HIS 4377 American Women's History, 1600-1865

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Diaries

Correspondence

Archives

Sources

Entries for countries and regions are usually subdivided by century.  If you are looking for what is available to document general social or intellectual trends in a period search for the country's formal name (Great Britain, not "England") followed by the century designation: Great Britain 15th century.  Major events in any century will often have a subheading of their own: Great Britain World War 1914 - 1918.

You can use the subheading Sources with these time period designations as well: Hundred Years War 1339 1453 Sources

When searching in WorldCat (a catalog for libraries across the U.S. and the world) your result list will have a set of tabs at the top, two may be of interest for primary sources:

• Archival - used for collections of unedited primary sources for individuals, professional societies, or corporations
• Internet - may lead to freely accessible digital collections, such as The Diaries of John Quincy Adams a Digital Collection located on the Massachussets Historical Society web site