Finding Primary Sources in Books
The library has many books that contain nothing but primary sources. The columns on this page contain lists of books and ebooks that contain primary sources. To find the print titles listed on this page, use the call number and look in the Reference Collection (green labeled shelves). To find the ebooks listed on this page, click on the link and access the book online.
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Print Primary Sources
Daily Life Through American History in Primary Documents [4 Volumes] by Call Number: REF E163 .W67 2015ISBN: 9781610690324Publication Date: 2011-12-12V. 1. The Colonial Period through the American Revolution
V. 2. The American Revolution to the Civil War
V. 3. The Civil War to World War I
V. 4. World War I to the Present
Exploration and Colonial America by Call Number: REF E173 .D41 2013ISBN: 9781429837019Publication Date: 2013-05-302 volumes
The American Revolution 1754-1805 by Call Number: REF E173 .D42 2013ISBN: 9781429837057Publication Date: 2013-02-282 volumtes
Manifest Destiny and the New Nation (1803-1859) by Call Number: REF E173 .D43 2013ISBN: 9781429837422Publication Date: 2013-10-30
The American West (1836-1900) by Call Number: REF E173 .D44 2014ISBN: 9781619255333Publication Date: 2015-01-30
Civil War: 1860-1865 by Call Number: REF E173 .D45 2014ISBN: 9781429837460Publication Date: 2014-02-282 volumes
Reconstruction and the Development of the Industrial United States by Call Number: REF E173 .D46 2015ISBN: 9781619254879Publication Date: 2014-06-30
The Emergence of Modern AmericaCall Number: REF E173 .D47 2014ISBN: 9781619254893Publication Date: 2014-08-30
Documents of American History by Call Number: REF E173 .D59 1988ISBN: 0132172747Publication Date: 1988-04-01v. 1. To 1898
v. 2. Since 1898
Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents by Call Number: REF E173 .E54 2004ISBN: 9780816049950Publication Date: 2004-03-31Vol. Pre-Columbus to 1820s
Vol. 2.1800-1900
Vol. 3. 1901-2004
The Words That Make America Great by Call Number: REF E173 .W87 1997ISBN: 9780679449591Publication Date: 1996-10-29
Understanding U. S. Military Conflicts Through Primary Sources by Call Number: REF E181 .U53 2016ISBN: 9781610699334Publication Date: 2015-11-12V. 1. American Revolution -- War of 1812 -- Mexican-American War
V. 2. American Civil War -- North American Indian Wars -- Spanish-American War
V. 3. World War I -- World War II -- Cold War -- Korean War
V. 4. Vietnam War -- Persian Gulf War -- Afghanistan War and War on Terror -- Iraq War.
Voices of Revolutionary America by Call Number: REF E203 .H89 2011ISBN: 9780313377327Publication Date: 2011-05-23
American Civil War by Call Number: REF E464 .H55 2000ISBN: 9780787638245Publication Date: 1999-12-20
Voices of Civil War America by Call Number: REF E464 .V65 2011ISBN: 9780313377402Publication Date: 2011-09-13
Primary Sources - Reconstruction Era by Call Number: REF E668 .G85 2005ISBN: 0787692190Publication Date: 2004-11-19
Industrial Revolution by Call Number: REF E740.5 .O98 2003ISBN: 9780787665159Publication Date: 2003-05-23
Westward Expansion by Call Number: REF F591 .P384 2001ISBN: 9780787648640Publication Date: 2000-09-29
Dissent and Protest (1637-2016) by Call Number: REF HM881.D57 2017ISBN: 9781682172896Publication Date: 2017-06-30Volume 1: FROM COLONIES TO NATION
Volume 2: AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
American Homefront in World War II by Call Number: REF D769.1 .A655 2005ISBN: 0787676535Publication Date: 2004-10-29
Encyclopedia of Japanese American Internment by Call Number: REF D769.8.A6 E64 2013ISBN: 9780313399152Publication Date: 2013-06-11The last section of this title contains several primary sources.
