U.S. History and American Studies  

A list of full-text primary source databases for 20th century U.S. history, including newspapers, magazines, and government documents.

A list of full-text primary source databases for 19th century U.S. history, including newspapers, magazines, and government documents.

A list of full-text databases of Colonial U.S. history sources, including books, newspapers, and government documents.

A guide to primary source collections for African American history research at Yale.

A guide to art, architecture, and drama collections from the Manuscripts and Archives Department of Sterling Memorial Library.

A guide to archival collections at the Yale University Library for the study of Asian American history.

A guide to primary source collections at Yale for environmental history.

A list of primary source collections for the study of Hispanic American history at the Yale University Library.

A guide to archival materials related to the history of science, particularly medicine and health, at the Yale University Library.

A guide to primary source collections in legal history at Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library.

A guide to primary source collections for the study of American Indian History at Yale University.

List of highlighted primary source collections on the history of sexuality and gender sponsored by the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities

A guide to sexuality studies primary source collections at the Beinecke Rare Book Library.

A guide to sexuality studies primary source collections in Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library.

A list of primary source collections for the study of slavery and abolition at the Yale University Library.

The key source for searching scholarly literature in U.S. history. Unlike JSTOR, America History and Life is current and includes books and dissertations. Tip: Search book titles to find book reviews.

The Yale Finding Aid Database searches the full text of finding aids for archival materials at Yale University. Finding aids are guides that provide information about the creation, historical context, arrangement, and content of collections as well as the information necessary for users to identify and request items relevant to their research.

A seminal reference source which includes reliable biographical information on a number of individuals. One of the key strengths of this database is that its entries often contain bibliographies that point to key secondary works and primary source collections.

A seminal reference book that provides annotated overviews of secondary and primary source resources on all periods and places of U.S. foreign relations.

A large collection of digitized archival collections on a number of subjects (LBGT studies, Cold War History, African American History) from various archives of note, including the U.S. National Archives, the British Library, and several private collections

A collection of digital newspapers from smaller towns. Dates and places vary widely, making search results hit or miss.

Large collection of digital newspapers from the 18th through 20th centuries. This includes every digital newspaper collection from Readex.

One of our premier databases, Historical Newspapers Complete contains large runs of major U.S. newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Tip: choose "more search options" to limit searches to specific newspaper sections.

An incomplete, but fairly substantial, digital archive of the Yale Daily News, going back to its inaugural issue in 1878.

The complete published collections of major Founding Fathers in a single, fully searchable database. Contains the papers of George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Dolley Madison.

This database contains a large collection of primary sources, including original images of U.S. census records, slave schedules, and immigration passenger lists from New York, Philadelphia, and Boston for the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

One of the best sources for U.S. government documents. Contains the Congressional Record and numerous hearings, reports and other documents from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Tip: limit searches to individual Congresses to narrow searches. Also, choose advanced search to select different parts of the database, such as the large map collection (Serial Set Maps).

This database includes digitized images of the pages of many American magazines and journals published from 1740 to 1900. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository; popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; regional and niche publications; and groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's.

This ambitious project contains a large amount of 19th century archival material, with a special focus on British and U.S. foreign relations documents covering Asia.

Full-text database of every issue of the seminal English magazine from 1843-2006, providing an interesting lens through which to view U.S. events and policy.

Aggregated historical statistical data covering a number of areas, including economics, the military, crime, and demographics.

Links to millions of US patents and patent applications from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, dating back to the eighteenth century and including patents as recent as the last few months. The google interface makes this rich collection readily searchable.

Women's Travel Diaries and Correspondence from The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Growing digital archive of materials related to the South Asian diaspora in the Americas.

Digital archive of materials from the Cornell University Library.

This online collection provides extensive coverage of many of the most influential ethnic groups in U.S. history.

Fully searchable, digital version of the seminal collection of abolitionist material.

Original manuscripts, ephemeral material (trade cards, wanted posters, photos, claim certificates, news-sheets etc), maps, and rare printed works from the Newberry Library in Chicago.

The collection is based on a rich variety of original manuscript collections from the unique holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society in New York

Ambitious digital archive of 19th century archival material, with a strong focus on the relationship between Britain, the United States, and Asia; as well as substantial collections from England, with particular focus on theater and music.

Digital version of Joseph Sabin's seminal _A Dictionary of Books Relating to America_.

More than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres.

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin are famous for founding the Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, one of the most important early lesbian organizations. Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin: Beyond the Daughters of Bilitis documents many decades of Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin’s work for, and leadership of, the LGBT movement and the women’s rights movement in both in San Francisco and nationally.

During World War I, Indian nationalists used Great Britain’s preoccupation with the European war to attempt to foment revolution in India to overthrow British rule. Indian nationalists in the U.S. were active in the independence movement, and this digital collection documents Justice Department and U.S. Attorney records on these activities.