Web Resources

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Web Resources

• Collected by Anna Elam

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One-stop shopping Library of Congress New York
Public Library National Archives University of
Washington Digital Collections WSU Digital
Collections Washington State Historical
Society Digital History National History
Education Clearinghouse Websites Reviews List of
online primary sources from NHD
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Document Collections

• Library of Congress - Manuscripts
• Our Documents
• The Avalon Project - transcripts of important
  legal/governmental documents

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Object Collections

• National Museum of American History
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• They have a great Timeline of Art History
• The Getty Museum
• National Museum of the American Indian

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Music Audio Collections

• Library of Congress - Sheet Music
• Library of Congress - Recorded Sound
• Popular Songs in American History (Private site)
• American Popular Music
• 19th Century American Sheet Music
• Online song lyric collections from NHD

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Image Collections

• Library of Congress - Prints
• Picturing America from NEH
• National Gallery of Art
• American Photography Museum
• AdAcess - Advertising Database
• Online image collections from NHD

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Map Collections

• Library of Congress - Maps
• Online collections of maps from NHD
• Early Washington Maps