U.S. History: Primary Source Collections Online

Taken in 1903 and 1907, these 255 gelatin silver prints were originally published in American Lumberman, a weekly trade journal. The majority of the shots document lumber production activities near Diboll in East Texas, including log cutting, transportation, sawmills, and kilns. The collection also provides a glimpse of everyday life in a company town and in the logging camps. (Univ.of North Texas)

This exhibit highlights public broadcasting recordings of conversations on climate change—its causes, impacts, and proposed solutions—from 1970, the first year that Earth Day was celebrated, to the present. (American Archive of Public Broadcasting)

Essays, bibliographies, podcasts, news, and more. Site maintained by Dr Jan Oosthoek, an environmental historian based at the University of Newcastle in England.

Primary documents and images.

Information about primary and secondary sources in forest, conservation, and environmental history. Also a database of images.

Collected historic photographs, personal papers, and research library of Gerald "Jerry" Williams, former national historian for the U.S. Forest Service. Includes titles pertaining to environmental history and natural resources issues, as well as Pacific Northwest and general U.S. history, Native Americans, photography, and geology and geography. (Oregon State Univ.)

News, photos, and other information about selected oil spills (and other incidents) from 1957 to the present. (NOAA Office of Response & Restoration)

Collections of original reports and documents on a variety of oil spills since 1993. Also includes a link to Oil Spill Case Histories since 1967. (NOAA Office of Response & Restoration)

Library of information resources relating to the South Florida environment. Scope of collection includes scientific and technical reports, natural history writings, educational and interpretive materials, datasets, maps, photos, and a directory of other Internet sites relating to the greater Everglades. (Florida International Univ.)

In addition to the site's current information, the archive contains all the Almanacs from 1857 to 1989.
(Texas State Historical Commission)

"...Water-related resources regarding the trans-Mississippi region of North America. The resources include classic water literature, government reports, legal transcripts, water project records, personal papers, photographic collections, and audio/video materials associated with four major river basins of the Western United States."