Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCE
DOCUMENTS AND GUIDES ON THE WEB
Compiled by David Lincove, History, Political
Science & Philosophy Librarian, Ohio State University Libraries,
Columbus
Definition/Using Library Catalog
Ohio --
International --
United States --
Canada --
Europe --
Medieval --
Middle East --Treaties
--
Historical Maps --
Historical Value of Money
Definition/Using Library Catalog
What is a primary source?
Primary sources may be letters, manuscripts, newspapers, clothing, pottery,
recorded sound or other items that offer original evidence of a
civilization, a person, an event or a place. Since a single primary
source reflects one point of view, consulting various sources is necessary
in an attempt to understand different perspectives and distinguish between
historical fact and fiction.
Using Primary Sources on the Web
a guide for use and evaluation of sites
Finding primary sources or collections in various formats at OSU Libraries:
Check OSU
library catalog for primary sources owned by the Libraries on
specific subjects:
Sample subject headings:
United States – Foreign Relations – Germany – Sources
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History – Sources
Slavery -- United States -- Personal Narratives
Keyword search: Napoleon* and revolution and personal narratives
Slavery and s:South Carolina and sources
Using s: before a keyword to limit a word or phrase to a subject heading
Using an * finds Napoleon or Napoleonic etc.
Also, you may limit a subject or perform a word search with the following words in the subject headings: sources, archives, correspondence, diaries, personal narratives, interviews, church records and registers, early works to 1800, wills, probate records, sermons
Digital Media Center (Ohiolink)
Collections of
digital pictures, archives, and oral histories from Ohio history.
Includes Kent State Shootings Oral Histories,
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
documents, and Wright Brothers photos documenting the invention of the airplane, and more.
Greater Cincinnati Memory Project
Keyword searchable
database of historical images
Ohio Historical Society
Search the OHS
catalog for their primary source collections
Ohio Memory: An Online Scrapbook of Ohio History
Primary sources contributed by Ohio institutions
Ohio State University Archives
Manuscripts & photos
on the history of OSU; Byrd Polar Research Archive; John Glenn Archive
Ohio State University Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts
Among the collections are editions of Don Quixote through the ages in various languages, seventeenth-century drama collection; a rich, historical collection of multiple copies of different editions of John Foxe's Book of Martyrs; Anglican, Puritan and Catholic religious books, and important writings of early Protestant reformers.
OhioPix
Selected photographs from the Ohio Historical Society
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International
Archive and Manuscript Collections--Legal Documents--Electronic Books--Diplomacy--Religion--Wars--Image Collections
Archive and Manuscript Collections
Archive Finder (formerly ArchivesUSA)
Guide to primary source collections from thousands of
repositories in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. Includes the
National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections
(Library of Congress, 1951-1993) Z6620U5N3 in ISD; Also includes
the National Inventory of Documentary Sources - United States
that provides the text of finding aids to collections.
Use fiche number and find at CD3065N38 in MIC.
Also includes National Inventory of Documentary Sources in
the United Kingdom and Ireland. Use the fiche number and find at
CD1042 .N37 Microfiche in
MIC.
Visual Resource Library (OSU Dept. of History of Art)
Includes digital photographs of historical
sites
Digital Library (OSU School of Architecture)
Includes digital photographs of historical
sites
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Includes collections held at repositories in the US and its territories.
***At web page select "Searching the NUCMC RLGcatalog" in the middle
column.
Repositories of Primary Sources
Web sites for
manuscript repositories and archives worldwide
Constitutions of the World (in English);
Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy [18th-20th cent.]
Avalon Project at Yale
Legal Documents From Countries of the World
Provided at Library of Congress website
Making of
Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
Includes 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Basic historical texts
Organization of American States
OAS documents and reports
Parliaments of the World
(from Weidenbaum Center at Washington U)
Includes national parliament and international parliament web links.
Peace Agreements
Signed since 1989 for the US Institute for Peace
United Nations Documentation Centre
General Assembly, Security Council, Intern. Court of Justice, etc.
United Nations Treaty Collection
AccessUN (1966-2005)
index to United Nations
documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions,
meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations.
Also included is
the full-text of several thousand UN documents
Early American Imprints, 1639-1800
[Evans Digital Edition]
Based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography], it includes the full
text of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published before 1800.
See also microprint edition, Early American Imprints, 1639-1800,
Evans Numbers 1-49197, filed by Evans Bibliography (EB) numbers as indicated
in OSCAR and OhioLink: AC1 .E2 Microprint in Microforms Rm. The
microprint and electronic editions do not include newspapers.
Early American Imprints, 1801-1819
[Shaw Shoemaker]
Keyword access to the full
text and facsimile images of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published in
American 1801-1819. Publications based on American Bibliography, a
Preliminary Checklist for 1801-1819, comp. by RR Shaw and RH
Shoemaker. Z1215 .S4 in REF. Also available on microprint: AC1 .E22
Microprint in MIC.
