Primary sources (historical)

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodical Collection	Provides digital access to the American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collections to American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. The fifty thematic subsets include digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals detailing American history and culture from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century. Access level: John Jay
American Memory Collections (LOC)	Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' National Digital Library Program. Access level: Freely available to the public
Black Thought and Culture	Contains the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, and includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other ephemeral material. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Burney Newspaper Collection--17th and 18th Centuries	A comprehensive collection of early English newspapers from London, the British Isles, and colonies, including many American titles. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Census of Population and Housing 2010	Gateway to the 2010 Census from the U. S. Census Bureau. Access level: Freely available to the public
Crime, Punishment and Popular Culture,1790-1920	Archive containing manuscripts, books, broadsheets and periodicals from 1790 - 1920. Collection covers Europe, North America, India and the Antipodes. Includes raw data about crime, its solutions, and the popular response. Access level: John Jay
Criminal Trial Transcripts Collection, Lloyd Sealy Library	An index to the Lloyd Sealy Library's Trial Transcripts of the County of New York 1883-1927. Several transcripts have been digitized and are available online. Access level: Freely available to the public
Digital Public Library of America	Portal to digital content held at the nations' archives, libraries, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. Access level: Freely available to the public
Early English Books Online	EEBO contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700. Access level: John Jay
Eighteenth Century Collections Online	A digital archive of 150,000 books published in the eighteenth century, covering a broad spectrum of topics like law, history, science, and art. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Gale Primary Sources	Cross-search dozens of historical archives covering hundreds of years of history through this single platform. Resources include monographs, manuscripts, trial transcripts, newspapers, maps, and photographs. Individual databases collections include : 17th and 18th Centry Burney Collection Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture 1790-1920 The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2011 Eighteenth Century Collections Online The Making of the Modern World Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Hein Online	Several historical American and international law collections incuding law reviews and journals from their first volume of publication, the Federal Register, Presidential Documents, U.S. Congressional Serial Set, Attorney Generals Opinions, World Constitutions, legal classics, and the newest collection, Slavery in America and the World; History, Culture and Law. A comprehensive user's guide to this database is available at https://heinonline.org/HeinDocs/HOLUserGuide.pdf. Access level: John Jay
History of Capital Punishment Database	Collection of materials from the National Death Penalty Archives on the nature, history, operation, effects, psychology, desirability, and compatibility with religious and moral precepts, of the death penalty. Includes periodicals, trials, hearings, bibliographies and other related works. Access level: John Jay
Making of the Modern World	Provides the full text of 61,000 works of literature in business, politics, and economics published from 1450 to 1850. Includes the full Goldsmiths Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
New York State Slavery Records Index	A searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and their owners, beginning as early as 1525 and ending during the Civil War. Data comes from census records, slave trade transactions, cemetery records, birth certifications, manumissions, ship inventories, newspaper accounts, private narratives, legal documents and many other sources. The index contains over 35,000 records and it is expected to grow as John Jay College professors and students locate and assemble data from additional sources. Access level: Freely available to the public
New York Times Historical File	Full text of articles and page images of the New York Times from 1851 to 2014. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Nineteenth Century Collections Online	An eclectic collection of digital collections of primary source materials mostly from British and American libraries. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Slavery and Anti-Slavery	Includes collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law	Brings together all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Much of the non-legal material in this collection is based on the holdings of the Buffalo Public Library. Its rare book collection contains hundreds of nineteenth century pamphlets and books on slavery. A quick reference guide on how to ue this collection can be found at https://heinonline.org/HeinDocs/SlaveryQRG.pdf Access level: Freely available to the public
Social Explorer	Displays interactive maps of U.S. Census data going back to 1790, U.S. election data, U.S. crime data (FBI/UCR), World Development Indicators, and more. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
Umbra Search	A searchable collection of over 500,000 primary source documents relating to African American history and culture digitized by over 1,000 libraries libraries and archives across the country. Access level: Freely available to the public
Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 1600-2000	Brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, audio recordings, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY
World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean	Brings together primary source documents relating to Latin America and the Caribbean; academic journals and news-feeds; reference materials; maps; statistics; audio and video. Covers politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science and technology. Alternate access via CUNY login credentials Access level: CUNY