CrossWorks is the official digital repository of Holy Cross. It provides a permanent, digital home for important work produced by people at the College. It also contains many documents scanned from the College Archives -- for example, yearbooks, student handbooks, campus photos from different time periods, and the Crusader.
Click this link:
to search CrossWorks as a whole. Or, click this link:
to jump right into the Archives section of CrossWorks. You may also want to visit the website of the
where you will find even more documents and photographs.
You can find many primary sources freely available online. In fact, some of the best collections of primary sources can be found in the digital collections of institutions, archives, and research libraries around the nation and the world.
The Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) and the National Archives (www.nara.gov) usually make good starting places -- here are a few more you may wish to explore:
Periodicals - Newspapers, Magazines & More
Government & Legal Documents - U.S. & Foreign
Images
Advertising, Propaganda & More
Books
Other Primary Documents - U.S.
Other Primary Documents - Outside the U.S.