UNITED STATES HISTORY
LIBRARY RESOURCES TO 1865

GENERAL

Atlases

Atlas of African-American history.  New York: Facts on File, c2001
E185 .C56 2001

Atlas of American history. Rev. ed. New York: Scribner, 1984
G1201 .S1 A84 1984

• information is presented through maps and not in written text
• designed to accompany Dictionary of American History

• standard historical atlas of U.S. history
• text contains a wealth of historical information

The West Point atlas of American wars / United States Military Academy. Dept of Military Art and Engineering.  N.Y.: Praeger, 1959. 2 v.
G1201 .S1 U53 1959

• includes maps of campaigns, battles, etc.

Bibliography

American diaries: an annotated bibliography of published American diaries and journals / Laura Arksey.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1983-1987. 2 v.
CT214 .A73 1983

• major source for determining the existence of published diaries and journals
• includes references to extracts published in periodicals, etc.

• chronological listing of more than 5,000 unpublished diaries

• basic source in the field of history
• international in scope, with each section written by experts in the field

The American presidency: a guide to information sources / Kenneth E. Davison.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1983.
E176.1 .D38 1983

• approximately 4,000 citations to articles, books, written between 1960-1970
• coverage is from Washington to Reagan

• bibliography drawn from America: History and Life database
• 3,000 plus citations are for journal articles and essays published between 1973-82
• supplements the Davison bibliography

American studies: an annotated bibliography.  Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 3 v.
E169.1 .A474 1986

American studies: an annotated bibliography, 1984-1988 / Jack Salzman.  Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990.  1085 p.
E169.1 .A474 1990

The American west: a narrative bibliography and a study in regionalism / Charles F. Wilkinson. Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1989.  144 p.
F591 .W54 1989

Church and state in America: a bibliographical guide, edited by John F. Wilson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986-87. 2 v.
BR516 .C48 1986

• descriptive annotations, with some critical comments
• successor to the Guide to the diplomatic history of the United States, 1775-1921 by S.F. Bemis

• useful for references to earlier materials

• offers bibliographical essays by historians, surveys the field of U.S. military history

• extends coverage through 1990

• old but still the basic bibliography for researching US history

Passenger and immigration lists bibliography, 1538-1900: being a guide to published lists of arrivals to the United States and Canada  / edited by P. William Filby.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1981.  196 p.
CS68 .P359 1981

The Published diaries and letters of American women: an annotated bibliography / Joyce D. Goodfriend.  Boston: Hall, 1987.  230 p.
CT3260 .G66 1987

Reader's guide to American history  / editor, Peter J. Parish.  London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Pub., 1997.  880 p.
E178 .R43 1997

A Retrospective bibliography of American demographic history from colonial times to 1983 / David R. Gerhan.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
HB3505 .G47 1989

• emphasis is on historical studies that concentrate on demographic changes
• divided into 6 sections: General background; Marriage and fertility; Health and death; Migration; Pluralism, local patterns; Family and demographic history; Population, economics, politics and society

A Selected bibliography of American constitutional history / Stephen M. Millett.  Santa Barbara: Clio Books, [1975].  116 p.
KB22 .M54 1975

Travels in America from the voyages of discovery to the present: an annotated bibliography of travel articles in periodicals, 1955-1980 / Garold Cole.
E161.5 .C64 1984

• brings together over 100 citations to travel narratives which have appeared as articles in about 220 periodicals

United States history: a bibliography of the new writings on American history / Louise A. Merriam.  Manchester: Manchester University Press.  227 p.
E178 .M47 1995

Untapped sources: America's newspaper archives and histories / Jon Vanden Heuvel.  New York: Gannett Center for Media Studies, 1991. 101 p.
PN4855 .V36 1991

Who was who in Native American history: Indians and non-Indians from early contacts through 1900.  New York: Facts on File, 1989.
E89 .W34 1989

• biographies of more than 1,000 individuals who had some impact on Indian-White relations
• popular in nature

Women in U.S. history: a resource guide  / Lyda Mary Hardy.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.  344 p.
HQ1410 .H338 2000

Writings on American history. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1902-1975
E178 .W74

• Library has: 1902-40 index; 1949-60; 1973-75
• annual bibliography

Biography

American political leaders: from colonial times to the present / Steven G. O'Brien.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1991.
E176 .O27 1991

