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Archival Research

A guide to finding materials in archives at Central Washington University

Open Access History Resources

Free online sites for history research

Ancestry-- https://www.ancestry.com/

Archive grid-- https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/

DPLA-Digital Public Library of America- https://dp.la/

Finding Aids:         https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org

Find a Grave-- https://www.findagrave.com/

google newspapers-- https://news.google.com/newspapers

History.com-- https://www.history.com/topics

Historical Marker Database--https://www.hmdb.org/

Internet Archive-- https://archive.org/

Library of Congress-- https://www.loc.gov/

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

https://www.loc.gov/collections/

The Oregon History Project-- https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/

ScholarWorks-- https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/

Story Corps--https://storycorps.org/

Washington rural heritage-- https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/

Washington state archives-- https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/

Central Branch Washington State Archives- https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/archives_central.aspx

 

Historical Marker Database--https://www.hmdb.org/