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The following Guides to research collections are available
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specific research topics and will help expedite your Interlibrary
Loan request. Please allow 4 weeks for delivery. See also ILL
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For further assistance regarding ILL, please call 392-0311.
ABOLITION & EMANCIPATION (Guide
to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew
Publications, Ltd.)
Part 1: Papers of Thomas Clarkson, William Lloyd Garrison, Zachary Macaulay, Harriet Martineau, Harriet Beecher Stowe & William Wilberforce from the Huntington LibraryAFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES: PAMPHLETS FROM THE DANIEL A. P. MURRAY COLLECTION, 1818-1907 (Fulltext)
A Listing and Guide
Parts 2 and 3: Slavery Collections from the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool
A Listing and Guide to Parts 2 and 3 of the Microfilm Collection
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
A panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material published between 1875 and 1900. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Benjamin W. Arnett, Alexander Crummel, and Emanuel Love.BORN IN SLAVERY: SLAVE NARRATIVES FROM THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT, 1936-1938 (Fulltext)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
Over 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and later published as the 19 volume The American slave: a composite autobiography, edited by George P. Rawick (Library West E 441 .A58)CHINA THROUGH WESTERN EYES (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.
Manuscript Records of Traders, Travellers, Missionaries & Diplomats, 1792-1942CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE (Guide to microfilm collection)
Parts 1 & 2: Sources from the William R Perkins Library, Duke University
Part 3: The Papers of J A Thomas, c1905-1923, from the William R Perkins Library, Duke University
A Listing and Guide to Parts 1-3
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
General Introduction and Guide to the Archive
CIVIL WAR AND THE CONFEDERACY (Guide
to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew
Publications, Ltd.)
The Business Records of Fraser, Trenholm & Company of Liverpool and Charleston, South Carolina, 1860-1877, from the Merseyside Maritime Museum, LiverpoolCOLONIAL DISCOURSES (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Series One: Women, Travel & Empire, 1660-1914DOLLEY MADISON PROJECT (Fulltext)
Part 1: Early travel accounts by women, and women's experiences in India, Africa, Australasia and Canada
(Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia)
The life, letters, and legacy of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, wife of James Madison and the most important First Lady of the 19th Century.EARLY MUSIC (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Part 1: The Pembroke Choir Books and other Music Manuscripts from Pembroke College,CambridgeEARLY VIRGINIA RELIGIOUS PETITIONS (1774-1802) (Fulltext)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
Over 400 petitions concerning such topics as the debate over the separation of church and state championed by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, the rights of dissenters such as Quakers and Baptists, the sale and division of property in the established church, and the dissolution of unpopular vestries.FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVES OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH, 1860-1920 (Fulltext)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
This collection of 104 texts includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans.FOREIGN OFFICE FILES: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Series One: USA - Politics & Diplomacy, 1960-1974FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PAMPHLET COLLECTION, 1824-1909 (Fulltext)
(Public Record Office Class FO 371: American Department - United States)
Part 1: The John F Kennedy Years, 1960-1963
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
The collection consists of 397 pamphlets, published from 1824 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington.HANNAH ARENDT PAPERS, 1898-1977 (bulk 1948-1977) (Some fulltext)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
The papers of the author, educator, and political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) are a principal source for the study of modern intellectual life. The material traces Arendt's intellectual, social, and professional life from the late 1940s to her death. The collection is organized in the following series: Family Papers, Correspondence, Adolf Eichmann File, Subject File, Speeches and Writings File, Clippings, Addition I, Addition II, Addition III, and Oversize. Much of the material is in German and other European languages."I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR . . . ": Presidential Inaugurations (Fulltext, etc.)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
The collection brings together approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 62 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to William Jefferson Clinton's in 1997, and will include items from the 63rd inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music. The collection has been organized chronologically by presidential inauguration and an effort has been made to offer a balanced number of items for each inaugural event.JAPAN AND AMERICA, c1930-1955
THE PACIFIC WAR AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Series One: The Papers of General Robert L Eichelberger (1886-1961) from the William R Perkins Library, Duke UniversityLADIES OF LLANGOLLEN (Guide to microfilm collection)
A Listing and Guide to Series One, Parts 1-4
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Letters and Journals of Lady Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1831) from the National Library of WalesMIDDLE EAST POLITICS & DIPLOMACY, 1904-1956 (Guide to microfilm collection)
A Listing and Guide
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
The Private Letters and Diaries of Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1955) from Pembroke College, CambridgeTHE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN PRINT: Books (Fulltext)
A Listing and Guide
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
The books in this collection are nineteenth century American imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. They have been digitized by the University of Michigan as part of the Making of America project, a major collaborative endeavor to preserve and provide access to historical texts. Currently, approximately 1,500 books are included. The collection is particularly strong in poetry and in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN PRINT: Periodicals (Fulltext)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
This collection comprises 23 popular periodicals published in the United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during the second half of the century. The materials selected illuminate the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Part 1: The Browning, Eliot, Thackeray & Trollope Manuscripts from the British Library, LondonPROSPERITY AND THRIFT: THE COOLIDGE ERA AND THE CONSUMER ECONOMY, 1921-1929 (Fulltext, etc.)
A Listing and Guide to Part 1 of the Microfilm Collection
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
Presents Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. It includes nearly 200 selections from twelve collections of personal papers and two collections of institutional papers; 74 books, pamphlets, and legislative documents, along with selections from 34 consumer and trade journals; 181 photographs; and 5 short films and 7 audio selections of Coolidge speeches. The collection is particularly strong in advertising and mass-marketing materials and will be of special interest to those seeking to understand economic and political forces at work in the 1920s.PUERTO RICO AT THE DAWN OF THE MODERN AGE: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives (Fulltext)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
Portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories. Among the topics it highlights are the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War. The materials in the collection were published between 1831 and 1929 and consist of 39 political pamphlets, 18 monographs, and 1 journal.RACE AND PLACE: An African-American Community in the Jim Crow South
(Fulltext)
(Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia)
An archive about the racial segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws from the late 1880s until the mid-twentieth century, focusing on Charlottesville, Virginia. This ongoing project includes newspaper extracts, maps, census material, images, and city records.SEX & SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Literary, Medical and Sociological PerspectivesSLAVE TRADE JOURNALS AND PAPERS (Guide to microfilm collection)
Part 1: Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London
A Listing and Guide
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Part 1: The Humphrey Morice Papers from the Bank of EnglandSTATE PROVISION FOR SOCIAL NEED (Guide to microfilm collection)
A Listing and Guide
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
The Beveridge Committee Report on the Welfare StateVIRGINIA RUNAWAYS PROJECT (Fulltext)
(Public Record Office Class PIN 8 and CAB 87/76-82)
A Listing and Guide
(Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia)
A digital database of runaway and captured slave and servant advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers. Offers full transcripts and images of all runaway and captured ads for slaves, servants, and deserters placed in Virginia newspapers from 1736 to 1790.VOICES FROM THE DUST BOWL: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 (Fulltext, etc.)
(American Memory, Library of Congress)
An online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. This collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera.WOMEN ADVISING WOMEN (Guide to microfilm collection)
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Part 5: Women’s Writing and Advice, c1450-1720 Sources from the Bodleian Library, OxfordWOMEN'S LANGUAGE & EXPERIENCE, 1500-1940 (Guide to microfilm collection)
A Listing and Guide
(Adam Matthew Publications, Ltd.)
Women's Diaries and Related SourcesIf you have comments or suggestions, email shelarl@uflib.ufl.edu
Part 3: Sources from Suffolk County Record Office and Cambridge University Library
A Listing and Guide
9/2005
C. Barnes
