Research Guides: HIS 202: American History 1865 to the Present: Primary Documents

Databases

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.
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).

ProQuest Historical Newspapers Single Search
Search all U.S. historical newspapers subscriptions from one location.
African American Communities
Focusing on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas. Content predominantly from Atlanta, Chicago, Brooklyn, and towns and cities in North Carolina.

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Race Relations In America: Surveys And Papers From The Amistad Research Center, 1943-1970
Primary source materials for the Civil Rights Movement, segregation, discrimination, and racial theory in America. Over 100 hours of speeches, survey materials, case studies, campaigns against voter suppression, photographs, scrapbooks, and posters.

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Guides to Finding Personal Narratives

The following volumes are located in the Reference Collection, 1st floor of Drexel Library.

Notable Women in American History : A guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) CT3260.A27 1999
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American Autobiography, 1945-1980 : A Bibliography.
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An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals.
Drexel Library ReferenceCT214 .A474 1983
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Civil War Diaries and Personal Narratives, 1960-1994 : A selected Bibliography of Books in the General Collections of the Library of Congress.
Drexel Library Reference E464.L47 1998
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Newspaper and Magazine Archives

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (U.S. Titles)
Full-text access to:
-The Boston Globe, 1872-1994
-The Chicago Tribune, 1849-2000
-The New York Times, 1851-2021
-The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1860-2001
-The Philadelphia Tribune, 1912-2001
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1786-2003

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