World History: Primary Sources

Hundreds of years of photographs and other images from around the world.

Over a half-million images of artifacts from the Smithsonian Museum.

Newsreel footage of world events from 1895-1986 from one of the most prolific world news organizations of the 20th century.

UW Seattle guide with additional image and video primary source collections

Hundreds of interviews and transcripts representing tribes from across the US resettled in Oklahoma.

500 oral history interviews documenting the history of the South.

Assembled by the Library of Congress, includes interviews, images, video, and more

Interview transcripts, correspondence, and images.

UW Seattle guide with additional oral histories primary source collections.

Travel diaries and scrapbooks of Harrison Forman, American photojournalist who traveled through Asia, the Middle East, and Africa in the mid-20th century.

Letters written by Japanese American children to their librarian, while living in internment camps in southern California during WWII

UW Seattle guide with additional letter and diary primary source collections.

More than 50 newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Articles from 1851-2010.

Articles from major UK newspaper; spans from 1785-1985.

CyArk preserves global heritage and other cultural/historic sites in digital format, allowing 3D exploration and learning.

Collection of primary source documents and essays related to empire and colonial studies.

Digitized primary sources from the United States and around the world.