U.S History
Colonial Project
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Intro | Guide to Using Primary Resources and Citation Guide
Suggested Web Sites
Introduction
This class page has been compiled as a guide to Web-based primary resources which you will need to complete this project. If you have any questions about accessing and using these sites, please ask your history teacher or a member of the library staff.
Guide to Using Primary Resources and Citation Guide
Using Primary Sources on the Web
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
An excellent tutorial on using primary sources on the web. Includes criteria for evaluation and guidelines for proper citation.
Suggested Websites Containing Primary Sources Related to Colonial America
Amdocs Documents for the Study of American History.
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
Website includes documents from the 1650's to the present with access by time, period, and subject.
The American Colonists Library: Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/
A collection of links to historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals.
American Journeys
http://www.americanjourneys.org/
American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later.
Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/
An array of primary source material from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings just as they appeared to this country's forebears more than two centuries ago.
Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/history/
The official site of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Includes much visual material dealing with daily life in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu
Contains primary source material on Southern history, literature, and culture from colonial times to the present.
Doing History: Document Archives
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/history/HistoryDocuments.htm
The Lawrence University History Department site provides a list of websites where primary documents are available online.
Early American Digital Library
http://www.earlyamericanimages.com/
A collection of visual images related to early America.
Full Text Primary Sources: Plymouth Colony
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/primarysources.php
Contains links to letters, books, and other materials dealing with Plymouth Colony.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/index.php
Contains material from all historical periods.
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
A gateway to web sources in U.S. History.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Colonial North America
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html
A section of the Fordham University History Sourcebooks containing links to documents dealing with colonial America.
The Internet Public Library Pathfinder to Sources in Colonial American History
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48454
Contains links to numerous quality sites dealing with the colonial era.
Librarians Index to the Internet, “Colonial History”.
http://lii.org/search?m=p&query=colonial+history&searchtype=keywords
An excellent gateway to web sources, vetted by specialists in the field.
A Midwife's Tale
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/midwife/
This site accompanies the PBS program of the same name. It gives a view of 18th century American through a woman's eyes.
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia
http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz
Primary Sources
http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/curriculum/primarysources.html
A gateway to primary sources in American history. It is not limited to the colonial era.
Salem Witch Trials
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/home.html
The University of Virginia's documentary archive and transcription project deal with the trials.
Salem Witchcraft Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM
Contains links to original accounts and testimonies of the trials.
Virtual Jamestown
http://www.virtualjamestown.org
Site of the Virginia Center for Digital History in Charlottesville, VA
WWW Virtual Library: History: USA: Colonial
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/colonial.html
An excellent web gateway to sites in colonial American history, contain secondary sources as well as many primary sources.
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