American History
REF G 1201.S5 A8 1986
Atlas for the American Civil
War
Detailed color maps of campaigns, troop movements, routes of march,
battle sites for artillery, cavalry, infantry.
REF G 1201.S1 A8 1984
Atlas of American History
Covers American history, from the time of Western discovery and Indian
Tribal Groups, to 1978-1984period of issues (unemployment, hazardous
waste, etc.). Includes settlement of country, French and Spanish
exploration, American Revolution, Civil War, Frontier era, U.S. as a
World Power.
Some
social and economic development maps, such as the Interstate Highway
System (1984) and sources of immigration.
REF GA 405.5.L5 1988
Civil War Maps: An
annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress.
descriptions of 2,240 maps and charts, and of 76 atlases and sketch
books. Theater of war maps; maps, charts on troop movements,
coastal charts; reconnaissance.
Maps themselves are not included.
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REF E 186. G73
The American Colonies in the
Eighteenth Century: 1689-1763
"Goldentree Bibliographies in American History"
Citations for books and articles that cover the title time
period. Subjects include economic and social development, British
background, institutional and governmental policy, administration in
and
of the colonies, state and regional histories, commerce, and other
topics.
REF E 77.W52 1995
American Indian Studies: A
Bibliographic Guide.
Includes an appendix, with listings of LC Subject headings used; also,
a Subject Index and an Author /Title Index. Contents include
citations for encyclopedias, directories, books, bibliographies, guides
to the literature, periodicals indexes, abstracts, newspapers,
newsletters, government publications, theses and dissertations,
microfilm collections. Subjects that these citations cover
include material on various tribes, practices, public and government
policy, anthropology, history, etc.
REF F 209.A45 1986
The American South: A
Historical Bibliography
Divided chronologically, by major periods of Southern history, and by
subject - society, politics, education, race, law, economy, etc.
Includes Subject and Author Indexes. Citations for entries of
journal articles are abstracted.
REF E 178.B48 1988
Bibliographies in History: An
Index to Bibliographies in History Journals and Dissertations Covering
the U.S. and Canada
Divided chronologically, by regions and by source type of materials;
includes methodology, research, teaching of history, archives, museums,
libraries, and collections. A bibliography of bibliographies;
abstracts.
REF E 303.F47
Confederation, constitution,
and Early National Period, 1781-1815
"Goldentree Bibliographies in American History"
Article and book citations. Subjects included: Confederation,
Constitution formation, analysis, and ratification, Federalism, the
Republican Era, War of 1812, development of governmental, political,
and social thought, demography of nation, economic development, social
problems, slavery, Humanitarianism, science, arts, etc.
REF E 174.D52 2003
Dictionary of American History
With the goal of "making the voluminous record of the past readily
available in one convenient source" (p. xv Preface). The
Dictionary contains articles arranged alphabetically. Articles
are brief, contain cross referencing, and are followed by a
bibliography. There are no biographical entries.
REF E 661.D4
The Gilded Age: 1877-1896
"Goldentree Bibliographies in American History"
Bibliography of references significant to research on the "Gilded Age"
in American history; citations for journals and books. Listings
of resources under subject topic areas - politics, foreign affairs,
industry, trust and monopolies, immigration, labor, rise of the city,
natural resources, science and medicine, journalism, others.
REF Z 1215.U53
A Guide to the Study of the
United States of America: Representative Books Reflecting the
development of American Life and Thought
Sections on U.S. general History, local and regional history,
philosophy, military history, law and justice, society, culture,
economic life, education, politics, etc. Bibliography of books,
including Library of Congress call numbers and libraries the items
located in, if available. Index, at back of volume.
REF E 338.F43
Manifest Destiny and the
Coming of the Civil War:
1840-1861
"Goldentree Bibliographies in American History"
Citations for the title period, of journal articles and books.
Covers the subject areas of : general works, Westward expansion,
American society and economy, government and politics, slavery and
sectional conflict, more.
REF E 660.D66
The Nation in Crisis 1861-1877
"Goldentree Bibliographies in American History"
Sources for information on the American civil War and Reconstruction
eras; citations for books and journals. Topic areas include the
outbreak of the Civil War, politics, the War at sea, states
during
reconstruction, the Confederacy, wartime diplomacy, and Grant's
Administration.
REF E 178.W74 1918-
Writings on American History
Later volumes have Author and Name Indexes; also, Subject
Bibliographies of books and monographs for writings on American
history. The personal name indexes give number citations to
entries in other volumes. Citations provide some abstracting of
the works, some description.
