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U.S. Civil War (1861-1865): Primary Sources: West

This guide provides access to both resources restricted to ASU Library affiliates and open access primary source materials which focus on the United States Civil War (1861-1865).

Primary Sources: Open Access: West

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The following fourteen American states did not yet exist during the American Civil War (1861-1865): Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

A

ALASKA

Alaska Historical Society

Alaska State Archives

Alaska State Library

Alaska's Digital Archives


ARIZONA

Arizona Archives Online

Arizona Historical Society

Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Arizona Memory Project
Subject:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Arizona State University, ASU Library PRISM

Northern Arizona University Coloardo Plateau Digital Collections

University of Arizona, University Libraries Digital Collections
Autobiography of William Bladen Jett
Charles Herner Papers
Derrick F. Hamlink Papers
Diary of Thomas Akers
Edward Palmer Manuscripts
Extracts from My Notes Written Chiefly Soon After the Close of the War
Fort Vancouver (Washington)
George Lippitt Andrews Papers
Hodge Family Papers
Operational and Administrative Papers Relating to the District of Colorado and the 1st Regiment Cavalry of Colorado
Papers of the Oury Family
Papers of the Thompson Family
Richmond Jones Papers
Stevens Family Correspondence
Tenodor Ten Eyck Papers
Winfield Scott Collection


C

COLORADO

Colorado State Archives

Colorado State Library

Denver Public Library Digital Collections
Civil War Grand Army of the Republic - Colorado
Nebraska Civil War Veterans

History Colorado

University of Colorado, University Libraries CU Digital Library
What:
Cartes-de-visite


H

HAWAII

Digital Archives of Hawaiʻi

Hawaiian Historical Society


I

IDAHO

Idaho State Historical Society
Idaho State Archives Digital Collections
Lora Kulow - Idaho Pioneer Collection
Patrick Collins - Idaho Civil War Collection
Searchable Indexes
See the Civil War Veterans Google Sheets file.


M

MONTANA

Montana Historical Society

Montana History Portal
Montana Historical Society Civil War Era Diaries and Correspondence


N

NEBRASKA

History Nebraska
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: UNL Libraries: Image and Multimedia Collections
Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
When: US Civil War


NEW MEXICO

Historical Society of New Mexico

New Mexico Archives Online

New Mexico Digital Collections
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865


NORTH DAKOTA

Digital Horizons: Life on the Northern Plains
Collections
Dear Folks at Home - Isaac Mark Abbott Civil War Letters (Concordia College)
North Dakota Historic Documents (North Dakota State University)
Subject (LCSH)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

North Dakota State Library

State Historical Society of North Dakota


O

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma Digital Prairie
Collections
Confederate Pension Index Cards
Confederate Pension Records
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Oklahoma State University: OSU Libraries: Digital Collections

University of Oklahoma: University Libraries: OU Libraries Digital Collections


S

SOUTH DAKOTA

South Dakota Digital Archives

South Dakota State Historical Society


U

UTAH

Brigham Young University: BYU Library: Digital Collections
Edward M. Hayhurst Correspondence and other Material

University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Digital Library
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Utah Division of Archives and Records Service

Utah Division of State History

Digital Collections

Utah State Historical Society


W

WASHINGTON

Northwest Digital Heritage
Subjects:
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Portraits
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans

University of Washington: University Libraries: Digital Collections
Collections:
Civil War Letters Collection
Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits

Washington State University: WSU Libraries: Digital Collections
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

WYOMING

Wyoming State Archives

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