Warren Hunting Smith Library: American Studies: Subject Guide

SUBJECT | AMERICAN STUDIES

Keywords and Phrases

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(age OR generation) AND "social media"
Appalachia AND (domestic OR home OR family)
juneteenth AND emancipation

Scholarly Articles

America: History and Life
Scholarly articles about United States history.
JSTOR
Interdisciplinary collection of scholarly articles and ebooks.
Academic Search Premier
Interdisciplinary access to scholarly and popular articles.

Primary Source Material

African American Communities
Primary sources about Black communities and identity.
American Consumer Culture
Primary sources for the study of market research, consumerism, business and advertising in America.
Ancestry Library Edition
Genealogical records, including immigration records and censuses from 1790-1940.
Everyday Life and Women in America
Covering c.1800-1920, primary sources addressing issues including political, social, gender, religion, race, education, marriage, sexuality, and health.
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America
Primary sources about histories and cultures of indigenous peoples of North America.
Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954
Original manuscript collections from the holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society in New York.
Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975
Primary sources reflecting events and cultural change in Britain and the U.S. from 1950 to 1975.
Race Relations in America
Primary sources about race relations from 1943-1970.
Trade Catalogues and the American Home
Primary sources such as trade catalogues, cards and marketing ephemera tracing the evolution of commerce throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

Magazines and Newspapers

African American Newspapers
Historic newspaper articles written in Black newspapers across the United States.
African American Newspapers, Series 2.
Added content to the Library's existing collection of African American newspapers, published between 1835 and 1956.
American Periodical Series, 1741-1940
Full text coverage of early popular American magazines published from colonial days to the early 20th century.
Chicago Defender (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Digital archive of the Black newspaper, available from 1909-1975.
Chronicling America
Access to historic newspaper content from across the United States.
Early American Newspapers
Historic newspaper articles in the United States from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Historical New York Times
Full-text articles from the New York Times dating from 1851 with a 5-year embargo on current content.
Life Magazine Archive
Online coverage of Life Magazine from 1936 to 2000.

Data and Statistics

Slave Voyages
Data & images about the ships voyages transporting enslaved Americans.
Social Explorer
Customizable mapped census data.
Statista
Statistics, reports, and infographics, related to market data.

Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Includes public opinion polling and demographic research related to U.S. politics, social trends, media, technology, and science.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Congressional documents from 1817-1994.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps
Maps related to the US Congressional Serial Set.

Ebooks

Timelines!

American Decades, 1900-1999.
Overview of American culture decade by decade throughout the 20th century.

American Studies