HIST 436: War, Gender, Business, and Technological Revolution

Primary Sources:

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Searching in Library Catalogs

Look for the inventor or historical figure as the author in Library Catalogs.

Keywords to use:

§         Sources, letters, personal narratives, diaries, speeches

§         Military history and s:sources  -- s: limits the term sources to the subject field in the Library Catalog.

Microform Collections

Check the lists of the library’s Microform Collections for primary source material

Follow the links: Library home page® FIND IT list® Microforms

            The list can be viewed alphabetically, by subject and by time period.

            Declassified Documents. (Microfiche Cabinet 5, Drawer 5-6)

From U.S. government sources such as the Central Intelligence Agency, the White House, Justice Department, Department of Defense, National Security Council, etc.

            Origins of the Cold War. (Microfiche Cabinet 5, Drawer 1)

Archival holdings of a half-century of Russian-American relations. These documents contain correspondence and accounts that reveal the persistence of anti-ethical perspectives in Moscow and Washington. There are nearly 1500 documents in this collection.  They range in date from 1893-1949.

Periodical/Newspaper Indexes: Popular Press

• America's Historical Newspapers.  Full-text collection of over 1000 U.S. historical newspapers.  Divided into three collections: Series I (1690-1876), Series II (1758-1900), Series III (1829-1922).  Part of the Readex Archive of Americana database.

• Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 and Reader's Guide Abstracts 1982+

• New York Times Index 1851+.    Indexing for these years available at New York Times Article Archives 1851-Present.
   

U.S. Government Publications

Congressional hearings, reports, prints

    Use the CIS Index (Congressional Information Service)

1789-1969 available using the Congressional Masterfile CD

            1970+ available using LexisNexis Congressional

                Print:  CIS Annual Ref KF 49  C62

The early hearings and reports are on microfiche.  Check the online microform guide: CIS and other Congressional Publications  for information on locating the microfiche.

Congressional Record

    1873-1990 on microfilm.

    1985+ on LexisNexis Congressional

United States Monthly Catalog of Government Publications 1975+

    Print 1895-1998.  Ref Z 1223 A18

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

                1965+    Periodicals J 80 A284

                1995+    Available on the web through GPO Access.

Helpful guides for locating Government Resources:

Follow the links: Library home page® Research Guides 

• Historical Research Resources---Government Information Sources

• Legal Resources Guide

• Public Policy Making Resources

Follow the links: Library home page ®FIND IT List®Microforms

• CIS and other Congressional Publications

• Congressional Record

Web Sites for Primary Sources

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

Avalon project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy

Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) --includes thousands of digitized documents from many nations relating to the Cold War

EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe

History and Heritage of Civil Engineering -- view the resources link

Making of America: A digital library of primary sources in US social history (1850-77)