Research Guides: HIST 212: The History of the African American Family (Spring 2025): Personal Papers

In the catalog and Worldcat

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Materials held by thousands of libraries in the US and abroad. Books, websites, computer programs, films, slides, journals, magazines, papers, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, newspapers, sound recordings, videotapes, etc. Coverage: Before 1000BC-present.

Use the subject headings "Personal narratives" OR correspondence. with the name or topic of interest. Limit to books, ebooks, and manuscripts.

EXAMPLES

For less well-known individuals, also look in worldcat. For example, ("Personal narratives" OR correspondence) AND NAME

In most cases, you can simply search ("papers of" OR "personal papers") AND NAME to find collections of papers in the catalog or WorldCat.