United States History: Primary Sources: 1945-Present

ACLU clippings, correspondence, subject files, case files and administrative documents covering major civil liberties issues of the 20th century.

Audio tracks of songs illustrating American history, including political campaigns, Civil Rights, and war protests. (Music Online)

Collections related to the civil rights movement including records of federal agencies, organizations, and individuals. (ProQuest History Vault)

The experience and impact of African Americans, as recorded by the news media from 1976 to today.

Collection of declassified US government documents. Includes primary documents, glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs.

Financial records, programs, photographs, newspaper articles, invitations, and other printed items of Fannie Lou Hamer, from 1966-1978.

A research collection of open-source resources related to homeland security policy, strategy and organizational management.

Thousands of titles on the American workplace, covering the labor rights movement in the 19th century to the workplace of today.

Internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (ProQuest History Vault)

Primary source exhibits for students and scholars of queer history and culture.

Memoirs, manifestos, memorabilia & more illustrating the history & culture of this pivotal period in history.

Archive of national television news broadcasts, 1968 to present.

Ethnic, minority, and native presses, grassroots newspapers and magazines, and journals, news and newsletters focusing on gender and sexuality, from 1970-current. Encompasses Alt-PressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch.

Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people, covering 1959-present.

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans, as recorded by the news media from 2010 to today.

US alternative press publications dating mostly from the 1960s-1990s; includes ethnic, feminist, underground, antiwar, etc.

26 of the most influential, longest-running serial publications covering the history and culture of the LGBT community from 1954 - 2015.

Newsweek (1933-2012) and 14 other magazines covering events, international relations, and public policy from 1918 to 2015.

Digital historical newspaper coverage from 1880s to 2000s. Includes Atlanta Constitution, Baltimore Afro-American, Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspapers Collection, Globe & Mail, The Guardian and The Observer, Hindustan Times, Korea Times, LA Times, Le Monde, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, Pittsburgh Courier, South China Morning Post, Spokesman Review, Times of India, Vancouver Sun, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Fully searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave.

American & Canadian women's magazines including Essence 1970-2000, Good Housekeeping 1885-2005, Chatelaine 1928-2005 and more

Reference content, primary documents, and images illustrating the histories and cultures of North American Native peoples.

The National Archives' nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries

Covers all aspects of North America's aboriginal culture, history and life. Includes books, journals and government documents. Includes some links to full-text.

Scholarly and general interest sources and historical newspapers and other primary sources on the Black experience from ancient past to present day.

Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other fugitive material.

Friendly interface for current U.S. Census data, including visualizations, data comparisons, tables, and GIS export.

Fully searchable and downloadable edition of the standard source for facts about American history. Allows customized tables and spreadsheets.

Digitized primary sources covering the cultural, political and social history of Native Peoples from the 17th through the 20th centuries.

Off-campus access temporarily requires use of Husky OnNet. History and culture of Latinos living in the United States.

Compilation of biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories.