| Name | Description | Timeline | Search functions/ Special notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archives unbound [electronic resource] | An online repository for various area studies, including collections on African American, American, and Native American studies. | Not specified. | After entering each collection, students will get an overview what the collection contains. Students can search within each collection by typing a keyword into the search bar. |
| Early Encounters in North America | A repository of collected materials about the peoples and communities in North America between 1534 to 1850. These sources allow the reader a glimpse into the lives of individuals like slaves, soldiers, and traders, amongst many others, through mediums like journals and letters. | 1534 to 1850. | Look through materials by conducting a simple or advanced search. Categories provided on the main under “Browses”, such as “Titles,” and “People” are helpful for those who simply wish to browse. |
| Meet the Press | Meet the Press is an American TV show from news channel NBC. Broadcast weekly, the programme’s specialty is its interviews with leaders about various fields like politics, economics, and international relations | 1947 to 2013 | This website is a repository of Meet the Press episodes since its debut in 1947-2013. To search for an episode, filter by date or conduct a simple search. |
| North American Women's Letters and Diaries | A database of letters and diaries of over a thousand women across two centuries. The earliest letters date back to the late 17th century while the latest was written in the 20th century, covering an extensive number of historical events from the Salem Witch Trials to the Vietnam War. | 17th century to 20th century. | Look through materials by conducting a simple or advanced search. Categories provided on the main page under “Browses” like “People,” “Historical events,” or “Subjects,” can be helpful to navigate materials for users who need a starting point. |
| Early American Imprints | A online database of materials about the history and events of America between 1639 to 1819. | 1639 to 1819. | Materials are sorted into seven collections but users can opt to browse through other categories like genre, subject, and place of publication. To conduct an effective search, conduct an advanced search, or conduct a simple search using quotation marks. |
| Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers | An online platform repository of digitised American newspapers between 1789-1963. | 1789 to 1963. | To view the complete list of newspapers offered, click on “All Digitized Newspapers 1789-1963” > “Show All Ditigized Papers.” This will draw up a list of the newspaper offered on the site along with the state which is it published in, and the earliest and latest issue of that paper on the website. From this list, students can click on “Browse Issues” to search for issues based on date. Alternatively, students can use the search bar at the top of the page by keying in their desired search terms and filtering by the state and year. |
For modern American history from 1945 onwards, the time period 1945-1991 during the Cold War is covered in another post about databases for Cold War sources.