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Cambridge University has posted Issac Newton's notebooks online in high-resolution. The notebooks include:

• Trinity College Notebook (MS Add. 3996) This is a notebook Newton acquired while he was an undergraduate at Trinity College and used from about 1661 to 1665...
• College Notebook (MS Add. 4000) This small notebook was probably used by Newton from about 1664 to 1665. It contains notes from his reading on mathematics and geometry...
• Waste Book (MS Add. 4004) Much of Newton's important work on calculus is developed in this large notebook, which he began using in 1664 when he was away from Cambridge due to the plague...
• Early Papers (MS Add. 3958) This set of papers documents some of Newton's early mathematical thinking, work that would develop into his theories of calculus...
• Hydrostatics, Optics, Sound and Heat (MS Add. 3970) This large accumulation of papers dates from about 1672-1706. It includes drafts of his book on Opticks and other miscellaneous writings.
• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Adv.b.39.1) Newton's monumental Principia was published in July 1687 and brought him international fame...

There are links to videos on his works as well. Nicely done and thank you Cambridge.