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Special Collections Librarian
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About Digital Collections
This page lists digital collections available for online research, organized by geographical coverage. 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.
New Jersey
- Atlantic County Library Digitized CollectionThis collection includes ten newspapers from 1860-1923, wills, guardianships and minutes from Orphans Court 1837-1920 (County Surrogate's Office) indexed by last name, immigration records indexed by last name and local Civil War "mustered out" records.
- Camdenbase"CamdenBase contains selected citations of journal, book and newspaper articles about the city of Camden, New Jersey."
- Chinese Exclusion in New JerseyThis exhibit focuses on the period of Chinese Exclusion that lasted from 1882-1943.
- Stockton University Digital CollectionsDigital Collections provides open access to the University's publications and historical documents, unique and specialized library collections and the intellectual and artistic work of the College community.
- Digital Jerseyana CollectionFrom the New Jersey State Library. Publications about New Jersey, including books, photographs and postcards.
- Historical Maps of New JerseyMost of the map images on these webpages are from Rutgers' Special Collections.
- Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project (The College of New Jersey)The Hurricane Sandy Oral History Project aims to preserve the memories of people whose lives have been affected by the storm and its aftermath.
- Kean Digital CollectionsIncludes items from some of the Special Collections, including the New Jersey Public Policy collection and Holocaust Resource Center Oral History Program.
- Miss America Protests (Duke)Part of the Women's Liberation Movement Print Culture collection, documents the 1968 Atlantic City protest.
- New Jersey Digital HighwayMultiple historical organizations in New Jersey contribute to the digital collections on this site.
- NJ Health Statistics (Rutgers)Published annual reports from 1877 to 2000 on the health of New Jersey's population.
- NJ Weather Network (Rutgers)Data and maps about weather in New Jersey.
- Rutgers University Libraries Digital CollectionsIncludes New Jersey focused collections, as well as some from the Institute of Jazz Studies Research, the art gallery, and the Roman coins collection.
- Stories of Atlantic CityStories of Atlantic City is a collaborative project focused on telling restorative, untold stories about the city and its people.
- Topographical MapsOnline map tool with options to view bathymetric, USGS quad maps, and public land maps.
- Voices from Atlantic CityVoices from Atlantic City tells the story of the rise and fall of this gambling and entertainment mecca through the unique perspectives of local stakeholders – once prosperous card dealers, cocktail waitresses, construction workers and others.
United States
- 100 Milestone DocumentsThe following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.
- History Commons This link opens in a new window
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.
- AMDOCSDocuments for the study of American History
- American Panorama (U. of Richmond)Digital Humanities projects offering interactive atlases based on American history. Projects include maps of redlining, westward migration, urban renewal displacements, forced migration of enslaved people, and US politics.
- American Historic Newspapers, 1789-1925 This link opens in a new window
Free access to over 1,680 American historic newspapers from 1789-1925, hosted by the Library of Congress.
- Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, & DiplomacyProvides digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Coverage includes documents from ancient history to the present.
- Digital History Reader: US HistoryThe Digital History Reader (DHR) is comprised of two main content areas, each broken out into modules. The United States History section provides materials covering important themes and issues from the colonial era to the present.
- Digital Public Library of AmericaThe Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
- Disability History MuseumCollections aim to reveal the rich possibilities and directions disability history offers as a means to study our collective human experience.
- Early American Newspapers, College Edition This link opens in a new window
Search using either the timeline or topic search to find news, eyewitness accounts and pro/con articles of events, issues and daily life from the colonies to World War I and other eras. Also included are illustrations, advertisements, classifieds, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, stories about historic people and other articles exactly as they appeared in print .
- Folkstreams - A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots CulturesProvides streaming access to a large collection of documentary films about American folk cultures. Includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings and links to related websites. The website provides simple keyword and advanced searching, as well as ability to browse by subjects, regions, titles, filmmakers and other categories. Video displays include links to related films.
- Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1970Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Detailed county and state-level ecological or descriptive data for the United States for the years 1790 to 1970 are contained in this collection.
- Histories of the National MallExplore historical maps, discover stories you never knew, find people and historical events related to the Mall's past.
- IDA Treaties Explorer (Indigenous Digital Archive)While treaties between Indigenous peoples and the United States affect virtually every area in the USA, there is as yet no official list of all the treaties. The US National Archives holds 374 of the treaties, where they are known as the Ratified Indian Treaties. Here you can view them for the first time with key historic works that provide context to the agreements made and the histories of our shared lands.
- Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian (LACLI)A Google Sheet listing online free e-resources focusing on Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian topics and content. Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.
- Library of Congress Digital CollectionsSelected from the holdings of the Library of Congress.
- LIFE photo archive hosted by GoogleSearch millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.
- Making of America (Cornell)A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. (Collaborative effort with the University of Michigan; see below.)
- Making of America (Michigan)Digital library of primary sources in American social history, particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. (Created in conjunction with Cornell.)
- National ArchivesThe US National Archives is the keeper of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It also holds records from federal agencies, the military, and the presidents.
- National Historical Geographic Information SystemProvides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.
- New York Public Library Digital CollectionsImages digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
- New York Times.com This link opens in a new window
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Access current news as well as historical news from 1851 to today. Read breaking news, watch videos, listen to podcasts and more. View content on a cell phone, tablet, or computer.
- POWER Library (Pennsylvania Digital Collections)Explore thousands of digitized documents and photographs from unique collections in libraries across Pennsylvania.
- Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810Researchers at Gunston Hall Plantation, the colonial home of George Mason (1725-1792), collected 325 probate inventories from the Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia for the period of 1740 to 1810.
- State Digital ResourcesList from Library of Congress by state of Memory Projects, Online Encyclopedias, and digital Historical & Cultural Materials Collections
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (2012 and prior years)Statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States to October 2011. To access the most current data, please refer to the organizations cited in the source notes for each table of the Statistical Abstract.
- US History SceneMultimedia history education website composed of historians and educators at over fifty universities dedicated to providing students and teachers with easy access to premier digital resources, live digital curriculum, and cutting-edge history scholarship.
- Voices of Democracy: The US Oratory Project (U. of Maryland)The Voices of Democracy project promotes the study of great speeches and debates in U.S. history. It includes the text of speeches from the 1700s to present.