History: Primary Source Databases

Most Useful Databases

• San Francisco Chronicle Historical and Current (NewsBank) 
• Historical Newspapers The New York Times with Index (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (ProQuest) 
• Times Digital Archive 
• American Periodicals 
• Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 

Also Useful Databases

• America's Historical Imprints 
• America's Historical Newspapers 
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1 
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2 
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3 
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4 
• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5 
• American State Papers, 1789-1838 
• Architectural Digest Archive 
• Archives of Sexuality and Gender 
• Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1 
• Black Freedom Struggle in the United States 
• Black Thought and Culture 
• Children's Literature and Culture 
• Digital National Security Archive 
• Disability in the Modern World 
• Economist Historical Archive  
• Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive 
• Historical Newspapers Chicago Defender (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Sentinel (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers New York Amsterdam News (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers San Francisco Chronicle (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers: San Francisco Examiner (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers The Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) 
• Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (ProQuest) 
• Immigration: Records of the INS, 1880-1930 
• Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America 
• Indigenous Newspapers in North America 
• Indigenous Peoples of North America 
• Japanese American Incarceration: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946 
• LGBT Magazine Archive 
• LGBTQ+ Source 
• The Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers 
• Middle East Online: Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970 
• Nation Archive 
• Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women: Transnational Networks 
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers 
• North American Indian Thought and Culture 
• Queer Pasts 
• Race Relations in America 
• Rastafari Ephemeral Publications from the Written Rastafari Archives Project 
• Readers' Guide Retrospective 
• Rolling Stone Archive 
• Subject Files of US State Department's Office of the Republic of China Affairs (1951-1978) 
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set 
• Vogue Archive 
• U.S. Declassified Documents Online 
• Women's Magazine Archive 
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 
• Women's Studies Archive 
• Women's Wear Daily Archive 

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