Communication Studies

Free Speech Movement Digital Archive from University of California at Berkeley offers searchers a portal into several rich collections of photographs. Try going to Finding Aids and browsing through those collections - and make sure to look for the keyword 'Photograph' in the collection title. Some of these collections are made up of personal papers and government documents

This list links out to online collections of all sorts of images relating to U.S. History. Browse through the collections and read about what they have to offer.

The Library of Congress American Memory Collection is one of the most extensive collections of photographs. Historical documents of all kinds are searchable/browsable here, including maps, manuscripts, sound recording and books. To limit your search to only those collections with photographs, select the Browse tab at the top of the page under Browse Collections Containing, choose Photos, Prints. You can then search these specific collections for keywords. To browse images in your results, choose the Gallery View.

The New York Public Library offers a collection of over 914,000 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. Browse through their image collections, or search for a keyword.

Thousands of digitized documents and photographs from unique collections in libraries across Pennsylvania.

A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.

You can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. You have access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

The Web Gallery of Art is a searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. The site includes a database of fine arts museums, churches and a glossary of art terms.

America's premier photography magazine, you can search Life's online collection at the top right-hand side of the page.

AP Images is a large collection of historical and contemporary news and lifestyle photos. Some content is restricted but can be searched by keyword, though not printed.

An extensive collection of online photographs produced by the photography cooperative Magnum Photos. In Advanced Search limit by year and image type and search for your topic.

The latest storied from Time Photo.
You can also search all of Time Magazine for your topic with the search bar at the top of the page.

Browse through media colections, or search for multimedia at the right hand side of the page. Collections are available from 2000.