History : US History

US and Colonial History

These pages include

article/secondary and primary source subscription resources requiring a myNortheastern username and password, indicated by a lock symbol
open source and publicly available websites in a wide range of US and Colonial history topics.

This guide only gives a sampling of the vast resources available. For specialized research assistance, please contact us or schedule an appointment with Karen Merguerian, History Librarian

General Sources:

American Indian Histories and Cultures (Adam Matthew) This link opens in a new window
Digitized primary source material from the Newberry Librarys extensive Edward E. Ayer Collection, dating from the earliest contact with European settlers up to the mid-twentieth century.
- What this includes: manuscripts, art work, newspapers, treaties, speeches,diaries, historic maps,photographs.

American Journeys (Wisconsin Historical Society)
Eyewitness accounts of North American exploration by Europeans, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in 1000 C.E. to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later
American Material Culture (Harvard University Library)
Links to resources for identifying and researching objects and places: textiles inventions, landscapes, photographs, food, and much more.
Discovering American Women's History Online (Ken Williams, Middle Tennessee State University)
Hundreds of links to resources on American women; highly inclusive of indigenous women.
GIS Datasets: Federal, City, State (Bahare Sanaie-Movahed, Northeastern University)
A compilation of datasets from chiefly government sources.
Primary Resources (UVA Miller Center)
Important primary texts in American law and politics.
U.S. History: Primary Source Collections (Sam Houston University)
This list of links to important primary source collections is divided by topic and era.