Primary Sources
Digital Collections -- Primary Sources
- 19th Century American Literary, Historical, and Cultural Studies This link opens in a new windowA site that brings together the best materials available on the web for studying and teaching about 19th century American literature.
- Avalon Project at Yale This link opens in a new windowPrimary source materials in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government.
- Canadian Illustrated News (1869 to 1883) This link opens in a new windowA selection of 4,000 images of people, places and events across Canada and around the world taken from the popular 19th-century magazine. Canadian Illustrated News was published in Montreal, Quebec from 1869 to 1883 and was notable for its innovative use
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new windowEuropean Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 is a free archive of indexed publications related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750. It includes thousands of valuable primary source records covering the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.
- Library of Congress Digital Collections This link opens in a new windowBrowse the full array of digitized collections at the Library of Congress.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new windowBrings together articles, books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. ”Teaching Tools” has 21 comprehensive lesson plans with over 100 lesson ideas and six Document-Based Question units.
- Women Working, 1800-1930 This link opens in a new windowDigitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections that explore women's roles in the U.S. economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowHathiTrust is a massive full-text digital library comprising more than 10 million volumes contributed by more than 60 major research institutions and libraries.
- Digital Public Library of AmericaDPLA includes millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country available to all in a one-stop discovery experience.
Finding Images and Political Cartoons
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly, multidisciplinary database containing more than 6,100 full-text journals, and indexing/abstracts for more than 10,100 journals.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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Access over a million images covering the fine and decorative arts from around the world as well as architecture and commercial design. ARTstor also includes many images which document cultural events and news stories. Note: You must be logged into the SUNY Geneseo VPN to access this resource. Please use a new private browser window when accessing this resource.
- Herblock's HistoryHerblock! includes eighty-two original cartoon drawings, primarily selected from the Library’s extensive Herbert L. Block Collection. These cartoons represent Block’s ability to wield his pen effectively and artfully, using it to condemn corruption and expose injustice, inequality, and immorality.
- New York Public Library Digital CollectionsFree and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
- Punch CartoonsPunch, a magazine of humour and satire, ran from 1841-2002. This website contains 30,000 of the best Punch cartoons, digitized to the highest standards, keyworded for precise searches, and provided at high resolution for unsurpassed reproduction.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new windowComprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 - 1982. Reflects the history of 20th century America.
- FlickrUse Flickr's advanced search to find photos and images which are available copyright free or through a Creative Commons license that allows for reuse.
Flickr provides access to works by professional and amateur photographers as well as several collections from major world museums as well as to those of lesser quality.
