Primary Source Resources

Digital Public Library of America connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.  

Previously known as American Memory, the Library of Congress Digital Collections is a treasure trove of primary source materials.

The Digital Commonwealth provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. It also hosts the Wayback Machine, a handy tool to look up when a webpage was last updated.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting is a collection of the most significant public television and radio programs from across America.