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Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online (Alexander Street Press)
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Description:
Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online allows users to experience the past through thousands of private writings and personal narratives. This resource is a unique forum that brings together the voices of ordinary men and women from all walks of life with the personal accounts of well-known historical figures. In their own words, people from diverse ethnic and social groups bring vividly to life hundreds of years of history through their perspectives on life, love, faith, politics, business, and countless personal events. These databases are cross-searchable through this portal:
Black Thought and Culture
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Oral History Online
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries
(from American Antiquarian Society)
Resource Type:
Full Text Collection
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Campus/Remote
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Unrestricted
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18th and 19th Century History
20th Century History
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