United States History: Primary Sources by Type: Films & Gov't Documents

Thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. View in iTunes

These archives cover 23 years of history and five presidential administrations. Site contains a profile page for each senator and representative.

A Library of Congress (LC) American Memory collection

Digitized collection of over 1,200 advertising, educational, industrial, civil defense and amateur films produced from the 1920's through early 1980s

The Living Room Candidate, from the Museum of the Moving Image

Over 600 newsreels, from 1929-1967

Historical Census Browser, from the University of Virginia, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center

Congressional records from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress

Compilation of state department documents covering foreign relations from Lincoln through Eisenhower

Compilation of state department documents from the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford administrations

Digitized collection of more than 150 comics; majority published by the federal government and others from the UN and state governments

Immigration & Naturalization Service records covering Asian, Mexican & European immigration

Official papers and speeches from Hoover through Clinton

Current Congressional documents includes Public Laws back to 1973 and the Congressional Record back to 1989