Where do historical fiction authors usually go to find obscure diaries and letters for setting research without needing a university library card
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Where do historical fiction authors usually go to find obscure diaries and letters for setting research without needing a university library card
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where historical fiction authors find digitized diaries letters primary sources free public archives library of congress archive.org digital collectionsGoogle ↗
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where historical fiction authors find digitized diaries letters primary sources free public archives library of congress archive.org digital collections Google ↗
- Explore the collections · loc.gov
- Search DPLA · dp.la
- Explore Internet Archive · archive.org
- Search Smithsonian collections · si.edu
- Explore archival records · archives.gov
- American Antiquarian Society · americanantiquarian.org
- HathiTrust · hathitrust.org
- Chronicling America · loc.gov
- FamilySearch · familysearch.org
- Early Modern Letters Online · emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- British History Online · british-history.ac.uk
- Finding Primary Sources Online - Library Research Guide for the Warren Center · guides.library.harvard.edu
- Primary sources - Library Guide for History and Literature · guides.library.harvard.edu
- Early America - Databases and E-Resources for Manuscript Research · guides.loc.gov
- Finding Primary Sources | Getting Started with Primary Sources | Teachers | Programs · loc.gov
- Find Online Resources - CRWR 315: Writing Historical Fiction - LibGuides at Ringling College of Art + Design · ringling.libguides.com
- Digital Collections | Collections | Manuscript Reading Room | Research Centers · loc.gov
- Letters, Diaries, and Papers - Historical Primary Sources: United States · guides.lib.berkeley.edu