HIS430 - U.S. Cultural History - Dr. Bloom

Resources from Ship Library

1. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

One-Volume

• A Companion to American Thought - Ref. E169.1.C685 1995
  
  
• From Suffrage to the Senate (2 vols) - Ref. HQ1236.5.U6 S32 1999
  
  
• Oxford Companion to African American Literature - Ref. PS153.N5 O96 1997
  
  
• Colonial America to 1763 - Ref. E188.P86 1999

 

Multi-volume

• Encyclopedia of American History (11 vols.) - Ref. E174.E53 2003
  
  
• Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History - Ref. E185.E54 1996
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America (3 vols.) - Ref. E188.E63 1990
  
  
• American National Biography (24 vols. + 2 suppl.) - Ref. CT213.A68 1999
  
  
• Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History (3 vols.) - Ref. E169.1.E624 2001
  
  
• Encyclopedia of American Studies (4 vols.) - Ref. E169.1.E625 2001
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the American Civil War (5 vols.) - Ref. E468.H47 2000
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (4 vols.) - Ref. E487.E55 1993
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the American West (4 vols.) - Ref. F591.E485 1996
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century (3 vols.) - Ref. E169.1.E626 2001
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century (4 vols) – Ref. E740.7.E53 1996
  
  
• American Decades (10 vols., [1900-1909] - [1990-1999]) - Ref E169.12.A419
  
  
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life - Ref GT31.G74 2004
  
  
• Working Americans (Gale Virtual Reference Library Choose Social Science) (Vol. I: The Working Class, Vol. II: The Middle Class, III: The Upper Class, IV: Their Children, V: Americans At War, VI: Women At Work, VII: Social Movements, VIII: Immigrants, VIX: From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War) - Ref. HD8066.D47 (paper)
  
  
• Class in America (3 vols.) - Ref. HN90.C564 2007

 

Statistical Sources

• Statistical History of the United - Ref. HA202.A385 1965
  
  
• Value of a Dollar (Vol. I: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865, Vol. II: 1860-2004) - Ref. HB235.U6 V358 2005
  
  
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical
  
  
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional

2. Newspapers and Magazines

Specialized Dictionaries, Directories

• Dictionary of Literary Biography (Literature Resource Center)
  
  
  • Vol. 43,  American Newspaper Journalists, 1690-1872
  • Vol. 23,  American Newspaper Journalists, 1873-1900
  • Vol. 25,  American Newspaper Journalists, 1901-1925
  • Vol. 29,  American Newspaper Journalists, 1926-1950
  • Vol. 37, American Writers of the Early Republic
  • Vol. 73, American Magazine Journalists, 1741-1850
  • Vol. 79,  American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900
  • Vol. 91,  American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960, 1st Series
  • Vol. 127, American Newspaper Publishers, 1950-1990
  • Vol. 137, American Magazine Journalists, 1900-1960, 2nd Series
  • Vol. 241, American Sportswriter and Writers on Sports
    
    
• American Periodials, 1741-1900, A Index to the Microfilm Collections
  
 

Descriptive catalog and index of three collections of 18th and 19th century American periodicals.

SU owns APS I: 18th Century (88 periodicals); APS II: 1800-1850 (923 periodicals). Commonly called American Periodial Series.

 

