Thomas J. Garland Library
ALEXANDER STREET PRESS
HISTORY DATABASES
OF PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
The American Civil War: Letters & Diaries "This release contains 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. Particular care has been taken to index this material so it can be searched more thoroughly than ever. Each source has been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies. The product includes 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland Planter William Claytor. The collection also includes biographies, an extensive bibliography of the sources in the database, and material licensed from The Civil War Day-by-Day by E.B. Long. "
Early Encounters in North America "This release of Early Encounters in North America contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters. Particular care has been taken to index the material so that it can be used in new ways. For example, you can identify all encounters between the French and the Huron between 1650 and 1700."
North American Women's
Letters & Diaries " includes the immediate experiences of 1,325
women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken
to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever
before. The materials have been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies,
supplemented by customer requests and more than 7,000 pages of previously
unpublished material. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive
annotated bibliography of the sources in the database."
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