Subject Headings to Full-Text Primary Sources Available in Pollak Library     top

Print--books: To retrieve a list of books available in Pollak Library that provide full text of primary sources on American history, search the Library Catalog by:
           SUBJECT: united states history sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1849-1877 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1865 1921-- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1901 1953 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History --1919 1933 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History --1933 1945 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1945 -- Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 1961-1969 Sources
           SUBJECT: United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
           SUBJECT: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence
           SUBJECT: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Diaries
           SUBJECT: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence

Online Primary Sources Freely Available     top

100 Milestone Documents
1400-1699 Collections [American Memory]
1700-1799 Collections [American Memory]
1800-1849 Collections [American Memory]
1850-1899 Collections [American Memory]
1900-1929 Collections [American Memory] 
1930-1949 Collections [American Memory]
1950-1969 Collections [American Memory] 
1970-present [American Memory]

Online Primary Sources Available in Pollak Library--Historical Newspapers     top

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
New York Times--Historical (1851-2001)
Los Angeles Times--Historical (1881-1984)

A Selected List of Books in Pollak Library     top

Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American states (1927)
DOCS/US  LC 14.2:D 65 CATALOG RECORD
DOCS/US  Y 1.1/2:8573
Full text of documents relating to the Constitutional history of the United States starting with the first Continental Congress in 1774 and ending with the 9th Amendment in 1920.
LC Subject Heading: Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources

 

American archives: fourth series, containing a documentary history of the English colonies in North America from the King's message to Parliament of March 7, 1774 to the Declaration of Independence of the United States / Reprint of the 1837 ed
DOCS/US  Z 1.1: v.1-6 CATALOG RECORD
Covers United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 and United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783

Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources: 1745-1799
DOCS/US  Y 3.W 27/2:13/ V.1-39 CATALOG RECORD
39-volume set of Washington's words, writings, and correspondence. INDEX is last 2 volumes.

Elliot's Debates: The debates in the several State conventions on the adoption of the Federal Constitution, as recommended by the general convention at Philadelphia in 1787 ... Collected and rev. from contemporary publications by Jonathan Elliot
DOCS/US   Z 2.1:EL 5/2/  v.1-5 CATALOG RECORD
Full text of debates starting 1787. Vol. 5 has title: Debates on the adoption of the Federal Constitution in the convention held at Philadelphia in 1787, with a diary of the debates of the Congress of the Confederation as reported by James Madison. Rev. and newly arranged by Jonathan Elliot. Supplementary to Elliot's Debates. Reprint of the 2d ed., 1836-45.

Secret journals of the acts and proceedings of Congress from the first meeting thereof to the dissolution of the Confederation, by the adoption of the Constitution of the United States
DOCS/US  Z 2.8:  v.1-4 CATALOG RECORD
Full text of proceedings from 1775-1789. Reprint of the 1821 ed.

America Firsthand: Readings in American History (1992)
6th Floor South E173 .A72 1992 CATALOG RECORD

Contents: v. 1. From settlement to Reconstruction. -- v. 2. From Reconstruction to the present

American Historical Documents, 1000-1904 (1910)
6th Floor South AC1 .H2 vol. 43 CATALOG RECORD   

American History Told by Contemporaries (1908)
6th Floor South E173 .H32 CATALOG RECORD

v. 1. Era of colonization, 1492-1689.--v. 2. Building of the Republic, 1689-1783.--v. 3. National expansion, 1783-1845.--v. 4. Welding of the nation, 1845-1900 

 

American Decades Primary Sources (2004)
REFERENCE E169.1 .A471977 2004  CATALOG RECORD

Volume [1] 1900-1909 -- [2] 1910-1919 -- [3] 1920-1929 -- [4] 1930-1939 -- [5] 1940-1949 -- [6] 1950-1959 -- [7] 1960-1969 -- [8] 1970-1979 -- [9] 1980-1989 -- [10] 1990-1999.

Encyclopedia of American Historical Documents

REFERENCE E173 .E54 2004 CATALOG RECORD

1,600-plus documents representing turning points in U.S. history, approximately 50 to 65 documents per era. Each section presents an overview of the period. Some documents appear in their entirety; however, some (Federalist Papers, USA PATRIOT Act) are represented by key excerpts. Supreme Court justices' opinions, presidential announcements and inaugural addresses, and notable speeches. Bibliographic notations at the end of each article. Includes laws, speeches, treaties, political party platforms, and song lyrics with amendments to the U.S. Constitution, presidential statements, and court decisions. Introductory notes give the origins of each document, place it in historical context, and comment on its legacy.

