Research Guides: English 346: American Literature, 1800-1865 lynne 2023: Find Primary Sources

Primary Sources (Nineteenth Century to Present)

APS Online - American Periodical Series Online This link opens in a new window
APS Online contains full digital images of over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century periodicals, particularly useful for civil war and genealogical research.
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Discontinued) This link opens in a new window
The Libraries' subscription ended on July 1, 2023. For assistance in identifying an alternative resource(s), please email researchservices@mail.wvu.edu. .
ProQuest Historical New York Times This link opens in a new window
The Libraries' subscription to this resource will end on Aug. 31, 2023. For assistance in identifying an alternative resource(s), please email researchservices@mail.wvu.edu.
Searchable digital images of the New York Times, 1851- 2014.
HarpWeek (Harper's Weekly) (Discontinued) This link opens in a new window
The Libraries' subscription ended on July 1, 2023. We suggest Harper's Weekly (partial serials index), an open access index of historical Harper’s Weekly, courtesy of the Penn Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania, as an alternative resource. This serial archive offers partial digital access to persistent holdings of complete issues of Harper's Weekly, an important 19th century political and social magazine, published from 1858-1870.
For additional assistance in identifying an alternative resource(s), please email researchservices@mail.wvu.edu.

Slavery and Abolition, 1789-1887
Chronicles African-American experiences during the 19th century. Most titles are related to slavery and abolition, including titles such as the Freedmen's Record, Genius of Universal Emancipation, the Liberator, the Massachusetts Abolitionist, the Mirror of Liberty, and the National Crisis: An Antidote to Abolition Fanaticism, Treason and Sham Philanthropy.