United States History: Primary Sources by Type: Letters & Diaries

Civil War letter from Charles W. Reed (1841-1926) to his mother

To find published letters and diaries available at the UW Libraries search the UW Libraries Catalog using the search terms: correspondence or diaries

Adams Family Papers
Includes correspondence of John Adams and John Quincy Adam's diary
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Correspondence and other papers of the inventor
Clara Breed Collection
Over 300 letters from Japanese American children written to librarian Clara Breed during WWII
DoHistory
Early 19th c diary of a midwife Martha Ballard
Frederick Douglass Papers
Correspondence and other material
George Washington Papers
Correspondence and other papers
James Madison Papers
Correspondence and other papers
Journals of Lewis & Clark
Journals from the 1803-1806 expedition
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Transcriptions of mostly previously published letters and diaries
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Digital Collection
Includes letters, diary and other material
Pacific Northwest Historical Documents Database
Collection of original, diaries, letters, reminiscences and political documents of early settlers in the PNW
Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters
Oblinger family letters from 1862 to 1911
Samuel F.B. Morse Papers
Letters and other material of the inventor
Thomas Jefferson Papers
Correspondence and other papers
Wilbur & Orville Wright Papers
Correspondence and other papers of the aviation pioneers