ENAM482B
EARLY AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING
Alderman Library Presentation
NOTE: Materials are located in the Alderman Reference Room unless otherwise indicated.
Library Web Page http://www.lib.virginia.edu/
Links to VIRGO, journal indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
electronic texts, etc.
VIRGO http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu/
Find what the library owns, including electronic materials.
Use "Other Databases" to find journal and newspaper indexes,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. Renew and recall books
that are checked out.
women and (west(u.s.) or frontier or pioneer$)
women and migration
lewis and clark and jefferson
ginsberg and indian
underground railroad
mormons and (frontier or travel$)
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E363 (current & 1910) http://search.eb.com/
Oxford English Dictionary. (OED) 2d ed. http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html
NEWSPAPERS AND CONTEMPORARY JOURNALS
New York Times Index AI21.N45 (Microforms Rm)
Goes back to 1851. We also have the actual newspaper
on microfilm in the same room.
Periodicals Contents Index, 1770-1993 (VIRGO Other Databases)
Readers’s Guide to Periodical Literature (1890- Index Table #1)
Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906
- Index Table #1)
Indexes general interest periodicals and magazines.
LEXIS NEXIS (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Lots of full-text newspaper coverage. Covers mostly 1990-present,
but in some cases may go back further. Includes New York
Times and Washington Post.
BIOGRAPHY
Dictionary of National Biography. DA28.D4 1950 (Ald Ref)
Authoritative signed lengthy scholarly articles on distinguished
people.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (PN466.D52) (Ald Ref)
Biographical bibliographical critical essays. Use the index
at the back of the most recent volume to locate other authors.
Biography Resource Center. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Includes full-text sketches, articles, and portraits.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Tells you where you can find biographical information. Good
for minor characters, as well as major.
American diaries: an annotated bibliography of published
American diaries and journals. Z 5305 .U5 A74 (Ald Ref)
Name, subject (wives, travel, etc), geographic index. Arranged
by date.
The published diaries and letters of American women. Z5305
.U5 G66 1987 (Ald Ref)
Name, subject (travel, marriage, pioneers, westward migration,
single women, geographic, etc.) Arranged by date.
INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES etc.
MLA International Bibliography. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Covers the subject of literature and language. Periodical
articles, books, chapters in books, etc.
America: History and Life. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Covers the subject of American and Canadian History. Periodical
articles, books, chapters in books, etc. Good abstracts
in the full display.
Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac SearchBank) (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Very general. Scholarly and more popular journals. Some
Full Text. 1980-present.
WEB SITES
Women's travel writing 1830-1930. http://www.lib.umn.edu/etrc/womtrav.htm
Diaries. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/~mjb7q/classes/hius361.htm
Guide to the Great Depression http://tlc.ai.org/depressi.htm
Dorothea Lange http://www.masters-of-photography.com/L/lange/lange.html
Paul Strand http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/strand/strand.html
Ernest Hemingway http://www.timelesshemingway.com
Lewis and Clark Internet Archive http://www.vpds.wsu.edu/Wahistcult/trail.html
American Women's History: A Research Guide http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
Immigrant Women http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-immig.html
Women of the West http://www.over-land.com/westpers2.html
Immigration History Research Center http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/index.htm
Allen Ginsberg http://www.ginzy.com/Home.html
Elizabeth Bishop http://iberia.vassar.edu/bishop/
U.S. Civil War Center http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm
Underground Railroad Site http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm
Latter-day Saint Pioneers http://www.lds.org/library/pio_sto/pio_sto.html
John Steinbeck http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/steinbec/srchome.html
Provence Cuisine http://www.enprovence.com/ljones/cuisine
Electronic Text Center (UVA)http://etext.virginia.edu
Find full text of literary works.
English Web http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/English/english.html
This guide will be here under "Guides"
MICROFORM SETS (Ald 3rd Fl. East)
Lydia Maria Child's collected correspondence. "Fugitive slaves" and "fugitive slave rescues" are indexed in the guide. (Micfich 751)
History of WomenGuide. Subject index entries for "Slavery in the United States" and sub-entries: "Fugitive Slaves", "Personal narratives". (Micfilm 2159).
Pamphlets in American History. Section on "Mormons and Mormonism". Micfich 557 Index (v.5).
History of Women Micfilm 2159. Look at title index.
Women's Diaries - Southern Women (Micfilm 2246)
Reel 5: diary of Martha E. Crawford has entries on her trip
to Shanghai,China in 1851 and her settling in Tung Chow
to become a missionary with her husband.
Reel 12: diary of Sarah Gray: info on her trips to Niagra
Falls, and Brooklyn NY as a young woman (1874)
Women's Diaries - New England Women Micfilm 1741
Reel 1 - diary of Ruth Bascom (1801-1803) - has narrative
of trip from home in Massachusetts by stagecoach to Norfolk
Va - and observations of slave market there . Return trip
by ship also described.
Reels 16-21: diary of Caroline Barrett White entries from
1855 describe trip she and husband took to Europe in which
she notes reactions of Europeans to American slavery issue
Travels in the Confederate States. Miccard 3 & guide
Includes many personal accounts of camp, battle and prison
experience from Confederate and Union soldiers.
STYLE MANUALS
Mla Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. PN147.G444 1998 (Ref Desk)
MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web. http://www.mla.org/style/sources.htm
Karen Marshall 
982-2677
Alderman Rm. 511
kmarshall@virginia.edu
February 2000
