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Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history.
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Diaries and letters of over 500 women covering 300 years of British and Irish history.
Civil War: Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s) The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
This full-text collection contains 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs, chosen from leading bibliographies. This resource includes 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts, select biographies, and an extensive bibliography of the sources in the database.
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The collection includes full-text of personal accounts from a range of individuals, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women. Providing both published and unpublished accounts, sources include narratives, diaries, journals, and letters.
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Over 100,000 pages written by 2,200+ different authors who immigrating to the U.S. and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Includes contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, and selected audio recordings.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
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This collection includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters.
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s) Alexander Street Music Online
Produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is an online streaming audio collection of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms.
Theatre in Context This link opens in a new window
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Includes selected playbills, posters, photographs, and related theatrical ephemera, as well as published sources from series like O’Dell’s Annals of the New York Stage, Greenwood’s American Theatre Companies, and Oxford University Press Companions.
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This collection features learning-centered document projects, as well as extensive collections of primary sources, focusing on scholarly debates and understanding of U.S. history with particular insights of women’s history.

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