African American Poetry (LION) (Full Text)
The early history of African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry Prince's 'Bars Fight', c.1746) to the major poets of the nineteenth century, including Paul Laurence Dunbar and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
The African American Experience
A collection of resources on African American life covering such topics as history, biography, literature, arts, education, civil rights, politics, folklore, etc.
American Drama 1714-1915 (LION) (Full Text)
Containing more than 1,500 dramatic works from the early eighteenth century up to the beginning of the twentieth, American Drama 1714–1915 reflects American dramatic writing in all its richness and diversity: plays in verse, farces, melodramas, minstrel shows, realist plays, frontier plays, temperance dialogues and a range of other genres are represented.
America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1876(Full Text)
Includes Early American Newspapers, Series I.
350,000 fully searchable issues from over 700 historical American newspapers. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and other authoritative bibliographies.
Annual Egyptological Bibliography Online
The AEB is the primary bibliographical resource for Egyptological research. It is published jointly by the International Association of Egyptologists and the Netherlands Institute for the Near East, and it contains abstracts (in German, French or English) of all Egyptological articles and monographs published from 1947 to 2001, some 46,000 titles in total.
Archive of Americana Full Text
Searches Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 , Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker 1801-1819, and Early American Newspapers, Series I.
The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective (Full Text)
Contains the full-text of articles in The Charleston Mercury, The New York Herald and the Richmond Examiner from Nov. 1860 through April 1865.
Daily Life Through History
Daily Life Through History gives a detailed portrayal of what life was like for ordinary people in different cultures throughout history. At the heart of this database are the 27 volumes of the Daily Life Through History series from Greenwood Press and the six volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 (Full Text)
Contains full-text images of virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period. It includes more than 36,000 printed works and 2.3 million pages and is based on Charles Evans’ renowned “American Bibliography” and Roger Bristol’s supplement.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker 1801-1819 (Full Text)
Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819) provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. Based on the authoritative bibliography by Ralph B. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker and supplemented by thousands of new items. Offers fully searchable text and a browse feature with topical indexes. Bibliographic records created by the AAS are integrated into the database, providing additional access points.
From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909(Full Text)
396 pamphlets published from 1822 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.
Historical Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts to historical literature (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
History Resource Center (Full Text) 
Provides access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series.
The John Milton Bibliography (MRTS Online)
This bibliography tries to bring together all manuscripts and editions of John Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning his life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799.
London Times: The Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)(Full Text)
Provides the full text of The Times of London newspaper from 1785-1985.
Making of America(Full Text)
A full-text library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
New York Times (historical) (1851-2001) (Full Text)
Full text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2001.
Nineteenth-Century U.S. Newspapers (Full Text)
Provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages of primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
Periodicals Archive Online (formerly Periodical Content Index)(Full Text)
Index to articles from 1770 to 1995 in the humanities and social sciences. Includes full-text to approximately 350 journals.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States(Full Text)
The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States contains material that was compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. It includes volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. The material is presented in chronological order.
The Times Digital Archive (1785 to 1985)(Full Text)
The complete digital edition of The Times ( London) including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos. Coverage is from 1785 to 1985.
Wright American Fiction(Full Text)
A database of early American fiction consisting of over 1,700 novels and other works of fiction published between 1851-1875.
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