Primary documents for the study of early America - English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late fifteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century. For more information on text & data mining
A key source for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period, & London's economic history in the Early Modern era. It documents: the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624; the role of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas; trade between Britain and America; the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia; tensions amongst the colonists; and early relations with Native Americas.
It documents: the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624; the role of the Ferrar family in the settlement of North America from Jamestown to the Bermudas; trade between Britain and America; the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia; tensions amongst the colonists; and early relations with Native Americas.
American Civil Liberties Union Papers gives researchers access to the more than 2 million documents contained in the records of the American Civil Liberties Union at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript library at Princeton University. For more information on text & data mining
Develop a unique insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the market research reports and supporting documents of Ernest Dichter's Institute of Motivational Research; the era's market research pioneer. Good for researchers of marketing, business, consumer culture, and psychology. For more information on text & data mining
Using primary sources, this documents the social and cultural forces that shaped the everyday lives of Americans from 1800 to 1920. Includes strong coverage of prescriptive literature and manuals for domestic management. For more information on text & data mining
Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965 provides resources on the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports Ernest Dichter.
An archive of primary materials and research which profiles the work and lives of women activists, and reveals how women's social movements have shaped modern attitudes about poverty, child labour, literacy, disease prevention, and global inequality.
Full-text legal journals and other legal documents predominantly US, also includes major international publications and some Australian Law reviews. Also includes English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1865) and US Reports (1754 - 2007)
Free documents in the NSA, one of the world's largest non governmental library of declassified documents. It includes the Torture Archive and thousands of declassified documents on US foreign, economic and military policy since 1945, as well as
U.S. Declassified Documents Online contains materials from the State Department political analyses, White House confidential file materials, National Security Council policy statements, CIA intelligence memoranda, and much more. For more information on text & data mining
Primary Sources in Print and Online
These are just some of the published materials available in print on the shelves.
The Library contains an excellent set of United States Government Publications. They are comprehensively listed on the Government Subject Guide. It also a lists more recent electronic materials.
v. 1. The British Isles, 1830-1865 -- v. 2. Canada, 1830-1865 -- v. 3. The United States, 1830-1846 -- v. 4. The United States, 1847-1858. -- v. 5. The United States, 1859-1865.
[1] The Northmen, Columbus, and Cabot, 985-1503 -- [2] Early English and French voyages, chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1608 / edited by Henry S. Burrage -- [3] Spanish explorers in the southern United States, 1528-1543 -- [4] Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1604-1618 / edited by W.L. Grant -- [5] Narratives of early Virginia, 1606-1625 / edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler -- [6] Bradford's history of Plymouth plantation, 1606-1646 / edited by William T. Davis -- [7-8] Winthrop's journal : "History of New England," 1630-1649 / edited by James Kendall Hosmer -- [9] Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 / edited by J. Franklin Jameson -- [10] Johnson's Wonder-working providence, 1628-1651 / edited by J. Franklin Jameson --[11] Narratives of early Maryland, 1633-1684 / edited by Clayton Colman Hall -- [12] Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 / edited by Alexander S. Salley, jr. -- [13] Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707 / edited by Albert Cook Myers -- [14] Narratives of the Indian Wars, 1675-1699 / edited by Charles H. Lincoln -- [15] Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 / edited by Bartlett Burleigh James and J. Franklin Jameson -- [16] Narratives of the witchcraft cases, 1648-1706 / edited by George Lincoln Burr -- [17] Narratives of the insurrections, 1675-1690 / edited by Charles M. Andrews -- [18] Spanish exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706 / edited by Herbert Eugene Bolton -- [19] Early narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699 / edited by Louise Phelps Kellogg.
Pt. 1. Papers of Thomas Clarkson, William Lloyd Garrison, Zachary Macaulay, Harriet Martineau, Harriet Beecher Stowe & William Wilberforce from the Huntington Library. Pt. 4. Granville Sharp papers from Gloucestershire Record Office.
Pt. 5. Papers of Thomas Clarkson from the British Library, London. 68 reels.
