History: North America

Find resources by century from 800 through 2005.

The Library of Congress' large archive of historical U.S. newspapers.

Includes archival footage.

The DPLA brings together digital collections from a wide variety of libraries in a single platform to provide access to our digitized cultural heritage.

A large archive from a number of universities of scanned material, mostly American.

The LOC's online archives of historical material. Includes such large collections as the Lincoln papers.

Though no longer updated, the archive remains accessible, with primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex. There are 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and 9 research facilities.

A cross archives search for Canadian archives and repositories.

This volume contains about 1,088 statistical tables on the social, economic and institutional conditions of Canada from the start of Confederation in 1867 to the mid-1970s.

LAC acquires, processes, preserves and provides access to our documentary heritage and serves as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions.

Primary documents made available electronically by the Manitoba Library Consortium and its partners.

Explore more than 80 digital projects covering a wide array of subjects including, art, architecture, history and literature, engineering, medicine, maps, music, and urban design.

National Archive of Mexico. In Spanish.

This collection contains Latin American travel accounts written in the 16th-19th centuries. This section is focused on Mexico.

First books printed in Mexico before 1601.

Postcards of locations and events related to US military involvement in the Mexican Revolution.

Quick access guide to Library of Congress’ collection of digitized materials related to Mexico.

The DeGolyer has one of the most comprehensive collections of photographs, manuscripts, and imprints from the period ca. 1865-1935 in the country totaling approximately 16,000 photographs and 3,000 negatives.