Microfilm Collections: United States History



African-American History

Further primary source materials may be found in this guide under the heading UNITED STATES HISTORY: FBI Files

Readers are also advised to consult online resource: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.

  • Arthur A. Schomburg Papers. In Manuscript Collections From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1991. 12 reels.
    Printed guide at Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.3058 S3689.
    Guide title: A guide to the microfilm edition of the Arthur A. Schomburg papers. Guide compiled by Nanette Dobrosky. Guide includes index. Microfilm edition of the Arthur A. Schomburg papers.
    Afro-Americans History Sources-Blacks History Sources-Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12996

  • Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching papers, 1930-1942 [microform]. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. [s.l.]: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983. Book; 8 microfilm reels : ill., ports.; 35 mm.
    Notes: On containers: Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International. For bibliographic and reel access, see: Microtext:L016.3058;C734
    Library of Congress subject headings: Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching--Archives. Lynching--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. Microfilming Corporation of America.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 9933

  • Black biography, 1790-1950 : a cumulative index / editors, Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alexandria : Chadwyck-Healey, 1990. Book.
    Notes: May be used as an index to the microfiche set entitled: Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950. (Reference, Microfiche 71) Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950--Indexes.
    African Americans--Biography--Indexes.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Burkett, Randall K.; Burkett, Nancy H. (Nancy Hall); Gates, Henry Louis.; Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950.
    MAIN Reference (Non-circulating): L 920.00929 B6273

  • Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950 [microform]. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey,
    1987. Microfiche. 1068 microfiches
    Notes: Indexed in: Black biography, 1790-1950 : a cumulative index / editors, Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 1987. "Sponsored by the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University."
    Library of Congress subject headings: African Americans--Biography--Dictionaries.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research. Black biography, 1790-1950.
    MAIN Reference (Non-circulating): Microfiche 71

  • Black Panther documents [microform]. Black Panther Party. Sunnyvale, CA : BMI Imaging Systems ; [New York : Distributed by Norman Ross Pub., Date: 1994?] Microfilm reel. 66 microfilm reels ; 16-35 mm.
    Notes: Title from container labels.
    Includes the papers of Huey P. Newton.
    Alternative titles: Some containers have title: Black Panther misc. newspapers
    Also known as: Dr. Huey P. Newton microfilm collection
    Summary: The works of Dr. Huey P. Newton are a central, but not exclusive component of this collection. It also includes basic documents describing the Black Panther Party’s internal workings and its community-based programs; source material on the prison movement movement of the period; and numerous unpublished statements and internal education documents from Newton and other Panther leaders. The collection includes legal documents, correspondence files, pamphlets, newspapers, news clippings, the Party’s business records, information on cultural activities, and a great deal of additional material.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Newton, Huey P.--Archives. Hilliard, David. Black Panther Party--Archives. Black power--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Newton, Huey P.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 17996
    Library has: reel 1-66

  • Black power movement. Part 1, Amiri Baraka from Black arts to Black radicalism [microform] / editorial adviser, Komozi Woodard ; project coordinator, Randolph H. Boehm. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c2000. Book; Microfilm reel 9 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + guide (xxii, 60 p. ; 28 cm.)
    Series: Black studies research sources
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Daniel Lewis, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of the Black power movement. Part 1, Amiri Baraka from Black arts to Black radicalism.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- --Archives. African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century Sources. Black power--United States--History--Sources. Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Woodard, Komozi. Boehm, Randolph. Lewis, Daniel, 1972- Guide to the microfilm edition of the Black power movement. Part 1, Amiri Baraka from Black arts to Black radicalism.
    ISBN: 1556558341
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17268
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Charlotte Eugenia Hawkins Brown papers, 1883-1961 [microform]: [from the holdings of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College]. Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1999. Type of material: Microfilm reel . 4 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm. + guide (24 p. ; 21 cm.)
    Added title page title: Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1883-1961
    Contents: No. 1. Personal: a biography to miscellaneous -- No. 2. Correspondence, 1902-1920 -- No. 3. Correspondence, Jan-Feb. 1921 to others, n.d. -- No. 4. Palmer Memorial Institute Administration to Rules.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)—History --Sources. African American women teachers--North Carolina --Correspondence. African American women teachers--North Carolina--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Microfilm 18343
    Library has: reel 1-4

  • Commission on Interracial Cooperation papers, 1919-1944, and the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching papers, 1930-1942 : a guide to the microfilm editions / edited by Mitchell F. Ducey. Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms International, 1984. Book vii, 83 p. ; 28 cm.
    Notes: Guide to Film 9933 (ASWPL papers)
    Library of Congress subject headings: Commission on Interracial Cooperation--Archives-Microfilm catalogs. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching--Archives- Microform catalogs. African Americans--History--1877-1964--Sources-Microfilm catalogs.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Ducey, Mitchell F. Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation papers, 1919-1944. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching papers, 1930-1942.
    ISBN: 0835706362 (pbk.)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): L 016.3058 C734

  • Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1977 : papers, 1966-1978, n.d. : register / prepared by the Amistad Research Center. New Orleans, La. : Amistad Research Center, [between 1978 and 1984]. Book 21 p. ; 28 cm.
    Notes: Cover title. Guide to Film 10069.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Hamer, Fannie Lou--Archives--Microform catalogs. African Americans--Civil rights--History-Sources Microform catalogs.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Hamer, Fannie Lou. Papers, 1966-1978. Amistad Research Center.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): L 016.3058 H214f

  • Federal surveillance of Afro-Americans, 1917-1925 [microform] : the First World War, the Red Scare, and the Garvey Movement / edited by Theodore Kornweibel. In Black Studies Research Sources : Microfilms From Major Archival and Manuscript Collections. Kornweibel, Theodore, editor. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1985. 25 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 323.1196 F293.
    "Materials reproduced ... derive from the National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Washington Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland; Federal Records Centers in Ft. Worth, Texas and Bayonne, N.J.; and from the Federal Bureau of Investiagion, Freedom of Information Act Office"--P. [iv].
    Afro-Americans Civil rights-Afro-Americans Legal status, laws, etc.-Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940-Universal Negro Improvement Association-United States Race relations Sources-World War, 1914-1918 Afro-Americans-Riots United States-Internal security United States.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12468

  • Fredi Washington papers. Washington, Fredi, 1903- New Orleans, La.: Amistad Research Center, [1979?]. 2 microfilm reels : ill. ; 25 mm.
    Notes: Reel 1 begins with register and indexes of papers. Papers arranged by Florence E. Borders.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Washington, Fredi, 1903- --Archives.
    African American actresses--Biography.
    African American entertainers--Biography.
    African American theater--History--Sources.
    Theater--United States--20th century--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Borders, Florence E. ; Amistad Research Center.
    MAIN Library: Film 10074

  • Freedmen's Hospital, 1872-1910: correspondence and memoranda. Bethesda, MD: LexisNexis, 2004. 5 microfilm reels (approx.)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 04/21/2004.

  • Freedman's Savings and Trust Company [microform]: hearings before the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Sixty-First Congress, second session, on Jan. 26, 27, 1910. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1910. Microfiche.
    Notes: Record is based on bibliographic data in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index. Reuse except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc.
    References: Indexed in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index Part I.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, DC.); Bankruptcy--United States.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) (Non-circulating): Call number: CIS Hrgs MF Gp 2--HB 61-B

  • Freedman's Savings and Trust Company: Letters received by the commissioners, 1870-1914. Part one, Correspondence, loans, and bank books [microform]. Bethesda [MD] : University Publications of America, 2004. 24 microfilm reels.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Banks and banking--United States--History--Sources. Freedmen.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Freedman's Savings and Trust Company.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 18837
    Library has: reel 1-24

  • George A. Myers papers, 1890-1929 [microform]. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Historical Society, 1974. 8 reels. For bibliographic and reel access, see: L016.97391M9965r
    Filmed from originals at the Ohio Historical Society.
    "Documents processed by Thomas J. Rieder"--Fr. 4.
    Box and folder description at beginning of reel.
    Myers, George A., 1859-1930 Archives-Afro-American politicians Biography-Ohio Politics and government 1865-1950-Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History Sources-Afro-Americans Social conditions To 1964 History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 9343

  • Guide to the microfilm edition of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union papers located at the Southern Historical Collection, the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, N.C. / [edited by Daniel J. Singal.]. Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1971.
    Book. Notes: Cover title : Guide to the microfilm edition of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union papers, 1934-1970.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
    Southern Historical Collection.
    Farm tenancy--Economic aspects--United States-History --Sources--Bibliography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Singal, Daniel Joseph, 1944-
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union. Southern Tenant Farmers Union papers.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
    Southern Historical Collection.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union papers, 1934-1970.
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1934-1970.
    MAIN Reference (Non-circulating): L 016.33188 G9463
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Papers, 1921-1969 [microform] / Countee Cullen 1903-1946; processed for microfilming by Florence E. Borders. New Orleans, La.: Amistad Research Center, Dillard University, [1975?] Book; 7 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm.
    Notes: For bibliographic and reel access, see: L016.8115;C967b
    Library of Congress subject headings: Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 --Archives.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Borders, Florence E.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 10067

  • Papers, 1923-1942 [microform] / Mary McLeod Bethune. New Orleans, La. : Amistad Research Center, [1981?]. 1 microfilm reel : ill. ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Papers at the Amistad Research Center.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 --Archives.
    Educators--United States--Biography.
    African American college administrators--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Amistad Research Center.
    MAIN Library: Film 10075

  • Papers, 1966-1978 [microform] / Fannie Lou Hamer. [New Orleans, La.] Amistad Research Center, [between 1978 and 1984] Book; 17 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Includes papers concerning Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Freedom Farm Corporation, and other organizations: Delta Ministry, Delta Opportunities Corporation, Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates, National Council of Negro Women (its Fannie Lou Hamer Day Care Center and its Sewing Center), Sunflower County Voter Education Project, Fund for Education and Community Development. For bibliographic and reel access, see: L016.3058;H214f. Library of Congress subject headings: Hamer, Fannie Lou--Archives. Freedom Farm Corporation--Archives. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party--Archives. African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources. Civil rights workers--United States. Voter registration--United States--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Amistad Research Center. Freedom Farm Corporation. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 10069

  • Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1883-1961: guide to the Scholarly Resources microfilm edition : from the holdings of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College. Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Publisher: Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1999. Type of material: Book.
    Notes: Includes index.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. Palmer Memorial Institute (Sedalia, N.C.)—History --Sources. African American women teachers--North Carolina --Correspondence. African American women teachers--North Carolina--Biography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
    ISBN: 0842042482
    MAIN Library: Order Status: Received on 11/03/2003; Inquire at Circulation Desk

  • Papers of Mary Church Terrell [microform]. Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954. Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, Date: 1977. Type of material: Book. Microfilm reel Description: 34 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Microfilm of ms. collection in the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Ms.16976. Guide/reel guide filmed at beginning of reel 1.
    Alternative titles: Title on boxes: Papers of Mary C. Terrell
    Summary: Educator, author, lecturer. Correspondence, diaries, printed material, clippings, speeches, and other writings, chiefly 1886-1954, focusing primarily on Mrs. Terrell's career as an advocate of both women's rights and equal treatment for blacks.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954 --Archives.
    African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources.
    African Americans--Segregation--History--Sources.
    African Americans--Societies, etc.--History--Sources.
    Women's rights--United States--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16281
    Library has: reel 1-34.

  • Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1941-1967 [microform]. Congress of Racial Equality. Sanford, N.C.: Microfilming Corp. of America, 1980. 49 reels.
    For bibliographic and reel access see L016.3058M6265p
    Microfilm of the originals in Wisconsin State Historical Society.
    Congress of Racial Equality Archives-Afro-Americans Civil rights History Sources-
    Afro-Americans History 1877-1964 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 8650

  • Papers of the NAACP [microform] Part 2, 1919-1939: personal correspondence of selected NAACP officials / editorial adviser, August Meir ; edited by Randolph Boehm. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982. 20 reels.
    Printed guide at Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.3058 N277p pt.2. [microform] Part 2, 1919-1939: personal correspondence of selected NAACP officials /
    Personal correspondence of selected NAACP officials.
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Archives-Afro-Americans History Sources-Afro-Americans Civil rights History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15442
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Papers of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society, 1774-1868. Wilmington, Delaware, Scholarly Resources, Inc., nd. Book
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 6464

  • Papers of W. E. B. Du Bois, 1803 (1877-1963) 1965 [microform]. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corporation of America, c1980-c1981. Book; 89 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Title on containers: W.E.B. Du Bois papers.
    For bibliographic and film access, see main,mi,L016.30124,D816m (The papers of W.E.B. Du Bois ... : a guide / by Robert W. McDonnell)
    Library of Congress subject headings: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Correspondence. African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources. African Americans--History--1877-1964--Sources. United States--Race relations--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: W. E. B. Du Bois papers.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 8970

  • Paul L. Dunbar papers; a microfilm edition. Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. Editor: Sara S. Fuller; microfilmed by Robert B. Jones. Columbus, Archives and Manuscripts Division, Ohio Historical Society, 1972. Book; 9 reels. 35 mm.
    Notes: Microfilm of ms. collection in the Ohio Historical Society, of related material loaned to it for the microfilm, and of photocopies of other related material.
    For bibliographic and reel access see L016.8114,D899f.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 --Manuscripts.
    Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 --Manuscripts.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Fuller, Sara S., ed. Ohio Historical Society.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 7272

  • Paul Robeson collection [microform]. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c1991. Book ; Microfilm reel 9 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. + 1 reel guide (xv, 28 p. ; 28 cm.)
    Series: Manuscript collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Black studies research sources
    Notes: Reel guide compiled by David H. Werning. Reel guide includes index.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 --Archives. African Americans--Archives. Actors--United States--Archives. Singers--United States--Archives.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Werning, David H., 1963-
    ISBN: 1556553757 (microfilm)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12830 ; L 016.782 R653
    Library has reel 1-9.