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REF CT 100.C8 1940-
Current Biography
International in scope. biographies, photographs of the lives,
accomplishments, work, awards, other details concerning prominent
persons in every field of endeavor. Includes obituaries.
REF E 176.D562
dictionary of American
Biography
Scholarly articles; includes noteworthy persons of all periods who
lived in the United States. Indexes; some inaccuracies.
REF CT 3260.N57 (Three volumes
and
REF CT 3260. N573 (One
volume)
Notable American Women:
1607-1950 (A Biographical Dictionary) and
Notable American Women: The Modern
Period
These titles are alphabetically organized, and include scholarly
article format biographies of women prominent in American history;
bibliographies with some of the articles. The second title is a
supplement, and includes biographies from the late nineteenth century
to the mid twentieth century.
REF E 663.W56 1920-
Who's Who in America
Alphabetical listing, short biographies of influential and famous
Americans. Editions since 1994 have geographic, professional,
retiree and necrology indexes. Inclusion in the latest issues
depends much on position held, and on notable achievements.
REF E 747.W59 1966-
Who's Who in the East
Listings of persons prominent and influential in the Eastern United
States; biographical sketches.
REF E 747.W63 1965-1989
Who's Who in the Midwest
Listings of prominent Midwesterners; short biographical sketches.
REF F 208.W64 1950-
Who's Who in the South and
Southwest 1965-1989, 1991-1994
Includes biographical sketches for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands, Mexico. As in other
Who's Who volumes, the
persons included are prominent in all fields; science, arts,
professions, religion, media, industry, health care, finance,
government, law, education, athletics, etc.
REF E 176.W64
Who Was Who in America
Short, biographical sketches of deceased Americans, covering the time
periods from 1607 to the 1990's. Some world notables included.
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REF E 178.5.A48 1969
Album of American History
Drawings, diagrams, pictures of United States historical events,
people, objects; time period covered by volumes, from colonial to late
1960's. Some portraits; not much text. Index in Volume six.
REF E 159.A37 1995
America Preserved: A
checklist of Historic Buildings, Structures, and Sites
Alphabetically arranged, by state, then by counties. Index at
end, by state and city or town (counties listed behind the city or
town). Offers name, address, survey numbers and Library of
Congress shelflist numbers.
REF D 2.A7
The Annual Register (A Record
of World Events) 1963-
International in scope. Covers events, topics of science,
religion, law, arts, economics, other areas. includes maps and
obituaries, chronicles of principle events; indexed.
REF 470.B29 1989
Battle Chronicles of the
Civil War: 1861-1865
The first five volumes cover each year of the Civil War; the sixth
includes war leaders and the index. Text descriptions, diagrams and
maps. Illustrated.
REF E 468.L48 1986
Civil War Manuscripts: Guide
to Collections on the Civil War, in the Manuscript Division of the
Library of Congress.
Descriptions of manuscript items; index at back of volume.
REF E 172.A538 (1982)
Directory of Historical
Societies and Agencies in the United States and Canada
Lists, by state or province, phone numbers, addresses, dates of
founding, major programs, newsletters, periods of time covered.
Special interest (subject) index at back, listing institutes for
varying areas of historical interest.
REF E 173.C66 1977c
Documents of American History
Documents cover subjects ranging from the age of discovery to the
present; mostly, the documents are of official or quasi official
type. Indexed. Examples of contents: Marbury vs. Madison,
Northwest Ordinance, Lee's Farewell to his Army speech, Lincoln-Douglas
debates, colonial charters, Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt's new
nationalism speech (1912), Teapot Dome, military occupation of Japan
(1945), Taft-Hartley Act, reports of Berlin Crisis, and the Cuban
Missile Crisis, etc.
REF E 176.1.K3 1993
Facts About the Presidents
Presidents from Washington to Carter. Part I focuses on
information concerning each president, presented in chronological
order. Facts include elections and nominations data,
administration dates and events, information on the vice president,
congress, other data. Part II concentrates on presenting
comparative data for all the Presidents, such as, dates and places of
national conventions, presidential libraries, information on children
and wives, appointments, etc.
REF CD 3022.A45 (1961)
A Guide to Archives and
Manuscripts in the United States
Guide arranged by state and cities, then by archives.
Indexed. Not a complete listing of all archives or of all
holdings. Very brief descriptions. Bibliography citations
included with many holdings listings; these indicate sources that have
more information.
