Over 400 topically-focused digital collections of historical content arranged into sixteen subject areas.
Formerly Accessible Archives. Primary source materials from books, newspapers and periodicals with views of American history and culture during the 19th century. Eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, advertisements, and genealogical records are available.
Partnership of major research institutions and libraries creating digital archive of library materials. Full text access only to the portion of the archive comprising public domain works, indicated by "Full View". Not completely Open Access. Downloading or printing depends on each title's copyright status. Click into each title to see entitlements on the left sidebar.
Now on the main ProQuest platform, C19 Index is the bibliographic spine of 19th century research, providing integrated access to the most important finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives. Remote access available through NYPL.
Full text of 180,000 books published from 1700 to 1799. Transitioning to a new platform. Not all Browse functions working.
New interface 1/4/24. From Readex. Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published during the early 19th century from the bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
New ProQuest platform for manuscript and archival collections. Easily cross-search full-text/full-image documents with other ProQuest databases. Click on Browse using the left-side Hamburger Icon to see individual History Vault collections available at Fordham: American Politics and Society from JFK to Watergate, 1960-1975; NAACP Papers, Special Subjects; NAACP Papers, The NAACP's Major Campaigns-Legal Department Files; Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, 1960-1975.
Provides a suite of online audio recordings to support the teaching of American musical traditions including country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B and more.
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