Subject Headings
Here are some ways to search for primary sources created before the nineteenth century:
New France -- Discovery and exploration
Indians of North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Indians of North America -- History -- 1600-1750
America -- Early accounts to 1600
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In our catalog, peoples' self-preferred names will be found as well as older terms:
Iroquois Indians OR Hodenausonee Indians
Chippewa Indians OR Ojibwa Indians
Examples of Primary Sources
Collections of Digital Primary Sources
Many of the library's resources from the earliest periods of European contact and colonization are available online. Here are some of the most important collections.
- Early American Imprints: Series I. Evans, 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
- Early American Imprints: Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 This link opens in a new windowA digital collection of American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the noted "American Bibliography, 1801-1819" by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. W
- Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment This link opens in a new window
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
- Sabin Americana Collection, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowBooks and other materials about all aspects of America from 1500 to the early 1900s. Works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900s. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents, forming a collection of over 6 million pages from 29,000 works.
Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography.
Librarian
Nancy Spiegel
she/her
Contact:
Regenstein 413 (not accessible during the renovation-- pls. email for an appointment)