This page lists digital collections available for online research. Most are open and freely available. Please remember that these are only some of the records that a site may offer for research. Most institutions cannot put everything they have in their holdings online. When you find digitized items of interest, you might wish to contact the site for more information and to see if there are additional holdings relating to what you are viewing.
Provides vast quantities of archived historical information, previously furnished only in microformat, hard copy form or as images only. Primary source material has been selected to reflect a broad view of the times.
Provides full-text access to the personal writings of American women from all classes and walks of life from colonial times to 1950. The collection includes published letters and diaries, journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs and conference proceedings. It also contains biographical information on authors when available.
Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection shows how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.