General Newspapers

Periodicals Room


• Carlisle Gazette, 1785-1817 (Microprint 7, Box 2)
• Carlisle Spirit of the Times, 1817-1819; Carlisle Republican, 1819-1820 (Microprint 7, Box 3)
• Chambersburg Democratic Republican, 1815-1817 (Microprint 7, Box 3)
• (Chambersburg) Franklin Repository, 1808-1809, 1813-1815, 1863-1865, 1884-1901 (Microfilm)
• (Chambersburg) Public Opinion, 1901-1931, 1931-1974 (merged with above title) (Microfilm)
• (Chambersburg) Valley Spirit, 1866 (Microfilm)
• (Newville) Times, 1897-1902 (Microfilm)
• (Newville) Valley Times, 1927-1971, 1983 (Microfilm)
• Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, 1791-1795 (Microprint 7, Box 5); Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser, 1796-1800 (Microprint 7, Box 11); Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, 1800-1820 (Microprint 7, Box 17,18)
• New York Times, (1851 - present) (Microfilm)
• Pennsylvania Gazette, (1729 - 1778) (Bound Periodicals); 1790-1815 (Microfilm)
• (Philadelphia) America Weekly Mercury, 1719-1746 (Microprint 7, Box 10)
• Philadelphia Inquirer, (1860 - present) (Microfilm) (Title varies slightly)
• (Philadelphia) Tickler, 1807-1913 (Microprint 7, Box 19), also APS Box 45 (Microfilm)
• (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania Evening Post, 1775-1784 (Microprint 7, Box 15)
• (Philadelphia) Porcupine's Gazette, 1797-1800 (William Cobbett) (Microprint 7, Box 16)
• Shippensburg Valley Sentinel, (1874 - 1882) (Microfilm)
• (Shippensburg) Spirit of the Times & Carlisle Gazette, (1817-1819) (Microprint 7, Box 3)

 

General Periodicals

Periodicals Room - Microfilm Collection (Unless otherwise noted)


• American Mercury, 1924-1974 (H. L. Mencken)
• Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, (1890- present); also, (1890-1905) LAC 20848-70
• Arena, (1889-1909); also, (1890-1895) LAC 30626-39
• Atlantic Monthly, (1857- present); also, (1857-1905) LAC 30001-98; also, (1857-1901) Making of America
• Century, (1882-1913) LAC 30930-77; also (1870-1879, 1881-1930) Compact Shelving -Government Documents - Lower Level; also (1881-1899) Making of America
• Forum, (1886-1896) LAC 30606-25; also, (1892-1930) Compact Shelving - Government Documents - Lower Level
• Harper's Magazine, (1913-1976)
• Harper's Monthly Magazine, (1900-1913); also, LAC 30208-18 (1900-1905)
• Harper's New Monthly Magazine, (1850-1900); also, LAC 30102-07; also (1850-1899) Making of America
• Harper's Monthly Magazine Index, (1850-1892), LAC 30984
• Ladies Home Journal, 1884-1986
• McClure's Magazine, (1893-1926), LAC 30777-816; also, (1894-1914) in Compact Shelving - Government Documents - Lower Level
• Newsweek, (1933 - present) (Microfilm - 2005); (Bound 2004- )
• North American Review, (1815-1979) (Microfilm), 1984-1999 (Compact Shelving, Lower Level)
• North American Review, (1821-1939, 1964-1979); also, (1815-1901) LAC 30273-400; also (1815-1900) Making of America
• Outlook, (1893-1928); also, (1901-1928) LAC 31394-439
• Scribner's, (1887-1905); also, (1906-1938) Compact Shelving - Government Documents - Lower Level; also (1887-1896) Making of America
• Time, (1923- present)


Library of American Civilization - Wooden Card Catalog


• Contents of Collection listed in: The Microbook Library of American Civilization (5 vols.) - Ref. Z1236 .L45

3. Periodical and Newspaper Indexes

Periodical Indexes - Progressive Era

• Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1801-1906)  Sample Pages
  
  
• Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1890-1899, with supplementary indexing 1900-1922)
  
  
• Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-1999)

 

Periodical Indexes - Scholarly Literature

• America: History & Life
  
  

Newspaper Indexes

• New York Times (microfilm 1851-present)
• New York Times (digital full text, 1851-1922)
• Personal Name Index to the New York Times Index (Ser. 1, 1851-1974; Ser. II, 1975-1989) Sample Pages
  

4. Internet Resources

Primary and Secondary Source Collections

• American Memory
• Making of America - Cornell University Section
• Making of America - University of Michigan Section
• Documenting the American South
• The Valley of the Shadow
• Pennsylvania Gazette
• HarpWeek
• ARTstor
• Open Library

Dr. Signe Kelker

Reference Desk 477-1474