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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 the lower level of the Julia Rogers Library. 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 Special Collections Librarian and College Archivist 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. |
| 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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