HIST 207B

History of the United States

Civil War and Reconstruction Bibliography

Ronald Clark, Instructor

 

Reference Works

Ref. E 178.5 A48 1981 v. 3-4  Album of American History

This work contains many interesting illustrations from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

 

Ref. E 176 D563  v. 1- Index 3.  Dictionary of American Biography 

This work contains biographies of notable persons in United States History.

 

Ref. E 183 E5 1984 v. 1-3  Encyclopedia of American Political History. 

This work contains essays on various themes and topics in American History.

 

Ref. PN 771 G27 v. 1-  Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.

Please consult the last volume in the series for Fast, Howard  in order to learn about his standing among American authors

 

Ref. AI3.R48  v. 1-  Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.  

This publication covers 1900 to 2008.  Articles can be obtained through Inter-Library Loan.

 

Primary Source Material

E 173 A793 v. 8 [1850-1857] v.9 [1858-1865] v.10 [1866-1883] Annals of America.

This set of books contain original documents focusing on all aspects of American life during the selected time periods.

 

Newspapers

Ref. AI21. N453x 1851-1979.  New York Times School Microfilm Collection.

Take your microfilm requests to the reference desk and the librarian will obtain them and give instruction on microfilm reader/printer use.

 

Magazines

Ref. E 171 A43 1999.   American Heritage 45 –Year Cumulative Index.

This index points to entries in American Heritage Magazine located in the periodicals storage area of the library.  There is also a subject supplement.

 

Ref. G 1 .N27  National Geographic Index - 1888-1998..

National Geographic has many issues with information about United States History.  The following issues can be found in the magazine storage area.  More issues are available by searching the indexes.

 

á      American Giant Comes of Age.  May, 1965.

á      Iron vs Oak: The day the Wooden Navy Died.  March 2006.

á      Civil War.  April, 1961.

á      Civil War Battlefields.   April, 2005.

á      Just One Hundred Years Ago.  July, 1963.

á      Lincoln: Man of Steel and Velvet.   February, 1960.

á      Our Land Through Lincoln's Eyes.  February, 1960.

á      Virginians.  November, 1974.

á      Wreck of the C.S.S. [Alabama] Avenging Angel of the Confederacy.  December, 1994.

 

EBSCO Host.  This is a database containing over 1900 full-text magazine titles.  It can be accessed through myCuesta (my.cuesta.edu) and then to the Library Web Site under resources.

 

The following list contains many of the magazine titles that touch on American History. Search the contents of these magazines using this format in the search field:

 

JN "name of magazine" and "place, person, or topic" . (example:  JN "America's Civil War" and "reconstruction")  Be sure to select full text before initiating the search.

 

á      America's Civil War. (full text from 07/01/1996 to the present)

á      American Heritage. (full text  from 09/01/1990 to the present)

á      Civil War Times. ((bibliographic records start 07/01/1993 and full text 12/01/1996 to the present.)

á      Journal of American History. (bibliographic records from 09/01/1990 to the present.)  Cited articles can be obtained through inter-library loan.)

á      Journal of Social History.  (full text from 03/01/1984 to the present.)

á      Military History.  (full text from 06/01/1996 to the present).

 

Books

 

Library and Net Library Books

Please consult Web Cat under the subject headings Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)  or  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—

There are dozens of titles under these two subject headings.

Search keywords  by entering:  united states history civil war and press search everything.  Likewise:  reconstruction U.S. History and press search everything

 

Selected Web Sites

 

History of the United States (1849-1865)

This period of United States history saw the breakdown of the ability of white Americans of the North and South to reconcile fundamental differences in their approach to government, economics, society and African American slavery. Abraham Lincoln was elected President, the South seceded to form the Confederate States of America, the Civil War followed, with the ultimate defeat of the South.

 

The Civil War - http://www.civilwarhome.com/indexcivilwarinfo.htm

This site at Louisiana State University is an attempt to link all know Internet sites dealing with the civil war. Some links are no longer active.

 

Aboard the Underground Railroad: A national travel itinerary - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/

Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary introduces travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists, and anyone interested in African American history to the fascinating people and places associated with the Underground Railroad. The itinerary currently provides descriptions and photographs on 64 historic places that are listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, America's official list of places important in our history and worthy of preservation. It also includes a map of the most common directions of escape taken on the Underground Railroad and maps of individual states that mark the location of the historic properties.

 

The Civil War Home Page - http://www.civil-war.net/

This is a comprehensive site covering every possible aspect of the Civil War. There are a few inactive links.

 

The Virginia Military Institute Archives – http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=3717&rsm=3757&ekmensel=fb5d653b_207_211_btnlink

This site has full-text access to all of the documents and manuscripts found under the links.  There is some interesting stuff here but it takes effort to locate.

 

The American Civil War – http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm

This massive site is maintained by Dakota State University. It is mostly up to date.

 

Civil War and Reconstruction - http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/civ-war.htm

This site is a comprehensive list of full-text references to the entire slavery question.  Caution: A number of these links are no longer active, but there is treasure to be found in many of the links.

 

Cornell University Library Digital Collection - http://digital.library.cornell.edu/m/mayantislavery/

This is an interesting collection on the anti-slavery movement.

 

National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/index.html

On the top right of the screen enter either Reconstruction or Civil War and press search.

 

Librarian's Internet Index -  http://lii.org/pub/topic/history_united_states

Librarians verify the usefulness and currency of the sites.

 

The Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Search here for an exciting array of information and images.

 

University of Michigan - Making of America Project. - http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

This site contains millions of pages of material from the library's collection of books.