General
Endangered Archives Project: Digitized materials from archives all over the world in danger of damage or destruction.
Google Arts & Culture: A digital resource by Google that partners with museums and other institutions around the world to make their collections more accessible. The topics span many subjects and include art, cultural resources, and history.
HathiTrust Digital Library: Library of digitized books, scholarly publications, and archival materials from libraries around the world.
Internet Archive: A vast online resource that contains digitized copies of books, video, audio, images, software, and internet webpages. The materials span a wide range of topics and come from all over the world.
Library of Congress, Digital Collections: Materials in several mediums and on a wide variety of topics worldwide.
Smithsonian Digital Collections: Digitized materials from the Smithsonian collections, with an emphasis on art and artists, trade catalogs, and online exhibits.
Smithsonian Open Access: Free to use images from the Smithsonian collections, spanning from the 100s to the 2010s across the globe.
Wilson Center Digital Archive: Digitized declassified documents from governments around the world.
Google Arts & Culture: A digital resource by Google that partners with museums and other institutions around the world to make their collections more accessible. The topics span many subjects and include art, cultural resources, and history.
HathiTrust Digital Library: Library of digitized books, scholarly publications, and archival materials from libraries around the world.
Internet Archive: A vast online resource that contains digitized copies of books, video, audio, images, software, and internet webpages. The materials span a wide range of topics and come from all over the world.
Library of Congress, Digital Collections: Materials in several mediums and on a wide variety of topics worldwide.
Smithsonian Digital Collections: Digitized materials from the Smithsonian collections, with an emphasis on art and artists, trade catalogs, and online exhibits.
Smithsonian Open Access: Free to use images from the Smithsonian collections, spanning from the 100s to the 2010s across the globe.
Wilson Center Digital Archive: Digitized declassified documents from governments around the world.
Source: Library of Congress
United States History
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: A digitized collection of historic American newspapers from 1770 to 1963.
Digital Public Library of America: A collection of materials from libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions documenting American history.
National Archives (of the United States of America): Legally and historically valuable records of the United States Federal government.
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Digital Collections: Digitized documents and artifacts relating to African American history.
The Digital Collections of the National World War II Museum: Digitized materials relating to the American experience in World War II.
The Virtual Vietnam Archive: Digitized materials regarding the Vietnam War, mostly personal materials from U.S. military personnel.
Umbra Search: Digitized materials from over 1,000 institutions relating to African American history
Digital Public Library of America: A collection of materials from libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions documenting American history.
National Archives (of the United States of America): Legally and historically valuable records of the United States Federal government.
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Digital Collections: Digitized documents and artifacts relating to African American history.
The Digital Collections of the National World War II Museum: Digitized materials relating to the American experience in World War II.
The Virtual Vietnam Archive: Digitized materials regarding the Vietnam War, mostly personal materials from U.S. military personnel.
Umbra Search: Digitized materials from over 1,000 institutions relating to African American history
Source: Smithsonian Open Access
World History
Materials from these collections may be in several languages other than English.
Abhilekh Patal Portal for Access to Archives and Learning: Records from the National Archives of India
African Online Digital Library: An online resource of African cultural and historic materials from institutions around the world.
Australian Digital Library: Digitized historical and literary materials from the University of Sydney.
British Library Digital Collections: British and United Kingdom history materials digitized from the British Library
Chinese Text Project: Millions of pages of digitized premodern Chinese texts
Digital Library of the Caribbean: A digital library of Caribbean historic, cultural, and scholarly materials.
Digital Library of the Middle East: Materials relating to the culture, art, and history of the Middle East and North Africa
Europeana: A digital collection of all things relating to European culture and history provided by thousands of European institutions.
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records: A digital archive of historic Asian records, specifically regarding Japan's interactions with other (mostly Asian) countries.
Library of Congress World Digital Library: A collection from the Library of Congress containing almost 20,000 materials from institutions around the world.
Perseus Digital Library: A digital library with an emphasis on historic Classics materials. The Digital Library also includes Arabic, Germanic, 19th century American, and Renaissance materials.
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Latin American & Caribbean Digital Primary Resources: An online resource of links to collections and objects regarding Latin American and Caribbean historical primary sources.
The Labyrinth: A digital resource for the study of the medieval period. The website, though no longer updated, contains links to materials on a variety of medieval subjects.
South Asia Open Archives: Open access materials relating to the history, art, and culture of South Asia.
Abhilekh Patal Portal for Access to Archives and Learning: Records from the National Archives of India
African Online Digital Library: An online resource of African cultural and historic materials from institutions around the world.
