Websites with Primary Sources
Websites with Primary Sources
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History: http://soviethistory.msu.edu
1) Select a year [1939, 1943 and 1947 are the most promising for this course].
2) Within each year, several topics are listed. Click on a topic of interest.
3) Under the topic, you will first see an explanatory essay on the topic written by an historian. This essay is a secondary source.
4) Under each topic, several categories of primary sources are listed (texts, images, visual essays, video, audio, music and other resources). Browse these sources to find the ones that fit your topic.
5) The sources on this site have been translated into English and include newspaper articles, documents, works of fiction, posters, photographs, film clips, etc.
EuroDocs: http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
1) Select a country.
2) Under each country is a chronological list of historical eras.
3) Within each era is a list of several documents and links to other websites that may contain primary sources.
4) Note that the sources on this site are in various languages.
5) Look for "English translation" or other terms indicating the documents are available in English.
Additional Websites
[Depending on your topic, these sites may have useful sources.]
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - Fordham University.
The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy -- Yale University.
Docs Teach
Newberry Digital Collections for the Classroom
SHAFR: Primary Documents and History of U.S. Foreign Relations
Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library: World War II Operational Documents.
Course Guide
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