Primary Sources

Library Resources:

Tip: when searching for primary sources in the library catalog, it is helpful to add one of the following keywords to your search: documents, sources, narrative, voices, speeches, or recordings.

Newspapers

• • African American Newspapers: Series 1, Series 2 Covers hundreds of publications primarily serving African-American communities in the 19th and 20th centuries.

• • Boston Globe  Full access to Boston Globe archives from 1872-present. Only five users may be logged on at one time.  Login information for Students   Login information for Staff

• • Lexis-Nexis Scholastic Edition Over 50 major U.S. and international newspapers since 1989. Transcripts of radio and televised national and international broadcasts are available as well as legal cases.

• • Newsbank Access World News Features current print and online news from around the world from 1978 to present.

• • Newsbank America’s Historical Newspapers Features newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to 2000.

• • • The New York Times Current and historical access to the New York Times. Login Information for Students   Login information for Staff

• • • ProQuest Historical Newspapers  Historical news from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. Covers the late 19th and 20th centuries.

• • Wall Street Journal  A daily international newspaper with an emphasis on business and economics. Covers current and last five years. Login Information for Students   Login information for Staff.

Other Primary Sources

• • Classroom Video on Demand Includes many primary source news recordings and other videos.

• • Issues and Controversies Covers significant contemporary events, people, and topics. Includes primary sources.

• • Issues and Controversies in American History Covers significant American events, people, and topics. Includes primary sources.

• • Polling the Nations Contains the results of thousands of opinion polls from 1986 to the present.

• • Social Activism in the United States A collection of digital archives related to various social justice issues throughout US history including the Civil Rights Movement, the LGBTQIAP+ rights movement, the women’s rights movement and more.

External Sources:

American Journeys

The Avalon Project

Documenting the American South

DPLA Primary Source Sets

Library of Congress digital collections

Many Pasts

Massachusetts Historical Society

National Archives digital collections

Pew Research Center

Presidential Speeches Archive

Smithsonian Learning Lab