• excellent biographical work
• about 400 individuals important in US history

Biographical dictionary of Indians of the Americas. 2nd ed. Newport Beach, Calif.: American Indian Publishers, 1991. 2 v.
E89 .B56 1991

• brief biographical sketches of more than 2,000 individuals
• some bibliographies

• lists basic biographical information for all cabinet heads through 1989

Colonial governors from the fifteenth century to the present: a comprehensive list / David Henige.  Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970.
JV431 .H44 1970

Dictionary of American biography (DAB). New York: Scribner's, 1928-1937. (20 v. +)
CT213 .D55

• details the lives of notable, deceased Americans
• scholarly articles with bibliographies

• signed articles with notes on sources

Dictionary of Canadian biography (DCB). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-90. (13 v.)
CT283 .D52

• excellent reference work offering signed articles of varying lengths arranged in chronological sequence

Dictionary of national biography (DNB). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912. (22 v.)
CT773 .D55

• most important reference source for English biography

The Encyclopedia of Native American biography: six hundred life stories of important people from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller.  1st ed.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997.  436 p. 
E89 .J69 1997

First ladies: a biographical dictionary  / Dorothy Schneider.  New York: Checkmark Books/Facts on File, c2001. 406 p.
E176.42 .S36 2001

• standard work in the field with biographical sketches of 300 American Indians
• includes list of books for further readings

Historians of the American frontier: a bio-bibliographical sourcebook  / John R. Wunder.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.  814 p.
E175.45 .H47 1988

• major work of its type since women were largely ignored in the DAB
• presents biographical information about nearly 1400 notable women
• scholarly articles are signed and include bibliographies

• substantial signed biographies of 500 women born 1730-1958
• articles include bibliographical references

Chronology

The Almanac of American history / Arthur Schlesinger.  New York: Putnam, 1983.
E174.5 .A45 1983

• chronology with a summary of events

• lists significant events, battles, explorations, personnel, ships

Chronology of native North American history: from pre-Columbian times to the present / Duane Champagne.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.  574 p.
E77 .C387 1994

The Encyclopedia of American facts & dates.  8th ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
E174.5 .C37 1987

• arrangement is chronological by year
• useful for scanning through time periods or specific years but not for a day-by-day approach

The Timetables of American history. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1981.
E18.5 .T54 1981

• divided by subject
• emphasis is on placing events in U.S. history in a timeframe alongside significant events in world history

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

Album of American history. New York: Scribner, 1944- 6 v.
E178.5 .A48

• pictorial work divided into historical periods

• alphabetical arrangement with cross-references within the texts
• useful for the full treatment given to nearly 300 topics, beginning with the first English settlement

• standard reference work with a reputation for accuracy and thoroughness
• omits biography
• includes catchwords and popular names of bills, laws, etc.

Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history.  New York: Scribner; London: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 3 v.
E169.1 .E624 2001

Encyclopedia of American history / edited by Richard B. Morris and Jeffrey B. Morris. 7th ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
E174.5 .M87 1996

• standard work, frequently revised

Encyclopedia of American immigration.  Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, c2001. 4 v.
JV6465 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of American political history: studies of the principal movements and ideas.  New York: Scribner, 1984. 3 v.
E183 .E52 1984

• authoritative, scholarly encyclopedia
• includes bibliographies

Encyclopedia of American social history.  New York: Scribner, 1993. 3 v.
HN57 .E53 1993

Encyclopedia of American studies.  New York: Grolier Incorporated, c2001.  4 v.
E169.1 .E57 2001

Encyclopedia of contemporary American culture.  New York: Routledge, c2001. 839 p.
E169.1 .E52 2001

Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.
E76.2 .E53 1996

Encyclopedia of Southern history. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1979
F207.7 .E55 1979

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2nd ed.  New York: Macmillan, 2000, 6 v.
KF4548 .E52 2000

• covers events and individuals significant in the history of the Constitution

Encyclopedia of the American presidency. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1998. 4 v. in 2.
JK511 .E53 1998

Encyclopedia of the American west.  New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, c1996. 4 v.
F591 .E53 1996

Encyclopedia of the United States in the nineteenth century.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c2001. 3 v.
E169.1 .E626 2001

Encyclopedia of w0omen in American history.  Armonk, N.Y.: Sharpe Reference, 2002.  3 v.
HQ1410 .E53 2002

