subscribe to this pageAfrican American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Offers access to information about the cultural life and history in the 1800s, including first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, Also contains early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.
Offers access to information about the cultural life and history in the 1800s, including first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, Also contains early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.
Part I: Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848.
Part II: Colored American, 1840-41; The North Star, July 1849-1851; Frederick Douglass Papers (continuation of The North Star), 1851-May 1852; National Era, 1847-Dec. 1850; Provincial Freeman, Toronto, ON, 1854-Dec. 18, 1855.
Part III: Frederick Douglass Papers, May 1852-Dec. 1852; National Era, Dec. 1850-Dec. 1853; Provincial Freeman, Dec. 1855-57; The Christian Recorder, Toronto, ON, 1861-April 1862.
Part IV: The Christian Recorder, May 1862-Dec. 1864; National Era, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1853-Dec. 1854.
Part V: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1865-June 1868; National Era, Jan. 1856-Dec. 1857; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1855-Dec. 1856.
Part VI: National Era, Jan. 1858-Mar. 1860; The Christian Recorder, July 1868-Dec. 1870.
Part VII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1876.
Part VIII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1877-Dec. 1882.
Part IX: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1883-Dec. 1887.
Part X: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1888-Dec. 1893 (excluding 1892)
Part XI: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1894-Dec. 1898
Holdings: Parts 1 - 12
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African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 1818-1907
The 351 titles in the collection include sermons on racial pride and political activism; annual reports of charitable, educational, and political organizations; and college catalogs and graduation orations from the Hampton Institute, Morgan College, and Wilberforce University. Also included are biographies, slave narratives, speeches by members of Congress, legal documents, poetry, playbills, dramas, and librettos. Other pamphlets focus on segregation, voting rights, violence against African-Americans, and the colonization of Africa by freed slaves.
The 351 titles in the collection include sermons on racial pride and political activism; annual reports of charitable, educational, and political organizations; and college catalogs and graduation orations from the Hampton Institute, Morgan College, and Wilberforce University. Also included are biographies, slave narratives, speeches by members of Congress, legal documents, poetry, playbills, dramas, and librettos. Other pamphlets focus on segregation, voting rights, violence against African-Americans, and the colonization of Africa by freed slaves.
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African American Poetry (1750-1900)
Nearly 3,000 full-text poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Nearly 3,000 full-text poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
African American Poetry: 20th Century
A database of modern and contemporary African-American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Features 10,000 poems by around 70 of the most important African-American poets of the last century.
Holdings: 20th century
A database of modern and contemporary African-American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Features 10,000 poems by around 70 of the most important African-American poets of the last century.
Holdings: 20th century
American Poetry: 20th Century
This collection of full-text poems includes 52,000 drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.
This collection of full-text poems includes 52,000 drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
-from Literature Online Full-Text Journals
Bibliographic citations with indexing for all aspects of English literature, literary culture, and linguistics. Topics covered include: English prose, poetry, fiction, films, biography, travel writing, literary theory, and studies of individual authors; language, syntax, phonology, lexicology, semantics, stylistics, and dialectology; bibliography, manuscript studies, textual studies, history of publishing; traditional culture of the English-speaking world, customs, beliefs, narratives, song, dance, and material culture.
Holdings: 1920- Annual updates lag by one year.
-from Literature Online Full-Text Journals
Bibliographic citations with indexing for all aspects of English literature, literary culture, and linguistics. Topics covered include: English prose, poetry, fiction, films, biography, travel writing, literary theory, and studies of individual authors; language, syntax, phonology, lexicology, semantics, stylistics, and dialectology; bibliography, manuscript studies, textual studies, history of publishing; traditional culture of the English-speaking world, customs, beliefs, narratives, song, dance, and material culture.
Holdings: 1920- Annual updates lag by one year.
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Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America
FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Digital archive of recordings and texts in more than 130 indigenous languages of Latin America and scholarship on those languages. AILLA provides audio recordings and transcripts of books, ceremonies, chants, commentaries, conversations, correspondence, curses, datasets, debates, descriptions, documents, drama, educational materials, ethnographies, field notes, grammars, greetings and leave-takings, histories, instructions, instrumental music, interviews, lexicons, meetings, myths, narratives, oratory, permissions, photographs, poetry, prayers, procedures, proverbs, readers, recipes, sketches, songs, speech plays, theses, unintelligible speech, and wordlists.
FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Digital archive of recordings and texts in more than 130 indigenous languages of Latin America and scholarship on those languages. AILLA provides audio recordings and transcripts of books, ceremonies, chants, commentaries, conversations, correspondence, curses, datasets, debates, descriptions, documents, drama, educational materials, ethnographies, field notes, grammars, greetings and leave-takings, histories, instructions, instrumental music, interviews, lexicons, meetings, myths, narratives, oratory, permissions, photographs, poetry, prayers, procedures, proverbs, readers, recipes, sketches, songs, speech plays, theses, unintelligible speech, and wordlists.
