Primary Sources (Gale)

Research Resource

Primary Sources (Gale)

Digital historical documents including books, manuscripts, letters, newspapers, photographs, maps and more ranging across topics of national and global relevance.

Explore primary sources across these collections:

  • Associated Press Collections Online
    Archive of AP coverage of events, people and trends from the mid-19th through 20th centuries
  • Indigenous Peoples of North America
    Cultural, political and social history of American and Canadian Indigenous Peoples from the 17th-20th centuries
  • The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
    Archive of the weekly newspaper published by the BBC covering news, arts and more
  • The Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers
    Records from 1912-1990 on free speech, citizenship, race, discrimination and more, plus mid-20th century content from the Southern Regional Office
  • The Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources
    Historical legal codes, statutes, regulations and commentaries on codes from various European countries
  • The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926
    Foreign and international legal literature including treatises and monographs
  • Political Extremism and Radicalism
    Campaign materials, periodicals and propaganda from U.S. and global fringe political movements during the 19th through early 21st century
  • Religions of America
    Materials documenting religious movements that originated in the U.S. and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
    Content and research guides related to the history of slavery including legal issues, Atlantic slave trade, race and the American Civil War, modes of resistance and emancipation
  • Women's Studies Archive
    Documents presenting the roles, experiences and achievements of women in 19th and 20th century society
  • Women: Transnational Networks (Nineteenth Century Collections Online)
    North American, European and other regional suffrage movements, culture, immigration, health and other gender and class issues
Resource Topic:
Articles, Magazines and Journals
For Educators
History and Biography
Homework Help Teens
Resource Audience:
High School
College & Adult
Resource Access:
Access anywhere
Resource Vendor:
Gale
Resource Type:
Database