TWRT 482 Writing Historical Fiction - Kula: Primary Sources Online
Major Digital Collections of Primary Sources
- Digital Public Library of AmericaDPLA is a major portal to digitized collections ranging "from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science" that illustrate America's history & culture
- UW Digital CollectionsFreely available collection of photographs and documents illustrating Pacific Northwest History; most materials date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries
- American MemoryHistoric photographs, film and other materials from the Library of Congress
News Sources
- Chronicling AmericaFreely available selection of newspapers covering a number of states with earliest coverage dating back to 1836.
Tacoma Themed Digital Collections
Featured Sources
Portrait of Amelia Earhart from Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Collection.
Compass from Lewis and Clarke expedition from the Smithsonian Collection
Front page of newspaper declaring World War I Armistice, Chronicling America
