Editing Encyclopedia:Public domain resources (section)

==Historical==
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection] at the University of Texas (check [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/usage_statement.html Usage statement] and verify public domain status)
* [https://www.vintage-american.com/vintage-postcard-history/ America As It Was] – a huge resource for vintage postcards in the US, organized by state. Any postcard first published in the US before 1978 without an explicit copyright notice is PD. Lots of photos, aerial views, and maps of many US locations.
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html Historical Maps] from the [[Perry–Castañeda Library]] Map Collection at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/usage_statement.html As a courtesy], wherever these maps are used on the project they should be attributed to the [[University of Texas Libraries]] at the University of Texas at Austin." While the historical maps are public domain, not all records held by the Library are public domain.
* [http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/ Lectures in Medieval History] – Lecture notes on [[Middle Ages|medieval Europe]] by Dr. Lynn H. Nelson, Professor Emeritus of [[Medieval History]] at the [[University of Kansas]]: "I might add that I assert no proprietary interest in these materials but offer them freely for public use. You may copy them, reproduce them, or do whatever you wish with them non-commercially." The proper template is [[Template:PD-Nelson]].

*[[History of Canada]]
**[http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/earlyimages/index-e.html Early Images of Canada: Illustrations from Rare Books] – "hosts 550 searchable images (mostly engravings) from [[Library and Archives Canada]]'s Rare Book Collection. All of the images are taken from books, often exploration or missionary narratives, published before the year 1800."
**[http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cin/index-e.html Canadian Illustrated News: Images in the news: 1869–1883] – "selection of almost 4000 images of people, places and events across Canada and around the world" from the ''[[Canadian Illustrated News]]'', a newspaper published from 1869 to 1883 in [[Montreal]] and significant for its use of [[halftone]] photographs.
**[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/digital-archive/ Digital Archive], Toronto Public Library – "The Digital Archive includes rare historical pictures, maps, manuscripts, ephemera and digitized books from our Special Collections".

'''Ancient History'''
* [http://150.108.2.20/halsall/index.html Internet History Sourcebooks]
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/home*.html Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities] 1875 edition; completely public domain, except for the occasional note by the Web transcriber, identified as "Thayer's Note(s)".
* [http://www.omphalos.net/bosh/main.html Alexandrian Book of Shadows] (this link can no longer be found at this URL; many online copies exist, of varying reliability)