The Ralph J. Bunche Oral History Collection (formerly the Civil Rights Documentation Project) from the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center is a unique resource for the study of the era of the American civil rights movement. Included here are transcriptions of close to 700 interviews with those who made history in the struggles for voting rights, against discrimination in housing, for the desegregation of the schools, to expose racism in hiring, in defiance of police brutality, and to address poverty in the African American communities. Extent: 27,002 images
This collection on law and order documents the efforts of district attorneys from southern states to uphold federal laws in the states that fought in the Confederacy or were Border States. This publication includes their correspondence with the attorney general as well all other letters received by the attorney general from the states in question during that period, including the correspondence of marshals, judges, convicts, and concerned or aggrieved citizens. Source Institution: U.S. National Archives. Extent: 59,185 images
Provides access to journals about Latin America in the social sciences and the humanities. Mainly published in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. User guide/tutorial
Regional Business News covers business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Many sources are full-text.
Orderly Books were the controlling document of day-to-day military life. Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books from the New-York Historical Society is a unique archive of Orderly Books from between 1748 and 1817. An orderly book included official orders from upper chains of command to the lower units, and served as a way to transmit essential information to the troops in an era before mass communication.This primary source collection provides unique insights into how soldiers lived everyday life, as well as information about the particular locations the military units were camped and where they marched, offering first-hand accounts of towns and geography.
