United States - Reconstruction (HIST300)
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Reference Sources
Here's a list of selected specialized reference books (available in the Garver Room) you may want to consider:
Ref 031 Ap5 Annual Cyclopedia 1865-1900 volumes - 1st floor stacks
Ref 291 En33 Encyclopedia of Religion
Ref 301 En22 Encyclopedia of American Social History
Ref 920 Am35 American National Biography
Ref 973.03 D56 Dictionary of American History
Ref 973.03 EN1 Encyclopedia of Southern History
Ref 973.03 EN15 Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Ref 973.03 EN19 Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History
Ref 973.03 EN192 Encyclopedia of American History
Ref 973.04 EN19 Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Ref 973.5 EN19 Encyclopedia of the United States in the 19th Century
Ref 973.7 AM35 American Eras: Civil War and Reconstruction
Ref 973.7 EN19 Encyclopedia of the American Civil War
Ref 978 EN19 Encyclopedia of the American West
The reference books will give you an overview of your subject; check the bibliographies for further information. Remember to use cross references, indexes, and tables of contents to help you locate information.
Catalog / Suggested Subjects / Keywords
Library Catalog
Desk Reserve Books
Other Library Catalogs
Reconstruction -- Southern States
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
Freedmen -- Southern States -- Social conditions.
Southern States -- Race relations.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Recommended Databases
America: History and Life Detailed abstracts of American and Canadian history from over 2,000 journals. Prehistory to present.
American Periodicals Series Online APS Online features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years from colonial times to the early 1900’s. Titles range from religious and historical journals such as The Dial and Southern Review to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.
Historical Newspapers Searches 4 newspapers; Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), and the Washington Post (1877-1988).
JStor A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue.
Readers Guide Retrospective An electronic version of the Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature. Indexes several hundred periodicals, from 1900 to 1982.
Periodical Index (lower level index table)
Ref 050 P78b Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature Paper index with citations to articles from 1802 to 1906.
Selected Internet Resources
Library of Congress American Memory contains pamphlets, personal narratives and other primary source material on topics in Reconstruction
Reconstruction the Second Civil War PBS The American Experience contains primary sources on Reconstruction
Congressional Globe - Debates and Proceedings 1833-1873 contains the full-text of Congressional proceedings during Reconstruction
Freedmen’s Bureau Online contains articles, records and images related to the Freedmen’s Bureau
Valley of the Shadow records the history of two communities, one northern and one southern, from the Civil War through Reconstruction
Documenting the American South contains texts, images, and audio files of Southern History from colonial times to the early 1900’s