  • Plantation life in the Caribbean. Pt. 1, Jamaica, c. 1765-1848 : the Taylor and Vanneck-Arcedeckne papers from Cambridge University Library and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London [microform]. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Adam Matthew, 2005- Microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Taylor, Simon, Esq.--Correspondence.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--18th century--Sources.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--19th century--Sources.
    Slavery--Jamaica--Sources.
    Plantation owners--Jamaica--Sources.
    Slaveholders--Jamaica--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Taylor, Simon, Esq.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A2907
    Library has: Pt. 1, reels 1-17
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.

  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Records of the Freedmen's Hospital and New Orleans Area field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 [microform]. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration, 1986. Microfilm reel. 10 microfilm reels ; 35 mm + 1 guide. National Archives microfilm publications ; microfilm publication M1483.
    Series: National Archives microfilm publications. M ; microcopy no. 1483
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide entitled Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Record group 105.
    Alternative titles: Title in "Microfilm resources for research," 1996: Records of the New Orleans field offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-69.
    Library of Congress subject headings: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence. Freedmen--Louisiana--Sources. African Americans--Louisiana--Sources. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)—Louisiana --Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 17896
    Library has: reels 1-10
    Call number: 973.71 R311
    Other information: PRINT GUIDE TO FILM 17896

  • Records of the Southern Claims Commission : approved settled case files, 1871-1880, Part 1, Florida, Louisiana, Texas & West Virginia. Bethesda, MD: LexisNexis, 2004. 28 microfilm reels (approx.), Florida (4 reels); Louisiana (17 reels); Texas (2 reels); West Virginia (5 reels).
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 04/21/2004.

  • Records of southern plantations from emancipation to the great migration [microform] / general editor, Ira Berlin. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c2000- Microfilm reel.
    Notes: "A microfilm project of University Publications of America, Inc." Accompanied by printed guides.
    The Library owned series A; Fitzgerald helped to support purchase of Series B, parts 1.
    Contents: Series A. Selections from the Rare Books, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University. pt.1. Alabama and South Carolina plantations (23 reels + guide). pt.2. North Carolina and Virginia plantations (26 reels + guide). pt.3. Georgia and Florida
    plantations (24 reels + guide) -- Series B. Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries. pt. 1. Louisiana sugar plantations (15 reels + guide). pt.2. Louisiana cotton plantations (15 reels + guide). pt.3. Louisiana sugar plantations (15 reels + guide). pt. 4. Mississippi cotton plantations (15 reels + guide)). pt. 5. Albert Batchelor papers (15 reels + guide). pt. 6. Weeks family papers (12 reels)
    Incomplete contents: Series C. Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina. pt.1. James Henry Hammond Papers, 1866-1918, Harry Hammond Papers, 1866-1913, Edward Spann Hammond Papers, 1866-1920, Paul F. Hammond Papers, 1882-1884, Hammond Family Papers, 1866-1907, Hammond Bryan Cumming Papers, 1866-1920 (22 reels + guide). pt.2. Selected collections (25 reels + guide)
    Library of Congress subject headings: Plantations--Southern States--Records and correspondence. Plantation life--Southern States--Sources. African-Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century--Sources. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Southern States --Sources. Southern States--Rural conditions--Sources. Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950 --Sources. Southern States--History--1865---Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Berlin, Ira, 1941- Duke University. Rare book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Louisiana State University Library, University Publications of America (Firm)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17240
    Library has: ser.A, pt.1, reel 1-23; pt.2, reel 1-26; pt.3, reel 1-24; ser.B, pt.1, reel 1-15; pt.2, reel 1-15; pt.3, reel 1-15; pt. 4. reel 1-15; pt. 5. reel 1-15; pt. 6. reel 1-12; ser.C, pt.1, reel 1-22; pt.2, reel 1-25.
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission), 1871-1880. [microform]. Washington : National Archives, 1945. Book; Microfilm reel 14 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. File microcopies of records in the National Archives ; no. 87
    Series: National Archives microfilm publications ; 87.
    Notes: "[R]ecords of the Commissioners of Claims ... dated between March 10, 1871 and June 29, 1880, and also a few papers dated as early as March 29, 1864 and as late as April 17, 1900"--Introd. Introductory remarks prepared by Kathryn M. Murphy.
    Contents: Reel 1. Journal of the Commissioners. Rough journal of the Commissioners -- reels 2-8. Miscellaneous letters -- reel 9. Miscellaneous letters. Miscellaneous papers. Summary reports on claims -- reels 10-12. Letters from and about special agents -- reel 13. Geographical list of claims -- reel 14. Consolidated index of claims.
    Library of Congress subject headings: United States. Commissioners of Claims. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims. Southern States--Genealogy--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Murphy, Kathryn M. National Archives (U.S.)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17656

  • Records of the American Committee on Africa [microform] / project coordinator and guide compiler, Randolph H. Boehm]. American Committee on Africa. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 1992. Description: 51 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Series: Black studies research sources
    Notes: Each part accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the American Committee on Africa. Guide to pt. 1 compiled by Randolph H. Boehm; guide to pt. 2 compiled by Robert E. Lester. "Filmed from the ACOA archive on deposit at the Amistad Research Center, Tulane University."
    Contents: pt. 1. ACOA Executive Committee minutes and National Office memoranda, 1952-1975 (6 reels) -- pt. 2. Correspondence and subject files on South Africa, 1952-1985 (45 reels).
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    American Committee on Africa--Archives.
    Apartheid--South Africa--History--Sources.
    United States--Relations--Africa--Sources.
    Africa--Relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Relations--South Africa--Sources.
    South Africa--Relations--United States--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Boehm, Randolph. Lester, Robert. Amistad Research Center.
    University Publications of America (Firm) Guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the American Committee on Africa.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A2841

  • Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.). In Black Studies Research Sources: Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections. William, Lillian Serece and Randolph Boehm, editors. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, 1993.
    Printed guide: A guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992, at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13854.
    Includes index (guide, pt. 1). pt. 1. (25 reels) Minutes of national conventions, publications, and President's office correspondence - pt. 2. (15 reels) President's office files, 1958-1968.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992. Black studies research sources.
    National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) Archives-Afro-American women Societies and clubs History 20th century Sources-Women Societies and clubs History 20th century Sources-Afro-Americans Societies, etc. History 20th century Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 369.39607 N277g
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Records of the National Negro Business League. In Black Studies Research Sources, microfilm reels. Hamilton, Kenneth M., editorial advisor. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1994. 3 Reels.
    Printed guide at Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 330.973 R3112
    Pt. 1 filmed from the archives of Tuskegee University; pt. 2 from a supplement to the papers of Booker T. Washington in the Library of Congress.
    Accompanied by a 1-volume printed reel guide compiled by Robert E. Lester, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Records of the National Negro Business League.
    Reels 1-3: pt. 1. Annual conference proceedings and organizational records, 1900-1924
    pt. 2. Correspondence and business records, 1900-1923.
    National Negro Business League (U.S.) Archives-Afro-Americans Economic conditions Sources-Afro-American businesspeople History Sources-Afro-Americans Social conditions To 1964 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 14930

  • Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior relating to the suppression of the African slave trade and Negro colonization, 1854-1872. (Record group 48). United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington, 1949. Book 10 reels. 35 mm. + 1 pamphlet. Microfilm (positive) made by the U.S. National Archives (Microcopy no. 160)
    Alternative titles: Spine title of pamphlet: African slave trade
    Library of Congress subject headings: American Colonization Society. Slave-trade--Africa. African Americans--Colonization--Africa. Liberia--History--1847-1944.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: National Archives (U.S.)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A205 ; 382.44096 U58r
    Library has Reels 1-10.

  • Records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1954-1970 [microform]. In Black Studies Research Sources. Boehm, Randolph H., project coordinator. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1995. 82 reels.
    Printed guide at Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 323.1196 R311 guide.
    pt. 1. Records of the President's office (21 reels) -- pt. 2. Records of the Executive Director and Treasurer (22 reels) -- pt. 3. Records of the Public Relations Dept. (10 reels) -- pt. 4. Records of the Program Dept. (29 reels).
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference Archives-Afro-Americans Civil rights Southern States History Sources-Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Sources-Southern States Race relations History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 14590
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.

  • Registers and letters received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 [microform]. United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1968. Series: National Archives microfilm publications. M ; microcopy no. 752. General Services Administration, Book 74 reels (pos.)
    Notes: Listed in "Microfilm resources for research,", 1996 as: M752
    Records Of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Record Group 105.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Freedmen.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17868

  • Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Slavery).
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.
  • Southern Claims Commission approved claims, 1871-1880. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD THROUGH NINETEENTH-CENTURY).

  • Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1934-1970 [microform]. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1988. Microfilm reel. 60 microfilm reels : ill. ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Microfilm of ms. collection in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library. Publisher from box. Originally published: Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corporation of America, 1971.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union--History--Sources.
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union--Archives.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
    Southern Historical Collection.
    Farm tenancy--Economic aspects--United States.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
    Southern Historical Collection.
    Southern Tenant Farmer's Union. Southern Tenant Farmers Union papers.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17994

  • Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.

  • Stanford University Project South oral history collection: conducted during the summer of 1965 by the Stanford University radio station KZSU. Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1975. Book 68 sheets ; 11x15 cm.
    Series: New York times oral history program
    Notes: Microfiche of ms. collection. For bibliographic and fiche access see L016.9,063 in main,mi.
    Library of Congress subject headings: African Americans--Southern States--Civil rights.
    Civil rights workers--Southern States--Interviews. Southern States--History--1951---Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Stanford University. Project South oral history collection. KZSU (Radio station) Stanford University. Project South oral history collection.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 195

  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee papers, 1959-1972 [microform]. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), and Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sanford, N.C.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1981. 73 reels.
    For bibliographic and reel access see main L016.32311S933
    Includes Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party papers 1961-1972.
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Archives-Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Archives-Afro-Americans Civil rights History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 8986

Colonial Period

Readers might also wish to consult the online resources Evans Digital Edition, 1639-1800, Early Encounters in North America, ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online, North American Women's Letters and Diaries, and Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.

  • Acton records. vol. 1-7, 1735-1839. Boston: Early Massachusetts Records, 1971.
    Microfilm, Waltham, Mass., Graphic Microfilm of New England [1972] 2 reels. 35 mm.
    Local government Massachusetts Acton (Town)-Acton (Mass. : Town) History Sources-Taxation Massachusetts Acton (Town) Lists.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 6436

  • Arthur Middleton papers, 1767-1783 [microform] / filmed by Carolyn F. James. Middleton, Arthur, 1742-1787. Charleston, S.C.: South Carolina Historical Society, 1980. 10 microfiches.
    For bibliographic and microfiche access, see inventory on 1st microfiche or hard copy L016.9733;M628j.
    SCHS 38-32 through SCHS 38-61..
    Middleton, Arthur, 1742-1787 Archives-South Carolina History Sources-United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 471

  • [Virginia (Colony), counties, records, selections] [microform]. Filmed by the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia and the Geneological Society of Utah at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia. Richmond, Va.:. 20 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection).
    Wills-Virginia, Deeds-Virginia, Public records-Virginia, Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 6471

  • Early American imprints, 1639-1800 [microform] / edited by American Antiquarian Society. New York: Readex, 1981-1982. 26,195 microfiche.
    Photoreproduction of texts arranged according to the numbering (1-39162) in Charles Evans' American bibliography and in Roger P. Bristol's Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography (Evans 39163-49197). Also includes microfiche reproductions of Charles Evans' American bibliography and Roger P. Bristol's Supplement (84 microfiche : negative). Indexed in: National index of American imprints through 1800 : the short-title Evans, Clifford K. Shipton, James E. Mooney. Also includes indexes in the microfiche reproductions of Evans' American bibliography and Bristol's Supplement.
    Titles are catalogued individually in NUcat.
    American literature-colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-American literature-Revolutionary period, 1775-1783-American literature-1750-1783.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 015.73 E92 Readex
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 16608

  • Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819

  • Early American Newspapers
    Online access to a major collection of American historical newspapers, dating back to the 17th century and extending into the early 19th. Early American Newspapers, Series I provides full-text access, with full-page facsimiles, to hundreds of American newspapers. Accessible from campus or anywhere with internet access (using your NUnet ID and password).

