English Language & Literature

HathiTrust Digital Library is a shared digital repository that brings together the immense collections of partner institutions. HathiTrust includes a searchable database of digital materials.

This searchable collection links to digitized materials from libraries across the United States and abroad.

Over 60,000 images of original manuscripts and printed material related to: Cultural Contacts; Empire Writing; the Invisible Empire; Religion and Empire; Race, Class & Colonialism. Covers Africa, the Americas, Australasia, Oceania & South Asia. (UM only)

Full-text of more than 70,000 books, published from 1450-1945, with a focus on economics in the broadest sense. Topics covered include agriculture, commerce, finance, manufacturing, politics, slavery, social conditions, trade, and transportation. (UM only)

American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

This digital collection includes the correspondence and other writings of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Published by the National Archives.

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A rich collection of digitized texts relating to women's history worldwide. (UM only)

The Serial Set contains official House and Senate reports, documents and journals. Includes the American State Papers. (UM only)

Includes a broad range of digitized microfilm collections, including records of anti-Vietnam War organizations, newspapers from Japanese-American Relocation camps, FBI documents related to the Freedom Rides, and many others. (UM only)

WDL includes significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings.

This online research collection from Harvard University includes a broad range of materials documenting women's work in the U.S.

Materials digitized from the NYPL's collections.

Materials digitized from collections across Europe.