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United States of America History

UNITED STATES HISTORY
LIBRARY RESOURCES TO 1865

 
GENERAL

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Resources in the University of Calgary Library


 

Atlases Biographies Bibliographies Catalogs Chronologies
Dictionaries/
Encyclopedias		 Illustrative
Matter		 Indexes/
Periodicals		 Statistics Primary
Materials
 

WAR OF 1812
SELECTED LIBRARY RESOURCES

 

 

GENERAL
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
Atlas of the historical geography of the United States / Charles Oscar Paullin.  Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1932.
G1201 .S1 P3
  • 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.
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.
American diaries in manuscript, 1580-1954; a descriptive bibliography / William Matthews.  Athens, University of Georgia Press [1974].
CT215 .M38 1974
  • chronological listing of more than 5,000 unpublished diaries
The American Historical Association's guide to historical literature. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 2 v.
D20 .A44 1995
  • basic source in the field of history
  • international in scope, with each section written by experts in the field
American maritime history: a bibliography / Susan K. Kinnell, Susanne R. Ontiveros.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1986.  260 p.
VK23 .A43 1986
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
The American presidency: a historical bibliography. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1984.
E176.1 .A43 1984
  • 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
Black/white relations in American history: an annotated bibliography / Leslie Vincent Tischauser.  Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press; Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1998.  189 p.
E185.61 .T57 1998
Church and state in America: a bibliographical guide, edited by John F. Wilson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986-87. 2 v.
BR516 .C48 1986
Guide to American foreign relations since 1700.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1983.
E183.7 .G83 1983
  • descriptive annotations, with some critical comments
  • successor to the Guide to the diplomatic history of the United States, 1775-1921 by S.F. Bemis
Guide to the diplomatic history of the United States, 1775-1921 / Samuel Flagg Bemis.  New York: P. Smith, 1959.
E183.7 .Z9 B4
  • useful for references to earlier materials
A Guide to the sources of United States military history, edited by Robin Higham. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1975.
UA23 .G85 1975
  • offers bibliographical essays by historians, surveys the field of U.S. military history
A Guide to the sources of United States military history: supplement, I-III edited by Robin Higham and Donald J. Mrozek. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1981-1993.
UA23 .G85 1975
  • extends coverage through 1990
Harvard guide to American history / Frank Freidel.  Rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1974. 2 v.
E178 .H34 1974
  • old but still the basic bibliography for researching US history
The Mining west: a bibliography & guide to the history & literature of mining in the American & Canadian west  / edited by Richard E. Lingenfelter.  Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2003.  2 v.
TN22 .M56 2003
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
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
American women historians, 1700s-1990s: a biographical dictionary / Jennifer Scanlon.  Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 1996.  269 p.
E175.45 .S27 1996
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
Biographical directory of the United States executive branch, 1774-1977 / Robert Sobel.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1977.
E176 .S62 1977
  • 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
Dictionary of American Negro biography. New York: Norton, c1982
E185.96 .D53 1982
  • 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
Great North American Indians: profiles in life and leadership / F.J. Dockstader.  New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
E89 .D632 1977
  • 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
Notable American women, 1607-1950: a biographical dictionary / Edward T. James.  Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971-80. 3 v.
CT3260 .N67 1971
  • 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
Notable black American women. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
E185.96 .N68 1992
  • substantial signed biographies of 500 women born 1730-1958
  • articles include bibliographical references
The Almanac of American history / Arthur Schlesinger.  New York: Putnam, 1983.
E174.5 .A45 1983
  • chronology with a summary of events
American naval history: an illustrated chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present / Jack Sweetman.  Annapolis: Naval Institute, 1984.
VA58.4 .S94 1984
  • lists significant events, battles, explorations, personnel, ships
Chronology of African-American history: significant events and people from 1619 to the present / Alton Hornsby.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.  526 p.
E185 .C47 1991
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
Album of American history. New York: Scribner, 1944- 6 v.
E178.5 .A48
  • pictorial work divided into historical periods
Dictionary of Afro-American slavery. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
E441 .D53 1988
  • alphabetical arrangement with cross-references within the texts
  • useful for the full treatment given to nearly 300 topics, beginning with the first English settlement
Dictionary of American history. Rev. ed. New York: Scribner, 1976-78. 8 v.
E174 .A3 1976
  • standard reference work with a reputation for accuracy and thoroughness
  • omits biography
  • includes catchwords and popular names of bills, laws, etc.
Encyclopedia of African-American heritage. 2nd ed.  New York: Facts on File, c2000. 353 p.
E185 .A539 2000
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
Reference guide to United States military history. New York: Facts on File, 1991-1994. 5 v.
E181 .R44 1991
  • 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
The American history sourcebook. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1988
E173 .A49 1988
  • directory of about 3,000 museums, historical sites and libraries
Handbook for research in American history: a guide to bibliographies and other reference works / Francis Paul Prucha.  2nd ed., rev. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
E178 .P8855 1994
  • arranged into essays on types and formats of reference books
  • major guide for historians, graduate students and beginning researchers
United States history: a selective guide to information sources / Ron Blazek and Anna H. Perrault. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
E178 .E53 1994
  • selective coverage of both bibliographic and informational materials
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
Arts and humanities search [electronic resource]. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC.  Accessible via the Internet at : http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/gateway/oclc.html
  • indexes more than 2,000 journals of which more than 200 are history journals
Historical abstracts online. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1991-
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://serials.abc-clio.com/active/start?_appname=serials
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
International index to periodicals. New York: Wilson, 1916-1955. 13 v.
AI3 .R45
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
Poole's index to periodical literature. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1958. 6 v. in 7.
AI3 .P7
  • 1802-1906
  • covers 105 years of U.S. and English periodical
Social sciences abstracts online.
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=http://vweb.hwwilsonweb.com/
 
