History Databases

Primary source material in American history.

Newspapers and magazines by and about Black Americans.

US newspapers viewable as full-page images.

Special-interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and other historical periodicals from 1740–1900.

Finding aids describing collections held at 24 repositories throughout Wisconsin. These finding aids describe unpublished primary resources. Archival holdings can include a variety of materials such as correspondence, diaries, maps, government records, and media.

Search across all of their Gale primary source collections.

Diaries and letters of British and Irish women from 1500-1900.

Books and primary sources documenting relationships between people in North America from 1534-1850.

Primary sources on women's history and feminism from 1543–1945.

Includes primary documents and scholarly commentary covering the period between the end of the Civil War and the election of Theodore Roosevelt

Genealogy search and historical records. Funded by BadgerLink.

Primary sources covering late 19th and 20th century American history.
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Full page and article images with full text back to the first issue.

Personal narratives from people who immigrated to the U.S. and Canada before 1950.

Diaries, biographies, and correspondence from U.S. and Canadian women through 1950.

Photographs, maps, letters, diaries, oral histories, artifacts, and other historical resources from Wisconsin libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. These represent every county in the state and are freely and openly available to all. Users can search all items or browse collections to explore a particular subject (like industry or immigration) or a specific format (like maps or yearbooks).

Eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects. Dozens of essays, educational activities, and reference tools.

Digital resources that document the university and State of Wisconsin and provide access to rare or fragile items of broad research value. The UWDCC has also partnered with cultural heritage institutions and public libraries throughout Wisconsin to create digital resources.

Documents, articles, and teaching tools focused on women's activism in public life and social movements.