Want to learn more about Early America? Start your research here!
Updated: Mar 21
From time to time, we get asked for help with homework, research problems, and burning questions from the public. So, we thought we’d share some of our go-to resources for doing research! This post will be updated as we find new resources. Make sure to check out our YouTube page and other blogs as well!
Other Museums, Historic Sites and Living History Organizations
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway
Historic London Town and Gardens
Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
Maryland Center for History and Culture
Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum
Mount Calvert Historical and Archeological Park
Smithsonian Geneaology Research Guide
Smithsonian Institution Collections
Smithsonian Environmental Archaeology Laboratory
Primary Sources
The Geography of Slavery in Virginia - a database of primary sources on enslaved and indentured freedom seekers from Maryland and Virginia
The Maryland Gazette Collection - Microfilm of Maryland Gazette between 1728 and 1839 held by the Maryland State Archives
Eighteenth Century Maryland Newspapers (Library of Congress)
1670 Herrman/Withinbrook Map of Maryland and Virginia (Library of Congress)
1752 Bowen “A new and accurate map of Virginia & Maryland” (Library of Congress)
Indigenous History and Culture
Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians
National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian Environmental Archaeology Laboratory
The Flickering Flame - The Life and Legacy of Chief Turkey Tayac (Film)
Spirits in the River: A Report on the Piscataway People (Dr. Gabrielle Tayac for NMAI)
Piscataway Park and Local History
Piscataway Park NPS Collections
Piscataway Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment
Ethnographic Resource Study - Subsistence Fishing in the Lower Potomac and Anacostia Rivers
The James Wilfong Architectural Photographs Collection - Prince George’s County Historical Society
MEDUSA – Maryland Historical Trust’s Online Database (buildings and archaeological sites)
Southern Maryland Studies Center Digital Collections
Food and Foodways
A Taste of History with Joyce White