Research Guides: American Studies: Digital Primary Sources

From UNM Databases

Making of America This link opens in a new window
A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Coverage: 19th century.
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange This link opens in a new window
Documents explore the history of fifteen major commodities in global trade. Documents include a vast range of visual, manuscript and printed materials, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, ephemera, etc. sourced from organizations around the world. Coverage: BCE-present.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Diaries and letters of 1,325 women in over 400 books. Coverage: colonial times to 1950s.