Primary Sources
| # |
name |
author/editor | description | region(s) covered | period(s) covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex | Austrian National Library |
Official legal documents from the Habsburg and Austrian governments |
Central Europe | modern, early modern |
| 2 | Anno (Austrian Newspapers Online) | Austrian National Library |
Anno collects a wide variety of Austrian newspapers and other periodicals. |
Central Europe | modern |
| 3 | Arbeiter Zeitung |
The Arbeiter Zeitung was the primary Socialist newspaper in Austria from 1889 to 1991. This open collection runs from 1945-1989. |
Central Europe | modern | |
| 4 | ARTFL-FRANTEXT Database | ARTFL (CNRS and University of Chicago) |
A database of "over 3500 texts ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing from the 12th to the 20th century." Subscription required. |
France | modern, early modern, medieval |
| 5 | Beowulf manuscript | British Library | British Isles, Scandinavia | medieval | |
| 6 | Compact Memory |
An extensive collection of Jewish newspapers and periodicals. |
Central Europe | modern | |
| 7 | Digital Scriptorium | Digital Scriptorium consortium of universities |
An online collection of medieval and renaissance manuscripts drawn from over forty major American collections. As of September 2012, contains catalog records and high-quality photographs for over 5,000 manuscripts and 24,000 images. |
General Europe, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | early modern, medieval |
| 8 | Digitalized Works on the History of the Middle Rhine | Rheinische Landesbibliothek |
18th-century works on the history of the Middle Rhine |
Central Europe | modern, early modern |
| 9 | East-Central Europe Sources | Cornell University Library | Central Europe | modern | |
| 10 | Eurodocs | Brigham Young University |
A large collection of primary sources, transcribed and translated. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient |
| 11 | Europeana | EDL Foundation, Royal Library of the Netherlands |
A site run by the Royal Library of the Netherlands, with EU Commission funds, with links to 4.6 million digitized items from national libraries and museums throughout Europe. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 12 | Göttingen Gutenberg Bible, Model Book and Helmasperger's Notarial Instrument | Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttinge |
Digitized images of the Göttingen Gutenberg Bible (ca. 1454), the Göttingen Model Book (ca. 1450), and Helmasperger's Notarial Instrument (1455). |
Central Europe | early modern, medieval |
| 13 | Gutenberg Digital |
The Gutenberg Digital project, produced by Goettingen State and University Library |
Central Europe | early modern | |
| 14 | Hanna Arendt Papers | Library of Congress |
Hanna Arendt Papers |
General Europe, Central Europe | modern |
| 15 | Herder Institute Collections |
The collections of the Herder Institute. |
Central Europe | modern | |
| 16 | History of Russia, Primary Documents | Euro Docs, Brigham Young University |
Roughly 50 links to digitized primary documents. Collection is heavy on the modern era, with only a few links to pre-Revolution sources. |
Russia & Eastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval |
| 17 | ICON: Newspaper digitization projects | International Coalition on Newspapers |
A compilation of "past, present, and prospective digitization projects of historic newspapers," arranged alphabetically by country. |
General Europe | modern, early modern |
| 18 | Images from the German Federal Archives | German Federal Archives |
The German Federal Archives released large number of photographic images to the wikimedia Commons in 2009. |
Central Europe | modern |
| 19 | Intelligenzblatt für die Stadt Bern |
The Intelligenzblatt für die Stadt Bern |
Central Europe | modern | |
| 20 | Internet Medieval Sourcebook | Paul Halsall, Fordham University |
An impressive collection of primary sources covering all aspects of the medieval world. Focus is on Europe, with considerable coverage of Byzantium and Islam. One of the standard online sources for reliable primary material. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | medieval |
| 21 | Kranten |
Kranten is a database of newspapers compiled by the Royal Library of the Netherlands. |
Benelux | modern | |
| 22 | Mysteries at Eleusis |
A guide to the Mysteries at Eleusis |
Southeastern Europe | ancient | |
| 23 | National Library of the Faroe Islands | Scandinavia | modern, early modern | ||
| 24 | Online Gallery, British Library |
Contains images of a variety of historically and culturally significant documents. |
General Europe, British Isles | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient | |
| 25 | Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States | Library of Congress | Central Europe | modern | |
| 26 | Rheinland-Pfalz books | Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz, et. al. |
books from the collections of the Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz, the Stadtbibliothek Mainz, and the Universitätsbibliothek Trier |
Central Europe | modern |
| 27 | Saganet |
Icelandic sagas |
Scandinavia | medieval | |
| 28 | The Electronic Grosseteste | James R. Ginther, St Louis University |
Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1170-1253) was an English theologian, philosopher, and bishop. "The Electronic Grosseteste is a freely accessible, web-based project that supports advanced research in the life and works of Robert Grosseteste specifically, and in medieval studies generally." The site contains electronic versions of Grosseteste's writings and a bibliography of works about him. |
General Europe, British Isles | medieval |
| 29 | zvdd: Das Zentrale Verzeichnis Digitalisierter Drucke |
Contains a list of digitization projects. |
Central Europe | modern |
