NATIONAL/REGIONAL RESOURCES BY CATEGORIES

The websites listed are only a handful of available sites for information and research. Each site contains additional state and county resources so make sure to explore them. Many archives and libraries have searchable catalogs and many have digital collections of documents and/or photographs.

This is a constantly growing list, so feel free to email Creative History with other historic and genealogical webistes that provide information about their collections or have online access to them.

Major Catalogs and Databases - Searchable

Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records
Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System
Cornell University Library, Rare and Manuscript Collections
American History and Culture
American Indian History and Culture
Architecture and City Planning
Digital Collections
Gateway - Digital Initiatives
Gateway - Digital Collections
Gateway - Digital Projects
Gateway - Online Exhibits
Food, Wine and Culinary History
Media, Film and Music
Photographs and Visual Materials
Popular Culture
Daughters of the American Revolution - Library
Ellis Island
Historical Census Browser
History Now
Library of Congress
American Folklife Center
Exhibitions
Geography and Map Reading Room
Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections
Prints and Photographs Reading Room
Science and Technology Reading Room
National Archives
America’s Historical Documents
Genealogists/Family Historians
National Archives - Educators and Students
Online Exhibits
Research
Veterans and Their Families
National Park Service
Links to the Past
Virtual Exhibits
Our Doucments
Picture History - A Primary Source for History Online

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