Research Guides: HIST 490 Suffrage Seminar: Primary Sources

Databases and Digital Collections

19th Century US Newspapers
Provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
Accessible Archives (History Commons)
As a module within the History Commons Platform, Accessible Archives includes: African American Newspapers, African American Newspapers in the South, American County Histories, American Inventor, Anatomy of Protest in America, Colonial Newspapers, Frank Leslie’s Weekly, Godey’s Lady’s Book, and more.

Chronicling America
A project of the Library of Congress, Chronicling America contains many newspapers printed from 1789-1925 in digital format for online viewing.

Harper's Weekly
America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper from 1857 to 1912, full text.

Harper's (digitized issues)
Some digitized issues from 1858-present are available through the Internet Archive and HathiTrust.

Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1881 - 2011)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (1881 - 2011)"... provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time."
Newspapers.com - Southeast Collection
The Newspapers.com -Southeast Collection archive offers historical coverage to full page newspaper images with searchable full-text for millions of pages of historical newspapers (1766 -2023) in the southeastern region of the United States.
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1851 - 2013)
The ProQuest Historical New York Times (1851 - 2013) w/ Index (1851-1993) historical newspaper collection provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.
Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1877 - 2004)
The ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877 - 2004) provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Gale Primary Sources Search
Searches all collections of primary sources from Gale

Women's Issues and Identities / Women's Studies Archive
Global in scope, the archive presents materials covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society. A wide range of primary sources provide a close look at some of the pioneers of women's history, a deep dive into the issues that have affected women, and the many contributions they have made to society.
Reader's Guide Retrospective
1890-1982 provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 leading magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.

American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
This site "contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication 'American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States' ... with added illustrations and links to existing digitized material located throughout the Library of Congress Web site." Includes books, maps, manuscripts, music, images, and other research materials. Browsable and searchable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. [Librarians' Internet Index

The Anti-Suffrage Movement: National Archives DocsTeach
This collection features primary sources and activities about the Anti-Suffrage Movement from the U.S. National Archives.
Archives of Women's Political Communication
Speeches and political ads for more than 300 women candidates that are easily accessible through this collection from Iowa State University. All include a transcript of the text and many also feature video.
Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
Carrie Chapman Catt was a feminist lecturer and author who also served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This digitized collection from the Library of Congress includes correspondence, diaries (1911-1923), drafts of speeches and articles, dating from 1890-1920, relating primarily to the women's suffrage movement, feminism, and the cause of international peace.
Digital Public Library of America: Women's Suffrage
Includes images, texts, and sound/video clips.
Discovering American Women's History
Collection of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.
Ohio Wesleyan's "The Battle for Suffrage: U.S. Women and the Right To Vote": Resources
Resources related to the Ohio Wesleyan University's Special Collections display installed Spring 2020, featuring materials related to woman suffrage in the United States, and in recognition of the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment's adoption in 1920.
Suffrage Prisoners
Part of Library of Congress, American Memory Project, a selection of digitized photographs of National Women’s Party activists who were arrested and imprisoned for their activities.
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment (National Archives)
This page includes a section on suffrage with links to several digital collections.

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