I just found this website: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ It has ... too many excellent resources to even begin to mention. Check it out.
Bumping because this is such a rich resource! Check it out. It has everything a history/social studies lesson needs. for example, a letter from Columbus explaining how easy it was to manipulate the natives in the new world in 1492. But that's just one of what looks like 10s of thousands of items.
Thank you!! I was just visiting with our high school history teacher this evening about how important using primary sources are and all...this is fantastic! I am sending it on to him, also! Thanks!!
Love to Teach, now I can rest... my post helped one person! It's such an awesome site I just wish everyone could see it for themselves... But I won't bump it anymore now that you found it