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Primary Source Sets and Collections


Photograph of five teachers from the Palmer Institute, ca. 1900. From the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, in the NC Digital Collections.Primary Source Sets and Learning Activities


Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/primary-source-sets

Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets

National Archives https://www.archives.gov/education

Gilder Lehrman Institute Primary Sources https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/spotlight-primary-sources

National Humanities Center, TeacherServe http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/tserve.htm


Online Historical Collections -- with a North Carolina historical focus


North Carolina Digital Collections (state government publications and historical archives) https://digital.ncdcr.gov

UNC Libraries, Digital Collections https://library.unc.edu/special-collection/

NC State University Libraries Digital Collections https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/digital-collections

East Carolina University Libraries Digital Collections https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (local/county historical collections) https://www.digitalnc.org/

UNC Greensboro Digital Collections http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/

North Carolina Museum of History Collections https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collections



General Historical Collections


Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

National Archives Digital Photography Collections https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/photography

British Library Digital Collections https://www.bl.uk/catalogues-and-collections/digital-collections