Handbook of American women's history. New York: Garland, 1990.
HQ1410 .H26 1990

• signed articles, alphabetically arranged, with appended bibliographies

Historical dictionary of North American archaeology. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
E77.9 .H57 1988

• alphabetical arrangement of more than 1,800 entries for prehistoric cultures, archaeological sites, and major artifact types
• bibliography, pp.555-705

The Presidency A to Z: a ready reference encyclopedia. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1992.  574 p.
JK511 .P74 1992

The Reader's companion to American history. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
E174 .R43 1991

• sponsored by the Society of American Historians
• contains short factual entries, biographical entries, and thematic essays

• narrative chapters on the organization of military forces, and on the various wars
• includes bibliographies

The Scribner encyclopedia of American lives.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998-
CT213 .S37

Handbooks

The American history sourcebook. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1988
E173 .A49 1988

• directory of about 3,000 museums, historical sites and libraries

• arranged into essays on types and formats of reference books
• major guide for historians, graduate students and beginning researchers

• selective coverage of both bibliographic and informational materials

Article Indexes

America, history and life (electronic resource]. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1991-
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://serials.abc-clio.com/active/start?_appname=serials

• main index for field of US and Canadian history, coverage from pre-history to the present day
• excellent for articles and book reviews

• indexes more than 2,000 journals of which more than 200 are history journals

Historical abstracts online. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1991-
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D299 .H5A

• main index for study of history in all countries except Canada and USA
• selectively indexes over 2,000 scholarly journals, books, dissertations from 1450 to the present day
• available in print format 1960-1995

Humanities Abstracts Online.
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://vweb.hwwilsonweb.com/
AI3 .H84

• covers a number of English-language journals in area studies, literature, history, music, theater, and religion

Nineteenth century readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922. New York: Wilson, 1944.
AI3 .R43

• author and subject index to 56 periodicals

• 1802-1906
• covers 105 years of U.S. and English periodical

Social sciences abstracts online.
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Statistics

Historical statistics of the South, 1790-1970 / Donald B. Dodd.  University of Alabama Press, 1973. 85 p.
HA218 .D62 1973

Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970 / United States. Bureau of the Census.  Washington: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, The Bureau, 1975. 2 v.
HA202 .A385 1975

• data on the social, economic, political and geographic development of the U.S.A.

International historical statistics. The Americas:1750-1988.  2nd ed. New York: Stockton Press, 1993.
HA175 .M56 1993

• presents comparative statistics for 26 North, Central, and South American countries, mostly from the mid-19th century to the early 1970s

Ms/Archives

Articles describing archives and manuscript collections in the United States: an annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997.  458 p.
CD3022 .A2 D478 1997

Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in the United States. Washington: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1978.
CD3020 .U54 1978

• includes descriptions of repositories

• descriptions are of collections of papers, not individual manuscripts

Guides to archives and manuscript collections in the United States: an annotated bibliography.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
CD3022 .A2 D48 1994

• arrangement by subject
• 2062 entries, most annotated

Hispanic-American material culture: an annotated directory of collections, sites, archives, and festivals in the United States / compiled by Joe S. Graham.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.  257 p.
E184 .S75 G72 1989

Women's history sources: a guide to archives and manuscript collections in the United States. New York: Bowker, 1979. 2 v.
HQ1410 .W64 1979

• describes 18,026 collections in 1,586 repositories, arranged geographically by state and city

Documentary Sources

Documents of American history / edited by Henry Steele Commager and Milton Cantor. 10^th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1988. 2 v.
E173 .C6 1988

English historical documents. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1996. (10 v.)
DA26 .E55 1996

Historic documents on the presidency, 1776-1989. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1989.
JK511 .H57 1989

Native American testimony: a chronicle of Indian-White relations from prophecy to the present, 1492-1992.  New York: Viking, 1991.
E93 .N39 1991

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

The following titles deal specifically with the American Revolution. Material about the American Revolution will be found also in titles mentioned in other sections of this guide.

