Research Guides: HIS 201: American History to 1877: Primary Documents

Newspaper and Periodical Archives

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (U.S. Titles)
Full-runs and full-images of selected historical newspapers. Includes front-page headlines, classified ads, marriage and death announcements, comic strips, reviews, display advertising, editorials, birth notices, photographs, and more.
Accessible Archives
American newspapers, books, and other resources from the 19th and 20th centuries, including content for the Civil War, anti-slavery movements, African-American history, First World War, and women's suffrage.
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection
Full-text from historical periodicals (1684-1912) covering multiple facets of American history, life, culture, technology, religion, economics.
Adam Matthew Digital Explorer
Unique primary sources spanning the social sciences and humanities. Themes include borders and migrations, gender and sexuality, global history, and war and conflict.
Congressional Record
Digitized copies of the Congressional Record (1873-2009), Register of Debates (1824-1837), Congressional Globe (1833-1873), and Annals of Congress (1789-1824).

Guides to Finding Personal Narratives

Notable Women in American History by Lynda G. Adamson
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, CT3260 .A27 1999

ISBN: 0313295840

Publication Date: 1999
American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals to 1980 by Laura Arksey (Editor); Nancy Pries (Editor); Marcia Reed (Editor)
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, CT214 .A74 1983

Publication Date: 1986

2 volumes
Civil War Diaries and Personal Narratives, 1960-1994 by Albert E. Smith (Compiled by)
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, E464 .L47 1998

ISBN: 0844409103

Publication Date: 1998
Travels in the Old South, A Bibliography. by Thomas Dionysius Clark (Editor)
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, F207.5 .C59

Publication Date: 1956-

3 Volumes
Civil War Eyewitnesses 1986-1996 by Garold L. Cole (Editor)
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, E601 .C78 2000

ISBN: 1570033277

Publication Date: 2000
Diaries and Letters of American Women by Joyce D. Goodfriend
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, CT3260.U5 G66 1987

ISBN: 0816187789

Publication Date: 1987
Index to the American Slave by Donald M. Jacobs
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, E444 .A45

ISBN: 0313213747

Publication Date: 1981
American diaries : an annotated bibliography of American diaries written prior to the year 1861 by William Matthews
Call Number: Drexel Reference Library, CT213.5 .M43

Publication Date: 1959
Civil War books, a critical bibliography by Allan Nevins
Call Number: Drexel Library Reference, E456 .N52

Publication Date: 1967

2 Volumes

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Historical Newspaper Collections

California Digital Newspaper Collection
Contains digitized editions of several dozen regional California newspapers, dating back to the 1850's.
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
A collection of local and regional Illinois newspapers dating to the 1840's.
Kentucky Digital Library- Newspapers
A collection of several regional/local Kentucky newspapers with coverage dating back to the 1850's.
Library of Congress: Chronicling America- Historical American Newspapers
A searchable list of digitized historic newspapers from across the United States. This collection includes publications dating back to the 1780's.
NYS Historic Newspapers
A collection of New York regional newspapers. You can browse by county or by title, with content dating to the mid 1800's.
State Historical Society of Missouri- Newspapers
A collection of indexes and digitized copies of prominent Missouri newspapers dating to the 1850's.
Maryland Gazette, 1728-1839
Digitized collection of content from December 1728 through January 1839 (several gaps in coverage).