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Digital Primary Sources and Collections
- A Century of Lawmaking, Library of Congress
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress
- Digital Public Library of America
- Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection, Newberry Library
- Smarthistory: Art, History, Conversation
- Smithsonian Institutions Collections Catalog
- Spatial History Project