Harold & Wilma Good Library: HIST 323 : Colonial History Sources (Gollner Fall 2022): Where do I find primary sources?

United States History Primary Sources

CMU's LibGuide on Primary Sources -- Colonial America
Scroll down on this libguide created by the librarians at CMU for a great round up of open access primary sources from across the internet.
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America gives you access to over 29 million images, texts, videos and sounds across the United States. You can browse by topic, check out online exhibitions, or check out their primary source sets. They have categories for Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763) and Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s).
The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has an enormous collection of primary sources on a range of topics, most related to United States history, but they have some global collections too. Consider browsing their digital collections to see if you can find a topic that interests you.
UC San Diego Libguide about Online Primary Sources
An excellent libguide that covers a range of topics including U.S. History. Items with a lock symbol are limited to students at UC San Diego. The rest are openly available online.

Primary Sources in Books and Ebooks

American Political Writing During the Founding Era, 1760-1805 by Charles S. Hyneman; Donald S. Lutz
ISBN: 9780865970380
Publication Date: 1983
The cradle of the United States, 1765-1789 five hundred contemporary broadsides, pamphlets, and a few books pertaining to the history of the Stamp act, the Boston massacre and other pre-revolutionary troubles. The war for independence and the adoption of by Charles F Heartman (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953,
Publication Date: 1922
Debating the issues in colonial newspapers : primary documents on events of the period by David A. Copeland
ISBN: 9780313007262
The Glorious Revolution in America by Michael G. Hall (Editor); Lawrence H. Leder (Editor); Michael Kammen (Editor)
ISBN: 9781469600758
Publication Date: 2012-12-01
Historical collections : consisting of state papers, and other authentic documents ; intended as materials for an history of the United States of America. by Ebenezer Hazard 1744-1817
Publication Date: 1792
Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan : letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815 by Kerby A Miller, Arnold Schrier, Bruce D Bolling, David Noel Doyle
Publication Date: 2004
Narratives of the insurrections, 1675-1690 by Charles McLean Andrews 1863-1943,
Publication Date: 1915
The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century by Warren M. Billings (Editor)
ISBN: 9781469600857
Publication Date: 2012-12-01
Original narratives of early American history
This series is available in print and covers a range of narratives from early states. This link will take you to a list of all the books in this series held by the Good Library
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, January 6, 1706 Through December 31 1734 by Benjamin Franklin; Leonard W. Labaree
ISBN: 9780300006506
Publication Date: 1959
Select charters and other documents illustrative of American history, 1606-1775 by William MacDonald 1863-1938
Publication Date: 1914
The Struggle for the Georgia Coast by John E. Worth
ISBN: 9780817383862
Publication Date: 2009

Historical Newspapers

AAS Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
This collection of historical American newspapers can serve as a great place to find primary sources on historical events. It contains 5 separate collections that cover 1691-1877.

Catholic News Archive
Search full text of a number of Catholic newspapers including The Catholic Worker, the National Catholic Reporter and more.
Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Elephind.com
Search the world's historical newspaper archives.

New York Times This link opens in a new window
Here is information on the various New York Times Archives that are available: Archive FAQ
Your free GC subscription gives you access to articles from 1851 to today.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Find diverse international perspectives on topics related to controversial issues, the environment, health, literature, business, economics, criminal justice and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media including newspapers, image editions, web-editions, trade journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, video content. Includes 144 Indiana news sources, along with approximately 12,000 other sources from around the world.

NewspaperARCHIVE - Indiana
This is a database covers Indiana history from 1800 to 2017 and is available through Goshen Public Library, which you have access to as a GC student. Your Goshen Public Library barcode is the same as your GC ID barcode. To learn more, visit this website: https://libraryguides.goshen.edu/GPL