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
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
A Guide to manuscripts relating to America in Great Britain and Irelan: a revision of the guide edited in 1961 by B.R. Crick and Miriam Alman. Westport, Conn.: Published for the British Association for American Studies by Meckler Books, c1978.
CD1048 .U5 C73 1979
  • 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
Guides to federal records in the National Archives of the United States.  Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.  3 v.
CD3026 1995
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
Documents of American history / edited by Henry Steele Commager and Milton Cantor. 10th 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
 
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 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
Atlas of the American Revolution / Kenneth Nebenzahl, map selection and commentary by Kenneth Nebenzahl; narrative text by Don Higginbotham. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1974.
G1201 .S3 N42 1974
  • 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
British maps of the American revolution.  Monmouth Beach: Philip Freneau Press, 1972.
GA405.5 .G87 1972
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
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
American independence: the growth of an idea: a bibliographical study of the American political pamphlets printed between 1764 and 1776 dealing with the dispute between Great Britain and her colonies / Thomas Randolph Adams.  Austin, Tex.: Jenkins and Reese, 1980.
E211 .A42 1965
  • 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
Navies in the American Revolution: bibliography.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973.
E271 .S54 1973
  • citations to books, articles, poetry, dissertations and documents written between 1770-1972
Periodical literature on the American Revolution: historical research and changing interpretations, 1895-1970; a selective bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Library of congress, 1971.
E208 .U534 1971
  • 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
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
Fighters for independence: a guide to sources of biographical information on soldiers and sailors of the American Revolution.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
E206 .F53 1977
  • 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
Women patriots of the American Revolution: a biographical dictionary.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
E276 .C53 1991
  • 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
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
The American Revolution, 1775-1783: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1993. 2 v.
E208 .A65 1993
The Blackwell encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1991.
E208 .B49 1991
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
Encyclopedia of Continental Army units - battalions, regiments, and independent corps.  Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1972.
E259 .B456 1973
  • 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
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
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.
Bibliography of British history: the eighteenth century, 1714-1789.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951.
DA480 .P35 1951
  • same as above for later time period; excellent source
A Bibliography of United States-Latin American relations since 1810: a selected list of eleven thousand published references.  Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska, 1968.
E183.8 .L3 T72 1968
  • 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
John C. Calhoun: a bibliography.  Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1990.
E340 .C15 W542 1990
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
The War with Mexico, 1846-1848: a select bibliography of the causes, conduct and the political aspect of the war; with annotations and an index.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: Documentary Publications, 1970.
E407 .H32 1970
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
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
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
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
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
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
 
