American Studies

Letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives (most originating from 1920-1980) by over 1900 immigrants to the United States and Canada. Much of the material is previously unpublished, and selected narratives are supplemented by audio and visual files. The database includes thousands of pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews.

A collection of women's diaries and correspondence covering colonial times to 1950.

Over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs, and accounts by over 1400 authors document the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850. The collection includes published and unpublished accounts, including narratives, diaries, journals, and letters that document the first impressions of North America by Europeans and of Europeans by native people. The collection includes primary materials, images, environmental studies, and maps.