Hamersly Library

History Subject Guide

Other Subject Guides

Specialized guides: Pacific Northwest

Books

In our Reference collection:

• Chronology of world history D11.M39 1999
  An encyclopedia that provides brief entries on important events in world history arranged in chronological order.
• Atlas of world history G1030.O85 1999
  Provides historical maps of the world.
• Dictionary of American history E174.D52 2003
  A comprehensive encyclopedia on American history.
• Encyclopedia of world environmental history GF10.E63 2004
  A comprehensive encyclopedia on environmental history.
• Encyclopedia of historians and historical writing D14 .E53 1999
  Covers major topics relevant to the study of history and profiles prominent historians.
• Women in world history HQ1115 .W6 1999
  Contains biographical sketches of notable women.
• American Historical Association's guide to historical literature D20.A15 A55 1995
  Provides bibliographical references for history books and articles.
• Writings on American history E173.W7
  Provides bibliographical references for books and articles published between 1902 and 1990 that address American history.

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Journals

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Internet sites

• American Memory Project
  Sponsored by the Library of Congress, provides a searchable database of  collections of digitized primary source materials relevant to the study of American history.
• Best of History Web Sites
  An online directory of more than 700 highly-rated history Web sites.
• Digital History
  A web site designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges. Includes an online U.S. history textbook; primary sources on slavery, Mexican American, Asian American, and Native American history, and U.S. political, social, and legal history; succinct essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; and reference resources that include a database of annotated links, classroom handouts, chronologies, glossaries, an audio archive including speeches and book talks by historians, and a visual archive with hundreds of historical maps and images.
• Handbook of Latin American Studies
  A comprehensive bibliography on Latin America edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Annually, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources.
• Historical Census Browser
  Provides access to historical U.S. census data. Provides tools that support analysis and mapping of data. Produced by the University of Virginia.
• History and Politics Out Loud A searchable archive of historically significant audio materials. Emphasis on political history.
• Making of America A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  News service providing coverage for Russia, Transcaucases, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Includes full-text archives of news stories and weekly reports that provide in-depth analysis of certain issues.
• REESWeb
  A searchable index of web-accessible resources relevant to Russian and East European studies.
• Voices of civil rights
  A joint project sponsored by AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress that collects and preserves personal accounts of the history of the struggle for civil rights in the United States. The web site features a searchable online archive of selected stories submitted by people from every corner of the country and from all walks of life. In addition, there are interactive features, essays, interviews, and special reports.
• Internet Public Library: History
  Provides an extensive and well-organized listing of links to history-related Internet resources.

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Grants and Foundations

• National Endowment for the Humanities
  Provides information about NEH grants and other tools to support grant seekers in humanities fields, including history.
• National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
  Provides information about grant programs aimed at preserving documents relevant to U.S. history.
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  Makes grants in five core program areas: higher education, museums and art conservation, performing arts, conservation and the environment, and public affairs.
• Oregon Cultural Trust
  A statewide cultural plan to raise significant new funds to invest in Oregon's arts, humanities and heritage. Plans to distribute more than $90 million in grant funds throughout the state over the next decade.

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Organizations

• American Historical Association
  A non-profit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research. Web site provides information about awards, fellowships and grants for historians.
• American Council of Learned Societies
  A private non-profit federation of sixty-eight national scholarly organizations. Dedicated to the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies. Web site provides information about fellowship and grant programs sponsored by ACLS.
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
  Promotes the study and love of American history. Offers fellowship programs and awards for faculty and students. Web site provides access to selected primary materials from its collection.
• Organization of American Historians
  The largest learned society devoted to the study of American history. Promotes the study and teaching of the American past through a variety of programs and activities.
• Oregon Historical Society
  An organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of Oregon.

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