Voices of World War II by Call Number: REF D811.A2 V587 2012ISBN: 9780313386626Publication Date: 2012-08-22- Daily Life Through American History in Primary Documents [4 Volumes] by Call Number: REF E163 .W67 2015ISBN: 9781610690324Publication Date: 2011-12-12V. 1. The Colonial Period through the American Revolution
V. 2. The American Revolution to the Civil War
V. 3. The Civil War to World War I
V. 4. World War I to the Present - The Emergence of Modern AmericaCall Number: REF E173 .D47 2014ISBN: 9781619254893Publication Date: 2014-08-30
The 1920s (1920-1929) by Call Number: REF E173 .D49 2014ISBN: 1322115400Publication Date: 2014-01-01- Documents of American History by Call Number: REF E173 .D59 1988ISBN: 0132172747Publication Date: 1988-04-01v. 1. To 1898
v. 2. Since 1898 
The 1930s (1930-1939) by Call Number: REF E173 .D491 2014ISBN: 9781619254954Publication Date: 2014-12-30
World War II (1939-1946) by Call Number: REF E173 .D492 2015ISBN: 9781619258198Publication Date: 2015-01-012 volumes- Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents by Call Number: REF E173 .E54 2004ISBN: 9780816049950Publication Date: 2004-03-31Vol. Pre-Columbus to 1820s
Vol. 2.1800-1900
Vol. 3. 1901-2004 - Understanding U. S. Military Conflicts Through Primary Sources by Call Number: REF E181 .U53 2016ISBN: 9781610699334Publication Date: 2015-11-12V. 1. American Revolution -- War of 1812 -- Mexican-American War
V. 2. American Civil War -- North American Indian Wars -- Spanish-American War
V. 3. World War I -- World War II -- Cold War -- Korean War
V. 4. Vietnam War -- Persian Gulf War -- Afghanistan War and War on Terror -- Iraq War. - Industrial Revolution by Call Number: REF E740.5 .O98 2003ISBN: 9780787665159Publication Date: 2003-05-23
American Decades: Primary Documents by Call Number: REF E741 .A445 2004ISBN: 9780787665876Publication Date: 2003-12-05Each volume of this encyclopedia is dedicated to collecting primary sources from each decade of the 20th century.
The Great Depression and New Deal: documents decoded by Call Number: REF E806 .D543 2014ISBN: 9781610695343Publication Date: 2014-07-23- Dissent and Protest (1637-2016) by Call Number: REF HM881.D57 2017ISBN: 9781682172896Publication Date: 2017-06-30Volume 1: FROM COLONIES TO NATION
Volume 2: AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide by Call Number: DS79.76 .M625 2012ISBN: 9780313343872Publication Date: 2012-08-16
The '60s as Reported by the New York Times by Call Number: REF D1050 .S59ISBN: 0405130856Publication Date: 1980-12-01
Voices of the Afghanistan War by Call Number: REF DS371.412 .V653 2023ISBN: 9781440874437Publication Date: 2023-06-15
The Encyclopedia of the Korean War by Call Number: REF DS918 .E53 2010ISBN: 9781851098491Publication Date: 2010-04-09Volume 3 consists entirely of primary sources.
The Cold War (1945-1991) by Call Number: REF E173 .D494 2016ISBN: 9781682173916Publication Date: 2016-01-012 volumes
Civil Rights (1954-2015) by Call Number: REF E173 .D495 2015ISBN: 9781619258563Publication Date: 2016-03-30
The Vietnam War (1956-1975) by Call Number: REF E173 .D496 2015ISBN: 9781619258525Publication Date: 2016-01-30- Understanding U. S. Military Conflicts Through Primary Sources by Call Number: REF E181 .U53 2016ISBN: 9781610699334Publication Date: 2015-11-12V. 1. American Revolution -- War of 1812 -- Mexican-American War
