Digital Spotlight: Colonial North American Project

COLONIAL NORTH AMERICAN PROJECT shares archival and manuscript materials related to the 17th and 18th century in North America.

Contents: With over five thousand items, this digital collection includes primary source documents related to social life, education, trade, finance, politics, revolution, war, women, Native American life, slavery, science, medicine and religion. The collection also provides essays related to specific people, documents, and themes such as politics, and female laborers.

Classroom Connections: Integrate this collection into the history curriculum. Connect specific documents with thematic student inquiries such as slavery, war, and education.

Featured Digital Objects:
Diaries of Benjamin Guild http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/…/show/9178
John Hancock Books http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/…/…/hancock
The Winthrops http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/…/winthrops

To visit the collection, go tohttp://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/.