BHI: British Humanities Index
-from CSA Databases
An abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Topics include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, education, economics, foreign affairs, environment, cinema, current affairs, gender studies, history, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, and theatre.
Holdings: coverage begins in 1962-
-from CSA Databases
An abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Topics include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, education, economics, foreign affairs, environment, cinema, current affairs, gender studies, history, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, and theatre.
Holdings: coverage begins in 1962-
Black Literature Index
-from Black Studies Center
"This index allows users to search over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940. For citations to content from the Chicago Defender for which full text is available in Black Studies Center, a link is included directly to the relevant article."
-from Black Studies Center
"This index allows users to search over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940. For citations to content from the Chicago Defender for which full text is available in Black Studies Center, a link is included directly to the relevant article."
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CAMENA - Corpus Automatum Manhemiense Electorum Neolatinitatis Auctorum
The aim of this project is to give access to the Latin poetry of 50 major German writers of the early modern period. The corpus will comprise about 50.000 pages of printed text which will be presented in two ways: * Standard editions published in the 16th, 17th or 18th century will be made available through digital facsimile images. * Full text transcriptions marked up according to the principles of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEILITE.DTD) will be presented in XML format and made accessible through field searching. The text will be linked throughout with the corresponding image files
The aim of this project is to give access to the Latin poetry of 50 major German writers of the early modern period. The corpus will comprise about 50.000 pages of printed text which will be presented in two ways: * Standard editions published in the 16th, 17th or 18th century will be made available through digital facsimile images. * Full text transcriptions marked up according to the principles of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEILITE.DTD) will be presented in XML format and made accessible through field searching. The text will be linked throughout with the corresponding image files
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Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online
Contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms.
Contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
The Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, the site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. Hosted by The Tech, MIT's oldest and largest newspaper.
The Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, the site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. Hosted by The Tech, MIT's oldest and largest newspaper.
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century
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-from LION Reference
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English Poetry (600-1900), second edition
Essentially the complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th plus representation from Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries. Over 183,000 searchable full-text poems by more than 2,700 poets drawn from over 4,500 printed sources.
Essentially the complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th plus representation from Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries. Over 183,000 searchable full-text poems by more than 2,700 poets drawn from over 4,500 printed sources.
English Poetry: 20th Century
A collection of 594 volumes of poetry by 282 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, Fleur Adcock, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the poets in The Faber Poetry Library.
Holdings: Faber Poetry Library
A collection of 594 volumes of poetry by 282 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, Fleur Adcock, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the poets in The Faber Poetry Library.
Holdings: Faber Poetry Library
Faber Poetry Library
A searchable, full-text collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. The Faber list spans the seventy-year history of this major publishing house, and includes the poetry of James Joyce, Siegfried Sassoon, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney. In total The Faber Poetry Library contains 140 volumes by 50 poets.
A searchable, full-text collection of some of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. The Faber list spans the seventy-year history of this major publishing house, and includes the poetry of James Joyce, Siegfried Sassoon, T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney. In total The Faber Poetry Library contains 140 volumes by 50 poets.
Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry
The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry, housed in the Division of Rare Books and Special Collections at McLennan Library, McGill University, is considered to be one of the finest private collections of its kind in the world. It consists of some 2300 Yiddish works, mostly poetry, and includes many rare volumes, most of which have been preserved in vintage condition by beautiful hand-made jackets fashioned by Joe Fishstein, the Bronx garment worker who amassed them. This extraordinary collection, which also includes unusual ephemeral items, such as albums of early 20th century postcards, photographs and trade union memorabilia, offers rich opportunities for research to scholars of Yiddish literature and 20th century social history. The catalogue of the Joe Fishstein Collection, A Garment Worker's Legacy, edited by Goldie Sigal, was published by McGill University Libraries as volume 11 of the Fontanus Monograph Series in 1998 (ISBN 0-7717-0511-5). The book launch in January of that year was accompanied by a major exhibit of highlights from this collection at McGill Redpath Library, from January to March 1998. The book and accompanying exhibit were prepared by editor/curator Goldie Sigal, who also acted as editor and curator of the present online catalogue and exhibit.