Early English Books Online 1475-1700
Full text images of selected books from the
English Short Title Catalog (catalog
of books published in English & in Brit. possessions, 1475-1700
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
1701-1800
Searchable, full text images of books from the 18th century
ELIOHS
Full text of classical works in historiography,
16th-20th centuries
Encylcopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert Collaborative Translation
In progress, sponsored by Humanities Text Initiative, U of Michigan;
Searchable translation of the 32 volume work published during 1751-1777.
Marxist Internet Archive
Includes electronic Encyclopedia of Marxism and other resources
Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries - Western Europe, US, and Canada
ATLA Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative
Phase One of the
Initiative includes visual materials - digital images of woodcuts,
photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, and manuscripts.
Major Wars in the 20th Century
Cold War International History Project
Documents related to The Korean War, The 1956 Polish and Hungarian Crises,
The Soviet Invasion in Afghanistan, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The 1980-81
Polish Crisis, The End of the Cold War
World War I Document Archive Links to sites, documents, images
First World War.Com
Documents, diaries and memoirs, biographies, brief articles, graphics, audio
Korean War Links to selected documents.
Vietnam War Links to selected documents.
Virtual Vietnam Archive Includes thousands of documents at Texas Tech. Univ.
World War II Links to sites, documents, images
NYPL Digital Gallery
Drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps,
photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books
from the New York Public Library
ARTstor
A
digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art,
architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
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United States
History
Archives—General
Documents—Early
America—Census—Civil
War & Reconstruction—Congressional
Documents—
Foreign Affairs—National
Security Documents—Presidential
Documents and Personal Manuscripts—Slavery—
Speeches—Supreme
Court/Federal Courts—Women
Archive Finder (formerly ArchivesUSA)
Guide to primary source collections from thousands of
repositories in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. Includes the
National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections
(Library of Congress, 1951-1993) Z6620U5N3 in ISD; Also includes
the National Inventory of Documentary Sources - United States
that provides the text of finding aids to collections.
Use fiche number and find at CD3065N38 in MIC.
Also includes National Inventory of Documentary Sources in
the United Kingdom and Ireland. Use the fiche number and find
at
CD1042 .N37
Microfiche in MIC.National Archives (U.S.)
(homepage)
Archival Research Catalog (keyword search) online catalog of National Archives' nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries.
Access to Archival Databases
(Identify holdings of electronic records at the National Archives)
See also Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the
United States, 3 Vols.: CD3026 1995 .U54 1995 in Library
Depository
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Search NUCMC-RLG database, OCLC Manuscripts. Includes collections held
at repositories in the US and its territories. ***At web page select "Searching
the NUCMC RLG catalog" in the middle column.
General Document
Collections
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
American Political Development
(Miller Center for Public Affairs, U of
Virginia)
Includes oral history and recordings from selected presidents in the 20th century
American Memory from the Library of Congress Home Page
Documents, photos, sound on wide range of subject in American history
Civil Rights Digital Library from the Digital Library of Georgia
Documents, photos, audio, video, and articles about events, people, places
and topics
Core Documents in U.S. History (sponsored by US Government Printing Office)
An American TIme Capsule: Three Centuries of
Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
the
collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth
century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American
history
Declassified Documents Reference System
Search the full text of a large selection of U.S. government documents
obtained from presidential libraries. These libraries receive declassified
documents from various government agencies, including the White House, the
CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and others. As researchers visit these
presidential libraries and request documents, the libraries...[provide the
documents for DDRS]. The result is a collection of more than 75,000
documents, consisting of more than 465,000 pages, that has literally been
built by researchers themselves for nearly two decades.
Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries
Western Europe, US,
and Canada
Documents at National Archives web site
From Revolution to Reconstruction
Selected documents in American history 15th century –
Images of the American West and Civil War
Making of America (See also next collection)
Full text/search of 19th century books and journals in American
history
Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals
(see also previous collection)
This
collection comprises books and periodicals published in the United States
during the nineteenth century, primarily during the second half of the
century. Most of the materials were digitized through the
Making of
America
project.
19th Century United States Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies Online
Links to web sites and
texts
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (colonial times to 1950)
Primary Sources in US History,
Guides to some primary source collections and text of selected primary
sources in African-American studies and other topics)
Railroads and the Making of
Modern America
"Explores
the dynamic social change that came between 1850 and 1900 with the growth of
railroads, telegraphs, steam ships and other technologies..."
Spain, the United States, & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
Maps, rare books, manuscripts, prints and photographs, and motion pictures
from the Library of Congress illustrating the influence of Spain on North
America, the Caribbean, and present-day Mexico between 1492-1898.
The Territorial
Papers of the United States.
24 Vols.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1934-.
E173 .U582 at ACK
Official records of the American
territories prior to statehood. For print volume details see
http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b3405011
U.S.
Military Academy, West Point. Center for Oral History.
Site under development. Officially opens in early 2009. Will
include contemporary oral histories from U.S. soldiers.
Early America: Books, Newspapers, and Documents
American Periodical Series (1740-1900)
Full text search and display of periodical articles.
America's
Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
Search & read
facsimile text of a growing database of newspapers. Database continues to add titles. Additional early
American newspapers in Microforms Rm. in Thompson Library.
