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Search for Primary Documents, Digital Collections, copyright information and other valuable American Treasures in the Library of Congress.

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National Museum of American History

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National World War II Museum

National Women's History Museum

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Recently Added History Books

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Recently Added History Databases

Infobase American History
This database includes primary documents and other sources about American History.
Infobase Ancient and Medieval History
Ancient and Medieval History covers prehistory through the mid-1500s and includes maps and other primary documents.

Recently Added eBooks

How They Lived by James D. Ciment
ISBN: 9781610698955
Publication Date: 2015-12-14
Ideal for history majors, nonhistory majors taking history courses, as well as general readers, this book provides not only the primary documents and artifacts of ordinary people in history, but also annotations that help the reader put them into context and grasp their deeper meaning.
Sacred Texts Interpreted: Religious Documents Explained [2 Volumes] by Carl Olson
ISBN: 9781440841880
Publication Date: 2017-10-05
Covering the major monotheistic religions--Christianity, Judaism, and Islam--as well as selected Eastern religions and Bahá'í, Zoroastrianism, and Mormonism, this cross-cultural book offers excerpts of sacred texts and interprets passages to enable a deeper understanding of these religious writings.