Annals of America (1968)

REFERENCE  E173 .A79 V.1-20

Primary sources--texts of documents. 20 volume set. 
v. 1. 1493-1754: Discovering a new world.
v. 2. 1755-1783: Resistance and revolution.
v. 3. 1784-1796: Organizing the new Nation.
v. 4. 1797-1820: Domestic expansion and foreign entanglements.
v. 5. 1821-1832: Steps toward equalitarianism.
v. 6. 1833-1840: The challenge of a continent.
v. 7  1841-1849: Manifest destiny.
v. 8. 1850-1857: A house dividing.
v. 9. 1858-1865: The crisis of the Union.
v. 10. 1866-1883: Reconstruction and industrialization.
v. 11. 1884-1894: Agrarianism and urbanization.
v. 12. 1895-1904: Populism, imperialism, and reform.
v. 13. 1905-1915: The progressive era.
v. 14. 1916-1928: World war and prosperity.
v. 15. 1929-1939: The great depression.
v. 16. 1940-1949: The Second World War and after.
v. 17. 1950-1960: Cold war in the nuclear age.
v. 18. 1961-1968: The burdens of world power.
v. 19-20. Great issues in American life; a conspectus.
 

Historic Documents (1972-present)

Online: Historic Documents [CSUF ONLY]

Print: REFERENCE E839.5 .H57 CATALOG RECORD
For index in online version, see CUMULATIVE INDEX in left frame of main page.

Primary source documents including presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions. Older documents provide limited access (summaries only).

 

Documents of American History / by Henry Steele Commager

Print: REFERENCE E173 .C66 1973b  CATALOG RECORD
Primary documents about major events in the history of the United States, also many letters and speeches. Starts with "Privileges and Perogatives Granted to Columbus. April 30, 1492," and proceedds through the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
 

Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers: Primary Documents on Events of the Period (2000)

Newspapers in colonial America -- Censorship, printing control, and freedom of the press, 1690 -- Inoculation controversy, 1721 -- Impartiality, objectivity, and the press, 1729 -- Attakulakula visits King George II, 1730: Native American-English relations -- Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735 -- Women's rights, 1738 -- Stono Rebellion, 1739 -- Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745 -- Religious divisions, 1740-1745 -- Massachusetts legalizes lotteries, 1744 -- Medical discoveries and the amazing "Chinese stones," 1745 -- Paper money and the Currency Act, 1751 -- New York public education controversy, 1753-1755 -- Albany Congress, the Plan of Union, and the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Cherokee War, 1759-1761 -- Stamp Act crisis, 1765-1766 -- "No taxation without representation," 1765-1766 -- The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776 -- Tories versus patriots, 1768-1775 -- Nonimportation agreements, 1768-1775 -- Boston Massacre, 1770 -- Religious liberty: Baptists call for toleration, 1770-1776 -- Somerset case and the anti-slavery controversy, 1772 -- Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774 -- Continental Congress, 1774-1775 -- Edenton Tea Party and perceptions of women, 1774 -- Arguments over going to war with England, 1774-1776 -- Separation from England, 1768-1776 -- Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 -- Declaration of Independence, 1776

Letters of Delegates to Congress 1774-1789

Online: American Memory: Letters of Delegates to Congress to Congress, 1774-1789
Print: CATALOG RECORD
The twenty-six volumes of the Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, makes available all the documents written by delegates that bear on issues of their time, including slavery, during the First and Second Continental Congresses, 1774-1789. The twenty-five volumes of text include approximately twenty thousand entries and single cumulative index. Although letters from delegates comprise the preponderance of the entries, there are many diaries, public papers, essays, and other documents.

Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States (1927)

DOCS/US  LC 14.2:D 65 CATALOG RECORD

Text of core documents including Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.

 

Journals of the Continental Congress

Online: Journals of the Continental Congress
Print: CATALOG RECORD  
Print: INDEX
The First Continental Congress met from September 5 to October 26, 1774. The Second Continental Congress ran from May 10, 1775, to March 2, 1789. The Journals of the Continental Congress are the records of the daily proceedings of the Congress as kept by the office of its secretary, Charles Thomson. None of these editions includes the "Secret Journals," confidential sections of the records, which were not published until 1821.

 

Foreign Relations of the United States (1861-1976)

See Pollak Library Research Guide: Foreign Relations of the United States
The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian. It began in 1861 and now comprises more than 350 individual volumes. Foreign Relations volumes contain documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy. Volumes in the series since 1952 are organized chronologically according to Presidential administrations, and geographically and topically within each subseries: 25 volumes cover the Kennedy administration (1961-1963), 34 cover the Johnson administration (1964-1968), and about 54 are scheduled for the Nixon and Ford administrations (1969-1976). Volumes on the Nixon administration are now being researched, annotated, and prepared for publication.   

General Indexes     top

Search Library Catalog by subject: Government publications -- United States -- Indexes 
Search Library Catalog by subject: Government publications -- United States -- Catalogs

 

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.

Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774 - March 4, 1881 / compiled by order of congress by Ben: Perley Poore - 1774-1881
COMPACT STACKS  Z1223 .A178  PT. 1-2  CATALOG RECORD
Chronological list of documents. INDEX is in Part 2

Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909    top
DOCS/FILM/US: GP 3.2:C 41/3 (118 Reels) CATALOG RECORD
COMPACT STACKS  Z1223 .A18 PTS 1-3
Index to executive branch documents. The actual documents can be found in a microfiche collection published by CIS entitled "U.S. Executive Branch Documents," not owned by CSUF. Check Melvyl to find local research libraries who own this collection, or ask at the Government Documents desk about Interlibrary Loan.

Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1889-1893, by John G. Ames
Compact Stacks Z1223 .A1792 1881-1893 V.1-2  CATALOG RECORD

Comprehensive Index of the Publications of the United States Government - 1893-1940
COMPACT STACKS Z1223 .A18 CATALOG RECORD
"The Ames comprehensive index of the documents of the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congress"

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications: Monthly Catalog, 1941-current date
1774-2000 ISSUES: COMPACT STACKS Z1223 .A18 CATALOG RECORD 

National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Materials     top
NUCMC, or the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress.

Congressional & Legislative Documents Indexes     top

Congressional Hearings: Search, 105th Congress forward [GPO Access]

Congressional Hearings: Browse, 105th Congress forward [GPO Access]

Congressional Publications [GPO Access]

Serial Set (15th Congress-64th Congress, 1817-1917)
Note: The entire set has not been digitized, only portions.
The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817). Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers. The Serial Set contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. The reports are usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. The documents include all other papers ordered printed by the House or Senate. Documents cover a wide variety of topics and may include reports of executive departments and independent organizations, reports of special investigations made for Congress, and annual reports of non-governmental organizations. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, executive-branch materials were also published in the Serial Set.

Serial Set Index
Print: U.S. Serial Set Index, 1789-1969 [CIS] DOCS/US  Y 1.1/2:C 74*  CATALOG RECORD
[Note: This is shelved at the end of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set]

See SUBJECT INDEX to find references to American State Papers, Senate Journals, Senate Documents, House Journals, and House Documents. Pollak Library's holdings of U.S. Serial Set prior to 1961 are incomplete (see stacks for holdings). The Library of Congress has made a digitized version of the Serial Set available online - see American Memory below.

Online: American Memory: United States Congressional Serial Set [Library of Congress]
The Library of Congress provides a digitized version of the Serial Set for the years 1789-1873. The United States Congressional Serial Set began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st session (1817). Documents of the first fourteen Congresses were published as the American State Papers. The Serial Set contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. The reports are usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. Hearings are generally published separately. The documents include all other papers ordered printed by the House or Senate. Documents cover a wide variety of topics and may include reports of executive departments and independent organizations, reports of special investigations made for Congress, and annual reports of non-governmental organizations. Coverage is 1st Congress - 42d Congress (1789-1873).

CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress (1970-date)
CIS INDEX TABLES  Y 4.CIS:  CATALOG RECORD
[Note: This is shelved on the CIS INDEX TABLES, 3d Floor Library North]

This begins in 1970 and indexes House and Senate hearings, reports, prints, documents, special publications, Senate executive reports, and Senate executive documents. Pollak Library owns many of these in print. Starting with the 100th Congress (1987), each title in the Serial Set that Pollak Library owns in print has been cataloged separately and can be located by searching the Library Catalog by title or subject. In addition, all hearings from 1970-to-date are available on microfiche. Beginning in 1990 (101st Congress, 2d Session), Pollak Library owns the complete microfiche collection.

Online: Congressional Universe is a subscription database that provides online access to indexes and abstracts of Congressional publications and CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present).

CIS Index to Unpublished US Senate Committee Hearings, 18th Congress - 88th Congress, 1823-1964
DOCS/US Y 1.3:C 55/1823-1964 CATALOG RECORD

The actual hearings can be found in the microfiche collection published by CIS entitled, "Unpublished US Senate Committee Hearings", not owned by CSUF. Check Melvyl to find local research libraries who own this collection, or ask at the Government Documents desk about Interlibrary Loan.

GPO Access

GPO Access is a full-text database of federal government resources. Years of coverage varies by title. Search and browse capability is available for the following: The Budget of the U.S. Government, Campaign Reform Hearing, Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), Code of Federal Regulations, Commerce Business Daily, Congressional Bills, Congressional Calendars, Congressional Committee Prints, Congressional Directory, Congressional Documents, Congressional Hearings, Congressional Record, Congressional Record Index, Congressional Reports, Constitution of the United States of America, Deschler's Precedents of the U.S. House of Representatives, Economic Indicators, Economic Report of the President, Federal Register, GAO Reports, GAO Comptroller General Decisions, GILS Records, Government Manual, History of Bills and Resolutions, House Practice, House Rules Manual, Interior Department-Reports of the Office of the IG , Privacy Act Notices, Public Laws, Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S., Senate Manual, Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975), Unified Agenda, United States Code, Ways & Means Committee Prints, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.

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