Research Guides: How Do Societies Remember (Bokovoy): Primary Resources

Primary Resources

The databases below may have useful primary resources. I recommend that you do an ADVANCED search and use the date filter whenever possible.

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America This link opens in a new window
This collection depicts early contacts between European settlers and American Indians and the subsequent political, social and cultural effects upon American Indian life.
Manuscripts, artwork, rare printed books, photographs, and newspapers tell both the historical and the personal stories of the colonization of the Americas. Coverage:1500s-1900s.
New Mexico's Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
Digital images of state, national, and international collections held by New Mexico cultural heritage institutions, including The University of New Mexico. Collections contain documents, photographs, maps, newspapers, posters, art, interviews, and music.
Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new window
Consists of works about the Americas published not only in the United States but from across the globe.
18th Century Collections Online, Parts I & II (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Digital images of significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, along with select works from the Americas. Includes books, pamphlets, parliamentary papers, parish registers, sheet music, and more. Coverage: 1701-1800
19th Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Digitization of primary source documents and literature, including monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, fiction, short prose, dramatic works, and poetry. 1) Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange, 2) British Politics and Society, 3) British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture, 4) Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest, 5) European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection, 6) Photography: The World Through the Lens, 7) Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925, 8) Women: Transnational Networks. Coverage: 1800s
Civil War Era This link opens in a new window
Newspapers and pamphlets covering the American Civil War.

Art as Primary Sources

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Includes images across the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching. Related: JSTOR - now includes ARTstor content.