About Primary Sources
Major Micro Collections Owned By Miami
Major Paper/Published Collections at Miami
Materials In the Government Documents Department
Internet Resources
Indexes to Primary Sources
Historical Periodical Sources
Locating Primary Sources: A Guide
Historians Sources (Library of Congress)
British Parliamentary Papers
Southern Women and Their Diaries
American Periodical Series
Travels in the Confederate States
Travels in the Old South
Travels in the New South
Motion Picture Catalogs 1894-1908
Slavery, Source Material and Critical Literature
Underground Newspaper Collection
Vietnam, The Media, and Public Support for the War
History of the Pacific Northwest
Temperance Tracts
Periodicals on Women's Rights
Early English Books
County Histories of the Old Northwet
English Cartoons and Satirical Prints 1320-1832
English and American Drama of the Nineteenth Century
Early English Text Society
Radical Periodicals in the United States
Pennsylvania County Histories
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (mainly Ohio)
See also:
Walter Havighurst Special Collections
Miami University Archives
American Concentration Camps
D753.8.A77 1989
Nine volume set of official documents and correspondence about Japanese-American
Internment Camps
America and the Holocaust
D804.3 .A47 1989
Documents on U.S. Activities relating to the Jews in Europe.
The Holocaust: selected documents in eighteen volumes
D810.J4 H655
Official documents and correspondence in English and German.
English Historical Documents
DA 26.E55 1955
Major, mulitvoulme set covering 900AD-1874
Peoples Republic of China: A Documentary Survey
DS777.55 .P4243
Documents from 1949-1979, translated.
Records of South Eastern Africa
DT766 .T54 1964
Covers 1500's-1879
British Documents on Foreign Affairs
Scattered
Collections of documents covering all regions of the world, 18c. to the present
Colonial records of the states of the U.S. -- scattered in the collection.
Do a word search for "colonial" and "records" and your state's
name
Presidential papers
Before 1929 most collections begin with The Papers of . . .
1929 and beyond also have a collection entitled: Public Papers of the Presidents. An index to the set is located in King Reference.
Territorial Papers of the United States
E173.U572
Northwest Territory and parts of the Louisana Purchase
Black Worker: A Documentary Hisotyr for Colonial Times to the Present
E185.B59
Black Women in American History
E185.86 .B5402 1990
Collection of classic writings
Black Women Oral History Project
E185.86 .B545 1991
Oral interviews in 10 volumes.
American Slave
E444.A45
Over 40 volumes of interviews with former slaves. Conducted in the 1930's.
Face the Nation: 1954-1970
E742 .C67
Collected transcripts from the CBS News program.
Meet the Press (1957-71)
E743.M4 1973
Collected transcripts from the NBC News program.
Covered Wagon Women
F591.C79
Settlers diaries
Childrens Bureau
Bureau of Indian Affairs
House Un-American Activities Council
Congressional Hearings and Texts of Debates
Godey's Ladies Book Online
http://www.history.rochester.edu/godeys/
Selections of materials. Includes articles from 1850. Not comprehensive.
Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
A listing of over 2900 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare
books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases as Reported by University, College, Public, and Special Libraries and Museums in the United States and Canada. 7th edition. New York: Bowker, 1993.
Includes manuscripts, as well as book collections.
King Ref Z 731 .A78
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1980. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1959-. Lists papers of people, families, associations, etc.; gives description of collection and name of U.S. repository.
King Ref Z 6620 .U5 N3
Women's History Sources. Andrea Hinding (ed.). New York: R.R. Bowker, 1979.
King Ref Z 7964 .U49 56
Guide to Federal Records inthe National Archives of the United States. Robert B. Matchette and Anne B. Eales. Washington: GPO, 1995.
Description of major record groups in the Archives' collections.
King Ref CD 3026 1995 and Docs Ref AE1.108:G94
American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals 1492-1980. Laura Arksey et al. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1983. Reference by name, subject, and geographic locations.
King Ref CT 214 .A74 1983x
And So to Bed: A Bibliography of Diaries Published in English. Praticia Pate Havlice (ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987. Index to diaries published either in journals or separately.
King Ref CT 25 .H385 1987
The Published Diaries and Letters of American Women: An Annotated Bibliography. Joyce D. Goodfriend. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1987.
King Ref CT 3260 .G66 1987
Women's Diaries, Journals and Letters: An Annotated Bibliography. Cheryl Cline. New York: Garland, 1989.
King Ref CT 3230 .C55 1989
Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada. Washington, D.C. : American Historical Association, Institutional Services Program, 1990-
List of faculty, programs, and requirements. Includes excellent description of major historical archives and their collecitons. Lists doctoral dissertations completed and in progress.
King Ref D16.3 .G83
British Archives: A Guide to Archive Resources in the United Kingdom. 3nd ed. Janet Foster and Julia Sheppard. New York: Stockton Press, 1995.
Description of collections in British libraries, museums, archives, etc.
King Ref CD 1040 .F67 1995
American Library Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., annual.
Addresses and descriptions of all libraries in U.S. and Canada.
King Ref Z 731 .A53
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1907-.
Index to popular/general articles. Can help locate articles about events of the 20th century.
King Index Tables
Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1890-1899.
Late nineteenth century reference to periodicals.
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881-1908.
Cites articles from 1802 through 1908. Citations are sometimes inaccurate, but this is the only index to 19th century periodicals.
King Index Tables
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900. Walter E. Houghton (ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press & Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Major nineteenth century periodicals with listing of table of contents, issue by issue.
King Ref Z 2005 .H6 and CDROM
NEWSPAPERSThe (London) Times Index. Reading, Eng.: Newspapers Archive Developments (publishers vary), 1790+.
King Index. Earlier indexes under AI 21 .T46.
New York Times Index. New York: New York Times Index, 1851+.
King Index. Earlier indexes on circulating shelves AI 21 .N44.
Newspaper Indexes: A Location and Subject Guide. Anita Cheed Milner. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977-1982. 3 vols.
Guide to locations of indexes (published and unpublished) of newspapers in the United States (but not necessarily U.S. newspapers).
King Ref Z 6951 .M635 v1-3