Print Sources | Databases | Internet Resources

Print Sources

• Most print resources on the Civil War will be located in 973.7
• Be sure to search the General and Reference sections of 973.7
• Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.
• Some example search terms:
  • Gettysburg
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

~ eBooks on the American Civil War from the Gale Virtual Reference Library

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Databases: Scroll over an image for a complete description.

~ Biographies

~ Reference articles

~ Clipart, photos, fonts

~ Reference, magazines, newspapers, images, transcripts

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~ Historical newspapers including The Chicago Daily (Tribune), The Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and The New York Times.

~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources

~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources

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Internet Resources

General Resources | Dred Scott | Map and Image Collections | Slavery

The American Civil War -- General Resources

• The American Civil War ~ A major index of Civil War sites from Jim Janke, Dakota State University.
• American Civil War Collections at the Electronic Text Center ~ A wide variety of primary documents from the University of Virginia Library.
• The American Civil War Exhibit ~ from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
• The Civil War ~ Click on a category on the left. Maps, Images, and information from the PBS Ken Burns film documentary.
• The Civil War at the Smithsonian ~ This site, produced by the National Portrait Gallery, provides information and pictures from the Smithsonian Institution's extensive collections on the United States Civil War.
• The Civil War Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society ~ A wide variety of Civil War era primary documents.
• Civil War Generals ~ A concise index to the Generals who fought on both sides of the US Civil War; from the University of Tennessee.
• Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society ~ Search by Keyword or Subject. From the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
• Interactive Map of the Civil War ~ from National Geographic Map Machine. Be PATIENT while it loads!
• Map Collections: 1500-2004 ~ Search by Keyword or Subject. More than 4.5 million items from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress.
• Photographs of the Civil War ~ A collection of over 1100 Civil War-related photographs from the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.

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Dred Scott

• Dred Scott Case Editorials ~ A collection of primary source documents from Furman University, Greenville, S.C.
• Dred Scott Case: the Supreme Court Decision ~ from PBS
• Dred Scott Digital Project ~ Digital images and transcriptions of 85 original documents as well as a chronology. From the library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Dred Scott's Fight for Freedom ~ from PBS
• Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech ~ from PBS
• Modern Voices on the Dred Scott Decision ~ David W. Blight, Professor of History and Black Studies, Amherst College

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Map and Image Collections

• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record ~ Approximately 1,200 images depicting the "experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World."
• The Civil War at the Smithsonian ~ This site, produced by the National Portrait Gallery, provides information and pictures from the Smithsonian Institution's extensive collections on the United States Civil War.
• Dred Scott Digital Project ~ Digital images and transcriptions of 85 original documents as well as a chronology. From the library at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Interactive Map of the Civil War ~ from National Geographic Map Machine. Be PATIENT while it loads!
• Map Collections: 1500-2004 ~ Search by Keyword or Subject. More than 4.5 million items from the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress.
• Photographs of the Civil War ~ A collection of over 1100 Civil War-related photographs from the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.

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Slavery

• The African-American Mosaic ~ An exhibition of the Library of Congress. Includes a large selection of images, letters, manuscripts, and other documents.
• African-American Odyssey: the Quest for Full Citizenship ~ An exhibition of the Library of Congress' extensive African-American collections. Includes a "wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings."
• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record ~ Approximately 1,200 images depicting the "experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World."
• From Slavery to Civil Rights: a Timeline of African-American History ~ From the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
• Slavery and the Making of America ~ Timelines, images, personal narratives, and much more. The online accompaniment to the PBS broadcast of the same title.
• Slavery in America ~ Use the Image Gallery, Encyclopedia, and Narratives/Biographies links. A companion site to Slavery and the Making of America (PBS).

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Created by N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Slavery links contributed by M. Biondo, Social Science Instructor.
Last update: 2/8/08 Contact:nmellendorf@maine207.org