REF CD 3023.U54 1974
Guide to the National
Archives of the United States
Non-current records of the United States government, "which document
our history from the First Continental Congress and include the basic
records of the three branches of our Federal government..." (p.vii)
REF E 178.P78 1987
Handbook for Research in
American History: A Guide to Bibliographies and Other Reference Works
Guide to dictionaries, handbooks,, encyclopedias, archive records,
state and local materials, guides to dissertations and theses, to
newspapers, to periodical literature, general bibliographies, book
review indexes, manuscript guides, special library catalogs; citations
are
NOT for specific
topics in American history, but to list sources that provide sources of
citation information on various aspects of American history. Part
II deals with special subject areas of historical research, such as
religion, women, politics, society, etc.
REF E 839.53.H57 1972-
Historic Documents
Current documents of historical importance, current to the year of the
volume in which they are printed. Background information on the
documents is included.
REF HA 202.B87 1975
Historical Statistics of the
United States: Colonial Times to 1970
Tables of statistics, with Subject Index. Information includes
historical information on population, labor, migration, social
statistics, national income and wealth, transportation, business
enterprises, government, services, manufacturing, housing, etc.
REF CD 3052.N37 1990
Microfilm Publications in the
National Archives - Southeast Region
Subject Index, and a list of microfilm publication arranged
alphabetically - by titles of record groups. Lists 16 and 35 mm
microfilm in the entries. Subjects of the microform publication
include such topics as World War II, confiscated German records from
WWII, records of the Continental Congress 1774-1789), federal
administration of Indian affairs.
REF HB 1965.K8
Population Redistribution and
Economic Growth: United States, 1870-1950
Migration data, redistribution of income, statistics on labor forces,
manufacturing, general population. State income estimates
furnished, for such fields as agriculture, non-agricultural,
construction, transportation. Stats on migration for blacks,
whites, foreign born.
REF HP 235.U6 V35 1999
The Value of a Dollar:
1860-1999
Compilations of statistics for comparison of prices of goods and
services, for 1860 through 1999. Brief historical "snapshots" of
each time period presented. What is included? Prices for
foods, clothing, entertainment, furniture, rent, housing, appliances,
motorized vehicles and equipment. Also, some statistics about
investments and stock yields.
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REF E 185.86.B542 1993
Black Women in America
Short entries or articles, with bibliographies at the end of the
entries. Cross referenced. Concentrates on personalities
mostly, with some presentation of associations or other topics, such as
free black women in the ante-bellum north, international councils of
black women, etc.
REF E 185.H64 1991
Chronology of
African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to
the Present
Chronological, brief entry arrangement. Appendix includes
excerpts from documents, speeches, etc. of significance to black
history. Topics include: laws, Emancipation Proclamation,
statutes, Amendments thirteen through fifteen of the U.S. Constitution,
"Jim Crow" provisions of Civil Rights Act of 1964, excerpts from Dr.
Martin Luther King's speeches, opinions of various Supreme Courts.
REF E 76.2.L44
A Concise Dictionary of
Indian Tribes of North America
Short entries, some with bibliographies. Cross referenced, with
glossary, index, maps of culture and language groups, Indian lands and
communities, regional maps.
REF E 441.D53 1988
Dictionary of Afro-American
Slavery
Short articles, alphabetically arranged; bibliographies with
entries. General index at back. General and scholarly use - broad
range of topics. Three hundred articles, on regional, economic,
social, political, intellectual, philosophical aspects of slavery.
REF E 208.B68
Encyclopedia of the American
Revolution
Maps, diagrams; index to the maps. Articles, with bibliographies,
...on the people, issues, and events of the American revolutionary
era." (Frontspiece) Covers political, social, and military aspects.
REF E 487.E55 1993
Encyclopedia of the
Confederacy
Articles, with bibliographies. For general and research
use. Topics of reference include social, cultural, political, and
military overviews of the South during the Confederacy's existence.
REF E 740.7.E53 1996
Encyclopedia of the United
States in the Twentieth Century
Chronological event listing in Volume I. Long articles, with
bibliographies. Topics include: The American people, politics,
culture, and economy, global America, medicine, science/technology of
this century.
REF E 332.82 1967
The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia:
A comprehensive collection of the Views of Thomas Jefferson Classified
and Arranged in Alphabetical Order Under Nine Thousand Titles; Relating
to Government, Politics, Law, Education, Political Economy, Finance,
Science, Art, Literature, Religious freedom, Morals, Etc.
Beneath entries (usually short entries), there are notations as to
whom and when the opinion was ventured.
REF E 184.J5 J48 1992
Jewish American History and
Culture: An Encyclopedia
Short entries, bibliographies included with the articles.
Indexed. Focus on events, some terms, personalities and
associations connected with Jewish Americans. Includes subjects
of music, medicine, journalism, fiction, social sciences.
