American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Resources listed here contain digitized copies of primary source historical documents.
Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.
Collection of digitized documents related to government, politics, diplomacy, law, history and economics from the pre 18th century to the present. Includes treaties, agreements, presidential messages and a wide variety of primary sources.