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May 18, 2025
On trial: African American Newspapers and Times-Picayune TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | African-American history | Archives | Black history | cultural history | databases | history | Newspapers | primary source | social history | United States *The Library now has now purchased access to ‘African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2’. See New to the Library: African American Newspapers.* Thanks to a request from a student …Continue reading →
Explore black history through Archives Unbound TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | African-American history | Archives | correspondence | databases | history | International Relations | Letters | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | personal papers | Politics | primary source | social history | United States In this week’s blog post I wanted to highlight a number of primary source databases that you have access to at the University that allow you to discover more about …Continue reading →
Trial access: The NAACP Papers Collection TAGS: African-American history | Black history | databases | history | NAACP | primary source | United States *The Library now has access to the NAACP Papers Collections until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* Thanks to a request from a student in History, the …Continue reading →
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