REF E 76.2.R4 1995
Reference Encyclopedia of the
American Indian
The second volume is a "Who's Who" of prominent and influential Native
Americans. Arranged alphabetically by name, and includes a
geographical index. The first volume is in two parts. The
first part lists organizations, associations, governmental agencies,
reservations, tribal councils, museum/library collections, schools,
periodicals, other entities associated with Native Americans. the
second part is a bibliography, arranged into subject categories, with
titles.
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REF G 1301.N56 1992
The 1990 Census Atlas of
North Carolina
Maps of state, and of the counties in the state. Covers
topics by states and counties; map/graphic illustrations. Topics
include: Gender/Family, Ethnicity, Taxes, Income and Poverty, Medical
Information, Politics, Employment, Age, Population Characteristics,
Housing, etc.
REF CD 3420.A7 1993
Archival and Manuscript
Repositories in North Carolina: A Directory
County index, map. Institutional name index. Addresses,
descriptions, services available, hours, phone numbers listed.
REF F 253.A8 21
Biographical History of North
Carolina: From Colonial Times to the Present
Textbook format; articles on persons prominent in North Carolina, and
the times they influenced. History presented through biographies.
REF F 268.C992
Cyclopedia of Eminent and
Representative Men of the carolinas of the Nineteenth Century
Volume 2;
North Carolina
Biographical sketches; some portraits.
REF CT 252.D5
Dictionary of North Carolina
Biography
Short articles on North Carolinians who have attained prominence and/or
influence. Bibliographies with some of the articles. People
included who were born and lived in North Carolina, but also included
are those who were born elsewhere or native North Carolinians who moved
elsewhere - as loon as they influenced North Carolina's history.
REF F 254.E53 1999
The Encyclopedia of North
Carolina
Short entry format; information on pre-history, geography, history,
governors, historical sites, state constitution of North
Carolina.
Indexed, includes map of North Carolina.
REF F 262.A15 N63 1969
Formation of the North
Carolina Counties: 1663-1943
Brief descriptions of county formations, with footnoting as to
sources. Indexed, maps in Appendix II.
REF CD 3424.C34 1981
Guide to Private Manuscript
Collections in the North Carolina State Archives
Description of collections, information on history of items.
Private papers, microfilm private collections, private accounts.
Index guide at back of the volume - guide to collections.
REF CD 3424.N67 1997
Guide to Research Materials
in
the North Carolina State Archives
Alphabetically arranged, county by county.
REF F 254.C74
North Carolina
History from 1584 onwards; textbook format. Descriptions of the
area Indians, colonialism, independence, the Whig era, social history,
sectional controversies, humanitarian reforms, slavery, Civil War and
Reconstruction, Home Rule, new economic structures, social
rehabilitation and new commonwealth, among other topics.
REF F 254.N963 1988
The North Carolina Almanac
and Book of Facts
Index at front of volume. Alphabetically arranged areas in
volume; subjects include famous North Carolinians, roanoke settlement,
taxes, tourist attractions, labor, the state constitution, climate, etc.
REF F 252.P6
The North Carolina Gazetteer
"The
North Carolina Gazetteer
is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list
all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It
is current and it is historical as well. (p. vii - Preface)
REF F 253.N8612 1974
North Carolina governors
1585-1974 (Brief Sketches)
Appendixes of such details as governors in colonial councils, chief
executives of North Carolina, colonial governors, wartime governors,
ordinary occupations of governors, military service, more.
REF F 254.J66 1995
North Carolina History: An
Annotated Bibliography
Index to Authors and to Subjects. Divided into sections of
bibliographic citations. The subjects of the sections include
colonial periods, pre-history, the Civil War, Revolutionary War, county
and local history, historic resources, economic and social history, etc.
REF F 254.S74 1984
North Carolina Local History:
A Select Bibliography
Index of citations for works covering individual counties (Part II) and
for general works (Part I), which cover all counties or specific areas,
such as the piedmont. Bibliographical citations from indexes,
bibliographies, guides, handbooks, and cartographic aids.
REF JK 4130.N6 2001-2002
North Carolina Manual:
2001-2002
Directory of state government, state symbols, historical miscellanea,
the constitution., Information of colleges, counties, election
results, voting, the Republican and Democratic parties. Basic
statistics on the North Carolina population - from the 2000 census.
REF E 573.4.M36
North carolina Troops
1861-1865: A Roster
Listed by companies and battalions. Short bios on some of the
soldiers; information included on rank, status, when each troop was
last present and accounted for in the records. Volumes cover
companies, by their various services: artillery, cavalry,
infantry. Units are listed numerically. General indexes of
names included for the volumes.
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