V. 2. American Civil War -- North American Indian Wars -- Spanish-American War
V. 3. World War I -- World War II -- Cold War -- Korean War
V. 4. Vietnam War -- Persian Gulf War -- Afghanistan War and War on Terror -- Iraq War. 
American Decades: Primary Documents by Call Number: REF E741 .A445 2004 (Volumes 1-10)ISBN: 0787665878Publication Date: 2003-12-05Each volume of this encyclopedia is dedicated to collecting primary sources from each decade of the 20th century.- Dissent and Protest (1637-2016) by Call Number: REF HM881.D57 2017ISBN: 9781682172896Publication Date: 2017-06-30Volume 1: FROM COLONIES TO NATION
Volume 2: AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
Primary Sources in World History, 2 vols. by Call Number: REF D5 .P74 2023ISBN: 9781538174357Publication Date: 2023-03-13
The Middle Ages (524-1431) by Call Number: REF D113 .M48 2015ISBN: 9781619257733Publication Date: 2015-10-30
Voices of Ancient Egypt by Call Number: REF DT61 .V65 2014ISBN: 9780313397820Publication Date: 2014-10-28
The Essential Codex Mendoza by Call Number: REF F1219.56 .C625 C64 1997ISBN: 9780520204546Publication Date: 1997-01-31
Early civilizations in the Americas: Biography and Primary Sources by Call Number: REF F1219.74 .B46 2005ISBN: 9780787676803Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Major Problems in Asian American History by Call Number: E174 .A75 M35 2003ISBN: 0618077340Publication Date: 2002-10-08Located in the General Collection.
Native Americans (1451-2017) by Call Number: REF E77 .N38 2017ISBN: 1682175871Publication Date: 2018-02-28
Voices of the American Indian Experience by Call Number: REF E77 .V65 2013ISBN: 9780313381164Publication Date: 2012-11-302 volumes
Immigration and Immigrant Communities (1790-2016) by Call Number: REF E173 .D497 2017ISBN: 9781682172858Publication Date: 2017-03-30
Voices of the U. S. Latino Experience [3 Volumes] by Call Number: REF E184.S75 V65 2008ISBN: 9780313340208Publication Date: 2008-08-30- The voice of Black America : major speeches by Negroes in the United States, 1797-1971 by Call Number: REF E185 .F592ISBN: 6710020827Publication Date: 1972
Daily Life of African Americans in Primary Documents by Call Number: REF E185.86 .D34 2021ISBN: 9781440866647Publication Date: 2020-11-242 volumes
eBook Primary Sources
American Eras: Primary Sources: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877 by ISBN: 9781414498256Publication Date: 2013-05-07
American Eras: Primary Sources: Development of a Nation, 1783-1815 by ISBN: 9781414498287Publication Date: 2015-05-12
American Eras: Primary Sources: Development of the Industrial United States, 1878-1899 by ISBN: 9781414498249Publication Date: 2013-05-07
American Eras: Primary Sources: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600. by ISBN: 9781414498317Publication Date: 2015-05-28
American Eras: Primary Sources: The Colonial Era, 1600–1754 by ISBN: 9781414498300Publication Date: 2015-05-28
American Eras: Primary Sources: The Revolutionary Era, 1754–1783 by ISBN: 9781414498294Publication Date: 2015-05-28
American Eras: Primary Sources: Westward Expansion, 1800-1860 by ISBN: 9781414498263Publication Date: 2014-06-10
American Eras Primary Sources: Reform Era and Eastern U.S. Development, 1815-1850 by ISBN: 9781414498270Publication Date: 2014-06-10- Exploration and Colonial America by ISBN: 9781429837019Publication Date: 2013-05-30This collection provides historical documents related to colonial America
Gilded Age and Progressive Era by ISBN: 9781414401935Publication Date: 2006-11-28Focuses on the significant social and culture changes that occurred in the years 1878-1913.
Reconstruction Era Reference Library by ISBN: 9780787692162Publication Date: 2004-11-19Primary sources on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877.
The 1900s (1900-1909) by ISBN: 9781682171851Publication Date: 2016-09-30This collection provides historical documents from the pre-World War I years, with critical analysis, historical context and author information. Includes journals, letters, speeches, government legislation, and court opinions. Topics include the assassination of President McKinley, acquisition of the Panama Canal zone, creation of the Department of Commerce and the Food & Drug Administration, the San Francisco earthquake, Admiral Peary’s North Pole journey, and more.
