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Where to Look for Primary Sources:
Library Databases
The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography
Oral history interviews, birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records.
A collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day.
Information about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more.
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970, provides access to large-scale maps of North Carolina towns and cities.
On the Web
Smithsonian Institution Archives
National Institutes of Health Library