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Primary sources that document the relationships among peoples and the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850.
The collection focuses on personal accounts and provides unique perspectives from all of the protagonists, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women.
Digital page images of virtually every work printed from 1473-1700 in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere.
A citations database created from European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750.
Primary sources providing a personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between the late 1700s and 1960.
The lived experiences of 1,325 women shared in diaries and letters. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources included.
Contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. History from full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.
Books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform activities. Updated quarterly.
Primary source newspapers published from 1728 to the late 1990s. Includes thousands of titles from all 50 states.
Primary source material from 18th & 19th century magazines and books, including eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of everyday life, editorial observations, advertisements, and genealogical records.
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Full text pages and individual articles for hundreds of 19th-century U.S. historical newspapers.
The most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
You can search each series separately as well as together: Series 1 (1684-1820), Series 2 (1821-1837), Series 3 (1838-1852), Series 4 (1853-1865), and Series 5 (1866-1912).
Funding provided by the Russell Moratz Estate.
Full page and article images with searchable full text from 1849 to 24 years ago.
Some content withheld due to copyright.
Full page and individual article images with searchable full text from 1851-5 years ago
Some content withheld due to copyright
Citations for scanned books, journals, government publications, and other library materials. Full text for public domain and open access materials.