American Colonist’s Library
“Literature and documents … most relevant to the
colonists' lives in America”
American archives: consisting of a collection of authentick records, state papers, debates, and letters… By Peter Force [Washington, 1837-53]. Collection of documents of the American Revolution from 1774-1776, digitized and searchable. Sponsored by North Illinois University Libraries. Original print copy available at Rare Books Rm., call # E203 .A5
Archives of Maryland Online (17th century-present)
Provides "access to over 471,000
historical documents that form the constitutional, legal, legislative,
judicial, and administrative basis of Maryland's government." Includes
facsimile views.
Early American Newspapers Digital
(1690-1875)
See under
America's Historical Newspapers
above
Early American Imprints, 1639-1800
[Evans Digital Edition]
Based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography], it includes the full
text of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published before 1800. See
also microprint edition, Early American Imprints, 1639-1800, Evans
Numbers 1-49197, filed by Evans Bibliography (EB) numbers as indicated in
OSCAR and OhioLink: AC1 .E2 Microprint in Microforms Rm. The
microprint and electronic editions do not include newspapers.
Early American Imprints, 1801-1819
[Shaw Shoemaker]
Keyword access to the full
text and facsimile images of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published in
American 1801-1819. Publications based on American Bibliography, a
Preliminary Checklist for 1801-1819, comp. by RR Shaw and RH
Shoemaker.
Z1215 .S4 in REF. Also available on microprint: AC1 .E22
Microprint in MIC.
Making of
Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
Includes 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law
Papers of Benjamin Franklin Sponsored by The American Philosophical Society and Yale University. Digital edition, search and display Franklin's writings and correspondence. See also the published papers in the library at http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b1133684
Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-state Research Guide, including New York City and the District of Columbia. M. Chiorazzi, M. Most, editors. New York: Haworth Information Press, c2005. 2 v. KF240 .P688 2005 at Law
The Territorial
Papers of the United States.
24 Vols.
Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1934-.
E173 .U582 at ACK
Official records of the American
territories prior to statehood. For print volume details see
http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b3405011
Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. By Peter Force. (Washington: Printed by P. Force, 1836-46). Part of American Memory at the Library of Congress. Original print copy available at Rare Books Rm., call # E187.F69 or in reprint in Depository.
Census Data (US), 1790-1970
See also
American Factfinder (US Census Bureau) decennial census in print: HA201 [year] C45 in
Thompson Library
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies
Facsimile; keyword search, browse) See also paper copy, E591 .U6
in Library Depository
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Facsimile; keyword search and browse) See also paper copy, E464
.U6 1985 in Thompson Library
American Civil War Collections at the [U of Virginia] Electronic Text Center
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Information extracted from sources about individuals, African-Americans in
the war, military units, battles, parks, cemeteries. Sponsored by the
National Park Service)
Civil War Diaries (Western
Michigan University)
Includes 8 searchable diaries with facsimile images of originals and
transcriptions of all text.
Crisis of the Union: An Electronic Archive of Documents About the Causes
Conduct and Consequences of the US Civil War
Includes documents from the 1850s – 1870s on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Produced by the Dept. of History, University of
Pennsylvania
Documenting the American South
Includes “texts, images, and audio files related
to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period
through the first decades of the 20th century. Currently DocSouth includes
seven thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters,
oral history interviews, and songs.”
Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational and Industrial: 1865 to the present time. Cleveland, Ohio, 1906-1907. 2 vols. By Walter L. Fleming. See also paper: E668 .F58 at Depository. Additional collections of documents on Reconstruction
First
Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
Includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and
ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of
relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men,
laborers, and Native Americans
First Person Narratives of the American South from American Memory at the Library of Congress
Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
selected documents
Complete publication in print at
OSU Libraries
Making of
Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
Includes 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law
Southern Home Front, 1861-1865 from Documenting the American South at the U of North Carolina
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
Includes letters, diaries, newspapers, records from churches, courts and
taxes from two communities in Virginia and Pennsylvania during the war and
Reconstruction.
Guides and Indexes
Guide to Historical Session Dates of Congress
Guide to Previous Congressional Leadership & Officers
Congressional
Directory, 104th Congress (1995-96) -present
Complete guide to committees, district maps, elected officials,
executive branch contacts
Quick Guide to US Congressional Documents and Administrative Regulations at OSU Libraries
Lexis/Nexis Congressional
(1789-present)
Find the full text of Congressional reports and documents (1789-1969)
and full text for
many documents, bills, public laws and hearing testimony from the 1990's to
the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints,
House and Senate documents and reports;
info on members of Congress; federal regulations)
1774-1789: Continental Congress & Period of Articles of Confederation
Documents from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention,
1774-1789
The "Broadside Collection (253 titles) and the Constitutional Convention
Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 274 documents relating to the work
of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items
include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations,
committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most Broadsides are one
page in length, others range from 1 to 28 pages. See also Papers
of the Continental Congress, 204 reels, E303.U5 Microfilm in MIC and its
Index in 5 vols. at Z1238B87 in MIC Reference.
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
"…records of the daily proceedings of the first and second continental
congresses. Paper copy in Law Stacks, J10 .A5 1904.
Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. 1787-1789 “The best source for materials about the national government's transitional period between the closing of the Constitutional Convention in September 1787 and the opening of the First Federal Congress in March 1789.”
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Compiled by Max Farrand in 1911.
Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789
"Written by delegates that bear directly upon their work during their years
of actual service in the First and Second Continental Congresses." Paper
edition in Thompson Library
1789-present
American State Papers, 1789-1838
See Lexis Nexis Congressional
or
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
"Contain[s] the
legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to
1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical
gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in
1817." Paper copy in
Thompson Library
U.S. Serial Set
See Lexis Nexis Congressional;
also see
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/index.html
(1995-present)
"Contains the House
and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. The reports are
usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and
issues under investigation. Congressional documents are a rich source of
information in foreign affairs, politics, finance, business, economics,
appointments, environment, safety,
transportation as well as social and cultural affairs of the nation. This
set includes the maps and illustrations that appeared with the original
documents. Documents and reports also in
CIS
microfiche
set (J74C55 in MIC).
Committee Prints.
See
Quick Guide to US Congressional Documents and Administrative Regulations at
OSU Libraries
Bills and Resolutions, 1799-1873 [not all years included]
"Bills and Resolutions are available for selected sessions of Congress,
beginning with the 6th Congress in the House of Representatives, the 16th
Congress in the Senate, and the 18th Congress for Senate Joint Resolutions."
House Journal 1789-1875.
Also see Lexis/Nexis Congressional’s “Historical
Indexes” section for index to 1817-1952 with CIS reference number to
microfiche set in Microfilms Rm. Search by title for “house journal.”
Print volumes for 1966-1983 available in Documents in Thompson Library Reference
Dept. HJs from 1982-present on microfiche in MIC (KF45 .A22
Microfiche). HJs for 1953-1965 are not owned.
Senate Journal 1789-1875.
See also
McClay’s Journal of the Senate for 1789-1791. Also see Lexis/Nexis
Congressional’s “Historical
Indexes” section for index to 1817-1952 with CIS reference number to
microfiche set in Microfilms Rm. Search by title for “senate journal.”
Print volumes for 1954, 1970-1982 available in Documents in Thompson Library
Senate Executive Journals
Online volumes cover 1789-1875. For all years from 1789-2001 in
print see JK1251 .A3 in Thompson Library
Debates. See Quick Guide to US Congressional Documents and Administrative Regulations at OSU Libraries
Hearings. See Quick Guide to US Congressional Documents and Administrative Regulations at OSU Libraries
US Statutes at Large,
1789-2005
"Every law, public and private, ever enacted by the Congress is published in
the Statutes at Large in order of the date of its passage." Entire set of
statutes in Thompson Library
Lexis Nexis Congressional
(1789-present)
Find the full text of Congressional reports and documents (1789-1969)
and full text for
many documents, bills, public laws and hearing testimony from the 1990's to
the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints,
House and Senate documents and reports;
info on members of Congress; federal regulations)
GPO
Access 1995-
Contemporary executive, congressional, judicial & regulatory
documents
Thomas
Contemporary
legislative information from the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate Legislative Information Contemporary legislative information
Foreign Affairs (See also Treaties below)
Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries - Western Europe, US, and Canada
Foreign Relations of the United
States (FRUS)
(FULL TEXT)
For paper ed. 1861- [title varies]: JX233 .A3 in Thompson Library
1861-1960 [Wisconsin FRUS project]
1945-1976 incomplete [Dept. of State web site]
1861-1976 [Heinonline service]
American Foreign Policy Current Documents. 1956-1967 (JX1417 .A33 at Law; Depository); 1981-1990 JX1417A33 in Depository
US State Department Bulletin, 1939-1989. Includes the complete test of each issue. Collects public documents produced by the Dept. of State such as press releases, speeches, and articles. Print copy in the Depository JX232 .A26
US State Department Dispatch. 1990-1999. A similar publication to the bulletin but contains less content. Print copy in the Depository JX232 .A262.
The
Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic
Studies and Training
Includes transcripts of interviews at the Library of Congress. The
interviews... are mostly with Foreign Service Officers but there also are
some with political appointees and other officials. While some 1920s-,
1930s-, and World-War-II-era diplomacy is covered, most of the interviews
involve post-World-War-II diplomacy, from the late 1940s to the 1990s.
Search by keyword or browse by author or subject.
-
Declassified Documents Reference System early 20th century-present
Search the full text of selected U.S. government documents obtained from presidential libraries. These libraries receive declassified documents from various government agencies, including the White House, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and others. As researchers visit these presidential libraries and request documents, the libraries...[provide the documents for DDRS]. The result is a collection of more than 75,000 documents, consisting of more than 465,000 pages, that has literally been built by researchers themselves for nearly two decades. -
Digital National Security Archive
"The most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945." Additional, related documents are available at the National Security Archive at George Washington Univ. -
Homeland Security Digital Library
Homeland security strategy, policy and research documents published by governments and private institutions
Presidential Documents and Personal Manuscripts
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
John Adams documents from the Massachusetts Historical Society (see right sidebar)
Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
Jefferson Digital Archive at the Univ. of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society
James Madison Papers at the Library of Congress
John Quincy Adams diaries 1779-1848 at the Massachusetts Historical Society
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (Ed. by Roy Basler, 1953)
Lincoln Virtual Library at the Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln/Net: Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches. Also has video, audio and images.