  • Early American Newspapers, 1704-1820.
    Publisher: New York : Readex Microprint Corp. in association with the American Antiquarian Society, Date: 1974?
    Type of material: Book Description: 55 p. ; 23 cm.
    Library of Congress subject headings: American newspapers--Bibliography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Cohen, Nathan, ed. Readex Microprint Corporation. American Antiquarian Society.
    MAIN Reference (Non-circulating): Call number: 016.0713 E12

  • Early American Newspapers, 1704-1820. New Canaan, CT: Readex, [s.d.]. 1,167 reels.
    Collection of about 650 titles is based upon Brigham, Clarence, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers,
    L 016.071 B855h 1962 Main Ref; copy also in main stacks, check call number. Brigham provides a list of individual titles. Also, newspapers in this collection are cataloged in NUcat as separate titles and thus researchers should check each individual title to locate the corresponding reel number. Index: Kellerman, Lydia Suzanne and Wilson, Rebecca A. American newspapers.
  • Evans Digital Edition, 1639-1800

  • Harbottle Dorr collection of annotated Massachusetts newspapers, 1765-1776. Dorr, Harbottle. s.l.: s.n., 1965. 4 reels.
    Vols. 1-3 are in the Massachusetts Historical Society; v.4 is in the Bangor, Me. Public Library.
    Manuscript index at beginning of each reel.
    Microfilm. Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : distributed by University Microfilms, 1965 (1993 reproduction).
    American newspapers Massachusetts-United States Social conditions To 1865 Sources-
    United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13861

  • Louisbourg papers [microform] : expedition of 1745. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1968. 1 reel.
    Title on container: The Louisbourg papers, 1744-1758.
    Microfilm of original handwritten documents held by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
    Louisbourg (N.S.) History Siege, 1745 Sources-Massachusetts History King George's War, 1744-1748 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13278

  • Massachusetts and New England, 1620-1783. Great Britain. Colonial Office. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus-Thomson in cooperation with the Public Record Office London and Her Majesty's Stationery Office London, 1975. 40 reels.
    Series: North America. Public Records of Great Britain. Series 4.
    Microfilm edition of Colonial Office correspondence in the Public Record Office including official documents of the Secretary for the Southern Dept. (after 1768, Secretary for the American Dept.) and the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations.
    At head of title: CO 5/751-769, 855-895, 898-921.
    Title on box: Colonial Office, America and West Indies, Massachusetts & New England.
    "Means of reference" on reel 1.
    Great Britain. Colonial Office Archives-Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-Massachusetts History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources-New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-New England History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources-Great Britain Colonies America Administration History Sources-Great Britain Colonies America Commerce History Sources-Great Britain Colonies America History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12277 mass

  • Massachusetts Archives. 1629- [Boston,: Massachusetts. State Archives Division], .
    Microfilm (Positive) Boston, Massachusetts. State. Archives Division. 90 reels.
    Title from label mounted on film boxes, which is misspelled "Massachusetts achives."
    Microfilm of the work done on the Archives of the State of Massachusetts by the Rev. Joseph B. Felt between the years 1836-1846. The result of his work was 241 volumes known as the Massachusetts Archives.
    Subsequent topical indexes have been made. For more detailed information see: Massachusetts. Record Commission. Report to the Legislature...with call no.: L974.4,M412r
    Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 5818

  • Microfilm edition of the pre-Revolutionary diaries, 1635-1774 [microform]. Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society, 1988. Notes: Collection of 276 Colonial-era diaries written by 112 individuals; includes some log-books and orderly books. Guide to contents also filmed at beginning of reel 1. Title on printed guide: Guide to the Microfilm edition of the pre-Revolutionary diaries, 1635-1774.
    Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-United States History French and Indian War, 1755-1763 Sources-American diaries-Logbooks.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13031

  • New England Women and their Families in the 18th and 19th Centuries--Personal Papers, Letters, and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century)

  • New York, 1664-1781 [microform]. Great Britain. Colonial Office. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus-Thomson in cooperation with the Public Record Office London and Her Majesty's Stationery Office London, 1975. 48 reels.
    Series: North America. Records of Great Britain. Series 4.
    Microfilm of original mss. in the Public Record Office, London.
    Correspondences of the governors with the Secretary of State and the Board of Trade. The governors' dispatches report extensively on Indian trade and Indian land.
    Title on box: Colonial Office, America and West Indies, New York.
    At head of title: CO 5/1037-1078, 1081-1132.
    "Means of reference" on reel 1.
    Great Britain. Colonial Office. Archives-New York (State) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Source-New York (State) History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources-Great Britain Colonies America Administration History Sources-Great Britain Colonies America History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12277 ny

  • Papers of Isaac Backus [microform] / filmed by ProQuest. Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest, [n.d.] 15 microfilm reels.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 18494
    Library has: reel 1-15

  • Pinckey Family Papers: 1703-1847 (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century)

  • Plantation life in the Caribbean. Pt. 1, Jamaica, c. 1765-1848 : the Taylor and Vanneck-Arcedeckne papers from Cambridge University Library and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London [microform]. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Adam Matthew, 2005- Microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Taylor, Simon, Esq.--Correspondence.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--18th century--Sources.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--19th century--Sources.
    Slavery--Jamaica--Sources.
    Plantation owners--Jamaica--Sources.
    Slaveholders--Jamaica--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Taylor, Simon, Esq.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A2907
    Library has: Pt. 1, reels 1-17
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.

  • Records in the British Public Record Office relating to South Carolina 1663-1782 [i.e., 1711-1782]. Great Britain. Public Record Office. Vols. 6-36 and a general index of transcripts in the South Carolina Archives Dept. McDowell, William L., preparer. Columbia,: South Carolina Archives Dept., 1955. 6 reels.
    Continues the 1928-1947 lithographic book edition; takes the place of the projected vols. 6 through 36 of that edition and covers records from 1711-1782.
    List of contents by reel is on reel 1 following preface.
    South Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-South Carolina History 1775-1865 Sources-Great Britain Colonies America History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 689

  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).

  • Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston ... [microform]. 1st (1876)-28th (1898). Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, 1876-1898. Notes: Issued by: Boston Record Commissioners, 1876-1891; Boston Registry Dept., 1892-
    Imprint varies. Boston (Mass.) History Sources Periodicals-Boston (Mass.) Statistics Periodicals-Registers of births, etc. Massachusetts Boston Periodicals.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1352

  • South Carolina, 1699-1784. Great Britain, Colonial Office. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus-Thomson in cooperation with the Public Record Office London and Her Majesty's Stationery Office London, 1975. 17 reels.
    Series: North America. Records of Great Britain. Series 4.
    Secretary of State and Board of Trade.
    Microfilm of part of ms. collection called "America and West Indies" (CO 5) in the Public Record Office, London. Includes correspondence of Secretary of State for the Southern Dept. and, later, Secretary of State for the American or Colonial Dept.
    At head of title: CO 5/358-380, 382-397, 400-405.
    Title on box: Colonial Office, America and West Indies, South Carolina.
    "Means of reference" on reel 1.
    South Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources-South Carolina History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources-Great Britain Colonies America History Sources-Great Britain Colonies America Administration History Sources-Great Britain. Colonial Office Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12277 sc

  • Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.

  • Thomas Penn Papers, 1729-1832, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Kilbourne, John D., editor. 10 reels.
    [Philadelphia]: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1968.
    John D. Microfilm of ms. collection.
    Sponsored by the National Historical Publications Commission.
    Historical Society of Pennsylvania, United States: National Historical Publications Commission.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 6751

FBI Files

Readers are also advised to consult online resource: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.

Below are those FBI files which the Library has on microfilm. The FBI has digitized other files. These digitized files may be found at the FBI's Electronic Reading Room, by clicking on this URL: http://foia.fbi.gov/

  • FBI File, Abbie Hoffman [microform]. [Wilmington, Del.] : Scholarly Resources Inc., 1990 -2000. 8 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.30348 H699f.
    Title of guide: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on Abbie Hoffman.
    Hoffman, Abbie-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Radicals-United States.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16569

  • FBI File, America First Committee [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1995-1999. 3 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.94053 A512f guide.
    Material released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the provision of the Freedom of Information Act. Microfilm issued 1995?; guide published 1999. Title on guide: Guide to the microfilm of the FBI file on the America First Committee.
    United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-America First Committee-History-Sources-
    World War,-1939-1945-United States-Sources-United States-History-1933-1945-Sources-United States-Politics and government-1933-1945 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16580
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI file, Highlander Folk School [microform]. [Wilmington, Del.] : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 1 reel.
    Cover years 1936-1963. Indexed by: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on the Hilander Folk School.
    Horton, Myles, 1905-Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)-History Sources-Working class-Education-Tennessee-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15627

  • FBI file : MIBURN (Mississippi Burning) [microform] : the investigations of the murders of Michael Henry Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Earl Chaney, June 21, 1964. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 1 reel.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 976.2063 F2872.
    Guide title: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file : MIBURN (Mississippi Burning) : the investigation of the murders of Michael Henry Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Earl Chaney, June 21, 1964.
    Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964-Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964- Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964- Civil rights workers-Mississippi--Neshoba County-Murder-Mississippi-Neshoba County.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 14138

  • FBI file on A. Philip Randolph [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 1 reel.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 323.4 R192Zf.
    Guide title: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on A. Philip Randolph.
    Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12288

  • FBI file on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. [microform]. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1995. 8 reels.
    Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16577
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI file on Albert Einstein. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1985. 1 reel.
    Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16571

  • FBI file on Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers [microform]. [Wilmington, Del.] : Scholarly Resources, 1996. 2 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.33189 C512fb guide.
    Title on guide: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.
    Chavez, Cesar, 1927- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-United Farm Workers-History-Sources-Agricultural laborers-United States-History-Sources-Agricultural laborers-Labor unions-United States-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16604
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI File on Charles A. Lindbergh [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 2000. 1 reel.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.62913 L742f guide.
    Title on guide: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on Charles Lindbergh.
    Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16606

  • FBI File on Eleanor Roosevelt [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1996. 3 reels.
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-United States-History-20th century-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15630
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI File on Elijah Muhammad [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1996. 3 reels.
    Elijah Muhammad, 1897-United States-Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    FBI File on the Muslim Mosque, Inc. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1996. 3 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 301.451 L778Zfbi.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15631.
    X, Malcolm, 1925-1965-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Muslim Mosque, Inc.-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15629
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI File on Howard R. Hughes [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 2000. 2 reels.
    roll no. 1. FBI file 62-78335 to 62-99801 -- roll no. 2. FBI file 6299801 (cont'd.) to 94-8-350-443 & 1161.
    Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16605

  • FBI File on Huey Long [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 199?-2000. 2 reels.
    roll 1. FBI file: 62-32509, section 1 to section 12 --roll 2. FBI file: 62-32509, section 13 to FBI file: 49-12330.
    "This FBI file on Huey Long details the organization's investigation of Long during the 1920s and 30s. Many of Long's activities refer to voting fraud."
    Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives Elections-Corrupt practices-Louisiana-History-Sources-Louisiana-Politics and government-1865-1950-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16607

  • FBI file on John L. Lewis [microform]. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1998-2000. 2 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.33109 L674f guide.
    Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16570

  • FBI File on Joseph McCarthy [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1996. 4 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 973.92 M123Zfb.
    McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Anti-communist movements-United States-Sources-United States-Politics and government-1945-1989 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15623
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.
  • FBI File on Malcolm X [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1996. 10 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 301.451 L778Zfb.
    X, Malcolm, 1925-1965-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Black Muslims-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15628
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI File on Moorish Science Temple of America (Noble Drew Ali) [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1995. 3 reels.
    Records dated 1931-1959.
    Ali, Drew-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Moorish Science Temple of America-Muslims-United States.-Societies, etc.-Muslims, Black-History-Sources-Afro-Americans-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15624

  • FBI File on Paul Robeson [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1987. 2 reels.
    Documents drawn from the Washington files of the FBI.
    For bibliographic and reel access see: 016.782, R653f.
    Reel 1. Section 1, Feb. 1941-Nov. 1945 TO Referrals returned to FBI for release, Apr. 1956-Feb. 1967 - Reel 2. Section 12, Apr. 1956 TO Section 21, Jan. 1966-May 1978.
    Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976-Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Afro-Americans-Biography.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 11226

  • FBI File on Roy M. Cohn [microform]. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1995-2000. 4 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.34 C678f guide.
    Cohn, Roy M.-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16578

  • FBI File on Sacco & Vanzetti [microform]. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1990-1999. 2 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.3431 S119f guide.
    File no. 61-126.
    Collection of documents regarding worldwide protests, threats and demonstrations against the U.S. for the conviction and execution for murder of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
    United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-
    Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921-Sources-United States--Foreign relations-1921-1923-Sources-United States-Foreign relations-1923-1929-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16579

  • FBI File on the Atlanta Child Murders [microform]. [Wilmington, Del.] : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 3 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 364.1523 F2872.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on the Atlanta child murders.
    File covers dates 1980-1982. "FBI File Number 7-18251."
    Other title: FBI file: Atlanta child murders.
    Williams, Wayne Bertram-Murder-Georgia-Atlanta-Case studies-Homicide investigation-Georgia-Atlanta-Case studies-Mass murder-Georgia-Atlanta-Case studies.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12494

  • FBI File on the Black Panther Party, North Carolina [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1987. 2 reels.
    Files 1968-1976, most 1968-1971.
    For bibliographic and reel access, see: 322.42;G946.
    United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Black Panther Party---Sources-Afro-Americans-Civil rights-North Carolina-History Sources-Afro-Americans-Civil rights-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 11231

  • FBI file on the KKK murder of Viola Liuzzo [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 1 reel.
    Liuzzo, Viola, 1925-1965-Ku Klux Klan (1915- )-Alabama-Civil rights workers-Alabama-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16462

  • FBI File on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 4 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 301.451 N2772Zfb.
    File covers dates 1923-1956.
    FBI file number 61-3176. Guide title: Guide to the microfilm edition of the FBI file on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Afro-Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12495

  • FBI File on the National Negro Congress [microform]. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1987. 2 reels.
    Files 1936-1961, most from the 40's.
    For bibliographic and reel access, see: 016.3058;G9462.
    United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-National Negro Congress (U.S.)-History-Sources-Afro-Americans-Civil rights-History-Sources-Communism-United States.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 11230

  • FBI File on the Organization of African-American Unity (OAAU). Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1995.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.97304 F287.
    United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Organization of Afro-American Unity-History-Sources- Afro-Americans-Societies, etc.-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15187
    For an online guide to this collection, see Scholarly Resources Online Guides.