 
The Atlas of the Civil War. Edited by James M. McPherson. New York: Macmillan, 1994.
G1201 .S5 A83 1994
  • 200 full-colour maps
  • most extensive historical atlas of the war
A Battlefield atlas of the Civil War / G.L. Symonds.  2nd ed. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Pub., 1985.
E470 .S84 1985
  • twenty-six campaigns in forty-three maps
  • good, basic atlas
The Official military atlas of the Civil War / United States. War Dept.  New York: Arno Press/Crown Publishers, 1978.
G1201 .S5 U53 1891
  • reprint of the 1891 ed. of the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington
  • illustrations cover military operations, battles, engagements, campaigns, defenses, etc.
  • information on uniforms, ordanance, transportation of sick or wounded, corps flags, battles, et.
  • best place to look for cartographic illustrations of the war's military operations
The West Point atlas of the Civil War. New York: F.A. Praeger, c1962.
G1201 .S5 W46 1962
  • useful collection of historical maps of the war
  • clearly and concisely depicts military operations
BIOGRAPHIES
Biographical dictionary of the Confederacy / Jon L. Wakelyn.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1977.
E467 .W24 1977
  • 651 sketches of men and women (6) of whom 265 are military and naval officers
  • includes a 55-page introduction
Biographical dictionary of the Union: Northern leaders of the Civil War. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
E467 .B56 1995
  • 872 sketches of men and women who "influenced the course of public policy, opinion, and events".
Biographical register of the Confederate Congress / Ezra J. Warner.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1975.
JK9663 .W36 1975
  • an introduction reviews the history of the Confederate Congress
Civil War generals: categorical listings and a biographical directory / James Spencer.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
E467 .S63 1986
  • arranges information by various categories, such as place and date of birth/death, by battles, etc.
  • biographical section allows only four lines per person
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion / Frederick Henry Dyer, with a new introduction by Bell Irvin Wiley.
E491 .D93
  • attempt to give a detailed sketch of every regiment, battery and battalion in the Union Army
The Confederate governors / W. Buck Yearns.  Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1985. 295 p.
E487 .C59 1985
  • contains the most complete list of state executives
Confederate military history / Clement Anselm Evans.  New York: T. Yoseloff, 1962. 12 v.
E484 .E9 1962
  • contains biographical supplements of 5,925 concise profiles of personnel from all the Confederate States
Dictionary of American biography. New York: Scribner's, 1928- 20 v. + 8 supplements
CT213 .D55
  • scholarly American biographical dictionary with signed articles and bibliographies
For now and forever, the chaplains of the Confederate States Army / Frank L. Hieronymus.  Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1975. 1 microfilm reel
BR515 .R435 1976
Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 / Francis Bernard Heitman.  Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1965. 2 v.
U11 .U5 H43 1965
  • includes alphabetical listing of all officers commissioned in the regular army prior to 1903, including Civil War officers
  • also identifies all field grade officers of militia and volunteer units
Leaders of the American Civil War: a biographical and historiographical dictionary / edited by Charles F. Ritter and Jon L. Wakelyn. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998. 465 p.
E467 .L43 1998
New York Times obituaries index, 1858-1968. New York: New York Times, 1970.
CT213 .N48 1970
  • brings together, in a single alphabetical listing, all the names entered under the heading "Death" in the issues of the New York Times index, 1858-1968
Notable American women, 1607-1950: a biographical dictionary / Edward T. James.  Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. 3 v.
CT3260 .N67 1971
  • biographical sketches of more than 1,800 women, the great majority of whom are not included in the Dictionary of American Biography
Personnel of the Civil War / William Frayne Amann.  New York: T. Yoseloff, 1961. 2 v.
E494 .A5
  • emphasis is on command structure and organization
  • provides information of local unit designations, general officer assignments, and the organizational structure of geographical commands
Who was who in the Civil War / Stewart Sifakis.  New York: Facts on File, 1988.
E467 .S56 1988
  • 2,500 entries covering soldiers and civilians, Northerners and Southerners
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
The American Civil War: a handbook of literature and research. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996.
E468 .A47 1996
  • best place to start for both primary and secondary sources
American Civil War navies: a bibliography / Myron J. Smith.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
E591 .S63 1972
  • the most complete and best bibliography of Civil War naval and marine corps material
  • unannotated list of books, articles, and government documents
American military history: a guide to reference and information sources / Daniel K. Blewett.  Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
E181 .B54 1995
  • guide to English-language reference books for American military history
  • Chapter 6 provides good coverage of the Civil War
The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862: a bibliography / D. Scott Hartwig.  New York: Meckler, 1990.
E474.61 .H38 1990
  • first place to start for bibliographical research on the battle
Black slavery in the Americas: an interdisciplinary bibliography, 1865-1980 / John David Smith.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
HT1049 .S53 1982
  • comprehensive bibliography on African-Americans which includes books and articles on Southern bondsmen and emancipation during the Civil War
Civil war books: a critical bibliography / Allan Nevins.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967-69. 2 v.
E468 .N48 1967
  • a standard work in this field
  • lists more than 6,000 books published from 1860s-1960s
Civil War eyewitnesses: an annotated bibliography of books and articles, 1955-1986 / Garold Cole.  Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1988.
E601 .C655 1988
  • describes almost 1,400 personal accounts by soldiers, foreign travellers, Northerners and Southerners
  • includes books, articles
Civil War eyewitnesses: an annotated bibliography of books and articles, 1986-1996 / Garold Cole.  Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c2000.
