Library Guides: HST 280: Primary sources

Primary Sources

ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Offers access to U.S. congressional publications, bills, legislative histories, and reports, supporting research in legislative and public policy analysis.
This collection contains a wide variety of U.S. Congressional materials, including hearings, documents, reports, and committee prints dating from 1789 to the present. It provides access to indexing and some full-text content for Congressional Committee Prints, House and Senate Documents and Reports (Congressional Serial Set), Legislative Histories, member and committee information, political news, the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, the Congressional Record, Statutes at Large, and Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations. Browse nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports for pro/con positions, overviews, statistics, and analysis.

Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Lebanon, 1930-1944
Microforms in the Libraries' collections. These, and the microform reader, can be accessed on the 1st floor of Roesch Library.
Despatches from U.S. consuls in Beirut, Lebanon, 1836-1906
Microforms in the Libraries' collections. These, and the microform reader, can be accessed on the 1st floor of Roesch Library.
United Nations Research Guides
Detailed guides that provide guidance on accessing the UN Library's reports and documentation.
Foreign Relations of the United States
A nearly complete digitized run of the publication "Foreign Relations of the United States" from 1861 to 1960. This book series produced by the Department of State's Office of the Historian contains documents from presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy.

Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019 This link opens in a new window
This resource offers full-text access to every page of The Times newspaper from 1785 to 2019, providing comprehensive coverage of historical events and articles.
This resource is the complete, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the influential British newspaper, "The Times," with content spanning from 1785 to 2019. With over 12 million articles available, the archive supports research across multiple disciplines and areas of interest, including business, humanities, political science, and philosophy, along with coverage of all major international historical events. Browsable document types include advertisements, front and back matter, birth announcements, death notices and obituaries, marriage announcements, editorials, sports news, stock tables, and weather reports. Additional content includes illustrations such as maps, cartoons, and photographs. All articles are displayed as digital page images, letting users view the pages as they originally appeared in print, and all allow full-text searching.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Access a wide range of British periodicals from the 17th to the 20th centuries, featuring literature, culture, and social commentary for historical research.
This resource offers facsimile page images and searchable full text for nearly 500 British periodicals published from the 17th century to the early 21st century. All content is available in full-page image with searchable full-text. Subject coverage includes The Periodical Press, Victorian periodicals, popular culture, literary journalism and criticism, politics, political science, and political satire, serial fiction and serialized novels, slavery and anti-slavery movements, temperance, religion and theology, book reviews, science, economics, sports, theatre/theater and drama, English, Scottish, and Irish literature, women's literature, and more. Major titles include All the Year Round, The Edinburgh Review, Gentleman’s Magazine, Quarterly Review, and The Tatler.
New York Times with Index This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index to the New York Times, providing citation information and access to articles, enabling users to efficiently locate news and features from the publication.
This historical newspaper collection provides first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of politics, society, and events covering 1851-2020. Search historical local, regional, national, and international news using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.
March of Time This link opens in a new window
A collection of historical newsreels from 1935 to 1967, offering insight into key events, social trends, and global issues through short documentary films.
Discover rare and previously unpublished American History newsreels, documentaries, commercials, public service announcements, and instructional material, released from 1934 to 1966. Deep dive into the Plymouth Rock landing, westward expansion, the Civil War, women’s suffrage, the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the Space Race, the Gay Rights Movement, the Iraq War, and more. You'll uncover the inspiring voices of Native Americans, African Americans, women, the LGBT community, and other traditionally underrepresented groups in American History. Videos range from two minutes to one hour long.
Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new window
A database offering global news content, including newspapers, broadcasts, and online sources, enabling users to explore diverse perspectives and historical archives.
Research diverse perspectives, topics, and trends in this collection of current news sources, including North American and international newspapers, wire services, and broadcast news transcripts. It covers local, regional, and world issues, politics, government policies, sports, industries, cultural activities, schools, and people and events in local communities. Search curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, and International Studies, or more specific subjects such as African American Studies, Communication, Journalism, and Media Studies, Criminal Justice, Planning, Public Policy, and Public Administration, Social Work, and Sociology.

Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window
This collection provides access to a range of primary source materials across various topics, enabling research in history, culture, and social issues through digitized documents.
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Further explore African American, American, Asian, Latin American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern Studies; British and European History; Business and Economic History; Cultural Studies; Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Health and Environmental Sciences; International Relations; and Law, Politics, and Radical Studies. Collections are chosen based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students.

Modern History Sourcebook: Imperialism
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook is one of series of history primary sourcebooks hosted through the History Department of Fordham University, New York. It is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Middle East Since 1944
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook is one of series of history primary sourcebooks hosted through the History Department of Fordham University, New York. It is intended to serve the needs of teachers and students in college survey courses in modern European history and American history, as well as in modern Western Civilization and World Cultures.
The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record
Available from the Yale University Lillian Goldman Law Library, this collection includes digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs
From the New York Public Library's Prints and Photographs Division, this collection includes photographs and printed materials that span the 19th and early 20th century.
Gertrude Bell Archive
From Newcastle University, the correspondence, diaries and photographs held within the Gertrude Bell Archive cover complex and crucial periods of geopolitical history, such as the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the First World War, and the creation of the Kingdom of Iraq. The material also provides detailed depictions of diverse landscapes, people, and cultures whilst recording Bell’s movements and experiences in the Middle East, Europe, and East Asia.