The following is a list of web sites that are useful resources for those interested in using primary sources: as part of a class curriculum or for personal research. Descriptions were cut and pasted from the original websites.

 

Adams family

papers at Mass Historical Society -

http://www.masshist.org/adams/

 

American History Association's Archive Wiki

It is a clearinghouse of information about archival resources throughout the world. While it is primarily designed to be useful to historians and others doing historical research, we hope that researchers in many disciplines will find it useful.

http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Main_Page

 

BBC History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

 

Boston Public Library's maps 

1.. The website's Zoomify feature in View Collection has been upgraded and improved.

  2.. You can now access our Teacher Resources by creating a search across multiple portals of educational levels, topics, ideas and skills.

  3.. Two new Maps in the News current events features with articles detailing Bolivia and New Orleans are now available with their related Teacher Resources

  4.. An engaging, educational, and interactive Virtual Tour for our current exhibit Boston & Beyond has been uploaded to the site with its related Teacher Resources

  5.. You are now able to download PDF's of maps that are out of copyright

(pre-1923) for insertion into reports or power point presentations.

  6.. In May you will be able to buy a map reproduction on line.

http://maps.bpl.org/

 

Boston University Theological School's Digital Library on Missions

BU has a specific section specifically for Missonaries, which is in line with the Congregational Library's focus. CL has coordinated with BU to help locate some images.

The site provides access to classic writings in the history of Protestant mission thought, including works on mission theology, theory, and strategy. Written by cross-cultural missionaries, mission administrators, and mission promoters, these writings provide unique insight into the beginnings of Christianity in the non western world, the founding of indigenous churches, and early theories of comparative religion. Mission thinkers produced some of the first ethnographic studies of people in primal societies, and histories of encounters between westerners and people from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They also reflected on the implications of varied religions and cultures for Christian theology. In addition, the site provides biographical sketches and links to digitized texts by missionaries, missiologists, and mission administrators.

http://digilib.bu.edu/mission/

 

Digital Commonwealth-

The Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a portal to the rich cultural heritage held in museums, historical societies, colleges, libraries and other cultural repositories in Massachusetts. From this site you can search or browse the digital collections of member institutions throughout the state for manuscripts, images, historical documents, and sound recordings. The portal provides you with enhanced access and retrieval of information.

http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/

 

Edusitement

A resource site that has listed a number of useful online resources for teaching history.

Main page- http://www.lane.k12.or.us/CSD/ushistory/elementary_links.html

Resources- http://www.lane.k12.or.us/CSD/ushistory/resources.html

 

Edwards, Jonathan

At Yale T-- he mission of the Jonathan Edwards Center is to support inquiry into the life, writings, and legacy of Jonathan Edwards by providing resources that encourage critical appraisal of the historical importance and contemporary relevance of America’s premier theologian.

http://edwards.yale.edu/

 

Ellis Island

http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp?SID=2187&gclid=CJjz4YLfipMCFQmQGgodI1u4fA

 

Footnote

http://www.footnote.com/

 

Frameworks, Massachusetts via Dept. of Education:

http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/hss/final.pdf

 

Google Book Search -

http://books.google.com/

 

Hemingway, Ernest -

images and general collection.

 

History and Politics Outloud

http://www.hpol.org/

 

History Matters

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

 

History Project

Documenting GLBT community in Boston

http://www.historyproject.org/

 

Jamestown

Virtual Jamestown  is a product of collaboration between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia. The project received a large grant in 1999 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html

 

Library of Congress

American Memory Project

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

images on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ Lists Tags describing the images.

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections-

http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/

 

Living History

Site put together by former Primary Source student, Linda Stearn. She has gathered up primary sources surrounding the 19th century abolition movement in Boston.

http://primarysourcesforcollege.pbwiki.com/

 

Making of America

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

 

Mass Memories

How does the MMRS work? In partnership with local historical societies, libraries, schools, public access television and other groups we organize community events where family photographs and documents are scanned, indexed, incorporated into an online database - and then used as the basis of learning materials aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks.

www.massmemories.net/index.php

 

www.massmemories.net/browse.php - database

 

Universal Digital Library

The mission is to create a Universal Library which will foster creativity and free access to all human knowledge. As a first step in realizing this mission, it is proposed to create the Universal Library with a free-to-read, searchable collection of one million books, available to everyone over the Internet.

http://www.ulib.org/

 

National History Day, Inc.

helps teachers meet educational standards; disseminates high quality curriculum materials; and sponsors challenging contests that teach students the critical skills they need to be effective

citizens in the 21st century.

http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/

 

National Archives 

"Teaching With Documents"

Historians use a wide variety of sources to answer questions about the past. In their research, history scholars use both primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are actual records that have survived from the past, such as letters, photographs, articles of clothing. Secondary sources are accounts of the past created by people writing about events sometime after they happened.

For example, your history textbook is a secondary source. Someone wrote most of your textbook long after historical events took place. Your textbook may also include some primary sources, such as direct quotes from people living in the past or excerpts from historical documents.

People living in the past left many clues about their lives. These clues include both primary and secondary sources in the form of books, personal papers, government documents, letters, oral accounts, diaries, maps, photographs, reports, novels and short stories, artifacts, coins, stamps, and many other things. Historians call all of these clues together the historical record.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/psources/source.html

 

Picturing the century http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/home.html

 

Primary Research.Org

Primary Research is the Internet presence of a number of projects involving high school students and local history. Central to all of these projects is collaboration among research institutions such as historical societies, libraries, archives, and museums. We are based in Beverly, Massachusetts, which serves as a starting point for students learning the process of local history research.

http://primaryresearch.org/

 

Primary Source

Based out of Watertown, MA- Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators to people and cultures throughout the world. In partnership with teachers, scholars, and the broader community, Primary Source provides learning opportunities and curriculum resources for K-12 educators. By introducing global content, Primary Source shapes the way teachers and students learn, so that their knowledge is deeper and their thinking is flexible and open to inquiry.

http://www.primarysource.org/default.php

 

The Smithsonian

guides to using Primary Sources

http://www.smithsoniansource.org/

 

Williamsburg

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Digital Library provides access to a unique set of resources devoted to early American history and Virginia’s eighteenth-century capital. The Foundation’s departments of historical, architectural, and archaeological research, and a special collections unit in the library have employed researchers in several kindred historical fields for many years. Through the combined efforts of these departments, the Foundation has compiled a vast collection of manuscripts, maps, research reports, books, architectural drawings, and electronic databases

http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary.cfm

 

 

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