E601 .C656 2000
The Civil War in books: an analytical bibliography / David J. Eicher.  Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1997.
E468 .E34 1997
The Civil War in the north: a selective annotated bibliography / Eugene C. Murdock.  New York: Garland, 1987.
E468 .M87 1987
  • listing of books and articles describing Union Civil War military, social and political histories
Civil War novels: an annotated bibliography / Albert J. Menendez.  New York: Garland, 1986.
PS374 .C53 M46 1986
  • lists about 1,000 novels depicting the Civil War, the South during Reconstruction
  • arranged alphabetically by author, with short annotations
The Era of the Civil War - 1820-1876 / US. Army. Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks, Penn., 1975.
US1/ND 792/82H11
  • extensive bibliography based on the holdings of the Army Military History Institute
Guide to American foreign relations since 1700. Edited by Richard Dean Burns. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, c1983
E183.7 .G83 1983
  • annotated list of books, articles, dissertations arranged by subject category
  • Chapter 11 covers the Civil War, in 19 pages
  • supplements Bemis' Guide to the Diplomatic History of the United States, 1775-1921 (Z183.7 Z9B4)
A Guide to the sources of United States military history / edited by Robin Higham. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1975 + supplements.
UA23 .G85 1975
  • evaluative bibliography
  • indispensable source of information
  • bibliographical essays written by specialists
Microbes and minie balls: an annotated bibliography of Civil War medicine / Frank R. Freemon.  Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c1993.
E621 .F74 1993
  • well-annotated list of primary and secondary materials, books, articles, journals
The North reports the Civil War / J. Cutler Andrews.  Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1955.
E609 .A52 1955
Patriotic gore; studies in the literature of the American Civil War / Edmund Wilson.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1962.
PS211 .W5
The South reports the Civil War / J. Cutler Andrews.  Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1970.
E609 .A54 1970
Travels in the Confederate States: a bibliography / Ellis Merton Coulter.  Wendell, N.C.: Broadfoot, 1981 (c1948).
F214 .C68 1948
  • annotated bibliography of about 500 books by both Northern and Southern soldiers and civilians
CATALOGS
Civil War manuscripts: a guide to collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress / John R. Sellers.  Washington: Library of Congress, 1986.
E468 .S44 1986
The Confederacy: a guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America / Henry Putney Beers.  Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm.
E468 .M482 1986
Guide to federal archives relating to the Civil War / Kenneth White Munden.  Washington: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962.
E468 .M84 1962
Guide to the archives of the government of the Confederate States of America / Henry Putney Beers.
CD3047 .B42 1968
  • identifies Civil War manuscripts in dozens of citations
A user's guide to the official records of the American Civil War / Alan Conrad Aimone.  Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. Co., c1993.
E464 .A38 1993
Chronological history of United States foreign relations / Lester H. Brune.  New York: Garland, 1985-
E183.7 .B745 1985
  • covers 1776 to 1981
  • a listing, with some descriptions, of events in the U.S. and foreign countries which had an impact on the U.S.
The Civil War day by day: an almanac, 1861-1865 / Everette B. Long.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971.
E468.3 .L64 1971
  • main military, political, and diplomatic archives for nearly every day of the war years from November 1861 to December 18, 1865
Civil war naval chronology 1861-1865 / United States. Naval History Division.  Washington, GPO, 1971.
US1/ND 925/71C38
Civil war collector's encyclopedia: arms, uniforms, and equipment of the Union and confederacy / Francis Alfred Lord.  Secaucus, N.J.: Castle, 1979-95. 3 v.
UC23 1861-65 L67 1965
  • contains photographs and descriptions of small arms, cannons, mines, torpedos, rockets and grenades
The Civil War dictionary / Mark M. Boatner.  Rev. ed. New York: David McKay, 1988.
E468 .B62 1988
  • indispensable research tool
  • includes useful tactical maps
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion / Frederick Henry Dyer, with a new introduction by Bell Irvin Wiley. 3 v. New York: Yoseloff, 1959.
E491 .D93
  • massive work
  • volume 1 concerns the organization of the U.S. army, and lists the military units and their locations
  • volume 2 indexes's the War's major battles
  • volume 3 contains concise regimental histories arranged by state
Dictionary of American diplomatic history / John E. Findling.  2nd ed., rev. and expanded. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
E183.7 .F54 1989
  • lengthy entries, with bibliographical references
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a political, social, and military history / David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2000.  5 v.
E468 .E55 2000
Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 4 v.
E487 .E53 1993
  • indispensable tool for the study of the Confederacy
  • extensive coverage with more than 1,400 articles, written by scholars, on the role and perspective of the confederate states
  • appendix reprints key documents
Encyclopedia of Southern history. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1979.
F207.7 .E55 1979
Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. 4 v.
E183.7 .E53 1997
A Handbook of American military history. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996.
E181 .H33 1995
  • covers the military history of the U.S. from the Revolution to the Gulf War
  • chronological arrangement
  • each section contains chronology, military operations, biographical notes, selected reading list
Handbook for research in American history: a guide to bibliographies and other reference works / Francis Paul Prucha.  2nd ed., rev. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
E178 .P8855 1994
Historical Times illustrated encyclopedia of the Civil War. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
E468 .H56 1986
  • contains 2,000 entries
  • lacks an index
The Language of the Civil War / John D. Wright.  Westport, Conn.: Oryx Press, 2001.
E468.9 .W75 2001
The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference / Abraham Lincoln, compiled and edited by Archer H. Shaw; with an introduction by David C. Mearns. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1950.
