Journalism & Media Studies: Online Archival Sources

Holds the records of the United States Federal government.

see American Memory Project, National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collection, archives and exhibits

Established " to research and use digital media and information technology in historical research, education, digital tools and resources, digital preservation, and outreach."

Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.

Their stated mission: "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform and entertain through our archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to our resources."

The Library of American Broadcasting (LAB) is a national information resource serving radio and television industries and academic communities. The LAB is the nation's most extensive collection of broadcast history, policy and tradition, including more than 1,000 oral histories, 200,000 photographs and numerous books, pamphlets, scripts, audio and video recordings, and other materials. The Library of American Broadcasting works with the University of Maryland Libraries to care for and provide access to the collection.

AP Images gives you access to the world’s largest collections of historical and contemporary photographs, so you have all the imagery you need, right when you need it.

Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions, one being a center for investigative journalism. Hosted by George Washington University.