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Primary Sources
Besides the sources you can find in the databases below, there are many wonderful primary sources right in our own Special Collections and Archives, located on Level 4 of the Athenaeum. The reading room is open to researchers 10 am – 4 pm, Monday through Friday, except for campus holidays. Other research times are available by appointment. Contact Curator of Special Collections and Archives Tara Olivero (410-337-6347).
See also our Primary Sources Help Page
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Letters, diaries and memoirs |
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Text of scripts, plus detailed information on related scenes, characters and people. |
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| American Periodical Series, 1740-1900 |
Historically significant periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900 |
| America's Historical Newspapers,1690-1900 |
Full text articles from publications of all 50 present states. |
| Asian American Drama |
Texts of plays plus detailed information on related productions, theaters, and production companies. |
| Baltimore Afro-American |
Full text of the Afro-American and Afro-American Ledger (1893 – 1988). |
| Black Drama: 1850 - present |
Full text of 502 plays, with information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. |
| Black Thought and Culture |
Works of non-fiction written by leading African Americans from colonial times to 1975. |
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Diaries and letters. |
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| Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective |
Major articles from issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. |
| Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Culture, and the Environment |
Documents the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850. |
| Harp Week |
The electronic version of Harper’s Weekly, the 19th century "Journal of Civilization." |
| Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) |
Full text of The New York Times (1851-1999) and The Wall Street Journal (1889-1985) newspapers. |
| Historical Statistics of the United States |
Quantitative data on American history |
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In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives. |
an index to letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials. |
| JSTOR |
Backfiles of scholarly journals in all subjects. |
| Literature Online (LION) |
Works of English and American literature from the 8th century to the present day. |
| Nineteenth Century Masterfile |
A resource for pre-1920 studies. |
| North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories |
Letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives. |
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Diaries and letters |
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The Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper, 1728 through 1800. |
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| Readers’ Guide Retrospective (WilsonWeb) |
General-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890 through 1982. |
| Renaissance Women Online |
A collection of Renaissance texts from the Women Writers Online collection, accompanied by contextual and topical essays. |
| Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period |
Contains 60 volumes of Romantic Poetry, extensive contemporary critical reviews, and other material. |
| Women and Social Movements in the United States |
The history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. |
| Women Writers Online |
Searchable texts by pre-Victorian women writers from the Brown University Women Writers Project. |
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