Resources for American History

For the Civil War and slavery, see:

  • Cowen Tracts
  • Papers of Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), containing correspondence discussing the Civil War from New York
  • Grey Tracts (emancipation, British possessions in America)
  • Rare Books Collection
  • 1801-1850 Collection
  • Medical Collection
For general histories and descriptions, see also:
  • Runciman Papers (U.S. coverage 1914-1939)
  • 18th Century Collection
  • Robert White Collection
  • Robinson Collection (Native Americans)
  • Edwin Clarke Miscellaneous Collection
  • Merz Collection
  • Victorian Collection
  • Wallis Collection
  • St. Bees School Library
  • Cupboards and Drawers
Microfilms on level 3 include:
  • History of the United States Civil War
  • Civil War and the Confederacy: the business records
  • Abolition and Emancipation
  • Slavery prior to 1850
  • Stetson Kennedy collection on civil rights