History Research Guide

Full-text collection of the records and acts of Congress (including the Continental Congress), with eventual coverage through 1873 (42nd Congress).

This excellent site provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.

Resources retold through the lens of Native American survivance in the Minnesota region. Within are a series of objects of both Native and non-Native origin that tell a story of extraordinary culture disruption, change and continuity during 19th c.

Hundreds of pre-Civil War anti-slavery & emancipation speeches and essays. From the University of Detroit Mercy Libraries. Includes images, audio files, and browse/search capabilities. Also includes a link to their site within Second Life, the online virtual world.

Documents, illustrations, and photographs of enslaved people in the early Americas.