ENLT247M & ENAM482B — HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Selected Resources in Alderman Library and the Web
1.VIRGO
harlem
renaissance [keyword]
Harlem
renaissance and women [keyword]
harlem
renaissance and (play$ or film$) [keyword]
afro-american
arts and new york [keyword]
harlem
and intellectual life [keyword]
hurston and eyes
[keyword subject]
Langston Hughes
[Ebook search for full text]
GENERAL
2.The Harlem Renaissance : a historical
dictionary for the era. NX511.N4 H37
1984 (Ald Ref)
Appendices include a
chronology of significant events; chronological listing of books published;
bibliography; plays by, about, or featuring Afro-Americans; list of newspapers
and magazines from the period; glossary of Harlem slang; bibliography.
3.Encyclopedia of African‑American culture and
history. 5 vols. E185 E54
1996 (Ald Ref)
Covers all topics.
4.The Harlem Renaissance : an annotated
bibliography and commentary. Z5956.A47 P47 1982 (Ald Stks)
5. History Resource Center
VIRGO (Other Databases)
Primary and secondary source documents, and journal articles covering all areas of U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present day. Complete full-text coverage of approximately 65 scholarly periodicals.
6.Timetables of
African-American History. E185.H295 1995 (Ald Ref)
Chronology of all significant
events, year by year.
LITERATURE
7.Oxford Companion to
African American Literature.
PS153.N5O96 1997 (Ald Ref)
Handbook to people, places,
writing, terms, and related topics.
8.Black Plots & Black
Characters: A Handbook for
Afro-American Literature. PS153.N5S65 (Ald Ref)
9.Black American writers : bibliographical essays. PS153.N5 B55 (Ald Ref)
10.Black Literature, 1827‑1940.
Microfiche Set (Ald Per. Rm, 3 east); CD‑ROM Index (Ald Ref)
Brings together the fiction,
poetry, and reviews which appeared in black newspapers and periodicals
published in the United States between 1827 and 1940. This significant repository compiles over 150,000 works
(including over 1000 new novels) which were previously scattered, unknown or
inaccessible to scholars. The project
was edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute of Harvard
University. The CD‑ROM index to the set can be searched by author, title,
keyword title, genre, publication date, periodical title, etc.
11.Harlem in review : critical reactions to Black American writers, 1917‑1939. Z 1229 .N39 B37 1992. (Ald Stks)
BIOGRAPHY
12.Afro-American Writers
from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940,
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 51. PS 153 .N5 A396 1987 (Ald
Ref) (VIRGO Other Databases)
Select Dictionary of Literary
Biography in “Other Databases”. Then
type “Harlem Renaissance” in the title line, or a specific author’s name in the
author line. Authoratative lengthy
literary bio-bibliographies.
13.The Harlem Renaissance and beyond: literary biographies of 100 Black women
writers, 1900‑1950. PS 153 .N5 R65 1990 (Ald
Ref)
14.Biography Resource Center. (VIRGO Other Databases)
Includes full-text sketches,
articles, and portraits.
15.Biography and Genealogy
Master Index. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
For harder to find people.
16.Black biography, 1790‑1950 : a cumulative index. Z 1361 .N39 B52 1991 (Ald Ref)
Listing of the 30,000 individuals described in Black Biographical Dictionaries. Includes full name, birth and death dates, place of birth, occupation and religious affiliation for each individual, as well as the location of every biographical sketch and every photograph.
17.Black biographical
dictionaries, 1790‑1950. Micfich 2129. 1 (Ald Per. Rm, 3 east)
The largest biographical
compilation ever gathered to document the lives of black Americans. Particularly good for minor hard-to-find
figures.
MUSIC
18.New Grove Dictionary of
Music and Musicians. (VIRGO Other Databases)
19.The new Negroes and
their music : the success of the
Harlem Renaissance. ML3556 .S77 1997
(Clem and Music)
20.Black music in the
Harlem Renaissance : a collection of
essays. ML 3556.8 .N5 B6 (Clem Res)
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
21.Periodicals, Newspapers, and Microforms Room (Ald 3rd fl. East)
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/permic
22.African‑American
Newspapers on Microfilm in Alderman
Periodicals/Microforms,
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/permic/afampap.html
23.African‑American
Journals at Alderman and Clemons
Libraries
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/permic/afamjournals.html
24.Harlem: Mecca of the
New Negro: A Hypermedia Edition of
the March 1925 Survey Graphic Harlem Number.
http://etext.virginia.edu/harlem/index.html
25.New York Amsterdam News (1922‑1972) (Micflm) (Ald Per. Rm, 3 east)
26.New York Times and
Index, 1860- (Micflm) (Ald Per. Rm, 3 east)
27.Reader’s Guide to
Periodical Literature. AI3.R48
(Ald Ref Index Table 1)
28.Periodicals Contents Index, 1770-1993 (VIRGO Other Databases)
Covers all subjects.
INDEXES TO SCHOLARLY
LITERATURE
VIRGO/Other
Databases/Humanities
Indexes to scholarly
literature for Art, Architecture, Literature, Music, etc.
29.MLA International Bibliography, 1963-. (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Covers the subject of
literature and language. Scholarly
periodical articles, books, chapters in books, etc.
Countee cullen
Toomer and cane
Harlem renaissance and (women or gender or fem$)
30.Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac SearchBank) (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Very general. Scholarly and more popular journals. Some Full Text. 1980-present.
31.JSTOR (VIRGO Other Databases)
FULL TEXT scholarly journal
articles. Select the “African American
Studies” category.
32.America: History and Life (VIRGO Other
Databases)
The
authoritative database for the literature of American History: journal
articles, book reviews, dissertations.
Includes abstracts.
33.Film Index
International (VIRGO
Other Databases)
Entries for nearly films produced since the beginning of sound, and earlier for some directors. For each film there is a plot summary, citations to critical articles and reviews, and a list of characters, actors, directors, and producers.
34.Black Studies Index (Web). (VIRGO Other Databases)
Includes the catalog of the holdings of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, including material in all formats; and the annual Index to Black Periodicals (1988 through 1998), covering a wide range of scholarly and popular journals with articles by and about people of African descent worldwide. Materials are primarily in English.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
35.Evaluative lists of works about the authors, literary
works, subjects. Often chronologically
arranged. To find in VIRGO do a subject keyword search:
landston hughes and
bibliography
Also look in the Z8000
section of the reference room and in the stacks.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
AND DICTIONARIES
36.Encyclopedia Britannica. AE5 .E363
(current & 1910) http://http://www.britannica.com/
37.Oxford English
Dictionary. (OED) 2d ed. http://etext.virginia.edu/oed.html
NEW Third Edition: http://dictionary.oed.com/
STYLE MANUALS
38.Mla Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. PN147.G444 1998 (Ref
Desk)
39.MLA Style: Documenting Sources from the World
Wide Web. http://www.mla.org/style/sources.htm
WORLD WIDE WEB
“Harlem
Renaissance”
”Harlem
Renaissance” photograph OR photographs
”Ma
Rainey”
American Memory Project:
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html
A collection of primary source documents and archives from the Library of Congress pertaining to American history and culture. Includes “Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten: 1,400 Portraits of literary figures, artists, and celebrities; scenic views.
Full text of many African
American writers.
UVA Library http://www.lib.virginia.edu
VIRGO http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu
English Web http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/English/english.html
*Karen Kates Marshall* kkm7m@virginia.edu *Ald 511*
982-2677*February 2002*