Primary resources

• New York Public Library Digital Collections - NTPL Digital Collections include Digital Gallery, Africana and Black History, After Columbus and the Digital Gallery.The Gallery provides access to over 600,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. The section “More Image Collections" contain primary sources for many subject areas.
• Veterans History Project -This is a project of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.Volunteers collect primary source accounts of the experiences of U.S. Veterans in World Wars I and II, Koreas, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.Older students may even consider visiting a veterans hospital and conducting interviews to post online.The Web site has complete details on how to participate.