You can access online collections of primary sources through several museums, specialized research centers, and archives. These collections may contain a variety of material types, from images, to manuscripts, to newspaper clippings and ephemera!
A library partnership with millions of digitized books. Search the full text or catalog records. Especially good for searching for older texts, pre-1922.
This project, led by Harvard University, is working to compile an aggregated catalog of open access digital objects from libraries across the U.S.
Ethnic NewsWatch is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. The database now also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
titles includes Kurdish Life, Minority Business Entrepreneur, Asian Week, Jewish Exponent, Seminole Tribune, Appalachian Heritage, Irish Voice, Chinese America, Islamic Horizons, The Filipino Express, Hmong Times, and Black Masks.
Full text and full image articles from the New York Times (1851-2021)
Comprehensive list of articles in the most popular general interest periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Some full text.
Open access to Winona-area newspapers from the mid-1800s-1976. Presented by Krueger Library with the support of the Minnesota Historical Society and the cooperation of the Winona County Historical Society.
The entire Minneapolis Star and Tribune (including various predecessors) from 1867-2001.
Search the student newspapers of WSU from 1919.
Use these databases to find historical films (primary source materials created at the time of the event) and more recent documentaries that cover historical events (secondary source materials).