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Government Documents
- American State Papers This link opens in a new window
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U.S. Congressional materials covering aspects of early American history, 1789-1838.
- Century of Lawmaking for a New NationCongressional records from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875.
- Congressional PublicationsFull text of bills & laws, 1789-2013, hearings, 1824-1979, and more.
- Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
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43,000 declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.
- Foreign Relations of the United StatesCompilation of State Department documents from Lincoln through Eisenhower.
- Foreign Relations of the United States, 2Compilation of State Department documents from Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford.
- Government Documents A to Z Digitization ProjectOngoing project to digitize pre-1960 government documents. The project is working from A-Z, except for some materials from the War Department.
- Hein Online This link opens in a new window
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Full text of the Congressional Record, Supreme Court decisions, U.S. Statutes, and other federal legal materials; many from the 1700s to date. - Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century This link opens in a new window
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Digitized manuscript collections include federal government records (e.g., US Commission on Civil Rights, White House, etc.).
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United StatesOfficials speeches and papers from Hoover through Clinton.
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set This link opens in a new window
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Full text of House & Senate journals, reports, documents, etc. from 1817-1972.
News & Magazines
- African American Newspapers of the 19th century This link opens in a new window
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Select 19th century African American newspapers. - American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Full image of 18th, 19th, and 20th century U.S. magazines.
- Chicago DefenderMajor African American newspaper. Covers 1905-1975.
- Chronicling America: Historic NewspapersSelected newspapers from the Library of Congress from 1860-1922 for approximately 25 states and the District of Columbia.
- Early American Newspapers Series II This link opens in a new window
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Collection of 50+ newspapers dating from 1736-1900.
- Historical Newspapers Online19th and 20th century newspapers from around the country from University of Pennsylvania's collection.
- New York TimesFull image version from 1851-2011.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Index (no full text links) to articles from 1890-1982.
- Wall Street JournalFull image version from 1889-1997.
- Washington PostFull image version from 1877-1998.