  • FBI File on the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources Inc., 1985-1988. 1 reel.
    Files "from the late 1960s to the early 1980s"--Introd.
    Jackson, Jesse, 1941-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Afro-Americans-Civil rights-History-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 11226

  • FBI File on W.E.B. Du Bois. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1996. 1 reel.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.32526 D816f.
    Covers the years 1942-1963. FBI file 100-999729, sections 1-7 and sub A.
    Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963-Views on democracy-United States--Politics and government-Afro-American leadership-Afro-Americans--Civil rights-History-Afro-Americans--History--20th century.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15177

  • FBI File, Robert F. Kennedy. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1991. 1 reel.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.97392 K351f guide.
    Covers the years 1962 to 1971.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16603

  • FBI File on Roy Wilkins. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1990. 1 reel.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 323.40924 W685Zf.
    Wilkins, Roy, 1901-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12289

  • FBI File, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1991. 2 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.32311 S933Zf.
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)-History Sources-Afro-Americans-Civil rights-History-20th century Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13862

  • J. Robert Oppenheimer: FBI security file. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1978. 4 reels. Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15626

  • Marcus Garvey, FBI investigation file: a microfilm project. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1978. 1 reel.
    "Released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under provision of the Freedom of Information Act."
    Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-Universal Negro Improvement Association.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A504

  • Martin Luther King, Jr., FBI file [microform] / edited by David J. Garrow. Frederick, Md: University Publications of America, c1984-. Book and Microfilm reels ; 35 mm.+ guides. Black studies research sources. Guide to pt.1 (incomplete content, pt.1 reel 1-16) compiled by Robert Lester.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 11844

  • Official & Confidential File of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover, J. Edgar. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1988. 6 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 973.9092 H789o
    Accompanying guide has title: Guide to the Scholarly Resources microfilm edition of The official & confidential file of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Microfilm copy of originals "which the publisher received... from the Federal Bureau of Investigation"--Guide. Contains materials collected by J. Edgar Hoover, and edited by the Federal Bureau of Investigation prior to microfilming.
    Includes index.
    Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 -Archives-United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation-Archives-United States-Politics and government-1945-Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 15625

Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century

Readers might also wish to consult the online resources Early Encounters in North America, ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online, North American Women's Letters and Diaries, the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, and Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.

  • American Indian Correspondence. The Presbyterian Historical Society Collection of Missionaries' Letters, 1833-1893. Presbyterian Historical Society. Bethesda, Md.: Greenwood Press Microform Dept, University Publications of America, 1992. 35 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13860.
    A collection of almost 14,000 letters written by those who served as Presbyterian missionaries to the American Indians from 1833 to 1893. The collection is deposited in the library of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia.
    Title on guide: User's guide to the American Indian correspondence.
    Originally published by Greenwood Press in 1978.
    Guide includes author and tribe indexes.
    Presbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1883-1893.
    User's guide to the American Indian correspondence.
    Indians of North America Missions History Sources-Indians of North America History 19th century Sources-Presbyterian Church Missions United States History 19th century Sources-Indians of North America Missions History Sources Microform catalogs-Indians of North America History 19th century Sources Microform catalogs-Presbyterian Church.
  • American Periodical Series, 1800-1850. Ann Arbor,: University Microfilms, 1946.
    Microfilm. Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 35 mm.
    For bibliographic and reel access information, consult American periodicals: 1800-1850, title listing by series year.
    Online access is available through ProQuest (Access restricted to the Northwestern University and other subscribers)
    Library owns all of Series I and most of Series II in microfilm.
    American periodicals.
    Readers might also wish to consult the Index to Early American Periodicals.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 9356
    Readers might also wish to consult the online edition (APS Online) and the Index to Early American Periodicals.
  • Arthur A. Schomburg Papers (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: African-American History)
  • Arthur Middleton Papers, 1767-1783. Middleton, Arthur. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Colonial Period)
  • Bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands registers and letters received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Washington, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Book 74 reels (pos.)
    National archives microfilm publications, M752. Set includes records from Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana (including New Orleans Field Offices), Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, etc. Includes all microfilmed materials for National Archives Record Group 105.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Freedmen.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection)
  • Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Jensen, Merrill. Merrill Jensen, John P. Kaminski and Gaspare J. Saladino, editor. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1976. 71 microfiches.
    Vols. 2, 3, 8-10 issued with microfiche supplements.
    Includes indexes.
    v. 1. Constitutional documents and records, 1776-1787 -- v. 2. Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Pennsylvania -- v. 3. Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut-- v. 4. Massachusetts -- v. 5. Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts -- v. 8-10. Ratification of the Constitution b y the States: Virginia -- v. 13. Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private 1) 21 February to 7 November 1787 -- v. 14. Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private (2) 8 November to 17 December 1787 -- v. 15. Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private (3) 18 December 1787 to 31 January 1788 -- v. 16. Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private (4) 1 February to 1 March 1788. -- v. 17. Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private 5) 1 April to 9 May 1788 -- v. 18. Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private (6) 10 May to 13 September 1788.
    Constitutional history United States Sources.
    MAIN Library: 342.73029 D637
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 491
  • Early American Newspapers, 1704-1820.
    Publisher: New York : Readex Microprint Corp. in association with the American Antiquarian Society, Date: 1974?
    Type of material: Book Description: 55 p. ; 23 cm.
    Library of Congress subject headings: American newspapers--Bibliography.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Cohen, Nathan, ed. Readex Microprint Corporation. American Antiquarian Society.
    MAIN Reference (Non-circulating): Call number: 016.0713 E12
  • Early American Newspapers, 1704-1820. New Canaan, CT: Readex, [s.d.]. 1,167 reels.
    Collection of about 650 titles is based upon Brigham, Clarence, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers,
    L 016.071 B855h 1962 Main Ref; copy also in main stacks, check call number. Brigham provides a list of individual titles. Also, newspapers in this collection are cataloged in NUcat as separate titles and thus researchers should check each individual title to locate the corresponding reel number. Index: Kellerman, Lydia Suzanne and Wilson, Rebecca A. American newspapers.
  • Freedmen's Hospital, 1872-1910: correspondence and memoranda. Bethesda, MD: LexisNexis, 2004. 5 microfilm reels (approx.)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 04/21/2004.
  • Freedman's Savings and Trust Company [microform]: hearings before the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Sixty-First Congress, second session, on Jan. 26, 27, 1910. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1910. Microfiche.
    Notes: Record is based on bibliographic data in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index. Reuse except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc.
    References: Indexed in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index Part I.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, DC.); Bankruptcy--United States.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) (Non-circulating): Call number: CIS Hrgs MF Gp 2--HB 61-B.
  • Jane Addams Papers, 1860-1960 [microform]. Addams, Jane. McCree Bryan, Mary Lynn, editor. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 82 reels.
    Consists of Addams's papers from Swarthmore College Peace Collection and many other repositories. Each reel preceded by explanatory printed front matter which includes the table of contents for the entire collection. Main body of work contained in reels 1-71 with remaining 11 reels comprising the Addendum.
    Consists of five major sections: correspondence, documents, writings, Hull-House Association records, and clippings file.
    Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -Archives-Hull House Association-Archives-Women social reformers-United States-Archives-Social work-United States-History-Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room: Film 17241
  • New England Women and their Families in the 18th and 19th Centuries--Personal Papers, Letters, and Diaries. Ellen K. Rothman, editor. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 1997-1998. 33 reels.
    Ser. A. Manuscript collections from the American Antiquarian Society. pt. 1. Selected New England collections (33 reels), pt. 2. The Dewey-Bliss Family collection (17 reels), pt. 3. Maine and Massachusetts collections (16 reels) -- Ser. B. Manuscript collection from the Newport Historical Society. pt.1. William and Robinson collections (22 reels), pt. 2. (44 reels) -- Ser. C. Manuscript collection from the Rhode Island Historical Society. pt. 1. Selected collections (26 reels), pt. 2. Selected collections (27 reels).
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17292
  • Our army nurses interesting sketches and photographs of over one hundred of the noble women who served in hospitals and on battlefields during our late Civil War. Boston: Lounsbery Nichols & Worth, 1897. Gardner Holland, Mary A., editor. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1981. 6 microfiches. Adelaide Nutting historical nursing collection ; AN 0058.
    United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women-United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care-Military nursing United States History-Nurses United States Biography-United States History Civil war, 1861-1865 Hospitals.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1419
  • Papers of Isaac Backus [microform] / filmed by ProQuest. Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest, [n.d.] 15 microfilm reels.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 18494
  • Papers of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society, 1774-1868. Wilmington, Delaware, Scholarly Resources, Inc., nd. Book 5 reels
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 6464
  • Papers of W. E. B. Du Bois, 1803 (1877-1963) 1965 [microform]. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Sanford, N.C. : Microfilming Corporation of America, c1980-c1981. Book; 89 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Title on containers: W.E.B. Du Bois papers.
    For bibliographic and film access, see main,mi,L016.30124,D816m (The papers of W.E.B. Du Bois ... : a guide / by Robert W. McDonnell)
    Library of Congress subject headings: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Correspondence. African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources. African Americans--History--1877-1964--Sources. United States--Race relations--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: W. E. B. Du Bois papers.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 8970
  • Periodicals on Women & Women's Rights, Series I and Series II. Includes the periodicals listed below. To obtain call numbers, search individual periodical titles in NUcat, or search series title.
    • Liberal Review. Vols. 1–3/No. 9: 1904–1906. monthly. Chicago (all published). 1 reel.
    • Lily. Vols. 1–8: 1849–1856. monthly. Seneca Falls, NY (all published). 1 reel.
    • Lowell Offering. Series 1: Nos. 1–4: 1840–1841. monthly (all published). Series 2:
    • Lucifer the Lightbearer. Issues collected for this film: New Series: Vol. 3/Nos. 1–13: 1885 (incomplete). Series 3: Vol. 1/Nos. 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 28, 42. Mar. 1897–Oct. 1897 (incomplete). Vol. 3/Nos. 1–13, 1899 (incomplete). Vol. 5/Nos. 26–29, 33–43, 45–52. July 1901–Jan. 1902 (incomplete). Vol. 6/No. 1–23. Jan. 1902–June 1902 (incomplete). Vol. 7/Nos. 1–51. Jan. 1903–Dec. 1903 (incomplete). Vol. 8/Nos. 1–7. Jan. 1904–Feb. 1904 (incomplete). (This volume also identified as Whole Nos. 1002–1008.) Series 4: Whole Nos. 1035, 1038, 1042, 1055. Mar. 1905 (incomplete). Whole Nos. 1056, 1058–1074. Jan. 1906–Sept. 1906 (incomplete). Chicago, 1885–1906, weekly. Microfilm. (According to ULS, publication)
    • Mother Earth Bulletin. Series 1: Vols. 1–12/No. 6: 1906–1917. monthly (all published). Series 2: Nos. 1–7: 1917–1918. monthly (all published). New York.
    • The National Citizen and Ballot Box. Vols. 1–6/No. 6: 1876–1881. monthly. Toledo, OH (all published). 1 reel.
    • The Revolution. Vols. 1–8/No. 5: 1868–1871. weekly. New York (all published). 2 reels.
    • Stiletto. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–6: Aug. 1900–Feb. 1901. monthly. New York (all published). 1 reel.
    • Western Woman Voter. Vols. 1–3/No. 1: 1911–1913. monthly. Seattle, WA (all published). 1 reel.
    • Woman Voter. Vols. 1–8/No. 5: 1910–1917. monthly. New York (all published). 2 reels.
    • Series II
    • The Coming Nation. N.S. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–8 (all published). Chicago. Nov. 1913–July 1914. (On reel with The Progressive Woman.)
    • The Keystone. Vols. 1–14/No. 9 (all published). Charlotte, SC, 1899–1913. (On reel with Woman’s Column.) 2 reels.
    • The Ladies Garment Worker. Vols. 1–10/No. 12 (all published). New York, 1910–1918. English language edition. 2 reels.
    • Lady’s Friend. Vols. 1–10 (all published). Philadelphia, 1864–1873. 4 reels.
    • Life and Labor. Vols. 1–11/No. 8 (all published). Chicago, 1911–1921. 3 reels.
    • The Progressive Woman. (title varies) Vols. 1–7, Nos. 1–75 (all published). Chicago, Girard, KS, June 1907–Oct. 1913. N.S. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–8 (all published). Chicago. Nov.
    • Woman Rebel. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–6 (all published). New York, Mar.–Aug. 1914. 1 reel.
    • Woman’s Column. (American Woman Suffrage Association). Vols. 1–17/No. 26 (all published.) Boston, 1892–1904. (On reel with The Keystone).
  • Pinckney Family Papers : 1703-1847. , [76] sheets. Charleston, S.C.: South Carolina Historical Society, 1980. Microfiche.
    Printed guide at L016.9757P647.
    Includes index.
    Pinckney family Archives-South Carolina History Sources-United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Sources-United States History 1783-1865 Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 469.
  • Plantation life in the Caribbean. Pt. 1, Jamaica, c. 1765-1848 : the Taylor and Vanneck-Arcedeckne papers from Cambridge University Library and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London [microform]. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Adam Matthew, 2005- Microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Taylor, Simon, Esq.--Correspondence.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--18th century--Sources.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--19th century--Sources.
    Slavery--Jamaica--Sources.
    Plantation owners--Jamaica--Sources.
    Slaveholders--Jamaica--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Taylor, Simon, Esq.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A2907
    Library has: Pt. 1, reels 1-17
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.

