HIS 100: Skills and Methods

Primary sources

Library Pre-Work (focused on Primary Sources) Homework

OVERVIEW

Finding materials online is one of many way to access primary sources. Arranging a trip to an archive (here at UCSC or elsewhere) to engage with the contents of a collection is another way; one that provides opportunities to engage the materials in deeper ways. Online access is convenient, connecting you with materials that would otherwise not be available to you.

RESOURCES TO TRY:

Calisphere This link opens in a new window
Primary source images and documents from California libraries and archives.
California Digital Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new window
California Newspapers from 1846 onward. Dates of coverage vary by newspaper.
Early Encounters in North America, 1534-1850 This link opens in a new window
Primary documents from early recorded history of North America. Includes transcriptions of letters, diaries, memoirs, and accounts of early encounters between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
News & Newspapers from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Newspapers, historic to current years of coverage. Use filters to refine your search. Requires login.
U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
Declassified documents from all the presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies, which span the 20th and 21st centuries.
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876 This link opens in a new window A collection of over 130 18th- and 19th-century newspapers from twenty-two Caribbean islands. Most newspapers were published in the English language. For researching colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce and relations, New World slavery, and related topics.

To explore more databases for U.S. Primary Sources go here:

UC Library Search This link opens in a new window This searches across all 10 UC Library collections and beyond. Sign in using your CruzID Gold in order to find: books, e-books, articles, journals, films, maps, and more.
HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
eBooks from University Collections that are in the public domain.

U.S. primary sources (A-Z databases)

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The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.

The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.

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HIS 100: Skills and Methods

Primary sources

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