The following is a short list of primary resources recommended by Professor Bittel and the LMU Reference Librarians. These are intended as starting points, not resources that will provide exhaustive primary sources on your topic. Consult a reference librarian as needed!
Subjects: MANY
Description: General primary source collection from Readex containing full text. Includes materials from 1639-1819. Mainly focused on the United States. Mostly in English, but contains some material in other European and Native American languages.
Contents: Books; Book Chapters; Primary Sources
Subjects: MANY
Description: General primary source collection from Readex containing full text. Includes materials from 1690-1922. Mainly focused on the United States.
Contents: Primary Sources; Newspapers
Subjects: MANY
Description: General primary source collection from ProQuest containing full text. Includes materials from 1700s to 1900s. Mainly focused on United States.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles; Primary Sources
Subjects: History, African American Studies
Description: Primary source collection from EBSCOhost containing full text.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; E-books; Primary Sources
Subjects: MANY
Description: Primary source collection from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text. Includes materials from 1800-1900.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Primary Sources; Statistics / Datasets
Subjects: History, Women's and Gender Studies, African American Studies
Description: Primary source collection from Alexander Street Press containing full text. Includes materials from 1857-1912.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Primary Sources
Subjects: History
Description: Primary source collection from ProQuest containing full text. Includes materials from 1820-1880. Mainly focused on United States.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Primary Sources
Subjects: History, African American Studies, Journalism
Description: Primary source collection from ProQuest containing full text. Includes materials from 1850-1994. Mainly focused on United States. This resource includes archives for the American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, and Times of India.
Contents: Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Primary Sources
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, History
Description: Primary source collection from Alexander Street Press containing full text. Browse or search by movement name (e.g. Age of Consent, Temperance Movement, etc.)
Contents: Primary Sources
Harriet Tubman.
Image courtesy of Archives & Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Citation:
Bradford, Sarah H. "Harriet Tubman." Wood engraving. As published in Sarah H. Bradford, Scenes from the Life of Harriet Tubman, frontspiece. W.J. Moses, Auburn, New York. 1869.