HIS 200 - Applied History
Research guidance and support for HIS-200 Applied History research assignments.
Primary Sources
Consider using search terms like women's suffrage, right to vote, equal rights, Nineteenth Amendment, 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 in the movement, 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
- American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodical Collection - EBSCO This link opens in a new windowThe digitized periodical collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. It is the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Includes Series 1-5: 1684-1820, 1821-1837, 1838-1852, 1853-1865, and 1866-1912.
- Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowThe Gerritsen Collection is the definitive cross-cultural resource for information on women's history. The collection provides immediate access to many primary sources, periodicals, and books, from around the world concerning women's history, feminism, and anti-feminism including titles such as The Suffragist (1913-21) and The Women's Protest Against Woman Suffrage (1912-18).
- New York Times (Historical) - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowDigitized articles from the New York Times from 1851 - 2020. Looking for the most recent NYT editions?
- U.S. History In Context - Gale This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 5,000 primary source documents, full-text articles drawn from top periodicals and newspapers, thousands of images, videos, and audio selections.
- Primary Source Collections by Adam MatthewAdam 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.
Websites with Primary Sources
- Digital Public Library of America: Women's Suffrage: Campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment This link opens iThis set of primary sources—photos, advertisements, maps, and other documents—sheds light on that struggle toward the Nineteenth Amendment.
- Library of Congress: Women's Suffrage This link opens in a new windowThe Library of Congress has curated a primary source set on Women's Suffrage, including newspaper articles, broadsides, photographs, and more.
- National Archives: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment This link opens in a new windowThe National Archives' primary source document collection includes letters, photographs, Congressional resolutions, and more.