The 1910s (1910-1919) by ISBN: 9781682171875Publication Date: 2016-11-30This collection provides historical documents from the second decade of the 20th century. Includes journals, letters, speeches, government legislation, and court opinions. Topics are organized under 6 categories: Domestic Developments, The War Front, International Affairs, Labor and Immigration, Women's Rights, and African American Affairs.
The 1920sISBN: 9781619254930Publication Date: 2014-09-30Offers critical analysis of primary source documents from the 1920s. Includes coverage of topics such as the Treaty of Versailles & the League of Nations, Prohibition, women’s right to vote, the Great Migration of African Americans & the Harlem Renaissance, the stock market collapse & the onset of the Great Depression, and more.- The 1930s (1930-1939) by ISBN: 9781619254954Publication Date: 2014-12-30Provides detailed analysis of a wide array of subjects important to the study of the 1930s, including the Great Depression, New Deal programs, economic downturn & bank failures, Dust Bowl conditions, the repeal of Prohibition, and more.
The 1950s (1950-1959) by ISBN: 9781619258860Publication Date: 2016-04-30This collection presents historical documents related to historic events that shaped the Cold War, anti-Communism, civil rights, science, and society in the 1950s.
The 1960s (1960-1969) by ISBN: 9781619258884Publication Date: 2016-05-30This collection presents historical documents and events related to the nuclear arms race, antiwar sentiment, civil rights, privacy rights, and race to the moon in the 1960s, organized under three broad categories: Visions of a New Era; Confrontations with Communism; and Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Antiwar Activism.
The 1970s (1970-1979) by ISBN: 9781619258907Publication Date: 2016-06-30This collection presents historical documents and events such as the end of the conflict in Vietnam, the resignation and pardon of Richard M. Nixon, and the Camp David Accords in the 1970s.- American Decades: Primary Documents by ISBN: 9780787665876Publication Date: 2003-12-05Cross-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.
American Homefront in World War II by ISBN: 9780787676087Publication Date: 2004-10-29Examines the effect of World War II on people living in America. Primary Sources includes primary material from a variety of sources, including speeches, documents and other material.
Defining Documents in American History: Domestic Terrorism by ISBN: 9781637000878Publication Date: 2022-12-30
Documents of Japanese American Internment by ISBN: 9781440853890Publication Date: 2020-12-02This book explores Japanese Internment through the voices of those who endured removal, those who designed this notorious forced migration, and those who witnessed the broken promise of U.S. democracy.- Gilded Age and Progressive Era by ISBN: 9781414401935Publication Date: 2006-11-28Focuses on the significant social and culture changes that occurred in the years 1878-1913.
- The Iraq War by ISBN: 9780313343872Publication Date: 2012-08-16This informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War
Post-War 1940s by ISBN: 9781619257399Publication Date: 2015-07-30This collection contains primary source documents produced from 1945-1950.
Vietnam War Almanac by ISBN: 9780787648824Publication Date: 2000-10-27This title traces the progression of this controversial war from its beginnings in 1941 with the creation of the Vietminh guerrilla force under Ho Chi Minh, through its last days in 1975 with the fall of Saigon. It provides a variety of perspectives on the country's involvement in the war with excerpts from screenplays, literature, speeches and hearing testimonies
A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History From American and Vietnamese Perspectives by ISBN: 9780807833506Publication Date: 2010-02-15
Voices from Stalingrad: First-hand Accounts From World War II's Cruellest Battle by ISBN: 9781784384425Publication Date: 2019-06-27
Voices of the Codebreakers: Personal Accounts of the Secret Heroes of World War II by ISBN: 9781784383138Publication Date: 2018-08-17- Voices of World War II: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life by ISBN: 9780313386626Publication Date: 2012-08-22
World War I by ISBN: 9780787654757Publication Date: 2001-10-26Presents full or excerpted primary source materials related to WWI, including diaries, speeches, letters, journals and memoir
World War II, 1936-1947 by ISBN: 9781619257375Publication Date: 2015-08-30Provides detailed analyses of key primary source documents produced from 1939-1946.
