Collections of Primary Source Documents
Early American Fiction, 1789-1875 (novels, short stories, etc.)
Archives of the National Federation of Settlements and Successors, 1899-1958
FILM A280, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # HV4194.A7 1990
Columbia University Oral History Collection.
Micro 4 NYT, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Early American Imprints Series I. Evans (1639-1800)
Pamphlets on Socialism, Communism, Bolshevism, 1849-1930
Call # FILM D188, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Socialist Party of America Papers
FILM A100, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # HX81.M87
State Correction and Poverty Reports
Micro 4 SCPR, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # UB251.U5U6
The War on Poverty, 1964-1968
FILM A334, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # HC110.P63W37 1986
Collections Focusing on the Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor Records, Samuel Gompers Era, 1877-1937
Call # FILM A116, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Papers of Eugene Debs, 1834-1945
Call # FILM A207, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # HX84.D3P36 1983
Southern Tenant Farmers Union Papers, 1934-1970, located at the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
FILM A54, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # Z1251.S7G83
Collections Focusing on Minorities & Women
American Indian Oral History : the Duke Collection
Micro 4 DUKE, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide: Call # Z1209.2.U52O45
Black Workers in the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1929
FILM A227, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # E185.8.S35 1985
The Papers of W. E. B. Du Bois
FILM A121, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # E185.97.D73M4
The Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1941-1967
FILM A120, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # Z1361.N39M46 1980
North American Women, Letters and Diaries
Papers of the NAACP
FILM A434, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # E185.5.N276A2
Peonage Files of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1901-1934
FILM A270, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # HD4875.U5S3
Universal Negro Improvement Association, Records of the Central Division,1918-1959
FILM A353, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Printed Guide, Call # E185.5.G854 1995
Reference Works
American Decades
Call # E169.12.A419 1994, Social Sciences Encyclopedias, 2nd Floor Paterno
American Social Leaders and Activists
Call # HV27.H345 2002, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
The Encyclopedia of American Social History
Call # HN57.E58 1993, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
Call # HA202.B87, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno
Also Historic U.S. Census Statistics, 1790-1970, http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
& Statistical Abstracts of the United States, http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Articles -- Contemporary Publications
Accessible Archives (18th & 19th Century Newspapers)
American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900+
Hampton University Peabody Newspaper Clipping File
MICRO 4 HAMP, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee
For articles on specific topics consult the printed guide, Call # CD3569.H364H36
The Nation Digital Archive, 1865-2002
New York Times Historical , 1851-2001
Pooles/Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1800-present
Call # AI3.R4, Arts and Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2
Right Wing Collection of the University of Iowa Libraries, 1918-1977
FILM D289, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Print Guide, Call # Z7163.I7 1978
The Tuskegee Institute News Clippings File
FILM A401, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Print Guide, Call # Z1361.N39K58 1976
Underground Newspaper Collection
FILM A158, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee
Articles -- Secondary Sources
America: History & Life (Articles published since 1954 in history journals)
C.R.I.S, 1838-1974
Call # Z6205.C2, Arts & Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2
HAPI, Hispanic American Periodicals Index, 1970-present
Call # Z1605.H4901, Arts & Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2
History Cooperative (full-text of selected journals in history)
Index to Periodical Articles by and About Blacks, 1950-present.
Call # Z1361.N39I6 1983, Arts & Humanities Index Tables, Pattee Level 2
JSTOR (full text from selected journals various fields, including back issues)
MUSE (Recent years of articles from selected journals in all fields)
PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service (Politics and public issues)
1914-1970
Call # Z7163 .P86, Social Sciences Ref., 2nd Floor Paterno
Periodical Contents Index Full Text
PsycInfo (Index to Psychology Journals)
Sociological Abstracts (Articles in Sociology Journals)
Women's Resources International (Index to sources about women)
Government Publications
Congressional Universe (index to Congressional pubs),
Congressional Record (Debates in the U.S. Congress)
Call # J11.G5, 2nd Floor Paterno.
1774-1875 Online, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909 & 1910-1932
Call # CIS U.S. Executive, Social Sciences Library, U.S. Documents
For topics consult the printed guides, Call # J83.P87
U.S. Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990
Call # HQ1410.H85, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno>
United States Reports (U.S. Supreme Court opinions)
Call # KF101.U49, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor, Paterno
Some years online, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su%5Fdocs/supcrt/index.html
Searching for Book
Use a Library Catalog to search for materials (books, videos, maps, etc.). Access the catalogs listed below by going to Books & More.
Selected Internet Sites
American Memory, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Materials from the Library of Congress.
Documenting the American South, http://docsouth.unc.edu
A collection of documents including poetry, diaries, travel accounts and slave narratives illustrating Southern life and culture
Historic U.S. Census Statistics, 1790-1970, http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
Joint Center for Poverty Research, http://www.jcpr.org/
Making of America, http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/
Books & periodicals, mostly 1850-1877
U.S. Census Bureau, Reports on Poverty, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html
Questions????
Ask at the Arts and Humanities Reference Desk, 2nd Floor, Pattee (865-6481).Or contact Eric Novotny, ecn1@psu.edu, 865-1014, IM: HistoryLibrarian.