Presidential Library Collections sponsored by the National Archives.
Sites listed below include selected online documents. All sites
include guides to their collections.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library describes holdings and gives links to Lincoln related web sites.
Franklin D. Roosevelt documents from the FDR Presidential Library and Museum
Harry Truman documents from the Truman Museum and Library
Dwight Eisenhower documents from the Eisenhower Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy speeches and press conferences from the JFK Library
Lyndon B. Johnson documents from the LBJ Library and Museum
Richard Nixon documents from the Nixon Library
Gerald Ford documents from the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
Jimmy Carter documents from the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Ronald Reagan speeches from Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
George H.W. Bush documents from the George Bush Presidential Library
Compilation of Messages and Papers of the Presidents (New Series) 22
Vols.
Keyword searchable database of selected papers from George Washington
through Herbert Hoover. Print copy of v1-20 in Library Depository J81.B96C.
Public Papers of the Presidents (keyword searchable)
Print edition for 1945-present available in Thompson Reference J80 .A28 .
Search for other presidential papers in the Library Catalog by president’s name as author.
Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933 (Print edition in
Thompson Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 (Print edition in
Thompson
Library
Harry Truman, 1945-1953 through George W. Bush, 2001-
George H.W. Bush,1992 -- (Includes GHW Bush, Bill Clinton, and GW Bush)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993--
)
Print edition for 1965-2001 available in the Reference
Dept. in Thompson Library
American Presidency
Project
Searchable site that contains over 61,00 public presidential documents,
such as executive orders, radio addresses, and speeches. Also included
are the texts of presidential debates since 1960, national party platforms
since 1840, state of the union addresses since 1793, and historical
statistical data on the presidency and presidential elections.
Presidential Speeches in Audio and/or Text (Washington to Clinton)
Audio is in mps3 and requires downloading to a hard drive first before
playback.
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004
Video and audio of television commercials during the campaigns
Narratives
American Slavery [Narratives]: A Composite Autobiography (Greenwood Press)
First
Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920
Includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and
ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of
relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men,
laborers, and Native Americans
North
American Slave Narratives from Documenting the American South by
the U of North Carolina
Includes narratives drawn from books and articles
Slave Narratives from the Library of Congress
Voices from the Days of Slavery (Audio)
Book, Pamphlet and Manuscript Collections
Anti-slavery books and pamphlets from Cornell University Libraries
"Numbering over
10,000 titles, [the collection includes searchable full text]...pamphlets
and leaflets document[ing] the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional,
and national levels."
The Atlantic Slave
Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
"Approximately 1,200 images in this collection have been selected from a
wide range of sources"
Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 presents 396 pamphlets... published from 1822 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials range from personal accounts and public orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches.
Race and Slavery
Petition Project (1770s-1860s) a the History Dept., University of
North Carolina, Greensboro
"Designed to locate, collect, organize, and publish virtually all
surviving legislative petitions, and a large selected group of county court
petitions concerning slavery in the South."
Slavery,
Abolition, and Social Justice 1490-2007
A "portal for
slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections
covering an extensive time period 1490-2007, from libraries and archives
across the Atlantic world. Close attention is being given to the varieties
of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective and the
continued existence of slavery today."
Slavery and the Courts, 1740-1860
Search and view facsimile or html of pamphlets and documents
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture
Multimedia: texts, moving pictures, audio
History and Politics Out Loud
Hear parts of speeches
Presidential Speeches in Audio and/or Text (Washington to Clinton)
Audio is in mps3 and requires downloading to a hard drive first before
playback.
CQ Supreme Court
Collection
1789-present
Search for history and analysis about cases and background on
justices. Search by keywords, select cases by popular
subject headings, and analyze opinions and bloc voting.
For the full text of opinions, CQ links to the text in Findlaw
and also provides links to related cases.
Hein Online 1754-present
Includes volume number arrangement and search capability, and includes some
colonial courts.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Includes the text of the case decisions and materials for teachers and
students
Lexis Nexis Academic1790-present
Search by keyword and read decisions; Includes access to other
federal court decisions.
Making of
Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926
Includes 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law
U.S.
