This is an A to Z listing of history-related digitized collections of primary sources that are UW-Restricted (those with the icon). These collections include digitized backfiles of single titles (e.g., Seattle Times or Economist) as well as more comprehensive collections (e.g., British Periodicals or the US Congressional Serial Set). Formats include newspapers, magazines, government documents, images, video and manuscript material. English is the predominant language but there are collections in other languages including Spanish and Korean.

These digitized collections -- as well as other collections of primary material including those freely available on the web, in print, and on microfilm -- are linked under the various regional and topical history guides.

• African American Newspapers  
     Seven antebellum papers
• African Newspapers  
     More than 50 newspapers published from the 19th to early 20th centuries
• America's Historical Newspapers (Early American Series II)  
     More than 50 19th century newspapers
• American Periodicals  
     18th, 19th and early 20th c. US magazines
• American State Papers  
     US Congressional material dating from 1789 to 1838
• Ancestry  
     Genealogical records such as census, immigration & military records plus lots more
• AP Images  
     Current and historic photographs from the Associated Press
• ARTFL Project  
     Collection of classical French writings including literary and political works
• ARTstor  
     Art and architectural images with some historic photographs
• Baltimore Afro American 1893-1988  
     African American newspaper from 1893-1988
• Black Studies in Video  
    Collection includes documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage
• British Periodicals  
     18th, 19th and early 20th c. British magazines
• Burney Collection  
     17th and 18th century British newspapers
• Chicago Defender 1905-1975  
     African American newspaper from 1905 to 1975
• Choson Ilbo Archive 1920-  
     Korean newspaper from 1920 to the present
• Classic Mexican Cinema  
     5 major Mexican film magazines including Cinelandia (1931-1947)
• CQ Researcher  
     Issue oriented magazine from 1923 to the present
• Digital National Security Archive  
     More than 43,000 declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions
• Early American Imprints  
     Books published in colonial and early America between 1600 and 1800
• Early English Books Online  
     Books published in England between the years 1470 and 1700
• Economist Historical Archive 1843-2006  
     Magazine from 1843 to 2006
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online  
     Books published in England between 1701 and 1800
• Electronic Enlightenment  
     Correspondence of major Enlightenment figures such as David Hume, Voltaire and John Locke
• Empire Online  
     Documents and other primary sources dealing primarily with the British Empire
• Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive  
    Core 20th c. US and UK trade mag­a­zines cov­er­ing film, music, broad­cast­ing & the­ater
• Ethnic NewsWatch  
     Ethnic newspapers mostly from the 1990s onward with limited coverage from 1960-1990
• FBIS Daily Reports Latin America 1974-1996  
     For­eign Broad­cast Infor­ma­tion Ser­vices summaries and translations of news sources
• Filmakers Library  
    Over 1000 documentaries dating from 1980-2011
• Greensboro Massacre, 1979  
     Police, local and federal documents dealing with the murder of civil rights activists by the Klan
• Hein Online  
     Congressional Record, Supreme Court decisions plus law reviews
• History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century  
     Civil rights relate manuscript collections of federal agencies, organizations and individuals
• House of Commons Parliamentary Papers  
     19th and 20th century UK Parliamentary Papers
• Human Rights Documents Online  
     Documents from more than 450 human rights organizations dating back to 1980
• Ilche ha chŏnsi chʻejegi chŏngchʻaek saryo chʻongsŏ  
     Collection of primary sources dealing with the Japanese occupation
• India, Raj & Empire  
  18th and 19th century colonial papers & records
• iPoll Databank  
    US national opinion surveys, 1935 - present
• Japanese-American relocation camp newspapers  
     Newspapers including Minidoka Irrigator, Topaz Times, Manzanar Free Press, etc.
• Korean Database  
     Korean Texts including Koryosa, Parhaesa, Chungbo Munhon Pigo and more
• Kyongsong Ilbo 1907-1945  
     Korean newspaper during the Japanese occupation; Japanese title: Keijo nippo
• Latin American Newspapers  
     More than 35 newspapers published from the 19th to early 20th centuries
• LGBT Stud­ies in Video  
    Collection includes documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage
• Los Angeles Times 1881-1987  
     Newspaper from 1881-1987
• Nature 1869-  
     Major science journal from 1869 to the present
• New York Times 1851-2008  
     Newspaper from 1851 to 2008
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries  
     Women's diaries and letters dating from the colonial period to the mid-20th c.
• Paley Center iCollection  
     Steaming video of over 15,000 historic television shows, news and advertisements
• Patrologia Latina  
     Writings of early Church fathers in Latin
• Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800  
     Colonial newspaper from 1728 to 1800
• People's Daily Online, 1947-  
     Chinese newspaper from 1947 to the present
• Personal justice denied: Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment  
     Unpublished hearings of the commission including those held in Seattle in 1981
• Pittsburgh Courier 1911-2002  
     African American newspaper from 1911 to 2002
• Policing the Shanghai International Settlement, 1894-1945  
     Records of the British-run municipal police force from 1894 to 1945
• Proquest Congressional  
    Index to Congressional publications; includes fulltext hearings from 1824-1979
• Scripta Sinica  
     More than 400 Chinese classics
• Seattle Times 1900-1984  
     Newspaper from 1900 to 1984
• South Asian Newspapers  
     Seven newspapers published from the late 19th to early 20th centuries
• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae  
     Greek texts from Homer to the fall of the Byzantines
• Times of India, 1838-2003  
     English language newspaper from 1838 to 2003
• Times of London 1785-1985  
     Newspaper from 1785-1985
• TRAIL: Technical Report Archive & Image Library  
     U.S. government technical reports issued primarily prior to 1975
• Underground & Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels  
    Digitized popular culture collection of comics dating from the 1960s to the present
• US Congressional Serial Set  
     Senate and House reports, documents, and journals from 1817 to 1980
• Vanderbilt Television News Archive  
     Network news broadcasts; video of CNN and NBC news
• Vogue Archive  
    Digitized, full-color images of every issue of Vogue magazine from 1892 to the present
• Wall Street Journal 1889-1993  
     Newspaper from 1889 to 1993
  
• Women and Social Movements in the United States  
     Primary sources dealing with women's history from 1600 to 2000
• World Newsreels Online 1929-1966  
    American, French, Dutch & Japanese newsreels primarily covering WWII era