ATLAS

Atlas of early American history: the Revolutionary era, 1760-1790. Princeton, N.J.: Published by the Princeton University Press for the Newberry Library and the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1976.
G1201 .S3 A84 1976

• contains 286 pages of colored maps of varying size, followed by extensive explanatory text and a detailed index
• excellent source of information

• reproductions of 18th-century maps with commentary and narrative text

The Bicentennial guide to the American Revolution. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1974. (3 v.)
E320 .S74 19745

• purpose is to serve as a travel guide to battlefields, forts, and other historic sites
• detailed maps of each site are accompanied by text

Campaigns of the American Revolution: an atlas of manuscript maps.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1976.
G1201 .S3 M25 1976

• maps are presented chronologically with a narrative overview preceding each year
• volume forms a military history of the Revolutionary period illustrated with contemporary maps

Bibliography

The American controversy: a bibliographical study of the British pamphlets about the American disputes, 1764-1783.  Providence: Brown University Press, 1980. 2 v.
E209 .A32 1980

• a census of some 1400 titles in about 2350 editions or issues
• for each, gives transcription of the title page, collation and notes

• pamphlets are listed chronologically by first imprint date

Bibliography of Loyalist source material in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Westport, CT: Meckler Pub., 1982.
E277 .B52 1982

Era of the American Revolution: a bibliography. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, c1975.
E208 .E72 1975

Founding the Republic: a documentary history. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Pres, 1995.
E210 .F68 1995

Loyalist literature: an annotated bibliographic guide to the writings on the Loyalists of the American Revolution.  Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1982.
E277 .A44 1982

• provides narrative details and some critical assessments of key published studies

• citations to books, articles, poetry, dissertations and documents written between 1770-1972

• bibliography of 1122 entries is somewhat dated but still useful as a basic source to be used in conjunction with more recent bibliographies

Revolutionary America, 1763-1789: a bibliography.  Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. 2 v.
E208 .G44 1984

• lists primary and secondary sources (in the Library of Congress)
• definitive bibliography of the period for sources published before 1972

The Revolution remembered: eyewitness accounts of the War for Independence.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1980.
E275 .A2 R47 1980

The War of the American Revolution: a selected annotated bibliography of published sources.  New York: Garland, 1984.
E208 .B52 1984

• all aspects of the era of the American Revolution are treated in this bibliography of over 3,700 books, journals, articles, essays, government publications and dissertations
• sources are mainly English-language secondary materials

Biography

Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution.  Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1984.
E277 .P34 1984

• revised edition of: Biographical sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution (FC51 .C3496 no.47583)
• one alphabetical sequence with names divided according to categories
• over 70% of the entries are not included in Sabine

• includes a bibliography of diaries, journals, memoirs and autobiographies

Naval documents of the American Revolution, 1774- / United States. Naval History Division.  Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1964-
US1/ND 925/64N12A

• Library has volumes 1-8

Naval officers of the American Revolution: a concise biographical dictionary.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1988.
E206 .C2 1988

• names of 3,500 U.S. and French naval officers and privateers are listed

• short biographical sketches for 600 women and a separate section listing another 4,500 with references to the sources in which they are mentioned
• excludes loyalists

The American Revolution, 1775-1783: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1993. 2 v.
E208 .A65 1993

The Encyclopedia of colonial and revolutionary America. New York: Facts on File, 1989.
E188 .E63 1990

• information on individuals and topics in 1,500 short, alphabetical entries, covering NORSE exploration to the end of the American Revolution

• gives a compact organizational history of each battalion, regiment, and independent corps that served in the Continental Army

Historical dictionary of the American Revolution.  Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999. 555 p. (Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest; no.7)
E209 .M36 1999

Sources and documents illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the formation of the Federal Constitution / Samuel Eliot Morison.  2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
E203 .M645 1929

• focus is on the constitutional aspects of the revolution
• still useful if seeking the text of formative documents

Uniforms of the American Revolution in color.  New York: Macmillan, 1975.
UC483 .M644 1975

• uniforms and equipment for the major armies - American, French, and British - as well as other groups - Loyalists, Indians, and German troops

TO 1865

Atlases

British maps of colonial America.  Chicago, Chicago University Press, 1974.
GA405.5 .C84 1974

The Historical atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
G1281 .F8 M37 1994

Bibliography

American communes to 1860: bibliography.  New York: Garland, 1990.  203 p.
HX654 .A55 1990

The American navy, 1789-1860: a bibliography.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974.  489 p.
VA55 .S54 1974

Andrew Jackson: a bibliography.  Westport, Conn., Meckler, 1991.
E382 .R45 1991

Bibliography of British history: Stuart period, 1603-1714.  2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970
DA435 .D38 1970

• covers all aspects of history; each volume is a selected, classified list of books, pamphlets, periodicals, etc.

