United States History: Archives & Documents
Archival Material & Documents
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine This link opens in a new windowPrimary source materials from the long nineteenth century revealing the rapid acceleration of scientific, technical, and medical knowledge and covering every aspect of science. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents focused on issues at the intersection of gender and class from the late-eighteenth to the early twentieth century, all through a transnational perspective.
More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY - American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowA vast collection of American historical periodicals, 17th-20th century. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Archive Finder This link opens in a new windowA searchable listing of archives and document repositories located in the U.S., the U.K., and Ireland.
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender, Parts 1-2: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents on important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- China from Empire to Republic: Missionary, Sinology and Literary Periodicals 1817-1949 This link opens in a new windowEnglish-language periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- China from Empire to Republic: Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China (1854-1949) This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents for the study of China and its relations with the West in the late Qing and Republican periods. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources, documents, and media relevant to historical research in multiple unique collections.
- Digital Public Library of America This link opens in a new windowA vast trove of primary source material from libraries, archives, and museums around the U.S. and related to every country and era.
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new windowMore than 22 million page images from every work printed during the era 1473-1700 in English in Great Britain, and in any language in Britain's dependencies.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowDigital archive of books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides etc. from Great Britain in the 18th century and other locations, primarily but not exclusively in English.
- Europeana This link opens in a new windowBooks, images, audio, and video from European libraries, archives, and museums.
- European Views of the Americas, 1493-1750 This link opens in a new windowContemporary books and journal articles from the period of European exploration of North America.
- Finding Aids at the University at Buffalo Libraries This link opens in a new windowGuides to archival records, personal papers, and manuscripts in UB's Special Collections unit.
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowPrimary source material from five centuries of modern world history.
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowPrimary and secondary full-text and archival material, from 1970 to the present, on all issues related to sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, day care, and the workplace.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowA vast digital repository of books derived from the collections of leading research libraries.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAlongside contemporary scholarly books and journals, JSTOR's collections contain historical material appropriate for use as primary sources.
- Past Masters This link opens in a new windowComplete online texts of important works in philosophy and theology from medieval and modern Europe and the U.S.
- ProQuest History Vault This link opens in a new windowMillions of primary source, cross-searchable, full-text/full-image documents on the most widely studied topics in 19th and 20th-century American history.
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery, Parts 1-4 This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents on all aspects of the phenomenon of slavery and its abolition in the US, Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Women Working, 1800-1930 This link opens in a new windowPrimary source material related to women's roles in the U.S. economy in the 19th and early 20th century.
- Women’s Studies Archive: Issues and Identities This link opens in a new windowPrimary source documents from the 19th and 20th centuries covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives and spanning multiple regions. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ArchiveGridBrings together more than 5 million records describing archival content from more than 1,000 archives across the globe.
- ArchivesCanada.ca Search PortalOfficial archival search portal of the Canadian Council of Archives, providing online access to more than 800 archives across Canada.
- ArchivesWiki - American Historical AssociationA clearinghouse of information about archival resources throughout the world.
- Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training: Oral History CollectionThe world's largest collection of U.S. diplomatic oral history.
- Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and CanadaA listing of companies in the U.S. and Canada that maintain archives and records pertaining to their activities.
- The Internet Archive: Wayback MachineAn archive of the Internet itself since 1996, including almost 280 billion web pages.
- Library of Congress: Portals to State HistoryA listing of archives, collections, and initiatives devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage in the individual states of the U.S.
- Museums USA: Museum DirectoryA listing of museums in the U.S., arranged by state and type.
- PreservationDirectory.comThe premier online resource for historic preservation, building restoration, and cultural resource management in the U.S. & Canada.