E457.99 .L54 1980
Reference guide to United States military history. New York: Facts on File, 1991-1994. 5 v.
E181 .R44 1991
  • a very good source with a wide variety of information
  • some articles have short bibliographies attached
The Union Army, 1861-1865: organization and operations / Frank Johnson Welcher.  Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1989-92. 2 v.
E491 .W45 1989
  • breaks down the Union Army into successively smaller pieces, while providing a brief history of its operations, units, etc.
ILLUSTRATIVE MATTERS
Historical times illustrated encyclopedia of the Civil War / Patricia L. Faust.  New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
E468 .H56 1986
The Image of war, 1861-1865 / William C. David.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981-83. 6 v.
E470 .I52 1981
  • standard work for Civil War historians
  • work is grouped by subject matter
Mathew Brady's illustrated history of the Civil War, 1861-65 and the causes that led up to the great conflict by Benson J. Lossing, and a chronological summary and record of every engagement. Washington, D.C. Fairfax Press, [1978?] c1912.
E468.7 .L66 1912
The Photographic history of the civil war: complete and unabridged / Francis Miller.  Secaucus, N.J. Blue & Grey Press, 1987, (c1911). 10 v. in 5
E468.7 .P49 1911
Selected Civil War photographs [electronic resource] / Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
America: History and Life (online).  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1962-
Harper's weekly.
AP2 .H36
  • Library has: v.8, 1864; v.10-13, 1866-1969; v.16-26,1872-1882; v.47-57, 1903-1913. Call no: AP2 .H36 Backset location: 4LT.
  • Library has: Microfilm: v.1-9, 1857-1865; v.13-16, 1969-1872; v.26-46, 1882-1902. Call no: AP2 .H36 Backset location: 3LT-MFILM
  • Northern publication
  • written narrative, illustrations, and photographs
Historical abstracts (online). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1955-
Nineteenth century readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing 1900-1922. New York: Wilson, 1944. 2 v.
AI3 .R43
Southern Historical Society papers / Southern Historical Society.   Richmond, Va.: Virginia Historical Society. 52 v.
E483.7 .A1
Writings on American history. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1902-
E178 .W74
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
Investigations in the military and anthropological statistics of American soldiers / Benjamin Apthorp Gould.  New York: Arno Press, 1979.
E631 .G68 1869
  • detailed statistics on a variety of medical and anthropological factors as they relate to the Civil War
Numbers & losses in the Civil War in America: 1861-65 / Thomas Leonard Livermore.  Introduction by Edward E. Barthell, Jr. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1957.
E491 .L58 1957
Abraham Lincoln papers [microform] / Abraham Lincoln.  97 reels.
E457.909 1959
Abraham Lincoln: a documentary portrait through his speeches and writings / Abraham Lincoln, edited and with an introduction by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1977 [c1964].
E457.92 1964
All for the Union: the Civil War diary and letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes / Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes. New York: Orion Books, 1991, (c1985).
E528.5 2ND R46 1991
  • Rhodes joined the Union army in 1861 and his diary includes battle accounts as well as notes on daily life
Army life in a Black regiment. / Thomas Wentworth Higginson.  Williamstown, Mass.: Corner House Publishers, 1971.
E492.94 33D H52
  • chronicles life in a black regiment from the perspective of a white officer
Camp-fire and cotton-field: Southern adventure in time of war; life with the Union Armies and residence on a Louisiana plantation / Thomas Wallace Knox.  New York: Da Capo Press, repr. 1969, c1865.
E601 .K66 1865
  • journalist's account of the war
Civil war and reconstruction: selected essays by Gideon Welles / Gideon Welles.
E458 .W444 1959
  • Welles was Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
The Civil War diary of Sarah Morgan / Sarah Morgan Dawson.  Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1991.
E605 .D39 1991
  • life in Louisiana during the Civil War
Civil War nurse: the diary and letters of Hannah Ropes / Hannah Anderson Ropes, edited, with introduction and commentary by John R. Brumgardt. Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, c1980.
E621 .R64 1980
  • letters and diaries combined to form a narrative of her brief service as a nurse
The Civil War papers of George B. McClellan: selected correspondence, 1860-1865 / G.B. McClellan, edited by Stephen W. Sears. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989.
E467.1 .M163 A4 1989
  • one-volume compilation reprints 813 selected papers
The Confederate Constitutions / Charles Robert Lee.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1963.
JK9679 .A5 L4
The Confederate raider Alabama: selections from Memoirs of service afloat during the War between the States / Raphael Semmes, edited, with an introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, repr. 1969, c1962.
E599 .A3 S46 1969
The Confederate reader: how the South saw the war. Edited by Richard B. Harwell. New York: Dover, 1989.
E488 .C66 1989
The Confederate soldier in the Civil War: the campaigns, battles, seiges, charges and skirmishes described by Robert E. Lee. New York: Fairfax Press, [1977].
E545 .C64 1977
A Diary from Dixie / Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, edited by Ben Ames Williams. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1980, (c1949).
E487 .C522 1980
A Diary of battle: the personal journals of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1861-1865 / Charles Shiels Wainwright edited by Allan Nevins. New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1962.
E470 .W33 1962
  • excellent source on the Army of the Potomac (Union).
The Diary of Edmund Ruffin / Edmund Ruffin, edited, with an introduction and notes by William Kauffman Scarborough. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1972. 2 v.
F230 .R8 A3 1972
  • voluminous diary of Southern supporter
Fifty basic Civil War documents. Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1965.
E464 .C642 1965Free at last: a documentary history of slavery, freedom, and the Civil War. New York: New Press, 1993.
E185.2 .F84 1992
Hospital sketches / Louisa May Alcott, edited by Bessie Z. Jones. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1960.
E621 .A42 1960
