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Starting Points for Early American History
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Primary Sources
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- Use these keywords to find primary sources in the KU Library Catalog and WorldCat
- Correspondence, autobiography, manuscripts, letters, sources, archives, diaries, papers, personal narratives
- Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Selected Electronic Primary Sources
- Black Though and Culture: African Americans From Colonial Times to the Present
- Early American Imprints. Series 1, Evans, 1639-1800
- Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
- Gerritsen Collection: Women’s History Online, 1543-1945
- HeinOnline
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- Making of Modern Law. Trials, 1600-1926
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800
Biographical Resources
Historiography and Guides to Historical Literature
- Boles, John B., ed. A Companion to the American South. Malden: Blackwell, 2002. F208.2 .C66 2002
- Deloria, Philip Joseph, and Neal Salisbury, eds. A Companion to American Indian History. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002. Ref E77 .C74 2002
- Deverell, William, ed. A Companion to the American West. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004. F591 .C738 2004
- Freidel, Frank Burt, ed. Harvard Guide to American History. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974. Ref Z1236 .H27 1974
- Halttunen, Karen, ed. A Companion to American Cultural History. Maldwen, MA: Blackwell, 2008. E169.1 .C684 2008
- Hewitt, Nancy A., ed. A Companion to American Women’s History. Malden, MA; Blackwell, 2002. HQ1410 .C63 2002
- Hornsby, Alton, ed. A Companion to African American History. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. E185 .C66 2005
- Greene, Jack P. and J. R. Pole, eds. A Companion to the American Revolution. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2000. E208 .C67 2000
- Norton, Mary Beth, ed. The American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Ref Z6201. A55 1995
- Parish, Peter, J., ed. Reader’s Guide to American History. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. Ref E178.1 R43 1997
- Vickers, Daniel, ed. A Companion to Colonial America. E187 .C75 2003
Encyclopedias
- Cayton, Mary Kupiec, Elliot J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of American Social History. New York: Scribner, 1993. Ref HN57 .E58 1993
- Cayton, Mary Kupiec, and Peter W. Williams, eds. Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. New York: Scribners, 2001. Ref E169.1 E624 2001
- Cooke, Jacob Ernest, ed. Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993. Ref E45 .E53 1993
- DeConde, Alexander, Richard Dean Burns, and Fredrick Logevall, eds. Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. 2d ed. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002. Ref E183.7 .E52 2002
- Finkelman, Paul, ed. Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Ref E 185 .E545 2006
- Jentleson, Bruce W. and Thomas G. Paterson, eds. Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Ref E183.7 .E53 1997
- Kross, Jessica, et al. American Eras. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Ref E169.1 .A471979 1997
- Kutler, Stanley I., ed. Dictionary of American History. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002. Ref E174 .D52 2003
- Levinson, David and Melvin Ember, eds. American Immigrant Cultures. New York, MacMillan Reference, 1997. Ref E184 .A1 A63448 1997
- Lowery, Charles D. and John F. Marszalek, eds. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights. 2d ed. West Port, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. Ref E 185.61 .E54 2003
- Malinowski, Sharon, ed. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Ref E77 .G15 1998
- Ruiz, Vicki L. and Virginia Sánchez Korrol, eds. Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. Ref E184 .S75 L35 2006
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