History @ CUL

Welcome new library home page

As of  July 1 the new Cornell Library website went live. This new website is going to be much better. It has a responsive design for ease of use on mobile devices, a new catalog, and a new single search interface with combined search results page. (It’s been publicly available on the beta site at https://beta.library.cornell.edu/ since […]

New at Cornell: British Periodicals

This just in:  British Periodicals! This digital collection allows searching full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture. More information and complete title list and […]

Black Abolitionist Papers (1830-1865) –Trial until Oct 24 2013

ProQuest’s Black Abolitionist Papers (1830-1865) is a primary source collection detailing the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves. The […]

Easier path to online primary source collections

You asked for it, and we provided it. Kinda. But you will like it, we guarantee it. We’ve made it easier to find online collections of primary sources. Here’s how: In the upper part of the library home page, click on “Database Names” then click on the “Browse by Subject or Name” link that appears […]

Founders Online is Here

It has been a long time coming (when the Archivist of the US first announced it, he promised a prototype site for Sept., 2011), but Founders Online is finally here.  It makes freely available online the historical documents of the Founders of the United States of America.  Professor Mary Beth Norton was one of a […]

American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries

The Library has recently added to its digital collections  American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL).  The collection consists of nearly 3 million pages of general interest magazines and trade journals from the period 1850-1920. Technology, industry, agriculture, medicine, and architecture are strongly represented. Most of them are not found in paper format […]

Two New Military History Resources

We have recently added two new resources in military history that are sure to be of use to many. The International Bibliography of Military History is now available as an online volume.  It was first published by the International Commission of Military History as the Bibliographie internationale d’histoire militaire.  In 2012 Brill assumed publication responsibilities.  It indexes […]

Free Access to Fold3’s Black History Records in February

In honor of Black History Month, Fold3 is providing free access in February to its Black History Collection.  The records, most of which have been scanned from the holdings of the National Archives.  Here is a sample of what is being made available: Court Slave Records for Washington, DC South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills […]

Everyday Life & Women in America, c1800-1920

As part of a concerted an on-going effort to rebuild its collection budget, the Library has dedicated some funds to acquire important resources that it has had to forgo in the past.  I am happy to announce the acquisition of the latest electronic primary source resource.  “Everyday life & women in America c.1800-1920” is drawn […]

Pinckney papers online

The newest additions to the Rotunda collection of The American Founding Era are The papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry. Here is a summary from the catalog record: The papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) and her daughter Harriott Pinckney Horry (1748-1830) document the lives of two observant and articulate founding-era women […]

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