Civil War Resources at the Paul Robeson Library




This is a list of some of the resources in Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, concerning the Civil War. For more information please ask a reference librarian.


 

·         Reference Works

·         Locating Books

·         Appropriate Journal Indexes

·         Primary Sources

·         Selected Internet Resources

 



Reference Works

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Boatner, Mark.  Civil War Dictionary REF E 468 B7)
Current, R. N. Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. (REF E 847 .E55 1993)
Dublin, T. "United States, 1815-1877." In The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature, 3d ed., Vol. 2, 1361-1411 (REF D 20 .A64 1995)
Heidler, David S.  Encyclopedia of the American Civil War (Ref 468 H47 2000)
Woodworth, Steven E. The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research. (REF E 456 .A44 1996)

Bibliographies

Coad, O. S. New Jersey in Travelers' Accounts, 1524-1971 (REF Z 1313 .C6)
Cole, G. Civil War Eyewitnesses: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles, 1955-1986. (REF E 601 .C78 1988); 1986-1996 (REF E 601 C65 2000)
Murdock, E. C. Civil War in the North: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. (REF E468 .M87 1987)
Nevins, A. Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography (REF Z 1242 .N35)
Sinclair, D A. A Bibliography: The Civil War and New Jersey (REF Z 1313 .S5)

Other Reference Sources

Civil War Naval Chronology, 1861-1865 (REF E 591 U568 1971)
Gelbert, Doug.  Civil War Sites, Memorials, Museums and Library Collections (REF E 641 G45 1997)
Ritter, Charles F.  Leaders of the American Civil War:  A Biographical and Historiographical Dictionary (REF E 467 L43 1998)
Wright, John D.  Language of the Civil War (REF E 468.9 W755 2001)

Locating Books

Use this subject headings when looking for books in IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries Catalog:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Appropriate Journal Indexes

Some of these indexes will provide the entire article or source document; others will only provide a citation and sometimes a link to IRIS allowing a quick check to see if the library owns the journal.

  • America: History and Life
  • Periodical Contents Index
  • Sociofile
  • American Periodical Series
  • Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals
  • Black Drama:  1850 to the present
  • North American Womens Letters and Diaries:  Colonial Times to 1950
  • New York Times

Primary Sources
Newspapers (on microfilm)

Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock), 1860-1863
Camden Democrat, 1859-1908
Carolina Spartan (Spartanburg, S.C.), 1861-1864
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.), 1863-1867.
Charleston Daily Courier, 1861-1865
Charleston Mercury, 1860-1864
Columbus Daily Times, 1864-1865
Constitution and Farmers and Mechanics Advertiser (Woodbury, NJ), 1834-1945
Daily Confederate (Raleigh), 1864-1865.
Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1863-1865
Daily Morning News (Savannah), 1862-1863
Daily Richmond Enquirer, 1861-1862, (filed with Richmond Enquirer)
Daily State Gazette (Trenton, NJ), 1863-1913
Daily State Gazette and Republican (Trenton, NJ), 1857-1863
Daily State Journal (Raleigh), 1862-1865
Edgefield Advertiser (S.C.), 1862-1868
Fayetteville Observer, 1861-1865
Georgia Journal & Messenger (Macon), 1862-1866
Georgia Weekly Telegraph (Macon), 1860-1863, 1866
Memphis Daily Appeal, 1861-1863
Mobile Advertiser and Register, 1862-1863
Mobile Daily Advertiser and Register, 1863-1864
Montgomery (Daily) Advertiser, 1841-1865
Montgomery (Daily) Mail, 1863-1866
Natchez Courier, 1863-1865
Natchez Daily Courier, 1861-1863
New Jersey Mirror and Burlington County Advertiser, 1819-1872
New York Daily Tribune, 1842-1866
New York Times, 1851+, with index (also online)
Public Ledger (Philadelphia), 1836-1900
Raleigh Register, 1867-1868
Richmond Enquirer, 1861-1862
Richmond Whig, 1863-1865
Savannah Republican, 1863
Semi Weekly Standard (Raleigh), 1863-1865
Sentinel (Richmond), 1863-1865
Southern Confederacy (Atlanta), 1862-1864
Southern Recorder (Milledgeville), 1861-1868
Southern Watchman (Athens), 1861-1864
Vicksburg Whig, 1862-1865
Washington Telegraph (Ark), 1862-1865
Weekly Raleigh Register, 1862-1867
West Jersey Press, 1861-1940

Magazines

Godey's Ladies Book (microfilm and online)
Periodical Contents Index (online)
American Periodical Series

Selected Internet Resources

Civil War Resources on the Internet (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/civwar.shtml)
Index of Civil War Information Available on the Internet (http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm)
Civil War Women (http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html)


 

updated 09/16/03
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