FIU Libraries: United States History from 1877: Primary Sources

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Primary & Secondary Resources Guide
How to pinpoint primary sources in the FIU library catalog, library databases containing primary sources, and freely accessible primary sources on the web
Primary Sources on the Web: Finding, Evaluating, Using
Guide to finding, evaluating, and using Primary Sources on the web. Curated by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association.

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If you want to find Primary Sources in a Catalog search, just type "Sources" as a Subject Term. Results will be limited to materials that contain primary source material.

You can also append "-- sources" to an existing Subject Term, like "United States -- History -- Sources"

From the Catalog

American Decades Primary Sources by Cynthia Rose (Editor)
ISBN: 0787665908
Publication Date: 2003-12-05
Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories, songs, speeches, advertisements, TV, play and movie scripts, letters, laws , legal decisions, newspaper articles, cartoons, recipes, and more.

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Artemis Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Cross-search of digital archives and reference collections from Gale. Currently searches across: Indigenous Peoples: North America; The Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources; The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926; The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926; The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources; The Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926; Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Electronic full text of back files of 644+ scholarly journals. Recent years are not available; FIU has access to following collections: Arts & Sciences Collections I - XV, and Complement, Ecology and Botany Collection I & II, Life Sciences, Business IV, and the Jewish Studies Collection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, JSTOR is assisting students and researchers by making expanded content available. This expanded content includes no-cost access to unlicensed collections, and to 35,000 (and counting) books and other e-resources as JSTOR partners continue to join in the effort.

Intro to Primary Resources

It is important to distinguish between primary and secondary source material. On this page, you will find a brief guide to understanding the differences between these two types of sources and where to find both primary and secondary materials in the library.

Contemporary U.S. Primary Sources

ABC-CLIO Historical Research Databases This link opens in a new window
Search across all or any combination of ABC-CLIO databases: American Government, American History
Daily Life Through History, Issues: Understanding Controversy & Society, Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, The African American Experience, The American Indian Experience, The Latino American Experience, World at War: Understanding Conflict & Society, World Geography: Understanding a Changing World, World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras, World History: The Modern Era, World Religions: Belief, Culture, & Contoversy, World Folklore & Folklife
African American Experience: The American Mosaic This link opens in a new window
Covers history, biographies, literature, arts, music, popular culture, folklore, business, slavery, the struggle for civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, medicine, and more; Content includes biographies, overview essays, primary and secondary sources, and transcripts.
American Government: Historical Research Database This link opens in a new window
Connects contemporary issues with the foundations of government and compares the political and economic systems of the United States with those of other countries; Content includes short biographies, videos, quotes and primary source documents.
American History: Historical Research Database This link opens in a new window
This resource investigates the people, events and themes of our nation's evolution; Content includes biographies and primary and secondary sources, including photos, government documents, maps, and audio/video clips.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States This link opens in a new window
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States contains approximately 1,600 documents focused on six different phases of Black Freedom: Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860), The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877), Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932), The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945), The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975), and The Contemporary Era (1976-2000).
Fight for Racial Justice & the Civil Rights Congress This link opens in a new window
The records in this collection represent the files of the national office of the Congress, based in New York City, including several hundred case files; publications produced and received by the Congress; files of the Literature Department; Executive Director William Pattersons correspondence files; correspondence and other materials from Civil Rights Congress chapters around the country.

American Newspapers

African American Newspapers [1827-1998] This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. Features papers from more than 35 statesincluding many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Includes Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876; African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 and Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 ; Full text articles, advertisements, shipping news, prices; birth, matrimony and death notices; letters, election returns, legislative acts from more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers, including titles from all 50 states.
Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Hispanic American Newspapers [1808-1980] This link opens in a new window
Compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries; Features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century

Chicago Tribune Historical [1849 - 1992] This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
El Nuevo Herald / Nuevo Herald This link opens in a new window
Includes historical digital archive; Published daily in Spanish in Southeast Florida, in Florida, the United States; El Nuevo Herald's sister paper is the Miami Herald
Los Angeles Times Historical [1881-1992] This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Los Angeles Times [1985 - present] This link opens in a new window
Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Los Angeles Times.
Miami Herald 1911 - present This link opens in a new window
Includes the digitized historical archive; Articles from the Miami Herald including the following sections: Tropic, Business Monday, Food, Friday Weekend, and the regional editions of Neighbors. Please note, a digitization project is underway to fill the 1951-1982 gap.
New York Times, Historical [1851 - 2014] This link opens in a new window
Full-text digital archive of articles from the New York Times.
New York Times [1980 - present] This link opens in a new window
Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the New York Times.

El Nuevo Herald / Nuevo Herald This link opens in a new window
Includes historical digital archive; Published daily in Spanish in Southeast Florida, in Florida, the United States; El Nuevo Herald's sister paper is the Miami Herald
Florida Digital Newspaper Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the news and history of Florida. All of the over 1,000,000 pages of historic through current Florida newspapers in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library are openly and freely available with zoomable page images and full text.
Florida News (via UCF) This link opens in a new window
Summary of access point to Florida papers via UCF.
Florida Newspaper & Journals Database This link opens in a new window
Full Text journals and newspapers with a focus on the State of Florida
Florida Times-Union (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Provides news and information for readers in North Florida and South Georgia; Coverage includes local news, sports, crime and events; 1996-Present.
Florida Times-Union, Index, 1986-1997 This link opens in a new window
Index of the Florida Times Union newspaper published in Jacksonville.
Independent Florida Alligator Index (1984 - 1991) This link opens in a new window
Index to the University of Florida student-run newspaper.
Sun-Sentinel This link opens in a new window
Provides current local, state, national and international news to nearly 700,000 Floridians daily; The Sun Sentinel serves 44 towns and communities in Florida's Money Market, including Broward County, Greater Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and South Palm Beach County; 1/1/1986 - Current
Voice, The This link opens in a new window
Published by The Archdiocese of Miami from 1959 to 1990; At that point the newspaper was merged with the Florida Catholic, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Miami, and the dioceses of Orlando, Palm Beach and Venice. To learn more see www.floridacatholic.org

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United States History from 1877

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Intro to Primary Resources

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American Newspapers

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