American Culture Series, 1493-1875 MFM 1144
This large collection of 5,750 titles of early American books and
pamphlets provides extensive source material from what are
considered to be fundamental research materials in
interdisciplinary American Studies curricula. It was based on
Bibliography
of American Culture by David R. Weimer. It is categorized into
12 disciplines: history (1,574 titles); literature and languages
(903 titles); sciences (683 titles); economics (578 titles);
philosophy, psychology and religion (472 titles); politics and law
(311 titles);
military and naval history and science (293 titles); art and
architecture (274 titles); anthropology and sociology (240 titles);
education
(135 titles); journalism (958 titles) and music (45 titles).
Equivalent to 6,232 volumes.
American Periodicals, 1741-1900 MFM 159
This collection consists of three series including more that 1100
periodicals. Series I (1741-1800) contains all issues of all
periodicals
(88 titles) which could be located for these years. They cover
eighteenth-century American society in all its phases. Series II
(1800-
1850) has 923 titles which reflect the spirit of nationalism,
westward expansion, and the issue of slavery, and includes
religious
periodicals and magazines for women and children. Series III
(1850-1900) contains 117 titles through which readers can trace the
philosophical, social, and literary background of the Civil War and
Reconstruction Eras, the beginnings of professional journals, and
the first examples of modern advertising slogans. Because no
particular order of filming was followed, access to titles depends
upon
the printed guide.
Benjamin Franklin's Account Books MFM 369
The American Philosophical Society, founded by Franklin and his
friends in 1743, and the Yale University Press began a joint
project
to publish almost everything written by or to Franklin. The
account books, which are not included in the Papers, fall into four
main
categories: domestic and personal accounts, business accounts,
accounts of the Philadelphia Post Office during and after
Franklin's
tenure as Philadelphia postmaster, and Franklin's public accounts
when he served in London and France.
Early American History Research Reports from the
Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation MFE 4094
Reprints of 495 documents relating to Colonial Williamsburg.
Divided into the following subject areas: Archeology, Decorative
Arts,
Trades, History, and Architecture.
Early American Newspapers MPT 1-12, 15-21, &
25-35
These reprints of newspapers printed in America from 1704 to 1787
in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, New
Jersey, Connecticut, and Georgia provide excellent primary sources
for early history.
Jeffersonian Americana MCD 289 thru MCD 997
Includes 708 scarce volumes of Americana up to about 1835. While
the name of collection suggests that it includes only volumes
relating to the Jeffersonian era, in fact it contains many
excellent primary source materials for the Columbian,
Colonial, Revolutionary,
and Federal periods which were either in Jefferson's library or
were printed during the Jeffersonian era. The number from Sabin's
Bibliotheca Americana is given, but the arrangement is in
two alphabetical files by main entry, usually author.