Supreme Court Records and Briefs 1832-1978
The records and briefs are documents submitted
to the court before a decision is handed down. Cases submitted to the
court but not heard are also included.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (colonial times to
1950)
Experiences of some 200 women, as revealed in more than 28,000 pages of
diaries and letters.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000
Documents, images, and links to websites
Women Working, 1870 - 1930 provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum
Canadian History,
Politics, and Statistics
Canadian Parliamentary and Political Documents
Canadian
Parliament Website:
-Bills (House & Senate): 35th Parliament (1994)--present
-Debates (House): 35th Parliament (1994)--present
Keyword
search (2006-present)
(printed debates 1875-present at OSU Library- See library catalog records- House
-Debates (Senate): 35th Parliament (1994)--present
(printed debates 1869-2006 (not all
years) at OSU Library- See library catalog records-
Senate
-Research and Commentary
Canadian Parliamentary Publications: A Research Guide from the University of Toronto Libraries
Canadian Federal Legislation (Contemporary) [from Lexis Nexis
Academic]
Combines the Consolidated Statutes of
Canada and the Consolidated Regulations of Canada
Canadian Statutes and Regulations (Contemporary)
[from Lexis Nexis Academic]
Includes
Consolidated Statutes of Canada, Alberta
Statutes & Regulations, Consolidated Statutes of Alberta, British Columbia
Statutes & Regulations, Consolidated Statutes of British Columbia, Ontario
Statutes & Regulations, Consolidated Statutes of Ontario.
Elections Canada On-Line
Access to election statistics and information)
Statistics Canada
Find a wide variety of statistical data
compiled by the government of Canada.
Canadian History Sites
Canada in the Making
Documents on the history of Canada extracted from previous site
Canada's Digital Collections
(history, politics, culture, women, labor, Native
Americans etc.
Canadian Confederation
(documents, images, bibliography)
Canadian Constitutional Documents
Canadian Imprints, 1754-1840
Bibliographic records of all known books,
pamphlets, and single sheets, government documents, and serials printed in
the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, and Ontario. Newspapers are not included.
Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries - Western Europe, US, and Canada
Documents on Canadian External Relations
Digitized documents from volumes 15-25 (1946, 1948-1959). See also print volumes 1-3,8-22: JX1515 .A43 1909 in Library Depository
Early Canadiana Online
Subscription required for many docs. Books and pamphlets up to late
19th c.
Great Unsolved
Mysteries in Canadian History
"Provides engaging, high-quality...[primary and secondary]... materials for
the teaching of historical methods and Canadian History." This is done
through the examination of unsolved mysteries in Canadian history by using
original documents, maps, and other sources produced by historians.
“Access to the thousands of images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions…Find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that make up our collective heritage.”
Canadian Archives
Links to Provincial Archives in Canada
National Archives of Canada
Search the holdings and read abstracts of archival collections
National Archives of Quebec
Search the holdings of archival collections
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European Studies (See also Medieval below)
General--France--Germany--Great Britain--Italy--Netherlands--Scandinavia--Spain/Portugal--Switzerland
Classics Studies (From West European Studies Section of Asso. of College and Research Libraries)
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
US
govt. hearings and reports, CSCE digest
Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries
Western Europe, US,
and Canada
Early English Books Online 1475-1700
Full text images of selected books from the
English Short Title Catalog (catalog
of books published in English & in Brit. possessions, 1475-1700
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
1701-1800
Searchable, full text images of books from the 18th century
Eighteenth Century
Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1685-1815
Brings together rare British materials illuminating all aspects of
eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.
Eurodocs
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
The European
Library
"A portal which offers access to the combined resources (books,
magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 45
national libraries of Europe."
Europeana
Primary source materials on European history and culture.
European Union Documents
Keyword search and full text of EU law, treaties, Bulletin, and documents
related to the EU parliament and council
Gabriel: The Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
Includes links to a variety of historical databases)
Parliaments of the World
(from Weidenbaum Center at Washington U)
Includes national parliament and international parliament web links.
Post-war Europe : Refugees, Exile, and
Resettlement, 1945-1950
"This online archive delivers
essential primary sources for the study and understanding of the challenges
facing the European peoples in the aftermath of World War II."
Social Sciences and History (General European)
Testaments
to the Holocaust
"The collection offers fully searchable personal accounts of life in Nazi
Germany, along with photographs, propaganda materials such as school text
books, limited circulation publications and rare serials in a uniquely
flexible format, enabling detailed research into the domestic policies of
Nazi Germany, Jewish life in Germany from 1933 to after the war, propaganda,
life in the concentration camps, in hiding, emigration and refugee life."
French Studies (From West European Studies Section of Asso. of College and Research Libraries and Additions)
Also see:
French Revolution
Over 300 documents, 200 images, maps, music, timeline, glossary, essays)
France in America (from Gallica provided by
Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
“A bilingual digital library …[that] explores
the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades
of the 16th Century to the end of the 19th Century… [It illustrates] the
major role played by France in the exploration and settlement of the
continent and its participation in several events which indelibly marked the
history of the United States: the Seven Years War, the American Revolution,
and the cession of Louisiana. The site will be completed in fall 2006 with a
panorama of economic, scientific, literary and artistic exchanges between
the two nations in the course of the 19th Century.”
Gallica (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) Offers access to 70,000 digitalized books, 80,000 images, and to several dozens of hours of audio resources. The site is organized by themes including France in America (see above), Voyage en Afrique, Les Societes Savantes en l’Aquitaine et la Lorraine, and Voyage en France.
Selected General Diplomatic Document Collections
French Legislative and
Legal Documents
Le
Journal Officiel électronique authentifié.
