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This 6 reel collection is only one segment of a 5 part Collection of the Colonial Office Records. The Board of Trade documents are the letters and reports from the colonial governors to officials in Britain (usually the Board of Trade or the secretaries of State). Material in this collection summarizes and comments upon events that occurred within the colonies.

Finding Aids: A Guide to British Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files (MICRO JV1016 .G83x 1981 Guide).

This collection of ephemeral literature reflects the literature of the poorer classes in England. These chapbooks provided news, entertainment, and sensation for this group. Included are riddles and jests, tales for moral instruction, fortune tellings, adaptations of popular ballads such as Robin Hood, and songs - romantic, lighthearted and scurrilous. The works display strong nationalist spirit and loyal attachment to folk heros of the day. Pt. 1. Robert White Collection of Chapbooks from the University Library, Newcastle upon Tyne (reels 1-16) -- Pt. 2. Sabine Baring-Gould and Thomas Crampton collections of the British Library (reels 17-23)

Finding Aids: Popular Literature in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain: The Robert White Collection of Chapbooks from the University Library, Newcastle upon Tyne: A Listing and Guide to the Harvester Microform Collection (MICRO PR973 .U558x 1985 Guide).

Russian poetry, history and criticism in the Soviet Union...18th century. 213 pages.

This 80 fiche collection is a bibliography of 18th century secular music.

Finding Aids: The national tune index user's guide: 18th century secular music (MICRO ML 120.U5 R12 1980 Guide). Guide to Music Microfiche sets (MICRO ML145.U55 B4). Photocopy compilation of 6 x 10 in. cards originally supplied with each collection in the microfiche reprint series published by University Music Editions, cc1972-c1980.

"The Morice Papers offer not only details of the career of perhaps the foremost London slave trader of his generation, but also fascinating evidence on day-to-day dealings in enslaved Africans on the African coast in the early eighteenth century. As such, they are an indispensable source for scholars of the transatlantic slave trade and the African diaspora"--Publisher's website Contents reel 1. Slave journal of Humphrey Morice (M7/6 (1721)-M7/14 (1730)) -- reel 2. Journal of Humphrey Morice (M7/196 (1708-1709), M7/20 (1709-1710)) ; Trading accounts and personal papers : letters 1-150 (v. 1-3) -- reel 3. Trading accounts and personal papers : letters 151-246 (v. 4-5) ; Personal and business papers, ca. 1700-1731 (v. 6) -- reel 4. Personal and business papers, ca. 1700-1731 (v. 7-8) ; Documents relating to British trade with Africa, America and the West Indies, 1720-1725 ; Letter book of Humphrey Morice (M7/35 (1703))

Finding Aids: Guide in UNLV Microforms index area HT1162 .M675 1998

This 14 reel collection features 130 books and pamphlets divided into four sub categories: ideas, theory and argument; institutional activities and history; biography; and textbooks. The focus is primarily American education in the 1800s. Some references are made to European education models and plans for establishment of public schools. All aspects of education are addressed from the primary to university level. Included are histories and practices of various universities: William and Mary College, Brown University, Harvard, Columbia, University of Michigan, Yale, University of Virginia, University of California, Amherst College, and others. Biographies of notable educators Ezra Stiles, Gallaudet, Pestalozzi and others are included in the biography portion of the collection.

Finding Aids: Accompanied by guide. (Micro LA205 .T57 1976 guide)

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's.

This is part of a collection that brings together all known issues of newspapers for a broad range of towns throughout England, and offers a distinctive and unrivaled insight into all areas of life in the provinces, often playing a significant role in local political and economic debate. The identity and date of the first English provincial newspaper is uncertain, but by 1712, fifteen newspapers had been established, and by the end of the century there were well over fifty. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the provincial papers' earliest dependence on London publications decreased; and emphasized greater concentration on local news. Local essays, letters, and numerous local advertisements are featured. General contents and details of any untraced or missing issues; and original location of every issue are listed at the beginning of each reel. reel 1. Ipswich journal, or, the Weekly mercury, 1720-1729 --reel 2. Ipswich journal, or, the Weekly mercury, 1730-1731. Ipswich gazette, 1732-1737 -- reel 3-32. Ipswich journal, 1739-1800.

Finding Aids: Eighteenth century English provincial newspapers: Series three: Ipswich newspapers (MICRO AN3 .E37 Guide).

This is part of a collection that brings together all known issues of newspapers for a broad range of towns throughout England, and offers a distinctive and unrivaled insight into all areas of life in the provinces, often playing a significant role in local political and economic debate. The identity and date of the first English provincial newspaper is uncertain, but by 1712, fifteen newspapers had been established, and by the end of the century there were well over fifty. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the provincial papers' earliest dependence on London publications decreased; and emphasized greater concentration on local news. Local essays, letters, and numerous local advertisements are featured. General contents and details of any untraced or missing issues; and original location of every issue are listed at the beginning of each reel. reel 1. The Derby post-man, 1721. The British spy, or, Derby post-man, 1727-1731. The Derby mercury, 1732-1734 -- reel 2-18. The Derby mercury, 1735-1799 -- reel 19. The Derby mercury, 1800. Harrison's Derby journal, 1776 -- reel 20. Harrison's Derby journal, 1777-1779. The Derby herald, 1792.

