Research Guides: Digital Collections: History

Highlights from the North Bay Digital Collections

Take a look at the digital versions of historical materials that are stored on the third floor of your library.

American Memory (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
This collection, part of the American Memory project, is a digital record of American history and creativity provided by the Library of Congress.

Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser
Provided by the Perseus Digital Library Project at Tufts University.
Calisphere
Unique, digitized cultural artifacts from the University of California.
Center for Jewish History Digital Collections
Provides access to the digital assets of the Center for Jewish History and its five partner organizations: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
Cultural Institute: Historic Moments
Google partnership with hundreds of museums, cultural institutions, and archives to host the world’s cultural treasures online.
Digital Library: History and Culture
Collection provided by the Smithsonian.

Early American Imprints, Series I This link opens in a new window
Full-text reproductions of books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in the United States and American colonies from 1639 to 1800.
SSU STUDENTS AND FACULTY ONLY.

Early American Imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)
Full-text to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first 19 years of the 19th century that chronicle the people, ideas and events behind the political, social, cultural and geographic growth of the U.S.
SSU STUDENTS AND FACULTY ONLY.
Europeana
Explore millions of items from a range of Europe's leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Co-founded by the European Union.

OAC - Online Archive of California This link opens in a new window
Free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions -- from the California Digital Library.