LibGuides: Internet Resources: History

AFRICAN

Africa Center for Strategic Studies - Academic institution within the U.S. Department of Defense for the study of security issues relating to Africa.
Africa.com - News aggregator showcasing the continent’s cultural, economic, and social expertise.
Africa Focus - Analysis and progressive advocacy on African issues.
African Activist Archive Project - Online records of activism in the U.S. supporting the struggles of Africans against colonialism, apartheid, and social injustice from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Africa is a Country -
African Reading Room (Library of Congress) - Research materials on sub-Saharan Africa.
African Studies Center (UPenn) - Links to African studies resources online.
African Studies Internet Resources (Columbia U) - Columbia University's collection of African Studies internet resources.
African Studies Center in Leiden
AllAfrica
Comparative Black Liberation in South Africa and Mississippi
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa
Northwestern's 16th-20th Century Maps of Africa
Perry-Castaneda Library Maps of Africa
Slave Voyages - Explores the forced relocation of Africans across the Atlantic world.
South African History Online - Cultural, political and economic resources.

BIOGRAPHY

Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Search by subject or name.
Nobel Laureate List - List of NobelPrize winners on the official web site of the Nobel Foundation.

AMERICAN

African American History Month - Library of Congress collaborative site of resources to celebrate African American history.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Multimedia primary source discussion sets for topics in US history.
American Rhetoric - Top 100 speeches with audio.
Asian and Pacific Islander Collection- Includes 230 public radio and television programs from 1965 to 2019 that highlight Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures in the US from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. - Collection of African American primary sources.
Black Past - History of black people across the globe and especially in North America.
Chronicling America - Search and view historic newspaper pages from 1880-1910.
Civil Rights Digital Library - Articles, documents, images, and teaching guides related to the civil rights era.
Densho - Primary sources documenting experience of Japanese Americans from early 1900s to 1980s with strong focus on incarceration during WW II.
Documenting the American South - Collection of first-person narratives.
History Makers - Digital repository for the Black experience.
History Matters - Annotated guide to U.S. history and social studies websites.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library- Historic archives with primary source material.
Library of Congress Digital Collections- Primary sources with an American focus.
National Constitution Center - Resources for constitutional education and debate.
National Archives - Primary documents related to U.S. history.
National Museum of the American Indian - Native artifacts from the entire Western Hemisphere.
Native America - Collection of art from indigenous peoples across United Sates, Canada, and Greenland at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College.
New Deal Network - Guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Smithsonian Air and Space - Articles and multimedia from the National Air and Space Museum.
Studs Terkel Radio Archive - Over 2,000 radio programs exploring important events and people of the 20th century.

GEORGIA

Digital Library of Georgia - Documents and pictures related to the history and culture of Georgia.
New Georgia Encyclopedia- Information about the state from the Georgia Humanities department.
Georgia Historic Newspapers - Digitized copies of over two million newspaper pages from 1763 - 2021.

ASIAN

Asia Art - Links to information about Asian art and artists.
Asia for Educators (Columbia) - Resources for students and teachers of Asian history.
Kids Web Japan - Cultural information about Japan.

EUROPEAN

EuroDocs - Links to primary documents related to Western European history.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - Primary and secondary sources, including images and a timeline.
French Revolution Digital Archive- Stanford University Libraries.

GENERAL HISTORY

Ancient History Sourcebook- Links to primary sources on the Internet.
Avalon Project (Yale) - Primary documents from the 17th through 20th centuries.
Facing History and Ourselves - History resources to combat racism, antisemitism, and prejudice.
Footnoting History - History podcasts .
Hanover Historical Texts Collection - Primary documents by area and time period.
HistoryNet - Articles from historical magazines.
HistoryPlace Speeches - Great History Speeches listed alphabetically, with background information about the speech.
Islamic History Sourcebook - Links to primary sources related to Islamic history.
Mariners' Museum: The Ages of Exploration - Maps, biographies & photos.
MedievalSourcebook - Primary documents from the medieval period.
Modern History Sourcebook - Collections of historical texts.
World Digital Library - An online library led by the Library of Congress, providing access to important primary source materials from all countries and cultures.

HISPANIC/LATINX

Hispanic Heritage Month: NPS - History, heritage, and accomplishments of Hispanic and Latin Americans.
National Hispanic Heritage Month - Resources from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for Hispanic Heritage.