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Twentieth Century Advice Literature contains "fully searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave."
ACLS Humanities E-Book (formerly History E-Book) from ACLS provides electronic books in the humanities including history, art, literature, music, etc., "that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, are frequently cited in the literature, and are currently not widely available."
Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration, and a unique African American culture and identity.
African American Heritage provides essential historical records for African Americans, including Federal Census, Marriage and Cohabitation records, Military Draft and service records, Registers of Slaves and Free Persons of Color, Freedman’s Bank, and more.
African American Historical Serials Collection features 173 periodicals spanning from 1816 through 1922. The periodicals in this collection include newspapers and magazines, in addition to reports and annuals from various African American organizations, including churches and educational and service institutions.
African American Newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion.
The collection also provides a great number of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.
African American Newspapers in the South, 1870-1926 provides a unique journalistic record of the African American experience in segregated southern America. Includes all complete runs of representative newspapers from the District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
America: History and Life with Full Text "is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present."
American Ancestors is a resource for family history research, and is the online repository for more than 1.4 billion searchable names from America and beyond. They provide expertise and research across every era of American family history. THIS RESOURCE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR USE ON CAMPUS.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Collection Series 1 contains primary sources related to American society and history from 1691-1820.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Collection Series 2 contains primary sources related to American society and history from 1821-1837.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Collection Series 3 contains primary sources related to American society and history from 1838-1852.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Collection Series 1 contains primary sources related to American society and history from 1853-1865.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Collection Series 1 contains primary sources related to American society and history from 1866-1877.
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries contains thousands of primary documents about the U.S. Civil War.
The American West contains primary documents covering frontier life, Native American life, the rise of the railways, and much more, and includes the papers of early pioneers and explorers, early emigrants, ranchers, and more.
Arte Publico Hispanic Historical Collection presents a digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature, and culture.
C19 forms the bibliographic spine of 19th century research. It comprises tens of millions of records and provides integrated access to the most important finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers, archives, and reference material. It includes: Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue, The Nineteenth Century, American Periodicals, British Periodicals, Cotgreave's Index, An Index to Legal Periodical Literature, Cumulative Index to Niles' Register 1811–1849, Periodicals Index Online, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Stead's Index to Periodical Literature, The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, The U.S. Serial Set, Archive Finder, Palmer's Index to The Times, The "Bookman" Directory of Booksellers, Publishers and Authors, and Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism.
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is useful for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers.
Dallas Morning News Historical Archive contains the full-text of all Dallas Morning News newspapers published between 1885-1977.
Digital National Security Archive has "the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945."
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps "are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists, and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods."
Digital Theatre+ contains hundreds of classic and contemporary productions in live-capture and audio formats, including insights from casts, creatives, and academics. Also contains thousands of pages of written resources, including essays, guides, lesson plans, and more.
Early Encounters in North America contains "over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters."
Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Essential primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present. This expansive collection offers sources for the study of women's suffrage, the feminist movement, the men’s movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
The Gerritsen Collection: Women's Online History, 1543--1945, is "the greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world, with materials spanning four centuries and fifteen languages...[with] two million page images exactly as they appeared in the original printed works."
HeritageQuest Online "provides libraries a unique, growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture," which includes complete U.S. federal Census, 1790--1930, obituaries, Freedman's Savings & Trust Company bank records, records on veterans of the American Revolution, and more.
Hispanic American Newspapers 1808-1980 provides access to hundreds of searchable Hispanic American newspapers published in the United States. It is based on the “Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project”.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text is a "complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life)."
Images of America: A History of American Life in Images and Texts "presents the everyday people, places, and events that have shaped American history and culture. The collection, drawn from Arcadia Publishing's award-winning line of local history books, features images and texts assembled by thousands of local experts."
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America is a collection of manuscripts, artwork, speeches, diaries, essays, correspondence, maps, and more covering areas such as American Indians and the European Powers, American Indians and the US Government, military encounters, cultural encounters, the native American civil rights movement, and more.
From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
Provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of poll data anywhere — from 1935 to present. Contains data from U.S. and international polling firms with broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more. International and U.S. datasets available for immediate download.
JSTOR is a full image database of back issues of scholarly journals in African American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, botany, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics.
Life Magazine Archive 1936-2000 consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1936 of the American variety magazine Life, published by Time Inc.
National Geographic Magazine Archive provides the full text of the National Geographic Magazine, including color images, from 1888-2020.
Newsweek Magazine Archive 1933-2012 comprises 80 years of news reporting and commentary, charting the key US and global events during this period.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories, "composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, ... provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines."
North American Women's Letters and Diaries "is the largest collection of women's diaries and correspondence ever assembled. Spanning more than 300 years, [it] brings the personal experiences of some 1,325 women to researchers, students, and general readers" via 150,000 pages of letters and diaries.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Austin American Statesman provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1871 – 1980
This collection gives researchers an unparalleled look at administrative and community responses to diseases devastating to public health as found in the press from colonial America through World War I. This database provides a vivid picture ripe for essential historic exploration to compare past outbreaks, civilian and governmental reactions, and disease control practices to what is happening today.
This collection allows users access to monographs and county histories and the wealth of details these resources can provide on many aspects of public health and contagious diseases. Searches will retrieve results from books published in the 19th century through World War I.
Documenting three pivotal decades in the fight for civil rights, this resource showcases the speeches, reports, surveys and analyses produced by the Fisk University Race Relations Department’s staff and Institute participants, including Charles S. Johnson, Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., and Thurgood Marshall.
Slavery, Abolition, and Social Justice Bringing together primary source documents from archives and libraries across North America and the UK, this resource allows students and researchers to explore and compare unique material relating to the complex subjects of slavery, abolition and social justice. In addition to the primary source documents there is a wealth of useful secondary sources for research and teaching; including scholarly essays, tutorials, a visual sources gallery, chronology and bibliography.
Texas County Histories from Accessible Archives provides primary source resources for local historical and genealogical research.
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps "are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists, and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods."
Time Magazine Archive 1923-2000 consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1923 of the American popular magazine Time, published by Time Inc.
Twentieth Century Advice Literature contains "fully searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave."

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