Women's History
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Finding Primary Resouces
What are primary sources? Finding Primary Sources on the Web? Evaluating primary sources.
An instructional page about how to idenitfy, find and evaluate primary sources.
UA Library Catalog
On the keyword search page, type your major search topic into the top line. On the second line, change "Any Field" to SUBJECT.
Type any of the following into the Search Box:
Sources, Interviews, Personal Narratives, statistics, diaries, correspondence, biography, Archives . You can search more than one of these by putting "or" between words. e.g. sources or personal narratives or interviews
Maps are also primary sources. To find maps -
Search by country name or region [subject] and Maps [subject] and limit by dates
Atlases of historical maps can be found by searching the country or region [subject] and historical geography [subject] and maps [subject]
e.g. baja [subject] and maps [subject] and after 1900 before 1930
germany [subject] and historical geography [subject] and maps [subject] (finds historical atlases)
All areas of History
American Women's History: Digital Collections of Primary Sources
Links to numerous web sites containing primary documents. Organized topically and by state.
ARTstor
A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data
Black Thought and Culture
African Americans: From Colonial Times to the Present
Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, includes interviews, diaries, journal articles and letters.
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
The letters and diaries of over 500 women. Biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography are included,1500 -1900.
CIS Congressional Universe
Index to Government hearings, reports and the Serial Set from 1789- present.
Documenting the American South
Includes first person narratives of the south, North American slave narratives and a library of the American South.
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
An on-line archival collection.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Full digitization of all books and other publications English from 1475-1700.
Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945 [ Tips]
A full text database containing unique materials about women and their lives from an international perspective. Focuses primarily on the US, British Isles, and Western Europe.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 19th century
British Government · House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, full text for 1840-1883.
In the First Person
English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories.
Internet Women's History Sourcebook
Full-text documents relating to women throughout history. Scroll down this page to the Contents to find readings.
Making of America
A digital library of primary sources, including periodicals, in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 [TIPS]
A collection of women's diaries and correspondence spanning 300 years. Searchable by author, keyword and phrases, historical events, and personal life events such as marriage. .
Monastic MATRIX
A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities, 500-1600.
Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Poole's Plus)
Index to American and British publications (1802-1906), the New York Times (1863-1905), New York Daily Tribune (1875-1906), and government publications (1774-1881). Some full text.
Nineteenth Century in Print
Collection of over 1,500 digitized books from the 19th century in all subject areas, and full-text of 23 periodicals including covering the dates 1815-1901.
Renaissance Women Online
Full-text of publications by Renaissance writers, some pieces include biographical and critical information.
Victorian Women Writers Project
Transcriptions of 19th century British women writers including books, pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, poetry and drama.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Collections of original documents relating to women's involvement in major social movements.
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party, Presents images of the National Women's Party activities as well as individual portraits of organization leaders and members. This site documents the National Woman's Party's push for passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, as well for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Women Writers Online
Full text resource containing the writings of Early Modern women, 1600s-1800.
Women's History Microfilm collections
Primary documents at the University of Arizona Library.
Women Working in the United States - 1870-1939
Focusing on women's participation in the U.S. economy from 1870-1930. From the Harvard Libraries Open Collections Program, this project brings together books, manuscripts, and images and publications from the Women's Bureau.