The 17th Century (1601-1700) by ISBN: 9781682173015Publication Date: 2017-08-30This collection surveys primary source documents from 1601-1700, including maps. This period in world history was marked by scientific discovery, codification of laws, the development of religious doctrine, civil war, colonization, and the expansion of global trade.
The 18th Century (1701-1800) by ISBN: 9781682175811Publication Date: 2017-11-30Highlights important historical documents –speeches, letters, manifestos and more –from influential figures during this pivotal century.
The 19th Century by ISBN: 9781682176962Publication Date: 2018-06-30This title offers analysis of a broad range of historical documents and historic events from a century during which slavery was abolished and the Industrial Revolution gave rise to the middle class. Includes legal codes, letters, speeches, constitutions, reports, and books that impacted the world throughout the nineteenth century, from the Napoleonic code to Darwin's Descent of Man. Articles are organized into four regional groupings: Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.
The 20th Century (1900-1950) by ISBN: 9781682179246Publication Date: 2018-11-30Considers the first fifty years of the last century through in-depth analysis of seventy-two primary documents including speeches, letters, treaties, pacts, manifestos, essays, book excerpts, and first-hand reports.
Asia (500-2018) by ISBN: 9781682179277Publication Date: 2019-02-28Takes a detailed look at significant documents developed by scholars, politicians, warriors, emperors, scientists, and reformers, from He Zhen to Mao Zedong.
Elizabethan World Reference Library by ISBN: 9781414401881Publication Date: 2006-11-30Primary sources relating to the culture and history of the Elizabethan period.
Industrial Revolution Reference Library by ISBN: 9780787665128Publication Date: 2003-05-23Covers the ideas and social turmoil that marked this transition as well as the machines, manufacturing processes and energy sources that spurred it on.
Middle Ages Reference Library by ISBN: 9780787648558Publication Date: 2000-10-10Covers the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times through excerpts from relevant letters, journal entries, poems and more from the era.
The Middle East: Volume 1 by ISBN: 9781682177020Publication Date: 2018-07-30This collection is organized into two historical groupings: Early, Medieval, and Early Modern History; and Ottoman Endurance and Collapse- The Middle East: Volume 2 by ISBN: 9781682177020Publication Date: 2018-07-30This collection is organized into 2 historical groupings: Twentieth-Century Troubles and Recent Realities.
Nationalism and Populism (320 B. C. E. - 2016 C. E. ) by ISBN: 9781682172933Publication Date: 2017-05-30Investigates important historical documents from influential nationalist and populist movements from countries and territories around the globe.
Renaissance and Early Modern Era (1308-1600) by ISBN: 9781682172971Publication Date: 2017-04-30Explores vital documents from important world figures from the 15th and 16th centuries, including Thomas Aquinas, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marco Polo, and many more.
Voices of Ancient Greece and Rome: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life by ISBN: 9780313387388Publication Date: 2012-03-12
Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life During the Age of the ShogunsISBN: 9780313392009Publication Date: 2012-01-06
Early Civilizations in the Americas by ISBN: 9780787676780Publication Date: 2005-03-01Primary sources relating to Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador).
The Schlager Anthology of Hispanic America by ISBN: 9781935306856Publication Date: 2023-03-10Primary documents of Hispanic America from the 1100s to the present day. The "Pre-Contact" section has Mesoamerican primary sources.
Documents of the LGBT Movement by ISBN: 9781440855016Publication Date: 2018-05-25This book presents and discusses documents that reflect pivotal moments in the LGBT rights movement in North America, from the First People, through the influx of European settlers and the slave trade from Africa, to the modern era.- Immigration and Immigrant Communities (1790-2016) by ISBN: 9781682172858Publication Date: 2017-03-30
Native Americans (1451-2017) by ISBN: 9781682175873Publication Date: 2018-02-28This title presents important historical documents from influential figures in Native American history.
Women's History (1791-2017), 2 Volume Set by ISBN: 9781682175835Publication Date: 2018-03-30This title provides in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents from influential figures in women’s history from the United States and around the world.