June
2004-present
Official journal of the French parliamentary assembly, full text and
searchable. See also print copy of Journal Officiel de la Republique
Francaise J7F2 in Depository (OSU owns most issues from
1877-1972)
General Assembly
1997-present Search for documents, debates, reports and
statistics. See also
more
advanced search.
Senate of France
1978-present
Access to documents and debates from the French Senate. Search and retrieve
full text or citations.
Legifrance
Access to contemporary French legal codes and constitution, and also
European treaties and jurisprudence and EU Official Journal
Archives
Parlementaires
de
1787
à
1860: recueil
complet
des
débats
législatifs
et
politiques
des
chambres
françaises
(DC141
.A1
in Thompson Library)
Le Moniteur Universel. 1789-1868. (DC141.3 A1 in Rare Depository) Request at Rare Book Rm. at Library Depository; 292-3859) "In 1800 the M.U. began to publish officially the Acts du gouvernement... Except for a brief interim when these were printed separately in the Journal Officiel, the Moniteur continued as the official organ until 1868, when it was superseded by the Journal Officiel."
German Studies
Also see:
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Searchable; full text images from 55 of 56 vols.(for print see
CT1053 .A4 1967 in Depository)
Includes index to Neue Deutsche Biographie
(for print see DD85N4 in Library Depository)
Dokumente zur
Deutschlandpolitik. (published by West German
Bundesministerium fur
Gesamtdeutsche
Fragen)
Documents relating to West German politics, mainly since 1945 but some
documents, 1939-1945.
OSU Library owns many vols. in various
editions,
see at library catalog ; Also see
table of contents of volumes including special studies.
German History in Documents and Images (From the German Historical Institute)
Germany Under Reconstruction
"Provides a varied selection of [digitized and searchable] publications in
both English and German from the period immediately following World War II.
Many are publications of the U.S. occupying forces, including reports and
descriptions of efforts to introduce U.S.-style democracy to Germany."
Die
Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung.
(published by the Bundesarchiv)
1949-early 1960s
Search and read German cabinet
minutes and proceedings
Monumenta Germaniae Historica [Guide]
For text volumes of MGH search OSU Library catalog
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (digital edition )
Grosser Bilderatlas des WeltKrieges.
Illustrated atlas of the World War I; 3 Vols.
München: F. Bruckmann
(1915-1919).
Photograph
archives of the German Colonial Society
1920s-1936
[site in German; Click on
Recherche im Bildarchiv to begin a search.]
Selected General Diplomatic Document Collections
German Propaganda Archive at Calvin College. Noted for its translations of documents, including speeches, newspaper and periodical articles produced by Nazis and East German Marxists
German Parliamentary Debates/Proceedings
Bundestage
dabates and documents.
1976-present
Online search: Select "einfach"
for simple search.
Verhandlungen des Deutschen Bundestages. Stenographische Berichte 1949-present (J351K25 at Thompson Library) Library does not own years from 1967-1973. Debates and proceedings in the West German parliament. See also Appendix for 1949-1953: J351.K25 APPX at Thompson Library
Verhandlungen.
Stenographische Berichte
1868-1933
(J351 .A24 in depository).
Debates and proceedings in the German parliament
(Reichstag).
ONLINE full text search or browse by year for
1867-1895,
1919-1939
British Studies
(From West European
Studies Section of Asso. of College and Research Libraries)
Also see:
British History Online
Documents on parliament, local & London history, administration of govt.
British Parliamentary Documents At Ohio State University Libraries
Guide to print, online and microform editions.
British Official Publications online index
and abstracts. 1688 -1995
Search and browse for relevant documents over the period 1688 -1995 in a
Web-based bibliographic database. Gives references to print
publications, such as the Parliamentary Papers and Cabinet level
documents. (Use
British Parliamentary Documents At Ohio State University Libraries and
the OSU Library catalog to find documents.)
Calendar of State Papers - Search for selected full text volumes at Internet Archive
Hansards Debattes
1803-2005
Search and read the text of the proceedings of the British House of
Commons and House of Lords.
Medieval
& Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
Search and read a wide variety of British sources,
including the Calendar of State Papers. View a list of
sources in the database at
http://sources.tannerritchie.com/completelist.php .
Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History (1945-) Index to published literature
National Archive of United Kingdom
Formerly known as the Public Records Office. Search the catalog
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Selected, official documents since 1997
Selected General Diplomatic Document Collections
Sources of English Constitutional History: A Selection of Documents from A.D. 600-present (1937)
Manuscripts catalogs in British collections:
British Library Manuscripts Catalog
National Register of Archives
Searchable index to manuscript collections on Brit. history in British
repositories
A2A: Access to Archives
Multi-archive database search;
catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the
900s to the present day
Archives Hub
Access to 18,922
descriptions
of archives held in more than 90 UK
universities and colleges
Archive File (formerly ArchivesUSA)
Guide to primary source collections from thousands of
repositories in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. Includes
references to finding aids on microfiche from National Inventory of Documentary Sources in
the United Kingdom and Ireland. Use the NIDS-UK fiche number and find at
CD1042 .N37 Microfiche in
MIC.
