The Basics: Primary Sources
Historical Records: What, Why, Where and How – brief online course
University of Washington
University of California at Berkeley
Yale University
National History Day resource listing
Do History
Library of Congress: The Learning Page
Teaching with Documents - Peter Pappas
How to Read Old Documents
Document Analysis Worksheets – National Archives
National History Education Clearinghouse
Historical Thinking Matters
University of Washington
University of California at Berkeley
Yale University
National History Day resource listing
Do History
Library of Congress: The Learning Page
Teaching with Documents - Peter Pappas
How to Read Old Documents
Document Analysis Worksheets – National Archives
National History Education Clearinghouse
Historical Thinking Matters
New York Resources
New York State Archives
New York State Museum
New York State Library
Directory of Cultural Institutions in New York State
NYS Education Department Social Studies Framework
NYS Education Department Next Generation Standards
NYS Education Department Science Standards
Fenimore Art Museum
NYS Unified Court System Debates
NYS Canal Corporation
88th Brigade New York Guard
A Treasury of Catskill Mountain History
Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Erie Canal
Fulton Montgomery Photographic Collection
Gotham Center for New York City History
Hudson Fulton Champlain Quad
Hudson River Mill Project
Hudson River Painters
Long Island History
Mapping the African American Past
Metropolitan Transit Museum
New Netherland Institute
New York's Colonial Dutch History
New Netherland Museum and the Half Moon
New York Heritage
New York Public Library's Digital Library
New York Public Library's Digital Schomburg
New York State and the Civil War
Rochester Images Database
Primary Source Inquiries from the New York State Archives
Teaching the Hudson Valley
Triangle Factory Fire
TR Inaugural Site
Virtual New York City
Western NY Digital Legacy
Western NY Suffragists
Westchester County Archives’ Education site
New York State Museum
New York State Library
Directory of Cultural Institutions in New York State
NYS Education Department Social Studies Framework
NYS Education Department Next Generation Standards
NYS Education Department Science Standards
Fenimore Art Museum
NYS Unified Court System Debates
NYS Canal Corporation
88th Brigade New York Guard
A Treasury of Catskill Mountain History
Buffalo History Museum
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Erie Canal
Fulton Montgomery Photographic Collection
Gotham Center for New York City History
Hudson Fulton Champlain Quad
Hudson River Mill Project
Hudson River Painters
Long Island History
Mapping the African American Past
Metropolitan Transit Museum
New Netherland Institute
New York's Colonial Dutch History
New Netherland Museum and the Half Moon
New York Heritage
New York Public Library's Digital Library
New York Public Library's Digital Schomburg
New York State and the Civil War
Rochester Images Database
Primary Source Inquiries from the New York State Archives
Teaching the Hudson Valley
Triangle Factory Fire
TR Inaugural Site
Virtual New York City
Western NY Digital Legacy
Western NY Suffragists
Westchester County Archives’ Education site
Federal Resources
100 Milestone Documents in U.S. History
FDR Library
Library of Congress
Library of Congress International resources
Library of Congress' The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands
Library of Congress' John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations
National Anthropological Archives
National Archives
National Gallery of Art
National Museum of American History
National Museum of the American Indian
National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places
New Deal Network - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab
FDR Library
Library of Congress
Library of Congress International resources
Library of Congress' The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands
Library of Congress' John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations
National Anthropological Archives
National Archives
National Gallery of Art
National Museum of American History
National Museum of the American Indian
National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places
New Deal Network - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Map Resources
New York County Websites
Chautauqua County Historian
Ulster County Archives
Warren County Records Center
Westchester County Archives
Ulster County Archives
Warren County Records Center
Westchester County Archives
New York Town Websites
Resources from Other States
California Heritage Project
Florida Memory Project
Central Florida Memory Project
Minnesota Historical Society
Silicon Valley History
University of North Carolina's Documenting the South
Massachusetts Historical Society
Alabama
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota for Students and Families
North Dakota for Educators
Ohio
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Florida Memory Project
Central Florida Memory Project
Minnesota Historical Society
Silicon Valley History
University of North Carolina's Documenting the South
Massachusetts Historical Society
Alabama
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota for Students and Families
North Dakota for Educators
Ohio
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
General History/Document Resources
Digital History
Digital Public Library of America
Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets
Documents for the Study of American History at the University of Kansas
Document-Based Question (DBQ) resources
Eyewitness to History
Gilder Lehrman Institute
Gilder Lehrman electronic newsletter
Harper's Weekly
History Matters A U.S. Survey Course on the Web
The History Place
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Lewis and Clark
Mapping the French Empire in North America
Museum of the American Revolution
New France: New Horizons
New France and its explorers
Nineteenth Century Documents Project
Read Write Think
Seasons of New France
University of Virginia, Salem Witchcraft Papers
Digital Public Library of America
Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets
Documents for the Study of American History at the University of Kansas
Document-Based Question (DBQ) resources
Eyewitness to History
Gilder Lehrman Institute
Gilder Lehrman electronic newsletter
Harper's Weekly
History Matters A U.S. Survey Course on the Web
The History Place
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Lewis and Clark
Mapping the French Empire in North America
Museum of the American Revolution
New France: New Horizons
New France and its explorers
Nineteenth Century Documents Project
Read Write Think
Seasons of New France
University of Virginia, Salem Witchcraft Papers
European & Canadian Document Sites
Canada’s Digital Collection
Documents from Western Europe
Digital Library of France
England Inspiring Learning for All
England National Archives
Europeana
Documents from Western Europe
Digital Library of France
England Inspiring Learning for All
England National Archives
Europeana
Organizations
American Association for State and Local History
Association for Living History
National Council for History Education
National Council for Public History
National History Day
New York State Council for the Social Studies
New York State National History Day
PBS
PBS Learning Media
PBS: New World Exploration and English Ambition [component on slavery]
Association for Living History
National Council for History Education
National Council for Public History
National History Day
New York State Council for the Social Studies
New York State National History Day
PBS
PBS Learning Media
PBS: New World Exploration and English Ambition [component on slavery]
Interesting
American Civil War Center
American Slave Narratives
American Antiquarian Society
Army Heritage Center
“Best History Websites”
Exploring the West from Monticello
History of American Agriculture
Lizzie Borden Investigation Website
Military Heritage, 1812
New York Times Learning Network
Sullivan Clinton Campaign
Tracked in America
The Raid on Deerfield, 1704
Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War
American Slave Narratives
American Antiquarian Society
Army Heritage Center
“Best History Websites”
Exploring the West from Monticello
History of American Agriculture
Lizzie Borden Investigation Website
Military Heritage, 1812
New York Times Learning Network
Sullivan Clinton Campaign
Tracked in America
The Raid on Deerfield, 1704
Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War
Just plain fun
Make your own movies
Salt Institute
North Carolina agriculture
US Fire Administration
BBC
Colonial Williamsburg
Salt Institute
North Carolina agriculture
US Fire Administration
BBC
Colonial Williamsburg
Useful
Websites were recommended by: Julie Daniels (NY State Archives), Bob Arnold (NY State Archives), Tad Kuroda (Skidmore College), Dale Van Eck (Col. Williamsburg), Jessica Maul and Jill Rydberg (NYS Archives Partnership Trust), Paul Bergeron (Nashua, NH City Clerk). Updated March 2018