Primary Sources for Catoctin Students: Reliable Web Resources

Interactive exhibit from the National Archives full of primary sources throughout US History.

"...provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience."

An "amazing array" of historical films from "one of the world's most comprehensive newsreel archives."

Film and Video archive of the Associated Press for current and historical film footage. Updated daily.

". . .offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States." Search or Browse by time period, geography, or keyword.

Make sure to use the Search Tools link found right below the search box.
1. Click Any books and choose the Free Google Ebooks.
2. Limit to primary sources using the keywords recommend in the "Find Primary Sources in the Library" box on this guide.

". . .makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world."

Collections, newspapers, photographs related to "peoples, places, communities, and institutions of Frederick County and City."

"Letters, diaries, Civil War records, maps, family histories, photographs, and books on local subjects are all available for use." Requires a $6.00 per day research fee.

". . .include colonial and State executive, legislative and judicial records; county court, land and probate records; business records; publications and reports of State, county and municipal governments; records of religious bodies; and special collections of maps, newspapers, photographs, and private papers."