US History: Progressive Era Group Project: Primary Sources

Digital History (comprehensive U.S. history website from the Univ. of Houston's College of Education; see Documents button above the overview article.)

• Gilded Age
• Progressive Era

Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets (Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture developed by educators)

• Development of the Industrial U.S., 1870-1900
• The Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930

The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: A Digital Primary Source Guide (A topical guide to primary source material from U.S. History Scene, a multimedia history education website composed of historians and educators at over fifty universities dedicated to providing students and teachers with easy access to premier digital resources.)

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Documents Library (the archive also includes documents preceding the IWW founding in 1905)

Library of Congress 

• Industrial Revolution in the United States
• National Child Labor Committee Collection (Thousands of photographs documenting working and living conditions of children by Lewis Hine in his work as investigative reporter for the NCLC between 1908 and 1924.)

Library of Congress U.S. History Primary Source Timeline

• Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900
• Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929

Middle Tennessee State University "Teaching with Primary Sources" Resources

• U.S. History: Reconstruction to Modern America (lesson plans containing primary sources; choose Industrial America, Gilded Age or Progressive Era)
• Primary Source Sets (select U.S. History: Reconstruction to Modern America)

Teaching American History Core Document Collections by Era (TAHorg, a project of the Ashbrook Center, Ashland University, is dedicated to supporting students and teachers of U.S. history)

TO SEARCH GOOGLE: Combine your topic search term(s) with the phrase documents OR "primary sources" 

PLEASE NOTE: Do not copy and paste complete citations from electronic sources. NoodleTools cannot generate footnotes from copied and pasted citations.

To cite a Primary Source, first choose the NoodleTools option that best describes where you found it:

• Database = You can export citations from many of our databases. If you find a document in a Taft Subscription Database that doesn't have the export feature, you will need to create an original citation.
  • You must provide the permanent URL for your source. Look for any of the following on the page: permalink, persistent link, stable link, durable link, "Get link",Cite, or Citable Link.
• Website = a document found on the Websites page of the course guide, found through a web directory like SweetSearch or a search engine such as Google. 
• Print or In Hand = a document found in a book in the library. For example: in a reference book or a secondary source. NOTE: You may be able to cite this source with the ISBN number.

Next, determine what kind of primary source you are citing:

• Look at the list of options in NoodleTools. Is it a newspaper article, a speech, a letter, or another item listed? If so, choose that item type.
• If you are not sure, you can use "Anthology / Collection" which enables you to cite a source found within another source.

You can also see (or email) Mr. Padgett, Ms. Taylor, or Mr. Previti and we'll help you figure it out.