The Fate of Civil Rights during Wartime America

The Cold War encyclopedia Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference -- D840 .P28 1996 Columbia Guide to the Cold War Suzzallo Reference -- E744 .K696 1998 Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history Suzzallo Reference -- E169.1 .E624 2001 Encyclopedia of American social history Suzzallo Reference, Undergraduate Reference -- HN57 .E58 1993 Encyclopedia of Japanese American history: an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present Suzzallo Reference -- E184.J3 E53 2001 Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history Suzzallo Reference -- E468 .H47 2000 Encyclopedia of the United States in the twentieth century Suzzallo Reference -- E740.7 .E33 1996 Japanese American internment during World War II : a history and reference guide Suzzallo Reference -- D769.8.A6 N4 2002

ou find additional information for your research. Printed material is available in Suzzallo Reference. To use most of these databases from home you will need to connect via the libraries proxy server.

Books & Dissertations Find books located within the libraries by searching the UW Libraries Catalog. Other catalogs to try are Summit catalog, OhioLink and OCLC Worldcat. Find dissertations written nation-wide by searching Dissertation Abstracts. UWorld Express (interlibrary loan) can get books and dissertations for you from other libraries. Journal Articles Find articles by searching relevant databases listed on the History Subject Page. The most important one for U.S. history is America: History & Life. Others that can be useful are Expanded Academic Index and Research Library. Two collections of electronic journals contain some history journals and can also sometimes be useful (depending on your topic): JSTOR and Project Muse. Once you find some likely articles on your topic, locate them in the library by searching for the journal title in the UW Libraries Catalog. (If we do not have the journal, get a photocopy of the article through UWorld Express.

Finding Primary Sources -- Books

The UW Libraries has a huge collection of books that can be considered primary sources for American history. These include books written during the period for your topic (e.g., during the Civil War), books written by participants, published collections of correspondence and other personal writings, memoirs and reprints of collections of primary source material.

Limit your search by publication date. Search for books written by key participants and organizations. Browse the shelves in the appropriate subject area. Combine your keywords search with special subject headings that designate primary sources: sources, personal narratives, diaries, correspondence, interviews Example: japanese americans and (diaries or correspondence or narratives) cold war and sources

Finding Primary Sources -- Magazine Articles

The UW Libraries has a strong collection of magazines and journals from the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of them are in print (either in Suzzallo Periodicals or in a storage area), others are on microfilm.

American Periodical Series Online Full image database of 18th and 19 century American magazines. Also try an index to 19th century British and American magazines, 19th Century Masterfile. PAIS International Index to articles dealing with public affairs and policy. Online version dates from the mid-1970s. Print version dates back to 1915 (Suzzallo Reference Z7163 .P9). Reader's Guide Retrospective Index to 20th century magazine articles. Use Reader's Guide to find articles published in magazines such as Time and Life.

Finding Primary Sources -- Newspapers

The UW Libraries has a basic collection of major U.S. newspapers on microfilm for the 19th and 20th centuries. Complete runs are available for such papers as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Oregonian. The libraries has a strong collection on Northwest papers. Newspapers are housed in the Microform and Newspaper Collections on the ground floor of Suzzallo.

There a few indexes to newspapers predating the 1970s. To see what indexing is available, use the Searchable Guide to Indexes. The New York Times is the only major American paper completely indexed. The Historical Index to the New York Times covers 1863-1905 and 1913-1922. The complete index is available in print in the Suzzallo Reference Index area (AI21 .N44). NOTE: The King County Library System and Seattle Public Library subscribe to the full-image New York Times Historical Backfile. To use this database you will need either a KCLS or SPL library card. If you are using a paper without an index, use the one for the New York Times to pinpoint dates. If you are working on a particular event, then you can just browse newspapers from that week. For local newspaper coverage use the Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper and Periodical Index, a card file in Special Collections (basement Allen south). The current index with some retrospective coverage is available online. For coverage of Japanese Americans in the Seattle Times see Japanese-Americans in the Seattle times : December 1, 1941 to October 31, 1945 (Special Collections Reference Z1361.J2 L58 1996 and Microforms and Newspapers A419).

Finding Primary Sources -- Government Reports

The UW Libraries has a strong collection of U.S. government documents including federal agency publications, congressional hearings and reports and other material. Some material is printed while others are available on microfilm. The Government Publications section is located on the ground floor of Suzzallo.

Congressional hearings and reports dating back to 1789 are indexed in Historical Indexes 1789-1969 which is available via Congressional Universe. Other federal documents can be found by using the Monthly Catalog to United States Government Publications (GovPub. 328.73 Un37m) and its predecessors. The National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) has digitized a tiny portion (124,000) of their collection (a hodgepodge of material). These can be searched by using the ARC database.

Finding Primary Sources -- Manuscripts

Unpublished materials such as letters, diaries and organizational records are available in the UW Libraries either as part of Special Collections(focused on local history) or in microfilm format.

Special Collections contains personal papers, organizational records, historic photographs, and University of Washington records. These materials document the history and culture of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. A guide to these collections, Comprehensive guide to the manuscripts collection and to the personal papers in the University archives, published in 1980 is available in Special Collections, Suzzallo Reference, Odegaard Reference and other locations in the UW Libraries. An up-to-date database of holdings is accessible in Special Collections. Selected Finding Aids Materials Related to the Japanese American Incarceration UW Libraries Digital Collections Primarily digitized historic photographs documenting Seattle, Northwest, and Alaska history. The UW Libraries owns a number of microfilmed manuscript collections. A few are highlighted here. Also see selected list of microfilm sets. They are housed in the Microform and Newspaper Collections on the ground floor of Suzzallo. Japanese American evacuation and resettlement records, 1930-1974 - A10096 Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946 - A9912 Papers of the U.S. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians - AA7378 Papers of Eugene Debs, 1834-1945 - A7132 Presidential directives on national security from Truman to Clinton - M-3037

Finding Primary Sources -- WWW

The World Wide Web is a growing source for primary sources dealing with U.S. history. The sites listed here are just a sampling of the growing number of digitized collections of primary sources. See History on the Web for other history websites. For tips on searching for primary sources on the web and evaluating web sources see Using Primary Sources on the Web.

American Memory, the premiere collection of primary sources created by the Library of Congress. There are over 100 multimedia digital collections dealing with American history. Densho Project to collect oral histories, photographs and documents dealing with Japanese American history with special focus of World War II. The site currently contains narrative with selected documents, images and oral histories plus study questions and bibliographies. Registration required to access complete database. FOIA Documents Heavily requested FBI documents complete with blacked-out sections from the Freedom of Information Act Reading Room dealing with organizations and personalities such as Thurgood Marshall and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA) JARDA brings together collections from many California respositories. Included in the collection are digitized photographs, documents, diaries, and finding aids. Making of America Digitized collection of more than 8,500 American books and 50,000 journal articles published between 1850-1877. Also see Making of America, Cornell.

Photograph: Detail from 1942 Dorothea Lange photograph, "San Francisco, California. Many children of Japanese ancestry attended Raphael Weill public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets, prior to evacuation." Courtesy of NARA, NWDNS-210-G-A548. Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1947.

Theresa Mudrock / mudrock@u.washington.edu

7 July 2004