  • noted author's experiences as a nurse
Inside the Confederate Government: the diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean, head of the Bureau of War / Robert Garlick Hill Kean.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1973 [c1957]
E487 .K42 1957
Journal of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [microform].
JK9803 .A4
The Life and writings of Frederick Douglass / Frederick Douglass.  New York: International, 1950-.
E449 .D6 F6 1950
Life in the North during the Civil War: a source history / [edited] by George Winston Smith and Charles Judah. Albuquerque, N.M., University of New Mexico Press, 1966.
E464 .S547 1966
Lincoln observed: Civil War dispatches of Noah Brooks / edited by Michal Burlingame.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 291 p.
E457.15 .B88 1998
Mary Chesnut's Civil War / Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, edited by C. Vann Woodward. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1981.
E487 .C53 1981
  • based on factual daily journals by Confederate women
The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby. / John Singleton Mosby, edited by Charles Wells Russell. Boston: Little, Brown, 1917.
E581.6 43RD M67 1917
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: his military and personal history, embracing a large amount of information hitherto unpublished / A.L. Long.  Secaucus, N.J.: Blue and Grey Press, repr. 1983, (c1886).
E467.1 .L4 L66 1886
Memoranda during the war & Death of Abraham Lincoln: reproduced in facsimile / Walt Whitman, edited with an introd. by Roy P. Basler. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1962.
PS3216 .A1 1962
  • author's experiences in Civil War hospitals
The Messages and papers of Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy: including diplomatic correspondence, 1861-1865. Edited and compiled by James D. Richardson. New York: Chelsea House, 1983. 2 v.
E487 .M47 1983
Military memoirs of a Confederate / Edward Porter Alexander.  With a new introduction and notes by T. Harry Williams. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1962.
E470 .A537 1962
  • provides information into the operations and personalities of Northern Virginia
Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion [microform]. United States. Naval War Records Office.  Washington: National Archives and Records Administration, 1894-1922. 30 v. on 30 reels.
E591 .U53
  • rich and unique source of primary materials
One of Cleburne's Command: the Civil War reminiscences and diary of Capt. Samuel T. Foster, Granbury's Texas Brigade, CSA. / Samuel T. Foster.  Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1980.
E580.6 24TH F6 1980
The Papers of Andrew Johnson / Andrew Johnson.  Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1967-.
E415.6 .J66 1967
The Papers of Jefferson Davis / Jefferson Davis, edited by Haskell M. Monroe and James t. McIntosh. Louisiana State University Press: Baton Rouge, La., 1971. 8 v.
E467.1 .D26 A23 1971
  • definitive edition
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant / Ulysses S. Grant, edited by John Y. Simon. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967-. 20 volumes
E660 .G75 A28 1967
  • collection includes all known papers
The Private Mary Chesnut: the unpublished civil war diaries / Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, [edited by] C. Vann Woodward, Elizabeth Muhlenfeld. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.
E487 .C535 1984
  • contains Chesnut's original journals
  • important primary source
A Rebel war clerk's diary / John Beauchmp Jones, edited by Earl Schenck Miers. New York: Old Hickory Bookshop, 1935.
E487 .J64 1958
  • author worked in the Confederate Dept. of War
Recollections of the Civil War / Charles Anderson Dana with a new introduction by Paul M. Angle. New York: Collier Books, 1963.
E470 .D33 1963
  • journalist's view of the war
Saddle bag and spinning wheel: being the Civil War letters of George W. Peddy, and his wife Kate Featherston Peddy / George Washington Peddy, edited by George Peddy Cuttino. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1981.
E625 .P36 1981
  • picture of home life in Georgia and military matters of the Army of Tennessee
Three months in the Southern States: April-June, 1863 / by Lieut.-Col. Arthur James Lyon Fremantle. Westport, Conn.: Negro Universities Press, 1970, (c1864).
E487 .F737 1864
  • British officer who visited the Southern armies as an observer and witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg
Three years in the Army of the Cumberland: the letters and diary of Major James A. Connolly / James Austin Connolly, edited by Paul M. Angle. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1959.
E601 .C664 1959
Three years with Grant, as recalled by war correspondent Sylvanus Cadwallader / Sylvanus Cadwallader; edited, and with an introd. and notes, by Benjamin P. Thomas. Wesport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980, (c1955).
E470 .C32 1955
  • journalist's view of the war
Union pamphlets of the Civil War, 1861-1965 / Frank Freidel.  Cambridge: Harvard U. P., 1967. 2 v.
E464 .F72 1967
  • includes many of the leading pamphlets of the period
The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Published under the direction of the.... Secretary of War / United States. War Dept. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1880-1901. 70 v. in 128
E470 .U53 1880
  • oldest, biggest, and best known set of Civil War papers
  • reproduces thousands of telegrams, orders, battle reports and other primary military material
The War-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865 / Eliza Frances Andrews, edited by Spencer Bidwell King, Jr. Atlanta: Cherokee Pub., 1976.
E559 .A52 1960
  • depiction of social life in Georgia following Sherman's march to the sea
The Wartime papers of R.E. Lee / Robert E. Lee with connective narratives by Clifford Dowdey and maps by Samuel H. Bryant. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961.
E470 .L42 1961
  • compilation of Lee's most significant wartime papers
Wartime Washington: the Civil War letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee / Elizabeth Blair Lee, edited by Virginia Jeans Laas. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1991.
E601 .L44 1991
  • valuable source by a Union woman who discusses policies, war strategy, sketches of public figures, etc.
A Year on a Monitor and the destruction of Fort Sumter / Alvah Folsom Hunter.  Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1987.
E595 .N33 H36 1987
  • author spent a year in the Federal navy

