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EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe
An extensive primary source database that focuses on key historical happenings in Western Europe from medieval times to the present. Searchable by country.
European History Primary Sources
Attempts to bring together all digitized primary sources pertaining to European history. A joint venture between organizations participating in the European University Institute.
European Resistance Archive
Includes records on movements in France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia.

History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Includes 80 hours of historic videos

Nuremberg Trial Archives
Harvard Law School Library: 1000s of Documents on Nuremberg Trials (including transcripts)
Bundesarchiv -Digital Picture Archives of the German Federal Archives
12 million photos, posters, images
German National Library [Staatsbibliothek]—digitized historical newspapers
Newspaper Archive (in German); includes GDR
German exile press
Digitized collection of 30 German-language newspapers
Bundesarchiv - Digitized Fonds
Extensive for the Nazi period, German-language
German Propaganda Archive (Calvin College)
German Historical Institute
German History in Documents and Images
ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online
German Language

Library of Congress
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
American Presidency Project
Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive
National World War II Museum
Includes Oral History collection
Densho
A grassroots organization website with hundreds of video interviews and other primary source documents related to the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. Also includes an encyclopedia on the topic.

British Online Archives: Reports by Antifascists in Occupied Europe, 1933-45
Access may be limited
International Institute of Social History
Files on fascism and antifascism in Dutch; poster collections
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Includes many records not specific to the U.S.
Leo Baeck Institute
Digital collections on German-speaking Jews
Yale Law School Avalon Project
Documents on Law, History, and Diplomacy

Times (London) Digital Archives This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the newspaper, including advertisements, editorial cartoons, etc. Coverage is from 1785-1985.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive: 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the complete run of the newspaper, including all content originally published. Covers social, political and cultural history, including fashion, theatre, media, literature, advertising and graphic design, and genealogy.
New York Times (Historical Newspaper Archive) This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the newspaper, including advertisements, editorial cartoons, etc. Coverage is from 1851 up to the past three years and includes the New York Times Book Review and the New York Times Magazine.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
More than 270 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 1100 magazines that began publishing in the USA between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary journals, children's and women's magazines, and more. Coverage extends to 1940 at the latest.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) Search multiple newspapers from both Confederate and Union states (coverage extends beyond the Civil War years). Example titles include: Memphis Appeal (1857-1886), Chattanooga Rebel (1862-1865), New York Sun (1859-1916), and New York Daily Tribune (1842-1866).

Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Full text of 425 journals and magazines covering all topics dating back to the 1800s. Coverage ends at 2000.
American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 1100 magazines that began publishing in the USA between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary journals, children's and women's magazines, and more. Coverage extends to 1940 at the latest.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 70 magazines published in Britain from the 1680s to the 1930s.
MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text for nearly1,600 general magazines. Some full-text titles include: Saturday Evening Post (1931-); Vital Speeches of the Day (1934-); Ebony (1945-); Foreign Affairs (1922-); Congressional Digest (1921-)