  • Records of southern plantations from emancipation to the great migration [microform] / general editor, Ira Berlin. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, c2000- Microfilm reel.
    Notes: "A microfilm project of University Publications of America, Inc." Accompanied by printed guides.
    The Library owned series A; Fitzgerald helped to support purchase of Series B, parts 1.
    Contents: Series A. Selections from the Rare Books, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University. pt.1. Alabama and South Carolina plantations (23 reels + guide). pt.2. North Carolina and Virginia plantations (26 reels + guide). pt.3. Georgia and Florida
    plantations (24 reels + guide) -- Series B. Selections from the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries. pt. 1. Louisiana sugar plantations (15 reels + guide). pt.2. Louisiana cotton plantations (15 reels + guide). pt.3. Louisiana sugar plantations (15 reels + guide). pt. 4. Mississippi cotton plantations (15 reels + guide)). pt. 5. Albert Batchelor papers (15 reels + guide). pt. 6. Weeks family papers (12 reels)
    Incomplete contents: Series C. Selections from the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina. pt.1. James Henry Hammond Papers, 1866-1918, Harry Hammond Papers, 1866-1913, Edward Spann Hammond Papers, 1866-1920, Paul F. Hammond Papers, 1882-1884, Hammond Family Papers, 1866-1907, Hammond Bryan Cumming Papers, 1866-1920 (22 reels + guide). pt.2. Selected collections (25 reels + guide)
    Library of Congress subject headings: Plantations--Southern States--Records and correspondence. Plantation life--Southern States--Sources. African-Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century--Sources. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Southern States --Sources. Southern States--Rural conditions--Sources. Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950 --Sources. Southern States--History--1865---Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Berlin, Ira, 1941- Duke University. Rare book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Louisiana State University Library, University Publications of America (Firm)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17240
    Library has: ser.A, pt.1, reel 1-23; pt.2, reel 1-26; pt.3, reel 1-24; ser.B, pt.1, reel 1-15; pt.2, reel 1-15; pt.3, reel 1-15; pt. 4. reel 1-15; pt. 5. reel 1-15; pt. 6. reel 1-12; ser.C, pt.1, reel 1-22; pt.2, reel 1-25.
  • Slave narratives a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves : type-written records. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Slavery).
  • Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Slavery).
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.
  • Southern Claims Commission approved claims, 1871-1880 [microform] : Alabama. Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Archives and Records Administration, Date: [1999] Type of material: Book Description: 36 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Series: National Archives microfilm publications ; microfilm publication 2062 Notes: Includes index.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    United States. Commissioners of Claims--Records and correspondence.
    Alabama--Claims vs. United States.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17858
  • Southern Claims Commission approved claims, 1871-80. Georgia [microform]. Type of material: Mixed Material Microfiche. Description: 629 items (on 761 microfiches). Microfiche. [Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 199-?] 761 microfiches; 11 x 15 cm. arranged alphabetically by county, then by name of claimant.
    Notes: Title on header: Southern Claims Commission settled claims, 1877-83.
    Forms part of: Record Group 217, Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury. Created by an act of March 3, 1871 and terminated by an act of June 16, 1880. Created in order to receive, examine and consider the claims of those citizens who remained loyal adherents to the cause and the government of the United States during the War, for stores or supplies taken or furnished during the rebellion. Finding aids: Southern Claims Commission approved claims, 1871-1880: Georgia.
    Summary: Case files which may contain any or all of the following types of documents: summary reports; petitions; inventories for supplies and property for which compensation was desired; application to have testimony taken by a special commissioner; testimony of the claimant and others, both favorable and adverse, relating to the claim; vouchers; power of attorney; correspondence; a copy of the Commissioners of Claims report; and the certificate of settlement issued by the Third Auditor of the Treasury.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Georgia--Claims vs. United States.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Southern Claims Commission settled claims, 1877-83.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Microfiche 1727
  • [Southern historical manuscripts]. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1973. 527 microfiches.
    Original plantation records in the collection of Louisiana State University, Dept. of Archives and Manuscripts (Baton Rouge). Selected by Eugene Genovese and John Milton Price.
    Microfiches have individual titles only.
    Badin, Bateman, Bond, Bringier, Burruss, Capell, Cartwright, Chelette, Duncan, Hilliard, Jenkins, Liddell, Magruder, Minor, Monette, Spyker, Town papers, slavery collection.
    Plantation records.
    Plantation life Southern States History Sources-Slavery Southern States History Sources-
    Southern States History Sources-Southern States Civilization Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 612.
  • Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. Series A, B, C, D, and E. Scott, Anne Firor Scott, consulting editor. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 1991-1998.
    Printed guides at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.A guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 pt.B guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.C guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.D guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272 ser.E guide. MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 305.40975 S7272
    Series A contents: pt. 1. Mary Susan Ker papers, 1785-1923 (25 reels) -- pt. 2. Roach and Eggleston family papers, 1830-1905 (18 reels) -- pt. 3. Louisiana and Mississippi collections (6 reels) -- pt. 4. The Nicholas Philip Trist papers (15 reels) -- pt. 5. Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida collections (24 reels) -- pt. 6. Virginia collections (30 reels) -- pt. 7. Philips and Spencer (36 reels).
    Series B contents: Holdings of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, the Carter family papers, 1888-1989.
    Seriec C contents: Holdings of the Earl Gregg Swem Library, the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
    Series D contents: pt. 1. Tidewater Virginia (21 reels +1 v.) -- pt. 2. Richmond, Virginia (30 reels +1 v.) -- pt. 3. Piedmont, Virginia (54 reels +1 v.) -- pt. 4. District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee (16 reels +1 v.)
    Series E contents: Holdings of the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley collections, Louisiana State University Libraries
    Series F - H : [on order]
    Ser. A: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16609
    Ser. B: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16610
    Ser. C: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16611
    Ser. D: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16612
    Ser. E: MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16613
    Women-Southern States-History-19th century-Sources-Family-Southern States-History-19th century-Sources-Carter family-Archives-Women-Virginia-History-19th century-Sources-Family-Virginia-History-19th century-Sources-Women-Virginia-History-19th century-Sources-Women-Louisiana-History-19th century-Sources-Family-Louisiana-History-19th century-Sources.
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.
  • State Slavery Statutes. (See complete record UNITED STATES HISTORY: Slavery)
  • Thomas Penn Papers, 1729-1832, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Colonial Period)
  • Travels in the Confederate States [full text reprints of books listed in Coulter]. Coulter, E. Merton. Louisville, Ky.: Lost Cause Press, 1968. 2,960 microopaques + guide.
    Reprints of about 475 19th-century books on the American Civil War period. Chiefly personal narratives and histories of military units.
    Includes almost all of the items listed in: Travels in the Confederate states : a bibliography, E. Merton Coulter.
    For bibliographic access, see "guide" for brief-entry list of items in microcard set, and Coulter bibliography for subject index and fuller descriptions.
    United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives-United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories-United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 History-United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Bibliography-Southern States Description and travel-Southern States Description and travel Bibliography.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 016.975 T7795.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Microcard 17
  • Union provost marshals' file of papers relating to individual civilians [microform]. Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1966. Microfilm reel. 300 microfilm reels ; 16 mm. National Archives microfilm reproduction ; microcopy no. 345
    Series: National Archives microfilm publications. M ; microcopy no. 345.
    Notes: Listed in "Microfilm resources for research," 1986 as: M345.
    Library of Congress subject headings: United States. Office of the Provost Marshall General --Records and Correspondence. Amnesty--United States. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Other authors, titles, etc.: United States. National Archives and Records Service.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 18506.
  • U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Government Publications)

Late 19th Century through 20th Century

Late 19th Century
20th Century

Readers are also advised to consult Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 and the U.S. Congressional Serial Set. Further primary source materials may be found in this guide under the headings: UNITED STATES HISTORY: FBI Files; African-American History; Illinois History; Presidential History; Gender Studies & Women's Studies; History of Science , and the chapters Revolutionary Period through the 19th Century.
Late 19th Century

  • American Indian Correspondence. The Presbyterian Historical Society Collection of Missionaries' Letters, 1833-1893. Presbyterian Historical Society. Bethesda, Md.: Greenwood Press Microform Dept, University Publications of America, 1992. 35 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13860.
    A collection of almost 14,000 letters written by those who served as Presbyterian missionaries to the American Indians from 1833 to 1893. The collection is deposited in the library of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia.
    Title on guide: User's guide to the American Indian correspondence.
    Originally published by Greenwood Press in 1978.
    Guide includes author and tribe indexes.
    Presbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1883-1893.
    User's guide to the American Indian correspondence.
    Indians of North America Missions History Sources-Indians of North America History 19th century Sources-Presbyterian Church Missions United States History 19th century Sources-Indians of North America Missions History Sources Microform catalogs-Indians of North America History 19th century Sources Microform catalogs-Presbyterian Church.
  • American Periodical Series, 1800-1850. Ann Arbor,: University Microfilms, 1946.
    Microfilm. Ann Arbor, University Microfilms, 35 mm.
    For bibliographic and reel access information, consult American periodicals: 1800-1850, title listing by series year.
    Online access is available through ProQuest (Access restricted to the Northwestern University and other subscribers)
    Library owns all of Series I and most of Series II in microfilm.
    American periodicals.
    Readers might also wish to consult the Index to Early American Periodicals.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 9356
  • American Sampler: Life in the 1800's. San Luis Obispo, Calif. Communications/Media Productions: California Polytechnic State University , 1975. 4 microfiches.
    Lithographic prints, photographs, advertisements, etc., from the collections of the Library of Congress, originally displayed in an exhibit at the Library 1973-1974. Includes the smaller traveling exhibit and its catalog (title: An American sampler : a look at life in the 1800's.
    Title from header.
    United States Social life and customs 19th century Exhibitions-Library of Congress.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 678
  • Christopher Gist's journals with historical, geographical and ethnological notes and biographies of his contemporaries. Gist, Christopher, and William M. Darlington. Pittsburgh: J.R. Weldin, 1893. Louisville [Ky.] : Lost Cause Press, 1959. 10 microfiches.
    Ohio River Valley Description and travel-Virginia Description and travel-United States History French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1445
  • CIS U.S. serial set [microform]. Congressional Information Service. U.S. Serial Set. 1817-1969. Washington: Congressional Information Service, 1975-. Bethesda, Md.
    Set includes state papers covering the years 1789-1915 (1st through 63rd Congress)
    Web index available under title Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969 through Congressional Universe.
    Government Publications-United States-Indexes, Legislation-United States-Indexes, Law-United States-Indexes.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Reference room) (Non-circulating): 328.73 C579
  • Commanding generals and chiefs of staff, 1775-1987 [microform]: portraits & biographical sketches of the United States Army's senior officer. Bell, William Gardner. In CMH pub ; 70-14, xii, 187. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History U.S.Army, 1919.
    "First printing 1983"--T.p. verso.
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175).
    Includes index.
    Microfiche. [Washington, D.C.?] : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1992] 3 microfiches : negative.
    Generals United States Biography-United States. Army Biography-United States History, Military.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) (non-circuiting): D 114. 2: G 28/ 775-87
  • Complete Photographic Work of Jacob A. Riis. Riis, Jacob A. In International archives of photography, ix, 38. Doherty, Robert J., editor. New York, London:
    Collier Macmillan, 1981. 8 microfiches
    Photographs held in the Riis collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
    Bibliography: p. 13.
    Documentary photography-Riis, Jacob A. 1849-1914-Museum of the City of New York.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 779.99747 R572c
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 483
  • Freedman's Savings and Trust Company: Letters received by the commissioners, 1870-1914. Part one, Correspondence, loans, and bank books [microform]. Bethesda [MD] : University Publications of America, 2004. 24 microfilm reels.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Banks and banking--United States--History--Sources. Freedmen.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Freedman's Savings and Trust Company.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 18837
    Library has: reel 1-24
  • Jane Addams Papers, 1860-1960 [microform]. Addams, Jane. McCree Bryan, Mary Lynn, editor. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 82 reels.
    Consists of Addams's papers from Swarthmore College Peace Collection and many other repositories. Each reel preceded by explanatory printed front matter which includes the table of contents for the entire collection. Main body of work contained in reels 1-71 with remaining 11 reels comprising the Addendum.
    Consists of five major sections: correspondence, documents, writings, Hull-House Association records, and clippings file.
    Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -Archives-Hull House Association-Archives-Women social reformers-United States-Archives-Social work-United States-History-Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room: Film 17241
  • Last American Frontier. Paxson, Frederic L. In Stories from American History, xi, 402. New York,: Macmillan, 1910. Ann Arbor, Mich., Xerox University Microfilms, 1975. 5 microfiches.
    "Notes on the sources": p. 387-392.
    West (U.S.) History-Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.).
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1413
  • The papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, [1831-1906] [microform]. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902. Type of material: Mixed Material
    Microfilm reel. Microfilm. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, c1991. 45 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Notes: Microfilm reproduction of originals in various depositories.
    " Patricia G. Holland and Ann D. Gordon, Editors; Kathleen A. McDonough and Gail K. Malmgreen, Associate Editors."
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents: microfilm 1-3. ser. 1. The Revolution, 1868-1872 -- microfilm 4-5. ser. 2. National Woman Suffrage Association collection (1880) -- microfilm 6-45. ser. 3. Chronological collection, 1831-1906.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 --Archives.
    Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 --Archives.
    National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.)--Archives.
    Women--Suffrage--History--Sources.
    Women’s rights--History--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906.
    Holland, Patricia G.
    Gordon, Ann D. (Ann Dexter)
    Revolution.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection: Call Number: Film 19223
     Online guide available at Primary Source Microfilm.
  • Periodicals on Women & Women's Rights, Series I and Series II. Includes the periodicals listed below. To obtain call numbers, search individual periodical titles in NUcat, or search series title.
    • Liberal Review. Vols. 1–3/No. 9: 1904–1906. monthly. Chicago (all published). 1 reel.
    • Lily. Vols. 1–8: 1849–1856. monthly. Seneca Falls, NY (all published). 1 reel.
    • Lowell Offering. Series 1: Nos. 1–4: 1840–1841. monthly (all published). Series 2:
    • Lucifer the Lightbearer. Issues collected for this film: New Series: Vol. 3/Nos. 1–13: 1885 (incomplete). Series 3: Vol. 1/Nos. 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 28, 42. Mar. 1897–Oct. 1897 (incomplete). Vol. 3/Nos. 1–13, 1899 (incomplete). Vol. 5/Nos. 26–29, 33–43, 45–52. July 1901–Jan. 1902 (incomplete). Vol. 6/No. 1–23. Jan. 1902–June 1902 (incomplete). Vol. 7/Nos. 1–51. Jan. 1903–Dec. 1903 (incomplete). Vol. 8/Nos. 1–7. Jan. 1904–Feb. 1904 (incomplete). (This volume also identified as Whole Nos. 1002–1008.) Series 4: Whole Nos. 1035, 1038, 1042, 1055. Mar. 1905 (incomplete). Whole Nos. 1056, 1058–1074. Jan. 1906–Sept. 1906 (incomplete). Chicago, 1885–1906, weekly. Microfilm. (According to ULS, publication)
    • Mother Earth Bulletin. Series 1: Vols. 1–12/No. 6: 1906–1917. monthly (all published). Series 2: Nos. 1–7: 1917–1918. monthly (all published). New York.
    • The National Citizen and Ballot Box. Vols. 1–6/No. 6: 1876–1881. monthly. Toledo, OH (all published). 1 reel.
    • The Revolution. Vols. 1–8/No. 5: 1868–1871. weekly. New York (all published). 2 reels.
    • Stiletto. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–6: Aug. 1900–Feb. 1901. monthly. New York (all published). 1 reel.
    • Western Woman Voter. Vols. 1–3/No. 1: 1911–1913. monthly. Seattle, WA (all published). 1 reel.
    • Woman Voter. Vols. 1–8/No. 5: 1910–1917. monthly. New York (all published). 2 reels.
    • Series II
    • The Coming Nation. N.S. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–8 (all published). Chicago. Nov. 1913–July 1914. (On reel with The Progressive Woman.)
    • The Keystone. Vols. 1–14/No. 9 (all published). Charlotte, SC, 1899–1913. (On reel with Woman’s Column.) 2 reels.
    • The Ladies Garment Worker. Vols. 1–10/No. 12 (all published). New York, 1910–1918. English language edition. 2 reels.
    • Lady’s Friend. Vols. 1–10 (all published). Philadelphia, 1864–1873. 4 reels.
    • Life and Labor. Vols. 1–11/No. 8 (all published). Chicago, 1911–1921. 3 reels.
    • The Progressive Woman. (title varies) Vols. 1–7, Nos. 1–75 (all published). Chicago, Girard, KS, June 1907–Oct. 1913. N.S. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–8 (all published). Chicago. Nov.
    • Woman Rebel. Vol. 1/Nos. 1–6 (all published). New York, Mar.–Aug. 1914. 1 reel.
    • Woman’s Column. (American Woman Suffrage Association). Vols. 1–17/No. 26 (all published.) Boston, 1892–1904. (On reel with The Keystone).
  • Records of the Freedmen's Hospital and New Orleans Area field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 [microform]. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration, 1986. Microfilm reel. 10 microfilm reels ; 35 mm + 1 guide. National Archives microfilm publications ; microfilm publication M1483.
    Series: National Archives microfilm publications. M ; microcopy no. 1483
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide entitled Records of the New Orleans Field Offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869. Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Record group 105.
    Alternative titles: Title in "Microfilm resources for research," 1996: Records of the New Orleans field offices, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-69.
    Library of Congress subject headings: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence. Freedmen--Louisiana--Sources. African Americans--Louisiana--Sources. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)—Louisiana --Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 17896
    Library has: reels 1-10
    Call number: 973.71 R311
    Other information: PRINT GUIDE TO FILM 17896
  • Sanborn Map Company. Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company archives, late 19th century to 1990. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, 1992-1993.
    Research collections in urban history and urban studies.
    Library owns Illinois (36 reels), Indiana (13 reels) and Wisconsin (9 reels).
    Center for Research Libraries owns a more complete collection.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16102 (Illinois)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16297 (Indiana)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16298 (Wisconsin)
    Insurance, Fire Illinois Maps-Cities and towns Illinois Maps-Illinois Maps-Insurance, Fire Indiana Maps-Cities and towns Indiana Maps-Indiana Maps-Insurance, Fire Wisconsin Maps-Cities and towns Wisconsin Maps-Wisconsin Maps.
    Online access to Sanborn Insurance Maps for Illinois is available through the Illinois Digital Academic Library, also known as IDAL. The resource covers 1867 to 1970, but the actual dates available vary by city (for instance, Evanston's maps cover only up until 1950).
  • Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century)
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.
  • United States Government Publications: State Department. Diplomatic instructions of the Department of State, 1801-1906, All countries, Oct. 2, 1801-Mar. 8, 1833. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1945. 8 reels.
    United States. Executive Depts. Records and correspondence-United States Foreign relations-United States History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A183
  • United States Government Publications: State Department. Diplomatic instructions of the Department of State, 1801-1906, Special missions. Washington, D.C.,: National Archives, 1946. 4 reels.
    United States. Executive Depts. Records and correspondence-United States Foreign relations-United States History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A184
  • United States Newspaper Program national union list [microform]. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC, c1999. 102 microfiches.
    Notes: This compilation of bibliographic, location and holdings information is derived from the collections of newspaper repositories--libraries, archives, and historical societies--that participate in the United States Newspaper Program (USNP)"--Manual, p. v. "February 1999." Includes indexes.
    Spine title: USNP national union list (microfiche).
    Selective contents:
    United States Newspaper Program national union lists (72
    microfiche) -- Beginning date-ending date index (11
    microfiche) -- Place of publication/printing index (11
    microfiche) -- Subject topical index (2 microfiche) --
    Subject geographical index (6 microfiche).
    Library of Congress subject headings: American newspapers--Bibliography--Union lists. Catalogs, Union--United States.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: United States Newspaper Program. OCLC.
    MAIN Reference (Serials lists) (Non-circulating): Call number: 016.0713 U585 1999
    Library has: 102 microfiche. Manual.
  • Unpublished U.S. House of Representatives Committee Hearings. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1988. [Roughly 20,000 fiche. Inquire at Government Publications]
    Printed guide at MAIN Government Pub. (Reference room) (Non-circulating): 328.73072 C579.
    Library has [22nd Congress] (1833)-[88th Congress] (1964).
    United States. Congress. House-Committees-Legislative hearings-United States-Periodicals.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) (Non-circulating): 328.73072 C579a
  • U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909 [microform]. Bethesda, MD : CIS, 1990-1996. 47,650 microfiches.
    pt. 1. Department of Commerce and Labor ; Department of Treasury-- pt. 2. War Department -- pt. 3. Interior Department, Interstate Commerce Commission, Justice Department, Labor Department, Library of Congress -- pt. 4. Agriculture Department ; American Republics Bureau ; Civil Service ; District of Columbia ; Fish Commission ; Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. ; Geographic Board ; Government Printing Office ; General Supply Committee --pt. 5. Navy Department -- pt. 6. National Academy of Sciences, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Post Office Department, President of U.S., State Department, Smithsonian Institution. Executive departments-United States-History-Sources-United States-Politics and government-Sources.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) (Non-circulating) No call no. (Ask Government Publications Librarian for assistance.)

