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ENGLISH 225: Intermediate Academic Prose

National Collections of Primary Sources

Chronicling America

Newspapers from 1789-1963, made keyword searchable by the Library of Congress.

Digital Public Library of America

Digitized primary source sets from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions.

Library of Congress Digital Archives

Peruse correspondence, diaries, writings, naval records, scrapbooks, and many other primary sources held by the Library of Congress.

National Archives

Online portal to the National Archives' digitized records, including those from the Access to Archival Databases (AAD), Electronic Records Archives (ERA), and Presidential Libraries web pages.

Smithsonian Libraries Digital Collections

Includes over 35,000 digitized books and manuscripts (available in the Digital Library or as part of the Biodiversity Heritage Library) as well as digitized photo collections.