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Beverly High School Social Studies Department > Primary Documents

Websites by Type: Beverly | Massachusetts | United States | World | Frequently-Asked For Documents

Finding primary documents can be very easy if you know what you are looking for. Sometimes its just a matter of knowing what to type in the search box. However, this can take some effort. One way is to look in a secondary source first. Often someone else has already done the research for you. Say your topic is on the Battle of Lexington. Find a book on the topic and see what documents the author used. Then you can find them yourself. The document you are looking for may be on the web but may not come up in a search engine. Try checking out the collections of documents listed below.

Beverly: Primary Documents
Beverly Educational Archives A growing collection of digitized documents from our own archives. John H. Chipman, Jr. Post #89 Grand Army of the Republic Hall This page "provide[s] historical information relating...to men who lived in the greater Beverly area, [and] served during the American Civil War." Created by Stephen Hall.	Historic Beverly Postcards and Images Beverly Historical Society President Taft's Summer Home Through a variety of primary sources, this webpage tells the story of President Taft during his summers in Beverly, from 1909 to 1912. Created by Stephen Hall

Massachusetts: Primary Documents
Massachusetts Historical Society Home of the Adams papers, and the largest collection of state history in the country. Try using ABIGAIL to search the collections.	Massachusetts Archives Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Secretary of State, the Archives are responsible for preserving documents of legal importance to the state, including vital records, probate records, and immigrant passenger lists.

United States: Primary Documents
American Memory Project Documents, photographs, maps, and images from the Library of Congress. Historic Documents: THOMAS Search all of the historic documents made publicly available on the web by the Library of Congress, including early congressional documents, the Federalist Papers, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Words and Deeds Another Library of Congress project focusing on American documents from 15th to mid-20th century. Federal Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center) Michigan State University Digital Resources Center: Several collections of digitized historical documents, including Comic Books, and American Radicalism. Native American Treaties	Guide to Records of the United States Congress from 1774-present National Archives Exhibit Hall The largest repository of American documents offers many of them on this section of their website. OurDocuments.gov Presents "100 milestone documents in American history", along with original document images, transcripts, and interpretive material. Making of America (University of Michigan) Making of America (Cornell) These are two separate but complementary collections comprise "a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction." The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History, and Goverment from Yale Law School. A Hypertext of American History: from the colonial period until Modern Times A web site prepared by students at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands that focuses on pre-WWI American history. Contains reproductions of 112 primary documents grouped by time period. Mr. Kelleher's AP US History Class Links to primary documents by time period.

World: Primary Documents
British Library: Living Words Exhibits feature some of the most important documents in world history, including the Gutenberg Bible and the Magna Carta, from one of the largest libraries (and archives) in the world. Foreign Goverment Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)	International Agencies and Information on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)

Frequently-Asked for Primary Documents
Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States of America Declaration of Arms, 1775 Declaration of Independence Emancipation Proclamation English Bill of Rights, 1689	Gettysburg Address Magna Carta