ATLASES

A Military and topographical atlas of the United States: ; including the British possessions & Florida / by John Melish.  Philadelphia: Published by J. Melish, 1815.
E359 .M53 1815
Historical atlas of Canada. Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer/designer ; R. Cole Harris, editor. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987-93.
G1116 .S1 H57 1987
  • excellent source of information on the social and economic history of Canada through maps, graphs, tables, illustrations and texts

BIOGRAPHIES

Dictionary of American biography. New York: Scribner's, 1928-
CT213 .D55
  • scholarly American biographical dictionary, with signed articles and bibliographies
Dictionary of American military biography / by Roger J. Spiller.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984.
U52 .D53 1984
  • begins with the French & Indian wars and ends with the Vietnam era
  • biographical essays written by specialists with bibliographical references
  • includes military figures and political or civilian figures who had some influence upon or connnection with military affairs
Dictionary of Canadian biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-.
CT273 .D52
  • monumental reference work with signed articles ranging from 200 to 10,000 words with bibliographic references
  • arranged in chronological sequence by volume with an index and bibliography at the end of each
  • all the major and many of the minor participants have their biographies here
Dictionary of national biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1912-.
CT773 .D55
  • most important reference source for English biography, containing signed articles by experts and bibliographies
  • many of the major participants were British because Canada was still a British colony

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Andrew Jackson: a bibliography / Robert Vincent Remini.  Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1991.
E382 .R45 1991
Bibliographia Canadiana / by Claude Thibault.  Don Mills, Ont.: Longman Canada, 1973.
FC51 .T45 1973
  • bibliography of the major printed sources, books, articles, for the study of Canadian history; over 25,000 items
Canada, the printed record [microform]: a bibliographic register with indexes to the microfiche series of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions = Catalogue d'imprimes canadiens: repertoire bibliographiqeu avec index, collection de microfiches de l'Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques. Ottawa: The Institute, c1981.
FC51 .C3496
  • bibliography of approximately 66,000 entries providing access to the pre-1901 Canadian monographs reproduced in full, on microfiche. The Library has the collection in microfiche
Canadian history: a reader's guide / edited by M. Brook-Taylor. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. 2 v.
FC161 .C364 1994
  • critical, bibliographical essays on writings in Canadian history
Confederation, constitution, and early national period, 1781-1815 / by Elmer James Ferguson.  Northbrook, Ill.: AHM Pub. Corp., [1975].
E301 .F47 1975
  • an unannotated bibliography of books and articles
  • dated but still useful for older works
Free trade and sailors' rights: a bibliography of the war of 1812 / by John C. Fredriksen.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1985.
E354 .F74 1985
  • bibliography listing over 6,000 items
  • has a chapter on manuscript collections in Canada and the United States
Resource guide for the War of 1812 / by John C. Fredriksen.  Los Angeles: Subia, 1979.
FC442 .F72 1979
  • books, pamphlets, articles which cover all aspects of the war
  • includes a chronology of the war on land
War of 1812 eyewitness accounts: an annotated bibliography / by John C. Fredriksen.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. 311 p.
E354 .F76 1997
  • appendix contains a list of documentary sources
The War of 1812: an annotated bibliography / by Dwight La Verne Smith.  New York: Garland, 1985.
E354 .S553 1985
  • includes about 14,000 entries for published primary and second materials: books, articles, essays, drawings, members speeches, songs, literary words, sermons, dissertations

