Recently added Resources
- Reconstruction and Military Government after the Civil WarFrom heart-wrenching personal letters to bills of lading for office supplies, this module offers remarkable insight into the early Reconstruction period in the American South. The correspondence of the U.S. Army's Office of Civil Affairs reveal efforts to foster democracy and rebuild communities in the divided and war-torn former Confederate states. The files include letters, petitions, court proceedings and internal documents related to elections.
History Course Guides
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American Newspaper Collection, Headlines and Front Pages, 1860-2010 inclusive
by Special Collections and Archives Last Updated Sep 29, 2023 36 views this year
- HST 155: Ancient & Early South Asia
- HST 156: India in the Modern World
- HST 256: Women and Gender in India
- HST 330: Frontier & The American West
- HST 331: The Plains Indians
- HST 475: History Through Traveler's Eyes: The 19th Century
- HST 475: Seminar
- HST 476: Senior Seminar
- Medieval Studies
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World War I Archival Resources
by Special Collections and Archives Last Updated Sep 11, 2024 9 views this year
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Welcome
Welcome to the History Research Guide For Furman University's James B. Duke Library
The tabs in this guide contain resources that will inform your research experience whether you are interested in a quick answer or an extended and incisive study in an area of History. Please contact me (see profile to the right) with any questions about the use of the resources or if you would like consultation with gathering your resources.
General Sources
- Cambridge Histories OnlineThe online version of Cambridge Histories series offers access to the print editions published since the 1960s, more than 280 volumes covering 15 different academic subjects. Supports any type of historical research. The resource is continually updated with new volumes taken as soon as they become available.
- History VaultProQuest History Vault consists of manuscript and archival collections digitized in partnership and from a wide variety of archival institutions. Major collection areas in History Vault focus on the Black Freedom Movement of the 20th Century, Southern Life and Slavery, Women's Rights, International Relations, American Politics and Society with a strong focus on the 20th Century, and labor unions, workers and radical politics in the 20th Century. On the topic of civil rights and Black Freedom, History Vault contains records of four of the most important civil rights organizations of the 1950s and 1960s: NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, and CORE. History Vault's collections on Slavery and Southern plantations candidly document the realities of slavery at the most immediate grassroots level in Southern society and provide revealing documentation on the functioning of the slave system.