Primary Sources: American History: Documents

"he papers of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, representative from Illinois, and sixteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 40,550 documents dating from 1774 to 1948, although most of the collection spans from the 1850s through Lincoln’s presidency (1861-1865). "

"Documents in law, history, and diplomacy" from Yale Law School. Browse by time period or search."

"The struggle for racial equality in the 1950s and 1960s is among the most far-reaching social movements in the nation's history, and it represents a crucial step in the evolution of American democracy. The Civil Rights Digital Library promotes an enhanced understanding of the Movement by helping users discover primary sources and other educational materials from libraries, archives, museums, public broadcasters, and others on a national scale. "

"The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction."

"Access thousands of primary sources — letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types — spanning the course of American history. We're always adding more!"

"A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy. The data were compiled by Philip Lampi. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives have mounted it online for you with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities."

"The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. "

Over 15,000 digitized manuscripts, photos, books, and more covering World History and other subjects in the Social Sciences.