Accessibility and findability of digitized archival resources can be a challenge, particularly for students or researchers not familiar with archival formats and digital interfaces, which adhere to different descriptive standards than more widely familiar library resources. Numerous aggregate archival collection databases exist, which provide a…

Librarians navigating research data management self-education have an increasing body of literature to choose from, which may become overwhelming. This annotated bibliography reviews: (1) U.S. federal policies; (2) articles; and (3) books to assist librarians who are self-educating on research data management or are seeking background reading…

This collection includes over 6,300 reels of microfilm of unique manuscript and archival holdings from both national and foreign repositories. Most of the material is historical, largely for Mexico from the colonial period to the early twentieth century. Three repositories account for the major portion of the holdings: the National Archives of the…

This inventory describes the records of the 1977 South Carolina International Women's Year Conference which, as part of the archives and special collections of Winthrop College's Dacus Library, are available for research. Included in the collection are minutes, correspondence, financial records, resolutions, newspaper clippings, publications,…

This listing of historically important manuscripts and documents was prepared for the use of cadets, faculty, and outside scholars. While the strength of the collection lies in its coverage of the cadet and professional army careers of academy graduates, it is also rich in materials from the Revolutionary War era and includes records of the…

Calls for a systematic preservation of historical materials on speech communication. Includes a short bibliography of theses and dissertations on prominent speech educators and on departmental histories. (PD)

Published to commemorate the Constitution's bicentennial year and remind Americans that books and the life of the mind are vital national traditions, this volume contains both an essay, "Well Acquainted with Books: The Founding Framers of 1787," by Robert A. Rutland, and James Madison's List of Books for Congress, 1783. The essay…

Microfilm publications from the U.S. National Archives held by the Arkansas University library are listed. Full bibliographic citations and film call numbers are given for the materials, which include selected collected papers, correspondence, dispatches, and general records of U.S. government officials and departments from the early 19th to the…

Designed for use by teachers, library media teachers, public librarians, and parents, this bibliographic resource contains references to selected books and videos available in many school and public libraries. Many of the bibliography's materials offer stories of real people who struggled to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and who…

This selected annotated bibliography of United States history is an introduction to sources that can be found in the reference section of the library at the University of Rhode Island. Included are basic sources and more advanced research tools to acquaint students with different types of research tools available and to encourage students to…

The publication of this bibliography is part of the ongoing effort of the Michigan History Division to make historical resources within the state more readily available. This bibliography cites various unpublished source materials relating to women which are available in a number of archives in Michigan. Representative collections relating to all…

This annotated bibliography considers the real-life outcomes of uncovering the history of women's rhetoric. By examining the public rhetoric of early U.S. female abolitionists, women's rights advocates, and suffragist proponents, the paper uses a historiographic method that considers the voices of women speaking in the public arena. The method of…

This document discusses the movement to bring original historical sources into the classroom. Because students of history need access to sources of information that provide direct or primary evidence about reality, teachers must show that realistic alternatives to the traditional history text exist. In the first section of this paper, efforts to…

Presents an annotated bibliography of primary resources which deal with political issues in Africa. For each of the 13 entries, information is presented on author, title, publisher, publication date, number of pages, and an annotation. Many of the works were written by African authors. All of the works were published between 1966 and 1980. (DB)

The author suggests using historical memoirs and autobiographies to involve today's students in the lives of the children of pioneer America. He describes some particular memoirs he has presented to elementary classes. (Editor/SJL)