The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry, housed in the Division of Rare Books and Special Collections at McLennan Library, McGill University, is considered to be one of the finest private collections of its kind in the world. It consists of some 2300 Yiddish works, mostly poetry, and includes many rare volumes, most of which have been preserved in vintage condition by beautiful hand-made jackets fashioned by Joe Fishstein, the Bronx garment worker who amassed them. This extraordinary collection, which also includes unusual ephemeral items, such as albums of early 20th century postcards, photographs and trade union memorabilia, offers rich opportunities for research to scholars of Yiddish literature and 20th century social history. The catalogue of the Joe Fishstein Collection, A Garment Worker's Legacy, edited by Goldie Sigal, was published by McGill University Libraries as volume 11 of the Fontanus Monograph Series in 1998 (ISBN 0-7717-0511-5). The book launch in January of that year was accompanied by a major exhibit of highlights from this collection at McGill Redpath Library, from January to March 1998. The book and accompanying exhibit were prepared by editor/curator Goldie Sigal, who also acted as editor and curator of the present online catalogue and exhibit.
Kairos
Kairos is a refereed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. Each issue presents varied perspectives on special topics such as "Critical Issues in Computers and Writing," "Technology and the Face of Language Arts in the K-12 Classroom," and "Hypertext Fiction/Hypertext Poetry."
Holdings: 1996-
Kairos is a refereed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. Each issue presents varied perspectives on special topics such as "Critical Issues in Computers and Writing," "Technology and the Face of Language Arts in the K-12 Classroom," and "Hypertext Fiction/Hypertext Poetry."
Holdings: 1996-
Literature Online Reference Resources
An 8-title collection of reference resources on poetry, the novel, and literary theory
Literature Online currently makes the following reference works searchable individually or as a group:
An 8-title collection of reference resources on poetry, the novel, and literary theory
Literature Online currently makes the following reference works searchable individually or as a group:
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The Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (Routledge, 1994)
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Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism (Columbia University Press, 1995)
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Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century (Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998)
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Encyclopedia of the Novel (Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998)
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New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Princeton University Press, 1993)
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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story (Columbia University Press, 2001)
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The Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature (Columbia University Press, 1980)
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New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
-from LION Reference
-from LION Reference
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Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement.
Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement.
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Yiddish Sheet Music
The Yiddish language sheet music in this digital collection is part of the large Sheet Music Collection at the John Hay Library at Brown University. The digital collection is composed of public domain (pre-1923) titles; when the project is completed it is expected that it will be comprised of approximately 700 titles. Most of the Yiddish sheet music in the collection came from the collection of Menache Vaxer, a Yiddish writer and Hebraist of Russia, and was acquired by the Library in 1968, which included over 850 pieces of piano-vocal or instrumental music, dating from the 1890s through the 1940s. This core collection has been added to by purchase and gift since that time, and the entire Yiddish sheet music collection now totals approximately 2000 items. The Collection's focus is on the Yiddish-language musical stage, and includes many photographs of performers (often in costume) and composers, and, not infrequently, scenes from theatrical productions. Also included in the collection are art songs, Hebrew and Yiddish language folk songs, and religious music, notably from the cantorial repertoire. Notable performers and theatrical personalities represented are Molly Picon, Bores Thomashefsky, David Kessler, Jacob Adler, Aaron Lebedeff, Abraham Goldfaden, Mrs. Regina Praeger, and Cantor Gershon Sirota, among many others. The originals, and the post-1923 titles in the collection, are available for consultation at the John Hay Library during its usual business hours. A related collection of Yiddish language literature is part of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, and includes the book portion of the Menache Vaxer Collection.
The Yiddish language sheet music in this digital collection is part of the large Sheet Music Collection at the John Hay Library at Brown University. The digital collection is composed of public domain (pre-1923) titles; when the project is completed it is expected that it will be comprised of approximately 700 titles. Most of the Yiddish sheet music in the collection came from the collection of Menache Vaxer, a Yiddish writer and Hebraist of Russia, and was acquired by the Library in 1968, which included over 850 pieces of piano-vocal or instrumental music, dating from the 1890s through the 1940s. This core collection has been added to by purchase and gift since that time, and the entire Yiddish sheet music collection now totals approximately 2000 items. The Collection's focus is on the Yiddish-language musical stage, and includes many photographs of performers (often in costume) and composers, and, not infrequently, scenes from theatrical productions. Also included in the collection are art songs, Hebrew and Yiddish language folk songs, and religious music, notably from the cantorial repertoire. Notable performers and theatrical personalities represented are Molly Picon, Bores Thomashefsky, David Kessler, Jacob Adler, Aaron Lebedeff, Abraham Goldfaden, Mrs. Regina Praeger, and Cantor Gershon Sirota, among many others. The originals, and the post-1923 titles in the collection, are available for consultation at the John Hay Library during its usual business hours. A related collection of Yiddish language literature is part of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, and includes the book portion of the Menache Vaxer Collection.