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Databases
National Anti-Slavery Standard
Publication coverage: 1840-1870
Official newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society.Publication coverage: 1914 - present
A digital collection of significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in during the nineteenth century.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories
Publication coverage: 1800 - 1950
Letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives by over 1900 immigrants to the United States and Canada between 1800 and 1950.North American Indian Thought and Culture
Publication coverage: 17th century - present
Integrates autobiographies, biographies, Indigenous publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries includes the personal experiences of 1,325 women who lived in North America from colonial times to 1950.