Australian Digital Library: Digitized historical and literary materials from the University of Sydney.
British Library Digital Collections: British and United Kingdom history materials digitized from the British Library
Chinese Text Project: Millions of pages of digitized premodern Chinese texts
Digital Library of the Caribbean: A digital library of Caribbean historic, cultural, and scholarly materials.
Digital Library of the Middle East: Materials relating to the culture, art, and history of the Middle East and North Africa
Europeana: A digital collection of all things relating to European culture and history provided by thousands of European institutions.
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records: A digital archive of historic Asian records, specifically regarding Japan's interactions with other (mostly Asian) countries.
Library of Congress World Digital Library: A collection from the Library of Congress containing almost 20,000 materials from institutions around the world.
Perseus Digital Library: A digital library with an emphasis on historic Classics materials. The Digital Library also includes Arabic, Germanic, 19th century American, and Renaissance materials.
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Latin American & Caribbean Digital Primary Resources: An online resource of links to collections and objects regarding Latin American and Caribbean historical primary sources.
The Labyrinth: A digital resource for the study of the medieval period. The website, though no longer updated, contains links to materials on a variety of medieval subjects.
South Asia Open Archives: Open access materials relating to the history, art, and culture of South Asia.
Source: Library of Congress
Community Archives
American Indian Digital History Project: Digitized archival resources regarding Native American history.
A People's Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland: Materials relating to police violence as told by residents of Cleveland.
Center for Jewish History: Collections from around the world spanning 5,000 years of Jewish history. Some materials are available to view online.
Digital Transgender Archive: Materials regarding transgender culture and history from all over the world, with an emphasis on pre-2000s materials.
Discovering American Women's History Online: A digital resource by Middle Tennessee State University documenting the lives of American Women from the 17th century to present.
GLBT Historical Society, Online Resources: Resources on LGBT art, culture, and history, with a focus on the United States and California.
Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer: Digitized treaties between Native American groups and the United States.
LGBTQ Digital Collaboratory: Oral histories of LGBTQ people mostly in North America.
South Asian American Digital Archive: Materials that document the lives of South Asian Americans.
Women and Leadership Archives, Digital Collections: Collections hosted by Loyola University Chicago documenting women and women's organizations, with a particular focus on social justice, women in religion, politics, art, education, and business. Most of the materials come from the Midwest region of the United States.
A People's Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland: Materials relating to police violence as told by residents of Cleveland.
Center for Jewish History: Collections from around the world spanning 5,000 years of Jewish history. Some materials are available to view online.
Digital Transgender Archive: Materials regarding transgender culture and history from all over the world, with an emphasis on pre-2000s materials.
Discovering American Women's History Online: A digital resource by Middle Tennessee State University documenting the lives of American Women from the 17th century to present.
GLBT Historical Society, Online Resources: Resources on LGBT art, culture, and history, with a focus on the United States and California.
Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer: Digitized treaties between Native American groups and the United States.
LGBTQ Digital Collaboratory: Oral histories of LGBTQ people mostly in North America.
South Asian American Digital Archive: Materials that document the lives of South Asian Americans.
Women and Leadership Archives, Digital Collections: Collections hosted by Loyola University Chicago documenting women and women's organizations, with a particular focus on social justice, women in religion, politics, art, education, and business. Most of the materials come from the Midwest region of the United States.
Source: Library of Congress
Other Archives
Antique Automobile Club of America, Digital Collections: Materials on automobiles and the automobile industry in America.
Fashion Institute of Technology Library's Special Collections and Archives, Digital Collections: Digitized materials regarding fashion and fashion history from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Getty Research Portal: Digitized art history texts, a majority of which are about Western art.
LA84 Digital Library: Materials relating to sports and Olympic history, mostly in 20th century United States and California.
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Digital Collections: Digitized fashion artifacts from the 18th century to the 2010s.
National Library of Medicine Digital Collections: Digitized materials regarding the history of medicine and healthcare, primarily in the United States.
Science History Institute Digital Collections: Artifacts and documents about the history of chemistry and life science.
Fashion Institute of Technology Library's Special Collections and Archives, Digital Collections: Digitized materials regarding fashion and fashion history from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Getty Research Portal: Digitized art history texts, a majority of which are about Western art.
LA84 Digital Library: Materials relating to sports and Olympic history, mostly in 20th century United States and California.
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Digital Collections: Digitized fashion artifacts from the 18th century to the 2010s.
National Library of Medicine Digital Collections: Digitized materials regarding the history of medicine and healthcare, primarily in the United States.
Science History Institute Digital Collections: Artifacts and documents about the history of chemistry and life science.