American Periodicals, 1741-1900. Microfilm. Includes more than 1100 titles--a valuable source for students of literature, history, and culture.
The guide (ALEXANDER REF Z 6951.H65) lists the periodicals included, the years covered, and the editors, and Alexander is purchasing a
CD-ROM index which is appearing slowly, in many installments.
(See this guide's CD-ROM Database page).
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (ALEXANDER REF AI 3.P7) covers some of the serials included in APS. See Section II A.2
for a new digital version at the heading
Indexes & Databases.
Black Literature, 1827-1940. Microfiche 406.
A major project, overseen by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that has reclaimed a lost heritage of African-American periodical literature. Guide at ALEXANDER REF PS 647.A35B52 1990,
and an index on CD-ROM (See this guide's Full-text Indexes/Databases page). Focus is on reviews, poetry, and literary notices.
Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans. Microprint.
A collection of nearly 42,000 non-serial American publications from 1639 to 1800. Based on Evan's American Bibliography (ALEXANDER REF Z 1215.E92A) and its various supplements and corrections, most notably National Index of
American Imprints through 1800: The Short-Title Evans (ALEXANDER REF Z 1215.S495). A treasure trove for students of American colonial literature, history, politics, religion,
and culture.
A revised and corrected version of Evans's bibliographic work is currently being added to the
English Short-Title Catalogue, 1475-1800 (See this guide's
Catalogs page).
See also a new
digital version, under
Indexes & Databases.
Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker. Microprint.
A collection of roughly 50,000 titles taken from Shaw and Shoemaker's American Bibliography,
1801-1819 ALEXANDER REF Z 1215.S43). Continues the collection into the early Republic.
Early American Newspapers. Microprint (first series) and Microfiche (second series).
A collection of hundreds of American newspapers from colonial times into the early republic, arranged by city. No indexes, but another wonderful source for early American culture.
Listings of the titles included are at ALEXANDER REF Z 6940.B855h and ALEXANDER REF Z 6940.B86.
Early British Periodicals. Microfilm.
A collection of more than 160 important journals published in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Guide at ALEXANDER REF Z 6956.G6U54 1980.
Early English Books, 1475-1640.
A microfilm collection of nearly all the books published in England, or in the English language, during the early years of printing. Based on Pollard and
Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd edition.
Ref. Z 2002.P77). Books are arranged primarily by author, and assigned STC numbers, and the microfilm
collection is arranged by the STC numbers.
The bibliographic records are being incorporated into the
English Short-Title Catalogue, 1475-1800 (See this guide's
Catalogs page), and the actual books are now available online through
Early English Books Online and
EEBO - TCP.
Or by selecting Indexes & Databases,
and then select EEBO.
Early English Books, 1641-1700.
A companion collection to the preceding, based on Wing's Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British
America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700 (2nd edition.
Ref. Z 2002.W52). As in the Pollard & Redgrave STC, works are listed by author (or titles of anonymous works) and assigned STC numbers.
The bibliographic records are being incorporated into the English Short-Title Catalogue, 1475-1800 (See this guide's Catalogs page),
and the actual books are now available online through
Early English Books Online.
Or by selecting Indexes & Databases,
and then select EEBO.
The Eighteenth Century. Microfilm 2251.
A massive collection, still in process, that will eventually include the texts of some 200,000 works.
Now to a great extent superseded by
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
(see Full-text Periodical Collections).
English Literary Periodicals, 1681-1900. Microfilm.
A companion to the Early British Periodicals (See above) including an additional 341 titles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.
Together, these two sets include most of the major titles and editors. A guide is available at Ref. Z 6956.G6U56 and there is also an ongoing CD-ROM index (See this guide's CD-ROM Database page).
Gerritsen Women's History Collection, 1543-1945.
Now housed at Douglass Library. Nearly 18,000 fiche and 244 reels of microfilm. A major resource.
While the focus of these two women's history collections is not on literature in the narrower sense, there is a wealth of polemical and historical material of tremendous value for cultural studies.
There is a guide at ALEXANDER REF HQ 1121.G43, but the titles in Gerritsen are being added to IRIS as well.
History of Women. Microfilm.
More than 1200 reels of microfilm--including books, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts and photographs. Most of the collection dates from 1799 to 1920. Guide at Ref. HQ 1121.R474.
Thomason Tracts. Microfilm 2612.
An important collection of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and manuscripts dealing with the British Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the Restoration.
There is a guide at Ref. Z 2018.T5 1981 and a Catalogue at Ref. Z 2018.T52.
There is some overlap with Early English Books, 1641-1700.
Three Centuries of English and American Plays, 1500-1800. Microprint.
Contains more than 5000 plays. Guide at ALEXANDER REF Z 2014.D7B45 1963B.
