History

African American Heritage (Proquest)

Primary sources devoted specifically to African American family history, including U.S Federal Census (African Americans only), Freedman’s Bank Records, World War I Draft Cards, African American family history books, U.S. Colored Troops Records, vital records, church records, legal records, and more.

March 05, 2018

Connecticut History Online

Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a digital collection of over 18,000 digital primary sources, together with associated interpretive and educational material. The CHO partner and contributing organizations represent three major communities–libraries, museums, and historical societies–who preserve and make accessible historical collections within the state of Connecticut. Their combined assets include book and periodical volumes, manuscript materials, photographs and graphics, oral histories, maps, artifacts, and broadsides.

March 05, 2018

Historic Mapworks

Extensive digital map collections with over 1.5 million high-resolution, full color historic maps.

March 05, 2018

History Reference Center

The Most Comprehensive Full-Text History Reference Database

Designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research, this database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books. This content comes from leading history publishers such as Branden Publishing, Compass Point Books, Houghton Mifflin, Lerner Publishing Group, Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds Inc., Oliver Press, Oxford University Press, Rourke Publishing LLC, Salem Press, Stackpole Books, and Toucan Valley Publications.

March 05, 2018

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps – In-house

Searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division.
(Proquest)

 

March 05, 2018

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps – Remote

Searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division.
(Proquest)

 

March 02, 2022