Research and Course Guides: English: Other primary texts

Additional primary text databases

Oxford African American Studies Center
biographies, topical entries, primary source documents with commentary, images, maps, charts, tables, and more

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database: Voyages
Information on 35,000+ slave voyages. Can also create listings, tables, & charts of slave transport.

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
information and rare documents organized in four parts: "Debates over Slavery and Abolition", "Slave Trade in the Atlantic World", "The Institution of Slavery", and "The Age of Emancipation"
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
colonial and modern statutes, state and federal cases, Congressional debates, and law review articles related to slavery
Slavery, Abolition, and Social Justice, 1490-2007
primary source documents from archives and libraries across the Atlantic world
Reconstruction of Southern States (Pamphlets)
open-access collection of pamphlets, 1865-1869, 1877; part of Accessible Archives
Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Enforcement of Federal Law in the South, 1871-1884
documents the efforts of district attorneys from southern states to uphold federal laws in the Confederacy and Border States; includes correspondence of the attorney general, marshals, judges, convicts, and concerned or aggrieved citizens.
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration, and Cultural Exchange
printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history

Adam Matthew Complete Collection
Nearly 80 historical archives on diverse topics, medieval period to the 21st century; global in scope
HathiTrust
millions of digitized publications from around the world, mainly from library, Google, and Internet Archive initiatives. To log in as a Clemson University member: click on LOG IN in the top right corner, select Clemson University from the dropdown menu, then Continue, and log in to the network using your CU username and password
Early English Books Online
page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700
Perdita Manuscripts, 1500-1700
manuscripts written or compiled by women in the British Isles during the 16th and 17th centuries
Accessible Archives via History Commons
accounts of American historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, advertisements, and genealogical records
British Literary Manuscripts Online
images of literary manuscripts, including drafts and similar materials; includes Medieval, Renaissance, and 1660-1900 collections
Literary Manuscripts Leeds
complete images of 190 manuscripts of 17th and 18th century verse held in the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)(Gale)
over 136,000 of the most significant English-language works published in the United Kingdom 1701-1800 plus many works in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Welsh
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)
primary source materials covering British literature, theatre, and music, European literature, and religion and reform issues during the long nineteenth century
American Pamphlet Series I, 1820-1922: From the New-York Historical Society
digitized pamphlets organized by genre, subject, author, and more
Literary Manuscripts Berg
Especially strong in Victorian-era authors
Literature Online
English and American poetry, drama, and prose plus 240+ full-text literature journals, other criticism, and reference resources
Making of the Modern World, Parts 1-3
Primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth from 1450-1914

Loeb Classical Library
more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts
Medieval Travel Writing
some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period
American Indian Histories and Cultures
content dating to the earliest contact with European settlers, providing manuscripts, artwork, rare printed books, treaties, speeches, diaries, historic maps, travel journals, and more
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
Comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750
State Papers Online Part 2: The Tudors, 1509-1603
Original correspondence, reports, memoranda, and parliamentary drafts from ambassadors, civil servants and provincial administrators present a full picture of Tudor and Stuart Britain
Colonial America
Original correspondence between the British government and the governments of the American colonies

Shakespeare's Globe Archive
Documentation on the Globe Theatre and performances there; includes prompt books, wardrobe notes, programs, publicity material, photographs, architectural plans, and more
Shakespeare in Performance
prompt books from the Folger Shakespeare Library

London Low Life
rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London. Also contains a wealth of secondary resources, including a chronology, interactive map, essays, visual galleries and exhibitions
Victorian Popular Culture
Module I: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic; Module II: Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks; Module III: Music Hall, Theatre and Popular Entertainment; Module IV: Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema
Eighteenth Century Drama
Over 2,500 original submissions dating 1737 to 1824
Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape
working notebooks, verse manuscripts, and correspondence of William Wordsworth and fellow writers, including Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey, and Robert Southey
American State Papers, (1789-1838)
legislative and executive documents published 1789-1839
Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History
diaries and the supporting correspondence describe the travel experiences, destinations and desires of 19th and 20th century American women
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration, and Cultural Exchange
printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history
NAACP Papers via ProQuest History Vault
nearly two million pages of internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices,1909-1972

Native Americans in History
In the Publication Title section, scroll to and select Native Americans in History and/or the individual parts (Part I: Newspapers, 1728 – 1922; Part II: Books, 1663 – 1928)

Oxford African American Studies Center
biographies, topical entries, primary source documents with commentary, images, maps, charts, tables, and more
Race Relations in America
speeches, reports, and other analyses produced by the Race Relations Department at Fisk University from 1943-1970
Twentieth Century American Poetry
more than 52,000 poems from 315+ poets published 1900-2000 (20th century)
Twentieth Century North American Drama
plays by U.S. and Canadian authors published from late 1800s - present plus information on productions, theaters, production companies and selected playbills, photographs and ephemera

Aristotle: Complete Works
complete text of the works of Aristotle translated into English searchable by keyword/ phrase
Carlyle Letters Online: A Victorian Cultural Reference
letters written by Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle to some of the most influential artistic, philosophic, and literary personalities of the day
W.B. Yeats Collection
major works of W.B. Yeats in all genres including poetry, plays, criticism, and fiction published 1885-1995
Yeats: Collected Letters
all known letters of the Irish poet, dramatist, and statesman W.B. Yeats