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Colorado History
- Colorado Topic ListCompiled by library staff for Colorado specific topics
- Carnegie Library for Local HistoryThis library hosts a wealth of archives including the complete archives of the Boulder Daily Camera on microfilm, and local history such as Rocky Flats.
Contact them at 303-441-3110 - Colorado Historic Newspapers Collections
A service of the Colorado State Library, CHNP currently represents more than 475 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 up to 2019. - Rocky Mountain Online ArchiveThe Rocky Mountain Online Archive (RMOA) is a source of information about archival collections in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.
- Museum of BoulderProvides resources that teachers and students need to integrate local topics into NHD projects. Local topics will open doors to primary source documents and experts to interview. They also do period costume rentals.
- Maria Rogers Oral History Project BoulderA collection of audio and video interviews with long-time residents and other people knowledgeable about the history of the city and county of Boulder.
- Western History Subject IndexThe best way to search for individual newspaper articles that DPL Western History has on microfilm.
- Digital Collections at Denver PL Western HistoryThis contains all types of digitized materials including historical maps, photographs, artwork, and the like.
- Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library.Index to biographies in this Research Library.
Help with citing and analyzing
- Citing Primary SourcesLibrary of Congress tips for MLA and Chicago citations.
Primary Source Portals related to theme
- Library of Congress
The premier source for archival, historical primary source materials and hard to find sources. - National Archives
The National Archives is the nation's record keeper. They hold billions of primary sources. Many can be incorporated into NHD research and projects. - Digital Public Library of America
A Wealth of Knowledge. Explore 11,339,564 items from American libraries, archives, and museums - Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Collection is an archive of primary sources in American history. The Collection includes more than 60,000 letters, diaries, maps, pamphlets, printed books, newspapers, photographs, and ephemera that document the political, social, and economic history of the United States. - World History Matters
World History Matters is a portal to world history websites developed by the Center for History and New Media - Milestone Documents --US History
100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965. - Euro Docs
Online Sources for European History
Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations - Hathi Trust Digital Library
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. - Calisphere
Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 400,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting. - Avalon Project
The Avalon Project contains digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. Includes supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text. - Internet Sourcebooks from Fordham University
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use. - Smithsonian Libraries Digital Collections
Search over 9.3 million records of museum objects, archives and library materials including more than 1.3 million online media files. - Best of History Websites
Quick and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories and has been designed to benefit history teachers and their students. - Librarian Guide to Primary Sources
Reference guide to primary sources across many portals and topics. Helpful introduction to primary sources. - Search LIFE magazine for articles
Be sure to select SEARCH ALL ISSUES to find articles from your keywords.
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- Search LIFE magazine for articlesBe sure to select SEARCH ALL ISSUES to find articles from your keywords.
eBook Collections
- American Decades 1900 -1999 This link opens in a new windowCross-disciplinary source for junior and high school students and teachers general researchers who need to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history (1900-1999)
- American Decades 2000-2009 This link opens in a new windowCross-disciplinary sources for decade 2000-2009 An aid to analyze periods of contemporary American social history for that decade.
- American Decades Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowEach volume in this 10 volume set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the essential issues, themes, movements and events from a decade across the 20th Century. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws, legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more
- American Eras: Primary Sources, v. 1 This link opens in a new windowCovers Development of the Industrial United States, 1878-1899 with primary source documents, and in context notes.
- American Eras Primary Sources Vol 2 This link opens in a new windowCovers Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877 with primary sources and in context explanatory text.
Newspaper, Magazine & Image Historical Archives
- New York Times Historical Newspaper (from 1851) This link opens in a new window
Newspapers are one of the most versatile and heavily used sources of information for researchers. Often the papers contain historical information that is not available in any other source. - National Geographic Virtual Library This link opens in a new window
Great for first hand reporting on late 19th and early 20th century topics. The complete archive of National Geographic magazine — along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos. - Daily Camera Collection This link opens in a new window
Explore Boulder History through local news, events and people.. Search current and archival collections.
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Primary Sources Specific Topics
These organizations provide the best information about Primary Sources:
- NHC America in Class Primary SourcesThe National Humanities Center presents America in Class®: primary and secondary resources, webinars, and lessons for history and literature teachers.
Research Rendezvous
Missed the live Mastering your Thesis event? Watch the recording here, as Kayla Gabehart shows you how to form and revise your thesis. FAQs at the end answer students' questions about NHD in Colorado.
More information from National History Day in Colorado