State History in the United States

State History Resources

Bill LeFurgy (Library of Congress) offers the following list in a blog post that shares links to websites that provide access to state history:

State Digital Portals

• State: AL ; Resource: Alabama Dept. of Archives and History Digital Collections ; Website: //digital.archives.alabama.gov/
• State: ; Resource: Alabama Virtual Library ; Website: //www.avl.lib.al.us/
• State: AK ; Resource: Alaska’s Digital Archives ; Website: //vilda.alaska.edu/
• State: AR ; Resource: Arkansas History Commission ; Website: //www.ark-ives.com/
• State: ; Resource: Arkansas State Library Digital Collections ; Website: //cdm16039.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/
• State: AZ ; Resource: Arizona Memory Project ; Website: //azmemory.azlibrary.gov/
• State: ; Resource: Arizona Cultural Inventory Project ; Website: //cip.azlibrary.gov/
• State: CA ; Resource: Calisphere ; Website: //www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
• State: ; Resource: California State Library Online Resources ; Website: //www.library.ca.gov/services/online-resources.html
• State: CO ; Resource: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy ; Website: //digital.denverlibrary.org/
• State: CT ; Resource: Connecticut Digital Collections ; Website: //www.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/pages/connecticut-digital-colle
• State: DE ; Resource: Delaware Public Archives ; Website: //archives.delaware.gov/
• State: FL ; Resource: Florida Memory ; Website: //www.floridamemory.com/
• State: GA ; Resource: Digital Library of Georgia ; Website: //dlg.galileo.usg.edu/
• State: ; Resource: Georgia’s Virtual Vault ; Website: //cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm/
• State: HA ; Resource: Hawaii State Archives Digital Collections ; Website: //archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/cgi-bin/library
• State: IA ; Resource: Iowa State Historical Society Digital Archives ; Website: //www.iowahistory.org/libraries/index.html
• State: ; Resource: Iowa Heritage Digital Collections ; Website: //www.iowaheritage.org/
• State: ID ; Resource: Idaho State Historical Society Digital Collections ; Website: //idahohistory.cdmhost.com/
• State: IL ; Resource: Illinois Digital Archives ; Website: //www.idaillinois.org/
• State: ; Resource: Explorie Illinois: Illinois Digital Archives ; Website: //www.finditillinois.org/ida/
• State: IN ; Resource: Indiana Memory ; Website: //www.in.gov/memories/index.html
• State: KS ; Resource: Kansas Historical Society State Archives ; Website: //www.kshs.org/p/state-archives-library/11933
• State: KY ; Resource: Kentucky Digital Library ; Website: //kdl.kyvl.org/
• State: LA ; Resource: LOUISiana Digital Library ; Website: //louisdl.louislibraries.org/
• State: ; Resource: LDMA (Louisiana Digital Media Archive) ; Website: //ldma.lpb.org/about-ldma
• State: MA ; Resource: Digital Commonwealth: Massachusetts Collections Online ; Website: //www.digitalcommonwealth.org/
• State: ; Resource: Massachusetts Boards of Library Commissioners Digital Collections ; Website: //mblc.state.ma.us/books/digital/
• State: MD ; Resource: Maryland Historical Society Online Collections ; Website: //www.mdhs.org/museum/collections-online
• State: ; Resource: Archives of Maryland Online ; Website: //ow.ly/p8kO4
• State: ME ; Resource: Maine Memory Network ; Website: //www.mainememory.net/
• State: MI ; Resource: Seeking Michigan ; Website: //seekingmichigan.org/
• State: MN ; Resource: Minnesota Digital Library ; Website: //www.mndigital.org/
• State: MO ; Resource: Missouri Digital Heritage ; Website: //www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/
• State: MS ; Resource: Mississippi Department of Archives and History: Digital Archives ; Website: //mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/
• State: MT ; Resource: Montana Memory Project ; Website: //mtmemory.org/
• State: NC ; Resource: North Carolina Digital Collections ; Website: //digital.ncdcr.gov/
• State: ; Resource: North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online ; Website: //www.ncecho.org/
• State: ; Resource: North Carolina’s Digital Collections ; Website: //digitalnc.org/collections
• State: ND ; Resource: State Historical Society of North Dakota Digital Resources ; Website: //www.history.nd.gov/archives/digitalresources.html
• State: NE ; Resource: Virtual Exhibits of the Nebraska State Historical Society ; Website: //nebraskahistory.org/exhibits/index.shtml
• State: NJ ; Resource: New Jersey Digital Highway ; Website: //www.njdigitalhighway.org/
• State: NM ; Resource: New Mexico State Library Digital Archive ; Website: //ow.ly/p8hrp
• State: NV ; Resource: Nevada Statewide Digital Initiative ; Website: //nsla.nevadaculture.org/
• State: NY ; Resource: New York Heritage Digital Collections ; Website: //www.newyorkheritage.org/
• State: ; Resource: New York Department of Records Photo Gallery ; Website: //www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/gallery/home.shtml
• State: ; Resource: New York Public Library Digital Gallery ; Website: //digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/
• State: OH ; Resource: Ohio Memory ; Website: //www.ohiomemory.org/
• State: OK ; Resource: Oklahoma Digital Prairie ; Website: //digitalprairie.ok.gov/
• State: OR ; Resource: Oregon Digital Library Project ; Website: //odl.library.oregonstate.edu/record/search
• State: PA ; Resource: Digital Collections at the State Library of Pennsylvania ; Website: //ow.ly/p8hv3
• State: ; Resource: Historical Society of Pennsylvania Digital Library ; Website: //digitallibrary.hsp.org/
• State: RI ; Resource: State of Rhode Island Virtual Archives ; Website: //sos.ri.gov/virtualarchives/
• State: SC ; Resource: South Carolina Digital Library ; Website: //www.scmemory.org/
• State: SD ; Resource: South Dakota State Historical Society Digital Archives ; Website: //sddigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/
• State: ; Resource: Digital Library of South Dakota ; Website: //dlsd.sdln.net/index.php
• State: TN ; Resource: Tennessee State Library and Archives: Digital Collections ; Website: //www.tennessee.gov/tsla/resources/index.htm
• State: ; Resource: Volunteer Voices ; Website: //www.volunteervoices.org/
• State: TX ; Resource: Northeast Texas Digital Collections ; Website: //dmc.tamu-commerce.edu/
• State: UT ; Resource: Digital Utah ; Website: //pioneer.utah.gov/digital/utah.html
• State: VA ; Resource: Virginia Memory ; Website: //www.virginiamemory.com/collections/
• State: VT ; Resource: Vermont Folklife Center ; Website: //www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/digital-archive/collections/
• State: WI ; Resource: State of Wisconsin Collection ; Website: //uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/WI
• State: WV ; Resource: West Virginia Division of Culture and History Online Exhibits ; Website: //www.wvculture.org/museum/exhibitsonline.html
• State: WY ; Resource: Wyoming Memory ; Website: //www.wyomingmemory.org/

Multi-State Digital Portals

• States: CO, NM, WY ; Resource: Rocky Mountain Online Archive ; Website: //rmoa.unm.edu/
• States: IL, IN ; Resource: Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Gallery ; Website: //www.umvphotoarchive.org/
• States: MN, ND ; Resource: Digital Horizons: A Plains Media Resource ; Website: //digitalhorizonsonline.org/
• States: UT, NV, ID, AZ, HI ; Resource: Mountain West Digital Library ; Website: //mwdl.org/
• States: Various ; Resource: Digital Public Library of America ; Website: //dp.la