Iberian Studies (Spain and Portugal) (From West European Studies Section of Asso. of College and Research Libraries)
Also
see:
Selected General Diplomatic Document Collections
Italian Studies (From West European
Studies Section of Asso. of College and Research Libraries)
Also
see:
Selected General Diplomatic Document Collections
Scandinavian Studies (From West European
Studies Section of Asso. of College and Research Libraries)
Comprehensive information on documents, personalities, organizations and
geographical designations; includes about 2,000 documents as well as
pictures. OSU holdings of some print volumes at JZ832D63 1985
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MEDIEVAL STUDIES
ARTstor
A
digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art,
architecture, the humanities, and social sciences. Includes thousands
of medieval manuscript and early book images.
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
"Designed to enable users to find fully digitized manuscripts currently
available on the web."
e-codices: Virtual
Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Contains manuscripts from
16
different libraries. The virtual library will be continuously updated and
extended.
Enluminures
Images from illuminated manuscripts; descriptive information included;
searchable)
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Selected sources for teaching; full text sources; hagiography
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Bibliographic database, Iter
Italicum, full text and search of Renaissance Quarterly, and
directories to scholars and organizations
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Gide to web sites
Medieval
& Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
Search and read a wide variety of British sources,
including the Calendar of State Papers. View a list of
sources in the database at
http://sources.tannerritchie.com/completelist.php .
Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
From Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum
Oxford University Manuscripts
Medieval Manuscripts at Oxford University
Over 1100 images of medieval (and a few later) manuscripts are offered for browsing, in date order
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
Over 80 early manuscripts now in institutions associated with the University of Oxford.
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Links to e-texts, scholarship, and reference information
Patrologia Grecae
Contains more than 160 volumes of Greek material (with Latin translations)
relevant to the study of the history of the Christian Church from its
beginnings through the Council of Florence in 1439. This access does
not include word searching.
Patrologia
Latina
Comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the
death of Pope Innoncent III in 1216. The Patrologia Latina Database contains
the complete Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original
texts, critical apparatus and indexes.
Regesta Imperii
Full text search and text of documents from Holy Roman Empire
dated 751-1519 from 19th century edition. For library holdings of paper
editions see OSU Library catalog for
Regesta Imperii by title.
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MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
(Ancient and Modern)
Resources for Middle East Research
The Middle East
Online:
Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970.
Original British source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office,
War Office and Cabinet Papers from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to
the Black September war of 1970-1. Here major policy statements are set out
in their fullest context, the minor documents and marginalia revealing the
workings of colonial administration and, following the creation of the State
of Israel in 1948, British diplomacy towards Israel and the Arab states.
Giza Archives Project
"Seeks to provide a
comprehensive online resource for scholarly research on the Old Kingdom Giza
Necropolis (dating from about 2500 BCE).
Online Resources for
Egyptology
Provides links to a wide array resources on ancient Egypt.
Thebean Mapping Project
Seeks "to prepare a comprehensive archaeological database of
Thebes."
ETANA (Electronic Texts and Ancient Near
Eastern Archives)
Includes digitized "texts selected as valuable for teaching and research
relating to ancient Near Eastern studies. We have selected primarily
editions that are outside of copyright, or with the permission of copyright
holders." See also
ABZU
- "Guide to networked open access [secondary source ]data relevant to the
study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient."
Mediterranean world.
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TREATIES
Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries
Western Europe, US,
and Canada
United Nations Treaty Collection
Peace Agreements
Signed since 1989 for the US Institute for Peace)
Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties (Kappler) 1902-1971
Also in print at KF8203 1975 in Thompson Library
US Multilateral Diplomacy, 19th-20th centuries
US Bilateral Diplomacy, 18th-20th centuries
US Other Treaties (look up "treaties" in subject list)
Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949.
Also in print at JX236 1968 in depository. See also Treaty Series, JX235.9A3 in Depository (TIAS 555-994)
United States Treaties and other
International Agreements
1950-1983/84; TIAS 2010-11059)
Additional TIAS treaties 1984--
(TIAS 11060- )
Also in print at JX235.9
.A32 in
Depository and Thompson Library
(TIAS 12735- ).
US Treaty Documents from 104th Congress-- (keyword search)
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HISTORICAL MAPS
Atlas van der Hagen and Atlas Beudeker
Digitized Maps (worldwide) from Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, U of Texas
Digitized Maps from Library of Congress
Historic Cities
Digital images of ancient maps; Search by date, location, map maker
Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
Historical Maps Online
From Univ. of Illinois Library & Univ. of Illinois Press
Historical Maps from the United States Marine Corps
Illustrating wars from ancient to modern times
Historical Maps in U.S. Congressional documents and reports. See Lexis Nexis Congressional (you may limit to maps)
Historical U.S. Geological Survey Maps, 1890s-1950s (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio)
Maps mainly from 18th & 19th c. from David Rumsey Collection
International but mostly
Americas
Oriental Institute Map
Series
First installment includes site maps "covering the ancient Near East (Egypt,
Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran), locating primary
archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses set against a plain
background."
Other Links to History Related & Antiquarian Map Sites
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HISTORICAL VALUE OF MONEY
"The Value of Money" (links to historical valuations of various currencies)
Updated October 2008