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HIST 127: U. S. Latino History

 

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Course Info

Course Name:
  History 127/Latino Studies 100: U.S. Latino History
Semester:
  Fall
Campus:
  University Park (UP)
Instructor:
  Grace Delgado

Government Publications

* HIST 127 - Government_documents.pdf
Bibliography of Congressional Debate (Alternate media available upon request)

The U.S. Government issues thousands of reports on legal, social, and political issues. Most are in the Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor, Paterno. Some government documents appear in The CAT, others require specialized access tools.

CONGRESSIONAL (Proquest).  The best place to look for many 19th century Congressional documents including debate on the floor of Congress. Also contains the full-text of the U.S. Serial Set  which includes messages from the President, State Department documents, and other non-Congressional reports, etc... 

EXECUTIVE BRANCH DOCUMENTS (State Dept., U.S. Army, etc.) are often listed in The CAT. Search by topic, or agency. Search the President as AUTHOR in The CAT to find other documents. Early Presidential messages and addresses are included in The Serial Set (see Lexis Nexis Congressional above) or as part of the American Presidency Project.   

COURT DECISIONS and LAWS are online via Lexis Nexis Academic. Laws from 1789 are also in U.S. Statutes at Large , Call #, KF50.A3, Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

* HIST 127 Periodical_Literature.pdf
Bibliography of Periodical Literature (alternate media available upon request)

19th Century News Sources Online

(APS) American Periodicals Series, 1741-1900+, 1,000+ magazines up to around 1930.  A good source for more reflective analysis of foreign policy. 

American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries.   Digitized journals from the nineteenth to the early 20th century.  Focus is on trade magazines;  art, labor, trade, scientific, medical, and photographic titles.

(AHN) America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922   A selection of papers from around the U.S.  Good for instant analysis and opinion.  

Chicago Tribune Historical (1849-1986) 

Google News Archive  Contains a mix of free and "pay per view" historical news sources.  

ICON: Newspaper Digitization Projects  A helpful list of digital newspapers by state.  Most are free but not all

New York Times Digital Archive, 1851- 

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers

 

For an international perspective

African Newspapers, 1800-1922 [World Newspaper Archive]

(BN) British Newspapers, 1600-1900

British Periodicals (from around 1700 to 1940)

Latin American Newspapers, 1805-1922  

Times of London Digital Archive, 1785-1985

Other Primary Sources

American Broadsides and Ephemera
printed material published before 1900.  includes some mexican war recruitment posters.

Black Abolitionist Papers 
Letters, speeches, editorials, articles, sermons, and essays written by African Americans between 1830 and 1865.  Includes commentary on the Mexican war as a plot to expand slavery.

North American Women: Letters and Diaries
Accounts of personal and historical events.  Use "Browse historical Events" to find references to the U.S. Mexico War.

U.S. Mexican War: A Binational Reader
A collection of priamry source documents

Women's History Online, 1543-1945
Early books and journal articles, some coverage of female activities in the war.