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Below are a list of digitized historical materials and guides available online. Many of the collections focus on sharing primary sources but there are many secondary sources too. The content is organized in a mixture of geographic location (California, general) and U.S. communities (African American, Asian American, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQIA+). A selection of free online ebook collections and broader global collections are listed in the left column of the page.