Digital Collections
Some online collections are massive, whole libraries full of manuscripts, books, ephemera, and more. These are grouped here:
17th Century Colonial New England with special emphasis on the Essex county witch-hunt of 1692 by Margo Burns
American Centuries: History and Art from New England: hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents, and artifacts
American Colonists’ Library: primary source documents that contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals
Colonial North America at Harvard Library
Cornell University: Witchcraft collection; The World Bewitch’d: Visions of Witchcraft from the Cornell Collections exhibit; Student research papers
Digital Athenaeum: a collection of 900+ PDFs of public domain books from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, primarily concerning English colonial America, by Margo Burns
Digital Commonwealth: Massachusetts collections online
Digital Public Library of America: explore items from libraries, archives, and museums
Famous Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692) by Professor Douglas O. Linder
Massachusetts Libraries: Special collections database for 650+ libraries, archives, historical societies and town clerk’s offices
Peabody Essex Museum’s Phillips Library: On the PhilCat advanced search screen, type family name or location, etc., in Search box and pick “Online” in Location box.
Salem State University: Archives and Special Collections; Archives (photos) on Flickr
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project by the University of Virginia
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The History List: find historic sites, events, and exhibits near you
See Roadtrips pages for digital collections and books for individual locations. For larger areas, under Research, check Genealogy Links, Histories, Land & Buildings pages. Also, see Boston page for state-wide organizations with headquarters there.