LibGuides: Family Histories and American Culture: Primary Sources: Library Databases

Primary Source Databases and Collections

African American Communities
1800-2000 CE | Pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and oral histories

Afro-Americana Imprints 1535-1922 This link opens in a new window
1535-1922 CE | Focus on African American experience | Books, pamphlets, slave narratives, sermons and more
American Broadsides and Ephemera This link opens in a new window
1760-1900 CE | Broadsides and ephemera

American History, 1493-1945
1493-1945 CE | Correspondence, diaries, government documents, business records, books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, photographs, artwork and maps
American Indian Histories and Cultures
1500-1998 CE | Manuscripts, maps, atlases, legal documents, diaries, artwork, photographs, and newspapers
American West
1718-1968 CE | Manuscripts, rare books, pamphlets, periodicals, broadsides, ephemera, maps and illustrative material

Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
1949-2021 CE | Focus on African American Experience | Videos

Colonial America
1606-1802 CE | Volumes of the Colonial Office (CO) 5 series from the British National Archives
Colonial Caribbean
1624-1870 CE | Records from the British Foreign Office Files

Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800) This link opens in a new window
1639-1819 CE | Books, pamphlets, and broadsides | Covers titles in the Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker bibliographies
Early American imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 This link opens in a new window
1801-1819 CE | Books, pamphlets, and broadsides | Covers titles from the Shaw-Shoemaker bibliography
Early Encounters in North America This link opens in a new window
1534-1850 CE | Personal narratives, diaries, journals, and correspondence

Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920
1800-1920 CE | Monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides
Gale in Context: U.S. History
1500 CE - present | Books, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and audio material
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
1870-1920 CE | Diaries, financial documents, ephemera, legal documents, maps, pamphlets, and more

History Vault This link opens in a new window
1775-1945 CE | Correspondence, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries
HistoryMakers Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
n. d. | Focus on African American Leaders | Videos, oral histories
Immigration to the United States 1789-1930 This link opens in a new window
1789-1930 CE | Books, manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs, and maps

Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954
1654-1954 CE | Correspondence, scrapbooks, autobiographies, notebooks, and photographs from the American Jewish Historical Society, New York

Making of America - Cornell This link opens in a new window
1815-1926 CE | Books and periodicals
Making of America, Michigan Collection This link opens in a new window
1800-1900 CE | Books and periodicals
Making of the Modern World This link opens in a new window
1450-1850 CE | Rare books, reports, correspondence, speeches, and surveys | History of Western trade
Migration to New Worlds This link opens in a new window
1800-1924 CE | Personal accounts, oral histories, correspondence, pamphlets, scrapbooks, photographs, and maps.

Race Relations in America
1943-1970 CE | Case studies, audio recordings, scrapbooks, correspondence, government documents, and photographs
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
1490-2007 CE | Manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, and maps

Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive This link opens in a new window
1600-1900 CE | Pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, correspondence
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window
1450-2000 CE | Legal documents

Virginia Company Archives
1537-1935 CE | Correspondence, legal documents, and business records
Frontier Life
1650-1920 CE | correspondence, diaries, government papers, business records, land transactions, legal documents, speeches, books and pamphlets | Colonial frontier regions in North America, Africa, and Australia