Irish Immigration: Primary Sources - HIS 200 - Applied History - Research Guides at Southern New Hampshire University

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Primary Sources

Consider using search terms like Ireland, immigration, emigration, Irish immigrants, Irish emigrants, etc. as you explore the library's subscription databases and the selected outside websites with quality digitized primary source collections. If you can identify any key figures or notable Irish immigrants, you can use their names as keywords as well. Keep in mind that many databases and websites will also have a date filter that you can use to ensure that you are looking at the right time period in history.

Databases with Primary Sources

HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
"HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world." (Source: http://www.hathitrust.org/)
New York Times (Historical) - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Digitized articles from the New York Times from 1851 - 2014. Looking for the most recent NYT editions?
Primary Source Collections by Adam Matthew This link opens in a new window
Adam Matthew publishes unique primary source collections from archives around the world. SNHU Shapiro Library subscribes to the following collections: African American Communities, American History 1493-1945, the Confidential Print: North America collection in Archives Direct, Defining Gender, Empire Online, Everyday Life and Women in America 1800-1920, Race Relations in America, and Socialism On Film. For more information on how to use these database, please see these tutorial videos.
U.S. History In Context - Gale This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 5,000 primary source documents, full-text articles drawn from top periodicals and newspapers, thousands of images, videos, and audio selections.

Websites with Primary Sources

Guide to Irish American Resources at the Library of Congress This link opens in a new window
This guide introduces the wonderful primary and secondary resources on Irish American heritage available through the Library of Congress. In addition to the freely-available online resources from the Library of Congress’s collections, selected online resources from sites outside of the Library of Congress are also listed.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Irish Immigration This link opens in a new window
"Irish Immigration" is a cross-curricular lesson plan that explores the reasons the Irish immigrated to Pennsylvania and their experiences after they arrived. The plans "Irish Immigrant Letters Home" and "Irish Immigrant Ballads" contain digitized primary source documents.