LibGuides: AP World History: Primary Sources

Historical Newspapers: Full text

New York Times, Historical, 1851-2018 (with Index) This link opens in a new window
This is the archive of all issues of The New York TImes from 1851 through 2018.

California Digital Newspaper Collection
Full text access to historical newspapers from 1845 through 2021. "The California Digital Newspaper Collection is a project of the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR) at the University of California, Riverside"

Current Newspapers and Newswires: Full text

Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Newspapers.com (ON CAMPUS access ONLY) This link opens in a new window
Newspapers.com is only accessible via the SH campus network; it is not accessible from off campus. It contains both current and historic newspapers, from 1854-2021.

Other Databases

All of our databases listed below contain primary source documents. After you search, you can narrow your results to a specific type of primary source, including newspapers, magazines, political, government, and court documents, political cartoons, or photos and illustrations, .

World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(Prehistory ~ 1500 CE)
World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World at War (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window

Primary Sources: Print Books

World History in Documents by Peter N. Stearns (Editor)
Call Number: 909 WOR
ISBN: 9780814740484
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
(Contains primary sources relating to Francisco Madero, Emiliano Zapata, Sun Yat-sen, Lenin, Bolsheviks, Mussolini, Hitler, Peron, Hiroshima, Han Minzhu, Nelson Mandela, Palestine Liberation Organization, Chinua Achebe, Octavio Paz and more)
Dictionary of Historic Documents by George Childs Kohn; Leonard Latkovski (Foreword by)
Call Number: REFERENCE 909.01 DIC
ISBN: 9780816047727
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
(Includes treaties, pacts, agreements, doctrines, constitutions and more from various countries. In alphabetic order. Index also available. Use time table if unsure of name.)
Documents in World History : Volume 2 by Stephen S. Gosch; Erwin P. Grieshaber; Peter N. Stearns
Call Number: REFERENCE 909.a DOC v.2
ISBN: 9780205619474
Publication Date: 2008-03-17
(Includes sources on German consumerism, Nazism, Lenin and more)

Primary Sources: Websites

Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
(Yale University)
Digital Archive of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
EuroDocs
Online Sources for European History put together by Brigham Young University
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
World Digital Library
Access significant historical documents from all countries and cultures. Browse by place, time, topic, type of item and more.
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Content on the WDL includes books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films. Search by keyword first, and then filter by time period and place.

Primary Sources: Online Archives

Africa Inland Mission, International - Collection 81 (Billy Graham Center Archives)
Correspondences, reports and various other materials documenting the work of the mission and the church in Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Mozambique, Madagascar, Angola and Seychelles Islands in the late 19th and the 20th century.

Primary Sources: E-Books

Medieval Italy : Texts in Translation by Katherine L. Jansen (Editor); Joanna Drell (Editor); Frances Andrews (Editor)
ISBN: 9780812206067
Publication Date: 2011-09-21
Islamic Central Asia : An Anthology of Historical Sources by Scott C. Levi (Editor); Ron Sela (Editor)
ISBN: 9780253353856
Publication Date: 2009-12-23
Pan-Asianism : A Documentary History, 1850–1920 by Sven Saaler; Christopher W. A. Szpilman
ISBN: 9781442205987
Publication Date: 2011-02-01
Persian Documents : Social History of Iran and Turan in the 15th-19th Centuries by Kondo Nobuaki
ISBN: 9780203508862
Publication Date: 2004-06-01