• same as above for later time period; excellent source

• the combined bibliographies list over 14,500 sources on the history of US-Latin American relations
• still the major bibliography on the subject

Books about early America: 2001 titles.  Williamsburg, Va.: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1989.
E188 .A558 1989

• selective bibliography of major studies

The Female experience in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America: a guide to the history of American women.  New York: Garland, 1982.  290 p. (Garland reference library of social science; v.35).
HQ1410 .C67 1982

Free trade and sailor's rights: a bibliography of the war of 1812.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
E3543 .F74 1985

• good, basic bibliography
• has a chapter on manuscript collections in libraries in the U.S. and Canada

History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820: including additions and corrections, 1961.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1975. 2 v.
AN2 .A2 B73 1962

• arranged alphabetically by state, then by town, it lists 2,120 newspapers published 1690-1820, with locations and holdings of libraries

The Mexican-American War: an annotated bibliography.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1981
E404 .T86 1981

• 4,537 monographs and articles
• both primary and secondary materials are included

Pre-Columbian contact with the Americas across the oceans: an annotated bibliography.  Champaign, Ill.: Research Press, 1990. 2 v.
GN365 .S57 1990

• over 5600 entries, alphabetically arranged citing books, essays, articles
• abstracts often refer to reviews and reprints

Shield of republic, sword of empire: a bibliography of United States military affairs, 1783-1846.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.  433 p.
UA23 .F73 1990

Southeastern frontiers: Europeans, Africans, and American Indians, 1513-1840: a critical bibliography.  Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1982.
E78 .S65 O34 1982

Struggle for empire: a bibliography of the French and Indian war.  New York: Garland, 1986.
E199 .L92 1986

• all aspects of the French and Indian War are covered in this annotated bibliography of over 1,500 entries
• Canadian, British, French, Spanish, and American sources are included

Supplement to a bibliography of United States-Latin American relations since 1810.  Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska, 1979.
E183.8 .L3 T72 1968

Thomas Jefferson: a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of writings about him (1826-1980).  New York: Garland, 1983.
E332 .S583 1983

Thomas Jefferson, 1981-1990: an annotated bibliography.  New York: Garland, 1992.
E332 .S583 1992

The War of 1812: an annotated bibliography.  New York: Garland, 1985.
E354 .S553 1985

• includes 1400 entries for published primary and secondary materials
• includes U.S., British and Canadian viewpoints

Biography

American colonial writers, 1606-1734. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984.
PS129 .D52 1978

American colonial writers, 1735-1781. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984.
PS129 .D52 1978

American historians, 1607-1865. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984.
PS129 .D52 1978

Biographical directory of American colonial and Revolutionary governors, 1607-1789.  Westport, Ct.: Meckler Books, c1980.
E187.5 .R33 1980

Who was who in America: 1607-. Chicago: Marquis, 1963
CT213 .W45

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

A Cultural encyclopedia of the 1850s in America.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
E426 .G35 1993

• covers the period 1849-60 with entries for names, significant titles, events
• bibliography sub-divided by broad topics

Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. New York: Scribner, 1993.
E45 .E56 1993

• attempts to cover all North American colonies

Encyclopedia of the War of 1812.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1997.
E354 .H46 1997

James Madison and the American Nation, 1751-1836: an encyclopedia. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
E342 .J36 1994

Statistics

American colonial wealth: documents and methods.  2nd ed. New York: Arno Press, 1978. (3 v.)
HC104 .J64 1978

American population before the federal census of 1790. New York: Columbia University, 1932.
HB3505 .G72 1932

Ms/Archives

European manuscript sources of the American Revolution / William J. Koenig.  London; New York: Bowker, c1974.
CD1002 .K63 1974

Manuscript sources in the Library of Congress for research on the American Revolution / Library of Congress.  Washington: Library of Congress, 1975.
US1/BL/75M17

Contemporary Histories

The History and present state of Virginia / Robert Beverley, edited with an introduction by Louis B. Wright. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1947.
F229 .B45

The History of New France / Marc Lescarbot.  Toronto: Champlain Society, 1907-1914.
FC15 .C52

