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**Cather: Late Nineteenth Century America (1898)**

 * Primary Sources: Articles from 1800s & 1900s**


 *  [|Cornell University's Making of America site] is an extensive, searchable collection of major periodicals of the nineteenth century. The full collection lists 114 books and 24 periodicals, including Harper's, The Atlantic, Scribner's, and many other important journals. Files are now available in several formats: page images, .pdf (Adobe Acrobat), and uncorrected plain text.


 *  [|Making of America: American Social History Documents at the University of Michigan.] This site also contains links to nineteenth-century periodicals such as Appleton's, The Southern Literary Messenger, and The Overland Monthly. Note: Files at this site are graphics files rather than text or HTML.


 * The [|Women Working, 1870-1930 archive] (Open Collections Program) at Harvard University includes "[d]igitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections that explore women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression." The site provides free, searchable access to the collection's "2,396 books and pamphlets, 1,075 photographs, and 5,000 pages from manuscript collections."


 *  [|Godey's Lady's Book] Selected issues of an important nineteenth-century periodical; includes illustrations.


 *  [|HarpWeek] . Although most of this collection of Harper's Weekly magazines is not available to anyone but institutional subscribers, it does contain a few free sites, including the following: Immigrant and Ethnic America, The American West, Black America: 1857-1874, The World of Thomas Nast, and American Political Prints.


 * New York Times Archive: 1851-1980 - Full text articles dating back to 1851


 * General History Websites**


 *  [|A Timeline of American Literature & Events]- See what significant event took place at the time literary novels were being written.


 * American Memory Timeline


 * [|Best of History Websites] - Over 1000 history web sites on Prehistory, Ancient/Biblical History, Medieval History, Early Modern Europe, WWII, 20th Century History, US History, Art History and Maps and General Resources.


 * [|History Matters] - Over 850 superior websites for learning US history. Browse sites by topic or time period or use the search box to quickly locate what you need.


 * [|Voices of the Shuttle]


 * [|National Public Radio (NPR) Archives] - A large number of topics covered in political, historical, cultural areas. Information is presented in audio and text too.


 * Specific History Websites**


 * American Cultural History: 1900-1909


 * Timeline of American Literary Events - See also Literary Movements


 * The Willa Cather Archive


 * Pioneers & The Frontier


 * Women of the West: Invisible History


 * Making it on Their Own: Women in the West


 * The American Novel: Willa Cather


 * Databases @ PCS**


 * Artstor


 * [|Facts on File: American History Online] For in depth information on the people, events, and themes that shaped American history from 1350 to the present.


 * [|Facts on File: Modern World History] **-**Explore important events and people from every corner of the globe, from 1500 to the present.


 * TRIAL ENDS 12/14/10 History Reference Center (Username - HVLA; Password - trial) http://trial.ebscohost.com


 * NYPL Databases**


 * African American Experience


 * African American History Online


 * American Women's History


 * History In Context: United States


 * History In Context: World


 * Modern World History Online