LibGuides: Medical Humanities: History

North American History

America: History and Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
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 The product includes 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland Planter William Claytor.
American History in Video (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
People who witness notable historic moments, either in real time or on film, remember forever how they felt at the time. Now you can experience these and tens of thousands of other historical moments in the same visceral way, with American History in Video. The early newsreels, including the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel capture history as it was made and reported to viewers of the time.

American Periodicals
This database contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.

American Poetry (Chadwyck-Healey) This link opens in a new window
Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century.

Archives Unbound
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level. Collections in Archives Unbound cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Collections are chosen for Archives Unbound based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students.

Beazley Archive This link opens in a new window
Includes images of vases and sculptures of the Classical world for research and education.
Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900 (Adam Matthew) This link opens in a new window
The development of 'popular' medicine in America during the nineteenth century, through material aimed at the general public.