Armacost Library: HIST 321: Civil War and Reconstruction: Internet Resources

Selected Digital Collections

Many historical publications have been digitized and are now available online. The links listed below can be used to access many of these digital collections:

Library of Congress Digital Collections, Civil War
Digitized U.S. Civil War photographs, prints and drawings compiled by the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.
Schoenberg for Electronic Text and Image
Digital archive of documents about the causes, conduct, and consequences of the U.S. Civil War
EHistory
Digital resources from the Department of History at The Ohio State University.
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
450 historical documents, organized by chronological period. Maintained by George Laughead, Jr., of the Kansas Heritage Group.
American Photography: A Century of Images
Selected historic photographs and information and tools to help students analyze photos as primary sources.
Authentic History Center
Images of artifacts, excerpts from letters and diaries, and audio clips are featured on this site. Popular culture is the primary focus.
Avalon Project
Project at Yale University to provide documents in law, history and diplomacy back to the 18th century and earlier.
Digital History
Digital archives maintained by the University of Houston
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.