20th Century

  • Army historian : a publication of the United States Army Center of Military History. Washington, D.C.: The Center, 1983. The Army historian.
    Incomplete collection - Volumes 5 and 8-10 are available in hard copy, Volumes 11-12 are available in Microtext.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) D 114. 20: Vols. 11-12
    MAIN Government Pub. D 114. 20: Vol. 5, Vols. 8-10
    Military history Periodicals-United States. Army History Periodicals-United States History, Military Periodicals-United States. Army Periodicals-Center of Military History Periodicals.
  • Annual report of the National Indian Association. National Indian Association. Philadelphia: [The Association], 1902. New York, NY: Clearwater Pub. Co., 1981. 16 microfiches.
    Imprint varies: 1902-1903, Philadelphia; 1904-1938, New York.
    National Indian Association Periodicals-Indians of North America Periodicals.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1368
  • Black Panther documents [microform]. Black Panther Party. Sunnyvale, CA : BMI Imaging Systems ; [New York : Distributed by Norman Ross Pub., Date: 1994?] Microfilm reel. 66 microfilm reels ; 16-35 mm.
    Notes: Title from container labels.
    Includes the papers of Huey P. Newton.
    Alternative titles: Some containers have title: Black Panther misc. newspapers
    Also known as: Dr. Huey P. Newton microfilm collection
    Summary: The works of Dr. Huey P. Newton are a central, but not exclusive component of this collection. It also includes basic documents describing the Black Panther Party’s internal workings and its community-based programs; source material on the prison movement movement of the period; and numerous unpublished statements and internal education documents from Newton and other Panther leaders. The collection includes legal documents, correspondence files, pamphlets, newspapers, news clippings, the Party’s business records, information on cultural activities, and a great deal of additional material.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Newton, Huey P.--Archives. Hilliard, David. Black Panther Party--Archives. Black power--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Newton, Huey P.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 17996
    Library has: reel 1-66
  • CIS U.S. serial set [microform]. Congressional Information Service. U.S. Serial Set. 1817-1969. Washington: Congressional Information Service, 1975-. Bethesda, Md.
    Set includes state papers covering the years 1789-1915 (1st through 63rd Congress)
    Web index available under title Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969 through Congressional Universe.
    Government Publications-United States-Indexes, Legislation-United States-Indexes, Law-United States-Indexes.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Reference room) (Non-circulating): 328.73 C579
  • Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files Internal Affairs. (See complete record under EUROPEAN HISTORY: Germany)
  • Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files Internal Affairs: decimal number 862. (See complete record under EUROPEAN HISTORY: Germany)
  • Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Vietnam, 1960-January 1963 [microform]: internal affairs and foreign affairs / [project coordinator, Robert E. Lester]. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c2001. Type of material: Book; 24 Microfilm reels. Notes: "The documents reproduced in this publication are among the records of the U.S. Department of State in the custody of the National Archives of the United States." Accompanied by a printed guide, compiled by Blair Hydrick, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Confidential U.S. State Central Department files. Vietnam, 1960-January 1963 (xxxv, 76 p. ; 28 cm.).
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    United States. Dept. of State--Archives.
    Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Politics and government--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lester, Robert.
    Hydrick, Blair.
    United States. Dept. of State.
    University Publications of America, Inc.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Vietnam, 1960-January 1963.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Vietnam, February 1963-1966 [microform]: subject-numeric categories--AID, CSM, DEF, and POL / Robert E. Lester editor. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 2005. Type of material: Book; Microfilm reel. Notes:
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Joseph C. Gutberlet, entitled: Guide to the Microfilm edition of Confidential U.S. State Department central files.
    Incomplete contents: pt. 1 Political, governmental, and national defense affairs.
    Summary: Reproduces documents relating to U.S policies and strategies developed for South Vietnam and the escalating U.S. military commitment. The collection outlines the activities of the various political parties and front organization in North and South Vietnam, correspondence of pro-Western and Communist political leaders, and North Vietnam's response to the American military escalation of the war.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    United States. Dept. of State--Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Gutberlet, Joseph C., 1979-
    Lester, Robert.
    University Publications of America (Firm)
    Guide to the microfilm edition of: Confidential U.S. State Department central files.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Confidential U.S. State Department central files. Vietnam, 1967-1969 [microform] / Robert E. Lester editor. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 2005. Type of material: Book; Microfilm reel.
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Joseph C. Gutberlet, entitled: Guide to the Microfilm edition of Confidential U.S. State Department central files.
    Incomplete contents: pt. 1 Political, governmental, and national defense affairs.
    Summary: Reproduces documents relating to U.S policies and strategies developed for South Vietnam and the escalating U.S. military commitment. The collection outlines the activities of the various political parties and front organization in North and South Vietnam, correspondence of pro-Western and Communist political leaders, and North Vietnam's response to the American military escalation of the war.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    United States. Dept. of State--Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Gutberlet, Joseph C., 1979-
    Lester, Robert.
    University Publications of America (Firm)
    Guide to the microfilm edition of: Confidential U.S. State Department central files.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Confidential U.S. State Department special files. Vietnam Working Group, 1963-1966 [microform]: lot files: Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, subject files of the Vietnam Working Group, 1963-1966, lot files 67D54, 68D84, 69D67, 70D102, 70D232, 70D233 / project editor, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : UPA collection from LexisNexis, 2004. Type of material: Book; 8 Microfilm reels
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by James Henry Shields.
    Summary: Reproduces memoranda, reports, correspondence, studies, estimates, and background and briefing material pertaining to the political, economic, and military affairs of Vietnam.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    United States. Dept. of State--Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lester, Robert.
    Shields, James Henry.
    United States. Dept. of State.
    University Publications of America (Firm)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Demands of Humanity Army Medical Disaster Relief. Foster, Gaines M. In Special Studies, x, 188. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History U.S. Army, 1983.
    "First printing"--P. [ii].
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184).
    Includes index.
    Microfiche. [Washington, D.C.?] : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1992] 3 microfiches : negative.
    Special studies (Center of Military History).
    United States. Army Medical Dept History-Disaster relief United States History-Civil defense History.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext): D 114. 17: H 88
  • Department of the Army historical summary [microform]. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History U.S. Army.
    Department of the Army historical summary (Washington)
    Historical summary. United States. Army History Periodicals.
    Incomplete collection containing 1989 only on hard copy and 1990-1991 on microtext.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext): D 114. 15: Years 1990-1991
    MAIN Government Pub. D 114.15: 1989 only
  • Documents of the National Security Council [microform] / edited by Paul Kesaris. Author, etc.: National Security Council (U.S.) Washington, D.C. : University Publications of America, c1980-c1996. Description: microfilm reels ; 35 mm. + guide ( v. ; 22-28 cm.)
    Notes: Title on boxes of first 5 reels: Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977. Title on boxes, later supplements: Documents of the NSC.
    Guide titles vary: A guide to Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977; Documents of the National Security Council; A guide to the microfilm edition of Documents of the National Security Council.
    Supplement guides compiled by: 1st, Kenneth D. Schlessinger; 2nd, Robert Lester; 3rd, Martin Schipper; 4th, L. Lee Yanike and Blair D. Hydrick; 5th, 7th, Blair D. Hydrick; 8th, Dale Reynolds.
    Supplements 1-5 published: Frederick, Md.; supp. 6-8 published: Bethesda, Md.
    Guides include indexes.
    Contents: Documents of the National Security Council (5 reels + guide [4 v. bound in 1]) --First supplement (3 reels + guide [bound with guide to original set]) -- Second supplement (3 reels + guide [bound with guide to original set]) -- Third supplement (3 reels + guide [bound with guide to original set]) -- Fourth supplement (5 reels + guide) -- Fifth supplement (4 reels + guide) -- Sixth supplement (10 reels + guide) -- Seventh supplement (7 reels + guide) -- Eight supplement (15 reels + guide).
    Library of Congress subject headings: National Security Council (U.S.)--Archives.
    National security--United States--History--Sources. United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Kesaris, Paul. Schlessinger, Kenneth D. Lester, Robert. Schipper, Martin Paul. Yanike, L. Lee, 1953- Hydrick, Blair. Reynolds, Dale.
    University Publications of America, Inc.
    Guide to Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of Documents of the national Security Council.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 12998
    Library has: reels 1-5
    sup.1,reels 1-3
    sup.2,reels 1-3
    sup.3,reels 1-3
    sup.4,reels 1-5
    sup.5,reels 1-4
    sup.6,reels 1-10
    sup.7:reels 1-7
    sup.7:reels 1-15
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: 016.32773 N277g
    Library has: original set + sup.1-3 <marked as v.1>
    sup.4 <marked as v.2>
    sup.5 <marked as v.3>
    sup.6 [marked as v.4]
    sup.7 [marked as v.5]
    sup.8 [marked as v.6]
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis, Primary Sources in U.S. History.
  • Dorothea Lange : Farm Security Administration photographs, 1935-1939 : from the Library of Congress. Lange, Dorothea, Paul Schuster Taylor and United States, Farm Security Administration. Levin, Howard M. and Katherine Northrup, editors. Glencoe, Ill.: Text-Fiche Press, 1980. 17 microfiches.
    with writings by Paul S. Taylor. introd. by Robert J. Doherty.
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    United States Rural conditions Pictorial works-Rural poor United States History Pictorial works.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 541
  • Edward R. Murrow papers, 1927-1973 [microform].  [Sanford, N.C.]: Microfilming Corp. of America, [1982].  50 microfilm reels; 35 mm.
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: Edward R. Murrow papers, 1927-1965 : a guide to the microfilm edition. "Microfilmed from the original papers in the Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University."--Guide t.p.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Murrow, Edward R.--Archives.  Journalists--United States--Archives.  Journalism--United States--History--Sources.  Manuscripts, American--Massachusetts--Boston.Other authors, titles, etc.:                   Microfilming Corporation of America. Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy.  Edward R. Murrow papers, 1927-1965.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 08/22/2007
  • France: foreign affairs, 1955-1959. Bethesda, MD : LexisNexis, 2004. 7 microfilm reels (approx.). MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 04/21/2004
  • Gay rights movement, [1970-1983] [microform]: Gay Activists Alliance: from the International Gay Information Center, the New York Public Library. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, [1977]. Microfilm reel. 21 microfilm reels.
    Notes: Title from guide. Filmed from originals held at the International Gay Information Center, New York Public Library.
    Alternative titles: Title on containers: The Gay Activists Alliance.
    Indexes: Accompanied by a printed reel guide, compiled by John D. Stinson.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Gay Activists Alliance--Archives. Gay activists--New York (State)--History--Sources. Gay activists--United States--History--Sources. Gay rights--United States--History--Sources. Gay rights--New York (State)--History--Sources. Gay liberation movement--United States--History--20th century--Sources. Gay liberation movement--New York (State)--History--20th century--Sources. Gays--United States--History--20th century--Sources. Gays--New York (State)--History--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Stinson, John D. International Gay Information Center. Research Publications, inc.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 18514.
    Online guide available at Primary Source Microfilm.
  • Jane Addams Papers, 1860-1960 [microform]. Addams, Jane. McCree Bryan, Mary Lynn, editor. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 82 reels.
    Consists of Addams's papers from Swarthmore College Peace Collection and many other repositories. Each reel preceded by explanatory printed front matter which includes the table of contents for the entire collection. Main body of work contained in reels 1-71 with remaining 11 reels comprising the Addendum.
    Consists of five major sections: correspondence, documents, writings, Hull-House Association records, and clippings file.
    Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -Archives-Hull House Association-Archives-Women social reformers-United States-Archives-Social work-United States-History-Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room: Film 17241
  • John F. Kennedy national security files. Vietnam [microform]: national security files, 1961-1963 / general editor, George C. Herring. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America,
    c1987. Type of material: Book; 7 Microfilm reels.
    Notes: "Microfilmed from the holdings of the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts; project coordinator, Robert E. Lester." "Documents ... from the Presidential papers of John F. Kennedy. National security files : Country file"--4th frame. Accompanied by printed guide entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of The John F. Kennedy national security files. Vietnam : national security files, 1961-1963. Guide includes bibliography and index.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 --Archives.