CHRONOLOGIES

A Chronology of Montreal and of Canada from A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1893: including commercial statistics, historic sketches of commercial corporations and firms and advertisements arranged to show in what year the several houses and corporate bodies originated; together with calendars of every year from A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1925 / Frederick William Terrill.  Montreal: John Lovell, 1893. 501 p.
FC2947.4 .T47 1893
  • provides calendars for each of the 174 years between 1752 and 1925, and notes significant Canadian events, persons, and institutions to 1893
Canadian chronology / by G.W. Taplin.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970. 174 p.
FC24 .C34 1970
  • chronology of events in Canadian history from the earliest European settlements to 1968

DICTIONARIES/ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Battlefields of Canada / Mary Beacock Fryer.  Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1986.
FC226 .F794 1986
  • series of brief essays describing sixteen significant battles
Canadian veterans of the War of 1812 / edited, with an introduction by Eric Jonasson. Winnipeg, Man.: Wheatfield Press, c1981.
FC444 .C34 1981
  • lists included in this publication originally appeared in the Dominion Sessional Papers, 1875, 1876
  • includes introductory essays, maps, chronology, statistics
Dictionary of Canadian military history / by David Jay Bercuson.  Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1992. 248 p.
FC226 .B37 1992
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 / by David Stephen Heidler.  Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1997.
E354 .H46 1997
Guidebook to the historic sites of the War of 1812 / Gilbert Collins.  Toronto: Dundurn Press, c1998.
E364.9 .C65 1998
James Madison and the American Nation, 1751-1836: an encyclopedia. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 509 p.
E342 .J36 1994
The Pictorial field-book of the War of 1812, or Illustrations, by pen and pencil, of the history, biography, scenery, relics, and traditions of the last war for American independence [micrform] / by Benson John Lossing.  New York: Harper, 1982, c1868. 12 microfiches
FC51 .C3496 NO.29136 America, history and life (electronic resource). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1962-
E18 INTERNET
  • premier scholarly index for history
  • coverage is Canada and the United States
Canadian periodical index. CPIQ (electronic resource). Toronto: Info Globe, 1939-
AI3 INTERNET
Nineteenth century readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899: with supplementary indexing 1900-1922 . Edited by Helen Grant Cushing and Adah V. Morris. New York: Wilson, 1944. 2 v.
AI3 .R43
Readers' guide to periodical literature. New York: Wilson, 1901-
AI3 .R44
Historical abstracts (electronic resource). Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1955-
D299 INTERNET
  • premier scholarly index for history
  • covers world excluding North America

NEWSPAPERS/PERIODICALS

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research / Society for Army Historical Research (London).  London: The Society.
DA49 .S62
Niagara Historical Society: [publications]. Niagara Historical Society, 1896-1939.
FC3099 .N527 A223
A Treaty of peace and amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America [microform]: signed at Ghent, December 24, 1814.  London: Printed by R.G. Clarke..., repr.1987, c1815.  1 microfiche.
FC51 .C3496 NO.61592
Correspondence of Major George Tod [microform]: selection no.2, War of 1812 / Western Reserve Historical Society. 1 microfiche.
FC51 .C3496 NO.58983
Documents and facts relative to military events during the late war [microform] / by John Parker Boyd.  1 microfiche.
FC51 .C3496 NO.50555
Historical documents [all relating to the war of 1812] [microform] / published under the auspices of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.  Quebec?: s.n.,  1981,c 1877. 2 microfiches.
FC51 .C3496 NO.09722
The Naval War of 1812: a documentary history / by Willilam S. Dudley.  Washington: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of Navy, 1985-. 3 v.
E360 .N38 1985
War of 1812, first series: containing a full and detailed narrative of the operations of the Right Division, of the Canadian Army / by John Richardson.   Brockville, Ont.?: s.n., 1842.
FC442 .R52 1842
Documents on The American War of 1812.
http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/history/War/FR1812.htm
From Colony to Country: A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/13/h13-5011-e.html


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