A statewide portal that lets you search finding aids from more than twenty archival repositories across New Mexico, providing collection descriptions and links to digitized materials where available.

Digitized primary sources about New Jersey history and culture from libraries museums archives and historical societies across the state.

Access to over 400,000 digitized primary sources, including photographs, letters, diaries, maps, yearbooks, and oral histories, contributed by more than 430 libraries, museums, archives, and community organizations across New York.

Online access to digitized photographs documents audio and historic film footage from New York State government records.

Connects researchers to online resources from the Archives and partner institutions, including digitized photographs, maps, government records, manuscripts, and web and social media archives.

Digitized photographs, maps, manuscripts, newspapers, and other materials contributed by more than 390 cultural heritage organizations across all 88 counties.

Provides statewide access to digitized newspapers, photographs, maps, government documents, yearbooks, and other historical collections.

Provides access to more than 500,000 digitized works including historic and modern photographs, manuscripts, and publications.

Digitized materials from Pennsylvania libraries, including photographs, documents, and newspapers contributed by partner institutions.

Browse more than a half million digitized items including newspapers, photographs, maps, books, and more by collection, partner, location, subject, resource type, date, or title

Provides online access to digitized and born-digital state records and related collections, including vital records, past exhibits, and thematic galleries.

Access to more than 200,000 digitized historical items from over 40 cultural heritage institutions with browsing by geography, institution, media type, and time period.

Digitized photographs, documents, and other materials from participating South Dakota institutions including South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota.

Provides searchable online access to digitized photographs, maps, manuscripts, and government records documenting South Dakota’s history.

Tennessee State Library & Archives’ digital repository with open access to thousands of primary sources (photographs, documents, maps, postcards, film, and audio) on Tennessee’s history and culture.

Primary-source collections about Utah, such as historic newspapers, photographs, maps, oral histories, and state publications.

The Library of Virginia digital collections portal provides primary sources on Virginia history, including searchable newspapers, court records, photographs, maps, and archival documents through resources such as Virginia Chronicle and the Chancery Records Index.

Links to digitized primary sources on Washington history, including historical maps, newspapers, books, photographs, government publications, oral histories, and Washington Rural Heritage.

A site featuring historical photographs, oral histories, newspaper articles, and artifacts related to West Virginia’s history.

Digitized photos, maps, diaries, and records from Wisconsin libraries, museums, and archives.

Provides photographs, documents, videos, and oral histories from North Dakota, Minnesota, and the Northern Plains that illustrate the region’s history and culture.

Photographs, manuscripts, oral histories, and other archival materials drawn from member libraries across the Appalachian region.

Over one million digitized primary sources, such as photographs, maps, newspapers, oral histories, and more, from partner libraries, archives, and museums across the U.S. West.

Digitized primary and secondary sources on water in the western United States, including legal records, reports, maps, photographs, and correspondence from many partner institutions.