Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor, c.1870-1900, © The Library Company of Philadelphia
New US History Primary Source Materials
March 8, 2024
The NC State University Libraries now provides access to several collections of newspapers, primary accounts, government documents, and more, highlighting American history from the 1600s to the present.
Included in the new databases is Everyday Life & Women in America, a collection on social, cultural, and popular US women’s history from 1800 to 1920. Themes include medicine, popular fiction, work, and racism. The collection also includes interactive teaching aids and essays from subject specialists to situate the collections in historical context.
An additional unique addition to the collection is Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900. From advertising ephemera to anatomy guides, these materials document the history of ‘popular’ remedies and trends such as phrenology, herbal medicine and hydrotherapy.
The library also offers a free subscription to the digital version of the New York Times, as well as its archives, for all NC State affiliates. Instructions on sign-up are detailed here.
The collections are:
Name | Link |
Supreme Court Insight, 1789-present | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/proquest-supreme-court-insight |
Regulatory Insight: Guidance & Policy | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/proquest-regulatory-insight |
Regulatory Insight, 1789-present | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/proquest-regulatory-insight |
Legislative Insight, 1789-present | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/proquest-legislative-insight |
Executive Branch Documents, 1789-present (hosted in the ProQuest Congressional database) | |
Oxford Research Encyclopedia: American History | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/oxford-research-encyclopedia-american-history |
New York Times | |
American County Histories | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/accessible-archives-full-text-databases |
American History: 1493-1945, from the Gilder Lehrman Collection | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/american-history-1493-1945 |
The American West | |
Colonial America | |
Confidential print, North America, 1824-1961 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/confidential-print-north-america-1824-1961 |
Everyday Life & Women in America c.1800-1920 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/everyday-life-women-america |
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters | |
Jewish life in America, c1654-1954 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/jewish-life-america-c1654-1954 |
Leisure, Travel & Mass Culture: The History of Tourism | |
Market research and American business reports, 1935-1965 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/market-research-and-american-business-reports-1935-1965 |
The Nixon years, 1969-1974 | |
Popular medicine in America, 1800-1900 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/popular-medicine-america-1800-1900 |
Newspaper Archive: Global collection | |
America and World I: Military Camp Newspapers, Part III: The AMAROC News | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/journals/more_info.php?catkey=4148869 |
America in World War Two: Oral Histories and Personal Accounts | |
Colonial America, Module III: The American Revolution | |
Colonial America, Module IV: Legislation and Politics in the Colonies | |
Colonial America, Module V: Growth, Trade and Development | |
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/gilded-age-and-progressive-era |
Migration to new worlds: The century of immigration | |
Migration to New Worlds, Module II: The Modern Era | |
Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 | |
Medical Services and Warfare, Module I: 1850-1927 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/medical-services-and-warfare |
Medical Services and Warfare, Module II: 1928-1949 | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/medical-services-and-warfare |
Service Newspapers of World War Two, Module I | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/service-newspapers-world-war-two |
Service Newspapers of World War Two, Module II | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/service-newspapers-world-war-two |
Policy Commons: North American Cities | https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/north-american-city-reports |
Questions about these resources can be sent to Emily Cox, Collections & Research Librarian for Humanities, Social Sciences, & Digital Media. Purchase suggestions can be submitted using our Suggest a Purchase form.