    John F. Kennedy Library--Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Sources.
    National security--United States--History--Sources.
    National security--Vietnam--History--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Herring, George C., 1936-
    Lester, Robert.
    John F. Kennedy Library.
    Vietnam, national security files, 1961-1963.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of The John F. Kennedy national security files.
    Presidential papers of John F. Kennedy.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • John F. Kennedy national security files, 1961-1963. Vietnam, First supplement [microform] / project coordinator, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : UPA collection from LexisNexis, 2004.
    Type of material: Book; 4 Microfilm reels.
    Series: National security files
    Notes: “Microfilmed from the holdings of the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts." Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Joanna Claire Dubus, entitled: The John F. Kennedy national security files, 1961-1963. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
    Summary: Reproduces memoranda, cables, intelligence reports, correspondence, and special studies arranged chronologically.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sourses.
    United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lester, Robert.
    Dubus, Joanna Claire, 1981-
    John F. Kennedy Library.
    University Publications of America (Firm)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam, November 1963-June 1965 [microform] : national security files, 1963-1969. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, 1987.
    Type of material: Book; microfilm reels.
    Notes: "Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas." Includes index.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library--Archives.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
    University Publications of America, Inc.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam, special subjects [microform]: national security files, 1963-1969. Frederick, Md. : University Publications of America, 1987.
    Type of material: Book; 36 microfilm reels.
    Notes: "Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas." Includes index.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library--Archives.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
    University Publications of America, Inc.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Lyndon B. Johnson national security files, 1963-1969. Vietnam. First supplement [microform] / project coordinator, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c1996. Type of material: Book; 18 Microfilm reels.
    Series: National security files
    Notes: "Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas."
    Accompanied by a printed reel guide, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of The Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam : national security files, 1963-1969 : first supplement.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 --Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969--Sources.
    United States--Politics and government--1963-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of The Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Lyndon B. Johnson national security files, 1963-1969. Vietnam, Second supplement [microform] /: project coordinator, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c1999. Type of material: Archives/Manuscript; 33 Microfilm reels.
    Series: National security files
    Notes: "Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas."
    Accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of The Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam, national security files, 1963-1969 : second supplement (xix, 528 p. ; 28 cm.). Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript
    Reading Room.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 --Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969--Sources.
    United States--Politics and government--1963-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
    University Publications of America (Firm)
    Guide to the microfilm edition of The Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam, national security files, 1963-1969.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Lyndon B. Johnson national security files, 1963-1969. Vietnam. Third supplement [microform]: project coordinator, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c2002. Type of material: Book; 7 Microfilm reels.
    Series: National security files
    Notes: "Microfilmed from the holdings of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas."
    Accompanied by a printed reel guide.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 --Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Sources.
    Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Sources.
    United States--Foreign relations--1963-1969--Sources.
    United States--Politics and government--1963-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
    Guide to the microfilm edition of The Lyndon B. Johnson national security files. Vietnam.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force records, 1973-2000 [microform]: from the holdings of the Human Sexuality Collection, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York. Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source Microfilm, 2001-Notes: "The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force collection consists of correspondence, press clippings, financial and administrative records, subject files, and photographs that, taken together, provide a broad overview of the American movement for lesbian and gay civil rights from 1973 to 2000"--Collection overview, p. xi, Series 1 guide.
    Alternative titles: Title on publisher's website: Gay rights movement. ser. 4
    Incomplete contents: ser. 1. Internal files (reel 1-70) -- ser. 2. Field files (reel 71-226) -- ser. 3. Policy institute, subjects files, and photographs (reel 227-298)
    Library of Congress subject headings: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.)--Archives. Gay liberation movements--United States--History--Sources. Gay rights--United States--History--Sources. Gays--ited States--History--20th century--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.) Cornell University. Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 18515
  • Papers of the U.S. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. United States. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Boehm, Randolph, editor. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1983. 3 reels.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.94053 P214.
    Title taken from guide.
    Edited by Randolph Boehm. Guide compiled by Robert Lester.
    Guide includes index.
    Numerical file archive.
    Japanese Americans Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Sources-Japanese Americans Civil rights-Minorities Civil rights United States.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13030
  • Papers of the War Refugee Board [microform] / project editor, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, c2002.
    Type of material: Book Microfilm reel
    Description: microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Series: Holocaust era research collections
    Notes: Reproduces documents held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.
    Incomplete contents: pt. 1. Correspondence and reports files, February 1944-September 1945 (29 reels).
    Library of Congress subject headings: United States. War Refugee Board--Archives.
    World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Sources.
    World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Lester, Robert.
    United States. War Refugee Board.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
    ISBN: 1556558880 (pt. 1)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 17859.
    Library has: reel 1-29
  • Records of U.S. foreign assistance agencies, 1948-1961. U.S. operation missions. Series A, Mission to Vietnam [microform] / project editor, Robert E. Lester. Bethesda, MD : LexisNexis, 2003- Type of material: Book; Microfilm reel.
    Notes: Reproduces Record Group 469 of the records of the U.S. Department of State in the custody of the National Archives, College Park, Md. Accompanied by a printed guide, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Records of U.S. foreign assistance agencies, 1948-1961. U.S. operation missions. Series A, Mission to Vietnam.
    Incomplete contents: pt. 1. Office of the Director, Subject files, 1950-1954.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Economic assistance, American--Vietnam.
    Military assistance, American--Vietnam.
    Technical assistance, American--Vietnam.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lester, Robert.
    LexisNexis (Firm)
    Guide to the microfilm edition of Records of U.S. foreign assistance agencies, 1948-1961. U.S. operation missions. Series A, Mission to Vietnam.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Sanborn Map Company. Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company archives, late 19th century to 1990. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, 1992-1993.
    Research collections in urban history and urban studies.
    Library owns Illinois (36 reels), Indiana (13 reels) and Wisconsin (9 reels).
    Center for Research Libraries owns a more complete collection.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16102 (Illinois)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16297 (Indiana)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16298 (Wisconsin)
    Insurance, Fire Illinois Maps-Cities and towns Illinois Maps-Illinois Maps-Insurance, Fire Indiana Maps-Cities and towns Indiana Maps-Indiana Maps-Insurance, Fire Wisconsin Maps-Cities and towns Wisconsin Maps-Wisconsin Maps.
    Online access to Sanborn Insurance Maps for Illinois is available through the Illinois Digital Academic Library, also known as IDAL. The resource covers 1867 to 1970, but the actual dates available vary by city (for instance, Evanston's maps cover only up until 1950).
  • Southern Tenant Farmers' Union papers, 1934-1970 [microform]. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1988. Microfilm reel. 60 microfilm reels.
    Notes: Microfilm of ms. collection in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library. Publisher from box. Originally published: Sanford, N.C.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1971.
    Library of Congress subject headings: Southern Tenant Farmers' Union--History--Sources. Southern Tenant Farmers' Union--Archives. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. Farm tenancy--Economic aspects--United States.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Southern Tenant Farmers' Union. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. Southern Tenant Farmer's Union. Southern Tenant Farmers Union papers.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 17994
    Library has: reel 1-60.
  • Southern Workman. Hampton, Va.: Hampton Institute. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Photoduplication Service 1960. 15 reels.
    No more published.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 5821.
  • United States Newspaper Program national union list [microform]. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC, c1999. 102 microfiches.
    Notes: This compilation of bibliographic, location and holdings information is derived from the collections of newspaper repositories--libraries, archives, and historical societies--that participate in the United States Newspaper Program (USNP)"--Manual, p. v. "February 1999." Includes indexes.
    Spine title: USNP national union list (microfiche).
    Selective contents:
    United States Newspaper Program national union lists (72
    microfiche) -- Beginning date-ending date index (11
    microfiche) -- Place of publication/printing index (11
    microfiche) -- Subject topical index (2 microfiche) --
    Subject geographical index (6 microfiche).
    Library of Congress subject headings: American newspapers--Bibliography--Union lists. Catalogs, Union--United States.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: United States Newspaper Program. OCLC.
    MAIN Reference (Serials lists) (Non-circulating): Call number: 016.0713 U585 1999
    Library has: 102 microfiche. Manual.
  • Unpublished U.S. House of Representatives Committee Hearings. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1988. [Roughly 20,000 fiche. Inquire at Government Publications]
    Printed guide at MAIN Government Pub. (Reference room) (Non-circulating): 328.73072 C579.
    Library has [22nd Congress] (1833)-[88th Congress] (1964).
    United States. Congress. House-Committees-Legislative hearings-United States-Periodicals.
    MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) (Non-circulating): 328.73072 C579a
  • U.S. Congressional Serial Set. LexisNexis U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Collection available online to Northwestern students, faculty, and staff with NU Id and password .
  • U.S. Military Intelligence Reports, Germany, 1919-1941. 28 microfilm reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1983.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 016.355 U588.
    The documents in this collection are from the National Archives and Record Service, Washington, D.C., Record Group #165. Military Intelligence Division Files: Germany.
    Includes many English translations of German documents.
    Edited by Dale Reynolds. Guide compiled by Robert Lester.
    Guide includes index.
    Germany Armed Forces History 20th century Sources-Germany History, Military 20th century Sources-Germany Economic conditions 1918-1945 Sources-Germany History 1918-1933 Sources-Germany History 1933-1945 Sources-Military intelligence United States-United States Relations Germany-Germany Relations United States.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 12496
  • Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1960-1980: [guide] / edited by Paul Kesaris ; guide compiled by Robert Lester. Frederick, Md.: University Publicaions of America, c1982.
    Type of material: Book.
    Series: Special studies series
    Notes: This guide prepared to accompany 13 microfilm reels with title: Vietnam and Southeast Asia; special studies, 1960-1980. "A microfilm project of University Publications of America, Inc." Includes indexes.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Sources--Indexes.
    Asia, Southeastern--History--Sources--Indexes.
    Vietnam--History--Sources--Indexes.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lester, Robert.
    Kesaris, Paul.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005
  • Vietnam, the media, and public support for the war [microform]: selections from the holdings of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library / edited by Robert E. Lester. Frederick, MD : University Publications of America, c1986. Type of material: Book; 11 Microfilm reels.
    Series: The Presidential documents series
    Notes: Accompanied by a printed reel guide.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library--Archives.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Public opinion--Sources.
    Public opinion--United States--History--Sources.
    Mass media--United States--History--Sources.
    Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--United States--Sources.
    United States--History--1961-1969--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.:
    Lester, Robert.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
    University Publications of America, Inc.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Order Status: Order placed on 05/11/2005

