Research Guides: U.S. History: Primary Source Collections Online: 9/11 Attack (2001), Afghan and Iraq Wars (2000s)

The 9/11 Attacks and Related Events

September 11 Digital Archive Documents history of September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. Includes emails and other electronic communications, first-hand stories, and images. (Center for History & New Media at George Mason Univ., and American Social History Project at City Univ. of New York, CUNY)
National Security Archive: September 11 Sourcebooks Including the Taliban Files, the Osama Bin Laden File, the Zero Dark Thirty File, the CIA's 9/11 File, and much more. (George Washington Univ.)
FBI Files on Counterterrorism From the FBI Vault. Covers topics such as Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, September 11, the Patriot Act, Guantanamo Bay, and more.
9/11 Oral History Project Documents over 600 New Yorkers’ experiences in 900 hours of audio and video and 22,000 pages of transcripts. (Columbia Univ.)
Newseum: Newspaper Front Pages from Sept. 12, 2001, the Day After 9/11
Newseum: Newspaper Front Pages from May 2, 2011, Reporting the Death of Osama bin Laden
9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Video from the AP Archive
Conflicts & Terrorism: Video from the AP Archive Scroll down and click through subsequent pages for compilations of video on Al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, etc.

Veterans History Project The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. (Library of Congress)