HIST 461 / WMST 461 History of American Women
HIST / WMST 461 SOURCES
September 2008
Joel Kitchens -- jdkitchens@tamu.edu
Bill Page -- bpage@lib-gw.tamu.edu
ONLINE MAGAZINE INDEXES
America: History and Life. Indexes scholarly historical journals [secondary sources] from 1954 onward. When doing an “advanced search,” you can limit your results to articles about a particular decade (the 1820s or the 1960s, for example).
American Periodical Series. Reproduces and indexes over 1,100 American magazines published from 1741 to 1940.
19th Century Masterfile. Includes various indexes to magazines, covering from 1802 to 1906; various U.S. documents indexes (1774-1881); the New York Times Index (1863-1905), Palmers Index to the Times (London) (1880-1890), and other indexes.
Periodical Contents Index (PCI). Indexes selected scholarly journals, from 1665 to 1995.
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NEWSPAPERS Early American Newspapers. This reproduces and indexes over 700 U.S. newspapers covering 1690 to 1922. Search for keywords, or search for: daughters OR lady [as headlines] and limit your search by date. The Virginia Gazette newspaper and index are also available online. |
BOOKS ONLINE
Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800). This database reproduces ALL surviving books and government documents published in the U.S. from 1639 to 1800. This database does NOT include magazines or newspapers. You can search by subjects OR browse “women as authors” under genre and limit that to a span of years.
Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw Shoemaker (1801-1819). Contents are similar to the Early American Imprints, Series I, except for the dates covered.
Eighteenth Century Collection Online. Reproduces books and documents published in the British Empire from 1700 to 1800.
BOOK INDEXES
(Note: The items in this list are print resources in the library.)
Sources for Women's History in the Microtext Department.
Evans Ref Z / 7961 / S6 / 1988. Lists 500 works from the 1500s to the 1980s.
Revolutionary America, 1763-1789: A Bibliography (1984).
Evans Ref E / 208 / G47 / 1984 regular stacks. Cites primary and secondary sources.
Travels in the Old South, a Bibliography. Evans Ref F / 214 / C4. Volume 1 lists printed travel accounts that describe the southern U.S. from 1750 to 1783.
Women Patriots of the American Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary (1991). Evans Ref E / 276 / C5 / 1991. Provides data on about 900 women; cites secondary sources for more than 5,000 female patriots.
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DOCUMENTS LibCat lists U.S. Documents from 1976+. For older documents, check: The Lexis Nexis Congressional database indexes Congressional documents from 1789 onward. Many items are available online, and the Library has all the items on microfiche. United States Government Documents on Women, 1800 - 1900. The Monthly Catalog (Evans Ref U.S. Docs GP 3.8: ) lists works before 1976 Cumulative Subject Index. Evans Ref Z / 1223 / Z9 / C9 Cumulative Title Index … 1789-1976. Evans Ref Z / 1223 / Z7 / I47 |
HISTORICAL MATERIALS ON THE INTERNET
Use internet resources with caution. You can not check a digital copy for authenticity in the same way as an original document can be evaluated. Examples of primary sources include:
American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. Hosted by the Library of Congress, this site includes over 100 historical collections, covering woman's suffrage, records of Congress, Frederick Douglass papers, and many other topics.
Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive. Hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society; includes correspondence between John and Abigail Adams.
The Papers of John Jay. Hosted by Columbia University, this database provides some images of the correspondence of John Jay. Search by keywords and also by common women’s names (Sarah, Jane, Mary, Martha, Susan, etc.)
Documenting the American South. This reproduces books & manuscripts on Southern history from the colonial period through the early 20th century. http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html
Revolutionary War Pension Applications (part of HeritageQuest Online). Mostly applications from male veterans or their widows, but also includes pension applications from Deborah Gannett (Deborah Sampson), Hannah Weston, and perhaps others.
Making of America. Digital collections, including a variety of books and magazines.
Series 1: Includes DeBow’s (1846-1869), Ladies Repository (1841-1876), Princeton Review (1831-1882), Southern Literary Messenger (1835-1864) & other magazines.
Series 2: Includes New England Magazine (1831-1835), the North American Review (1815-1900) & other magazines.
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MANUSCRIPTS ON MICROFILM: Contact the Evans Reference Desk for more information. One sample collection is: Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution. Film E / 203 / F4. Microtext. Miscellaneous manuscripts, plus a few printed materials. Index is shelved as: Microforms Reference E / 208 / F75 / 1994. Entries numbered 2324 thru 2482 in the index are not included on the microfilm. Check under "women" in the index. |
"WOMEN IN THE NEW CENTURY"
There are several databases you can try, including:
Academic Search Premier. Indexes various popular and scholarly magazines.
Business Source Complete. Indexes business magazines published from 1886 to the present.
Wilson Web -divided into various categories, you can pick several, or limit it to an area, such as business or education. Type "Wilson" into the main search box for Databases on the library web site.
Try some of these words in your search: trends, outlook, future, or Futurist (a magazine).
