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NY Heritage Digital Collections
New York Heritage Digital Collections contains photographs, letters, diaries, maps, directories, artifacts, oral histories and more that present a glimpse into the history and culture of what is today New York State. These items have been contributed by over 430 libraries, museums, archives, and cultural institutions, including the SUNY Potsdam archives.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. Collections include Green Book travel guides for African Americans, the B'nai B'rith Messenger Jewish newspaper, historic photographs of New York City, the National Dance Institute Video Archive, and more.
Potsdam Public Museum
While the Potsdam Public Museum's digital collections are contained on the New York Heritage site, its own website can be useful for learning about the exhibitions, maps, and other materials owned by the musuem.
New York State Historical Newspapers
The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history. Dates range from 1725 to the present.
University of Buffalo Digital Collections
The Libraries offer distinct collections that cover such diverse subject areas as African American studies, American literature, architecture, biology, medicine, music, psychology and UB history.
Binghamton University Libraries Digital Collections
The Binghamton University Libraries' digital collections are a gateway to born-digital and retrospectively digitized materials unique to the Binghamton University community, a small portion restricted to on-campus only.

Federal Government/National Organization Archives

Library of Congress
Access millions of documents in the Library of Congress' online collections, including maps & photographs; letters, diaries & newspapers; oral histories & personal accounts of events; and sound recordings & historic films.
Library of Congress Veterans History Project
The Veterans History Project (VHP) collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand narratives of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service.
Library of Congress Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963.
History Unfolded: U.S. Newspapers & the Holocaust
Find out what Americans read about the Holocaust in their local newspapers from 1933 to 1946. Explore newspaper articles that were published across the US to find out what was reported, when, and where.
Wilson Center Digital Archive
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) is a non-partisan think tank that has digital collections of primary sources on a wide range of topics dealing with history (primarily 20th century) and international relations.
GovInfo
GovInfo is the federal government's primary online archive of U.S. government documents, including the Congressional Record, the Public Papers of the Presidents, Congressional hearing transcripts, and more.
The American Presidency Project
Maintained by the University of California-Santa Barbara, the American Presidency Project collects Presidential papers, executive orders, speech transcripts, and other documents of U.S. presidents from 1789-present.
National Park Service Museum Collections
This is an online repository for digital collections of all U.S. National Parks and museums operated by the NPS, including the Women's Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls, NY. To view a collection, select the appropriate park or museum from the list.

University Archives

HathiTrust
HathiTrust is an online archive that compiles the digital collections of some of the largest university and research libraries in the United States. It currently contains over 18 million digitized items.
Syracuse University Libraries Digital Collections
As the closest research institution to our campus, Syracuse is probably the most convenient large physical archive for SUNY Potsdam students to visit. It also has a number of digitized collections, including the Walt Whitman Papers, Stephen Crane Papers, and the works of several artists.
Harvard University CURIOSity Digital Collections
Specially curated digital collections from the Harvard archives that focus on specific topics, such as the Black Teacher Archive, Women Working 1830-1900, and Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts. For more focused searching of the Harvard Digital Collections, use the HOLLIS link below.
Harvard University HOLLIS for Archival Discovery
HOLLIS is the Harvard Library's search tool. This link will let you search Harvard's archives (as opposed to the curated collections in CURIOSity). Select "Limit Digital Materials" from the LIMIT drop down below the search box to only access digitized content.
Columbia University Digital Collections & Online Exhibitions
Columbia's digital library collection websites are a gateway to digital reproductions and descriptions of photographs, posters, drawings, objects, ephemera, and manuscripts as well as other archival material from Columbia's rare and special collections.
UCLA Library Digital Collections
The UCLA Library Digital Collections includes rare and unique digital materials developed by the UCLA Library to support education, research, service, and creative expression.
University of California-Berkeley Digital Collections
Digital Collections provides online access to UC Berkeley Library’s rare and unique digitized special collections, books, manuscripts, images, photographs, newspapers, and more.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Collections
Explore the collections of rare and unique photos, books, maps, recordings, archival documents, and more from across the UW, Wisconsin, and the world.
Cornell University Digital Collections
Cornell University's digital archives includes extensive collections on a wide range of subjects, including New Media, European history, Asian history & culture, and sexuality & gender. This is the main search portal for these collections.
Cornell University Rare Books & Manuscript Collection
The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections is Cornell’s principal repository of rare books, manuscripts and archival materials in history, literature, music, the arts, science, natural history, and technology.
Indigenous Knowledges Digital Learning Center
Maintained by Northern Arizona University in collaborative partnership with Indigenous communities, the Indigenous Knowledges Digital Learning Library is a digital repository of Indigenous knowledges, cultures, histories, and futures, as told through a wide variety of resources and materials.

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