Illinois History

Readers are also advised to consult online resource: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.
  • The Centennial History of Illinois. Illinois. Centennial Commission. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1918. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1989. 31 microfiches.
    v. 1. The Illinois country, 1673-1818 / by Clarence Walworth Alvord -- v. 2. The frontier state, 1818-1848 / by Theodore Calvin Pease -- v. 3. The era of the Civil War, 1848-1870 / by Arthur Charles Cole -- v. 4. The industrial state, 1870-1893 / by Ernest Ludlow Bogart and Charles Manfred Thompson -- v. 5. The modern commonwealth, 1893-1918 / by Ernest Ludlow Bogart and John Mabry Mathews.
    Vols. 2-5 have imprint: Springfield : Illinois Centennial Commission.
    Includes bibliographies and indexes.
    Genealogy & local history ; LH5471.
    Print Copies of volumes 1, 2, 4 and 5 are located in Law Library: X, ILL (Rare Book Room) with the respective call numbers:
    Vol. 1 - F 541 .A48 1922
    Vol. 2 - F 545 .P34 1922
    Vol. 4 - HC 107 .I3B6 1922
    Vol. 5 - F 546 .B67 1922
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1410.
  • History of the Norwegians of Illinois a Concise Record of the Struggles and Achievements of the Early Settlers, Together with a Narrative of What is Now Being Done by the Norwegian-Americans of Illinois in the Development of their Adopted Country : with the Valuable Collaboration of Numerous Authors and Contributors. Chicago: J. Anderson Pub. Co., 1905. Strand, A.E., editor. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1991. 6 microfiches.
    "Illustrated."
    Includes index. Norwegian Americans Illinois-Illinois History.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1412.
  • Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company archives, late 19th century to 1990. Sanborn Map Company. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, 1992-1993.
    Research collections in urban history and urban studies.
    Library owns Illinois (36 reels), Indiana (13 reels) and Wisconsin (9 reels).
    Center for Research Libraries owns a more complete collection.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16102 (Illinois)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16297 (Indiana)
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection) 16298 (Wisconsin)
    Insurance, Fire Illinois Maps-Cities and towns Illinois Maps-Illinois Maps-Insurance, Fire Indiana Maps-Cities and towns Indiana Maps-Indiana Maps-Insurance, Fire Wisconsin Maps-Cities and towns Wisconsin Maps-Wisconsin Maps.
    Online access to Sanborn Insurance Maps for Illinois is available through the Illinois Digital Academic Library, also known as IDAL. The resource covers 1867 to 1970, but the actual dates available vary by city (for instance, Evanston's maps cover only up until 1950).
  • Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago. Chicago: Chicago Directory Co., 1975-1917. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, Inc. 55 microfilm reels; 35 mm. Lacks 1906
    Publications also reproduced by Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Libraries, Dept. of Photographic Reproduction. Chicago (Ill.) -- Directories
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 16991.
  • Reminiscences of the Early Bench and Bar of Illinois. Linder, Usher F. and Joseph Gillespie. Chicago: Chicago Legal News Co., 1879.
    with an introduction and appendix by Joseph Gillespie. Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications, 1985. 5 microfiches.
    19th-century legal treatises ; no. 5410-5414. Lawyers Illinois-Illinois Biography.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1404.

Presidential History

Further primary source materials may be found in this guide under the heading UNITED STATES HISTORY: FBI Files.

Readers are also advised to consult online resource: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.

  • Adams Family. Microfilms of the Adams papers. Owned by the Adams Manuscript Trust and deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society. 608 reels. Boston,: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1954 - 1959.
    Contains "the papers, public and private, of President John Adams (1735-1826), President John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), together with the papers of their wives and children."
    Pt. 1, [no.] 4. John Quincy Adams diary, 12 November 1779-December 1779.
    Adams papers.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 5475 and Film 5746.
    Film 5746 contains the contents of the microfilm reels of the Adams papers.
  • Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, Abraham. 12 v.,. [n.p.]: Lincoln Memorial University, 1927. Nicolay, John G. and John Hay, editors. New and Enlarged Edition. Lincoln Memorial University [1927]. Microfilm: New Haven, CT : Yale University Library, 1988. 2 reels.
    An introduction by John Wesley Hill, and special articles by other eminent persons.
    Reel 1. v. 1-6 -- Reel 2. v. 7-12.
    United States History Civil War, 1861-1865-United States Politics and Government 1845-1861.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 14058
  • Confidential File of the Johnson White House, 1963-1969. In Research collections in American politics. Gould,Lewis L. editor. Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, 1997. 103 reels
    Reproduced from the Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, in the custody of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, National
    Archives and Records Administration.
    pt. 1. Confidential subject and name files (79 reels) -- pt. 2. Confidential reports file (24 reels).
    Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -Archives-United States--Politics and government-1963-1969 Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 16100
  • Life and Times of Andrew Johnson, Seventeenth President of the United States Written from a National Stand-Point. Rayner, Kenneth. xii, 363 , [1] leaf of plates. New York: D. Appleton, 1866. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1981. 4 microfiches.
    Presidential election campaign biographies ; PE 206.
    Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875-Presidents United States Biography-United States Politics and government 1865-1869.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 1402
  • [Press conferences, 1933-1945]. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Hyde Park, N.Y.: General Services Administration National Archives and Records Service, 1952. 12 reels.
    [microform].
    Microfilm of the 25 unbound vols. of original White House stenographic typescripts.
    Includes subject index at beginning of each reel.
    Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945-United States History 1933-1945 Sources-Presidents United States Press conferences.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 2050
  • Works of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, Theodore. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hagedom, Hermann, editor. La Crosse, Wis. : Microfilmed by Northern Micrographics for Brookhaven Press, 1989. 7 reels.
    Each volume has also special title page.
    "Original material in State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library."
    v.1. Hunting trips of a ranchman. Game shooting in the West. Good hunting. v.2. The wilderness hunter. v.3. Outdoor pastimes of an American hunter. v.4. A book-lover's holidays in the open. Ranch life and the hunting trail. v.5. African game trails -- v.6. Through the Brazilian wilderness, and, Papers on natural history. v.7. The naval war of 1918, the history of the United States Navy during the last war with Great Britain, to which is appended an account of the battle of New Orleans. v.8. Thomas Hart Benton. Gouverneur Morris. v.9. Hero tales from American history, by Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt. New York, by Theodore Roosevelt -- v.10-11. The winning of the West. v.12. The winning of the West. Men of action. v.13. The Rough Riders. The Fifth Corps at Santiago. Oliver Cromwell --
    v.14. Literary essays. v.15. Citizenship, politics and the elemental virtues. v. 16. Campaigns and controversies -- v. 17. State papers as governor and president, 1890-1909. v.18. American problems. v.19. Social justice and popular rule -- v. 20. America and the world war. Fear God and take your own part. v.21. The foes of our own household. The great adventure. Letters to his chidren. v.22. Theodore Roosevelt, an autobiography -- [v.23-24] Theodore Roosevelt and his time shown in his own letters, by Joseph Bucklin Bishop.
    Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919-United States History-Hunting.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 13851.

Slavery

Readers are also advised to consult online resource: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000.

  • Freedom's Journal. New York. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971. 2 reels.
    No more published.
    Afro-Americans Periodicals-Slavery United States History Sources.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 4777
  • "Infidelity" of Abolitionism. In Anti-slavery Tracts. Garrison, William Lloyd. New series, no. 10. American Slavery Pamphlets. New York,: American Anti-slavery Society, 1860.
    Anti-slavery tracts. New series, no. 10.
    American slavery pamphlets.
    Slavery United States Controversial literature.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Microcard.
  • Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Microform Supplement. Garrison, William Lloyd. 35 microfiches total. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1979.
    Walter M. Merrill, ed.
    Supplement to vols. 5 and 6 of: Garrison, W.L. The letters of William Lloyd Garrison. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971-1981.
    v. 5. Let the oppressed go free, 1861-1867 : microform supplement. [315 letters] 12 microfiches -- v. 6. To rouse the slumbering land, 1868-1879 : microform supplement. [918 letters] 23 microfiches.
    Includes indexes.
    Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879-Abolitionists United States Correspondence-Antislavery movements United States Sources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 506
  • Microfilm edition of slavery & antislavery pamphlets from the libraries of Salmon P. Chase & John P. Hale. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Xerox University Microfilms in collaboration with Dartmouth College Library Hanover N.H., 1974. 5 reels.
    For bibliographic and reel access, see: L015.30636;H438s (in Microtext)
    Contents: reel 1. Chase pamphlets: alphabetical listing of contents, v. 1-2.--reel 2. v. 3-4.--reel 3. v. 5.--reel 4. Hale pamphlets : alphabetical listing of contents, v. 1-2.--reel 5. v. 3-4.
    Slavery and anti-slavery pamphlets.
    Slavery United States History-Slaves Emancipation History.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film 9930
  • Plantation life in the Caribbean. Pt. 1, Jamaica, c. 1765-1848 : the Taylor and Vanneck-Arcedeckne papers from Cambridge University Library and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London [microform]. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England : Adam Matthew, 2005- Microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
    Library of Congress subject headings:
    Taylor, Simon, Esq.--Correspondence.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--18th century--Sources.
    Plantation life--Jamaica--History--19th century--Sources.
    Slavery--Jamaica--Sources.
    Plantation owners--Jamaica--Sources.
    Slaveholders--Jamaica--Sources.
    Other authors, titles, etc.: Taylor, Simon, Esq.
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Film A2907
    Library has: Pt. 1, reels 1-17
    For an online guide to this collection, see Adam Matthew Publications, Digital Guides to Microform Collections.
  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century).
  • Richards, David E. Servant and Slave Records of St. Clair County and Colonial French Illinois, 1720-1863 an index and quantitative study. Richards, David E., editor. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Archives, 1991.
    Printed guide at MAIN Government Pub. (Microtext) 305.56709 R5145s.
    "A finding aid and an index to the records in the Illinois State Archives regarding African-American, Indian, and Mulatto servants and slaves in the early French and British Colonial Period (1720-1790) and from the founding of St. Clair County up to 1869"--P. 1 (1st group).
    "April 1991."
    Includes bibliographical references.
    [Springfield, Ill. : Secretary of State, Micrographics Division, 1991]. 5 microfiches.
    Title on microfiche header: Servants & slave records of St. Clair County, 1720-1863.
    Servants & slave records of St. Clair County, 1720-1863.
    Servants and slave records of St. Clair County, 1720-1863.
    Slaves Illinois-Indentured servants Illinois-Slaves Illinois Archival resources-Indentured servants Illinois Archival resources-Saint Clair County (Ill.) Archival resources.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 729
  • Slave narratives a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves : type-written records. 17 v. in 33. Washington [D.C.: s.n.], 1941.
    prepared by the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 ; assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration, for the District of Columbia ; sponsored by the Library of Congress.
    Microfiche. New York : Andronicus Pub. Co., [1969] 168 fiches ; 11 x 15 cm.
    Also available on 11 reels of microfilm (Film 35).
    Slaves United States Biography-Afro-Americans Biography-Slaves United States Social conditionsAfro-Americans History Sources-Slavery United States.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 32
  • Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries [microform]. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, c1991 - c1996. Dew, Charles B. editor. Microfilm. 134 Reels accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Martin Schipper titled A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries.
    Ser. A. Selections from the Duke University Library
    Ser. B. Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Chapel hill
    Ser. C. Selection from the Virginia Historical Society (2 pts.)
    Ser. D. Selections from the University of Virginia Library
    Ser. E. Selections for the McCormick-International Harvester Collection, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Series E is on order.)
    MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): Call number: Film 17293
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.
  • Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. (See complete record under UNITED STATES HISTORY: Revolutionary Period Through Nineteenth-Century)
    For an online guide to this collection, see LexisNexis Online Microfilm Guides.
  • State Slavery Statutes. [354] microfiches +. [Frederick, Md.]: UPA Academic Editions, 1989.
    Printed guide at MAIN Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (paged collection): 016.34273 S7974.
    Guide includes introductory essay by Paul Finkelman.
    Includes index (in guide).
    Alabama (22 fiches) -- Arkansas (8 fiches) -- Delaware (13 fiches) -- Florida (16 fiches) -- Georgia (31 fiches) -- Kentucky (38 fiches) -- Louisiana (34 fiches) -- Maryland (35 fiches) -- Mississippi (31 fiches) -- Missouri (17 fiches) -- North Carolina (19 fiches) -- South Carolina (31 fiches) -- Tennessee (16 fiches) -- Texas (10 fiches) -- Virginia (33 fiches).
    Slavery Law and legislation United States States-Afro-Americans Legal status, laws, etc. History Sources-Slavery Law and legislation United States States Bibliography Catalogs-
    Afro-Americans Legal status, laws, etc. History Sources Bibliography Catalogs.
    Main Periodical/Newspaper Reading Room (fiche cabinets): Microfiche 693

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