The History of the colony and province of Massachusetts-Bay / Thomas Hutchinson.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1936.
F67 .H97 1936

The History of the Province of New York / William Smith, edited by Michael Kammen. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press , 1972. 2 v.
F122 .S53 1972

Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 [microform] / edited by J. Franklin Jameson. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, repr. 1976, c1906.
BR515 .R435 R.25

Notes on the state of Virginia / by Thomas Jefferson; edited with an introduction and notes by William Peden. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1955, c1954.
F230 .J42 1954

The Present state of Virginia: from whence is inferred a short view of Maryland and North Carolina / Hugh Jones, edited with an introduction by Richard L. Morton. 2nd ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956.
F229 .J64 1956

Documentary Sources

1492--discovery, invasion, encounter: sources and interpretations / edited with introductions and and essay, by Marvin Lunenfeld. Lexington, Mass.: Heath, 1991.
E101 .L86 1991

The Anti-federalist papers; and, The Constitutional Convention debates. New York: Penguin, 1986.
JK155 .A68 1986

The Boisterous sea of liberty: a documentary history of America from discovery through the Civil War / David Brion Davis and Steven Mintz. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 573 p.
E187 .B65 1998

• interpretive anthology of 366 documents

Correspondence of James K. Polk.  Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1969-
E337.8 .P64 A3 1969

The Correspondence of Jefferson and Du Pont de Nemours: with an introduction on Jefferson and the physiocrats.
E332.88 .D8 1931

Correspondence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 1812-1826.
E322 .A33 1925

Correspondence of John Quincy Adams, 1811-1814.
DC236.1 .A32 1913

The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1794.  New York: Kraus, 1971. (4 v.)
E312.8 1748-99

The Founders' Constitution / edited by Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 5 v.
JK11 1987 .F68

Founding the Republic: a documentary history. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
E210 .F68 1995

Inside Lincoln's White House: the complete Civil War diary of John Hay edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, c1997. 393 p.
E664 .H41 A3 1997

• Hay was Lincoln's assistant Presidential Secretary. His diary has been described as "The most intimate record we have or ever can have of Abraham Lincoln in the White House." (Introd.)

Journal of the proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775 [microform]. London: Philadelphia: Printed; London: Re-printed for J. Almon...., repr. 1985, c1776. 3 microfiche.
FC51 .C3496 no. 51480

Letters of Brunswick and Hessian officers during the American Revolution.  New York: Da Capo Press, repr. 1970, c1891
E268 .S88 1891

Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789. Washington: Library of Congress, 1976- .
JK1033 .L46 1976

The Lost War: letters from British officers during the American Revolution. New York: Horizon Press, c1975.
E203 .L678 1975

The Papers of Andrew Jackson.  Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1980- .
E302 .J35 1980

The Papers of Andrew Johnson.  Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1967- .
E415.6 .J66 1967

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin.  New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1959- .
E302 .F82 1959

The Papers of Daniel Webster. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1974- .
E337.8 .W373 1974

The Papers of General Nathanael Greene.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1976-
E302.6 .G77 A33 1976

The Papers of George Mason, 1725-1792.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1970. 3 v.
E302 .M38 1970

Papers of John Adams.  Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977- .
E302 .A26 1977

The Papers of John Marshall.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1974- .
E302 .M365 1974

The Papers of John C. Calhoun.  Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1957- .
E337.8 .C148

The Papers of Josiah Bartlett. Hanover, N.H.: Published for the New Hampshire Historical Society by the University Press of New England, 1979.
E302.6 .B2 A2 1979

The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784.  Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973- .
E302.6 .M8 A35 1973

The Papers of Sir William Johnson: prepared for publication by the Division of Archives and History [of the University of the State of New York].
E195 .J63 1921

The Papers of William Penn.  Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981-
F152.2 .P38 1981

Select documents illustrative of the history of the United States, 1776-1861 / William MacDonald.
E173 .M132 1897

Selected writings.  Arlington Heighs, Ill.: AHM Publishing, 1979.
E302 .J442 1979

Sources and documents illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the formation of the Federal Constitution / selected and edited by Samuel Eliot Morison. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
E203 .M645 1929

The Writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799. Washington: GPO, 1931-44 (39 v.)
E312.7 1931

See also Microforms Collection Relevant to History in the University of Calgary Library

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