Finding Aids: Eighteenth century English provincial newspapers: Series two: Derby newspapers (MICRO AN3 .E35 Guide).

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's.

This 16 reel collection consists of ratifed treaties conducted with Indians in all regions of the US. The scope of the collection includes the colonial period, the days of the early republic, the age of expansion and manifest destiny, the Civil War, and ends early in the Reconstruction. Because of the vast scope of the treaties contained in this collection, it is an important source of US history, Indian History, and evolving US Government politics and policy towards Indians.

Finding Aids: Accompanied by a guide: (MICRO KF8202 1722a Guide)

Fiche number (BD-090 to BD-092).

Finding Aids: Guide to Music Microfiche sets (MICRO ML145.U55 B4). Photocopy compilation of 6 x 10 in. cards originally supplied with each collection in the microfiche reprint series published by University Music Editions, cc1972-c1980.

The bulk of this collection spans the 19th century. Items composing this collection have been selected from Dwight L. Dumond's A Bibliography of Antislavery Literature in America and the subject group "Slavery" in the Library of Congress Card Catalog. Included are publications of the Anti-slavery Society, speeches by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, recollections of abolitionists, histories of underground railroads, plays about slaves, letters of travelers, and materials from other parts of the world especially the West Indies and South America.

Finding Aids: Slavery : source material and critical literature : a list of microfiche editions (MICRO HT867 .S58 1986 vols. 1 and 2 Guide). There are two volumes to this guide. Volume 1 chronicles a comprehensive listing of units 1 through 15 with unit 16 listed in the back. Volume 2 features unit 17. There are catalog cards for subject, author, and title access located by the assistance counter.

This 2 fiche collection includes information on classification early works to 1800.

Bibliotheca botanica is important as a source book for Linnaean references. The first part of the Fundamenta (no. 717) was included in the book, but also published separately. This collection contains four fiche.

The generic names published in this work (10 fiche) are associated with those in the Species plantarum ed. 2; new generic names occurring in these two works therefore date from their first appearance in the Species plantarum ed. 2.

This 23 reel microfilm collection comprised of 121 volumes that make up the archive, describes the company's activities from its foundation in 1738 to 1861; including its evolution into Spottiswoode Ltd. This series--Printing and Publishing History-- chronicles the day-to-day operations of the printing house as well as publishing records and details of many scholarly works. William Strahan printed some, if not all, of the works of most major authors of the century: Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, Cook's Voyages, Johnson's Rasselas, Fielding's Tom Jones, Blackstone's Commentaries, Hume's History of England, and Johnson's Dictionary. Records contain information about technological advances such as the canal system, the East India Company, the Goldsmith's Company, and Societies for the Progagation of Gospel and the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. Pt. 1. Reel 1-12. Printing ledgers, lost books, accounts, and memoranda, 1739-1815 (Additional manuscripts 48800-48861) -- pt. 2. Reels 13-23. Accounts, inventories, correspondence, lists of employees, notes on a strike of 1836, and other papers, 1815-1855 (Additional manuscripts 48862-48918)

Finding Aids: Printing and publishing history, series 1: the Strahan Archive from the British library. A listing and guide to parts one and two (MICRO Z232.S88 W55x 1738a Guide). Guide includes detailed listing of reel contents.

This 11 fiche collection is the 1742 edition.

This is part of a collection that brings together all known issues of newspapers for a broad range of towns throughout England, and offers a distinctive and unrivaled insight into all areas of life in the provinces, often playing a significant role in local political and economic debate. The identity and date of the first English provincial newspaper is uncertain, but by 1712, fifteen newspapers had been established, and by the end of the century there were well over fifty. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the provincial papers' earliest dependence on London publications decreased; and emphasized greater concentration on local news. Local essays, letters, and numerous local advertisements are featured. General contents and details of any untraced or missing issues; and original location of every issue are listed at the beginning of each reel. reel 1-14. Bath journal, 1744-1800 -- reel 15. Bath advertiser, 1755-1760. Bath chronicle, or, Universal register, 1760. Martin's Bath chronicle, 1763. Farley's Bath journal,1756 -- reel 16-26. Bath chronicle and weekly gazette, 1760-1800 -- reel 27. Salmon's mercury, or, Entertaining repository, 1777-1781 -- reel 28. Bath register and western advertiser, 1792-1793 -- reel 29-31. Bath herald, 1792-1800.

Finding Aids: Eighteenth century English provincial newspapers: Series one: Bath newspapers (MICRO AN3 .E34 Guide).

Some of the classics in this series include: the Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748) and Thomas Morris (1764); Andre Michaux's Travels in Kentucky, (1793-96); Bradbury's Travels in the Interior of America, (1809-1811); Ross's Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, (1810-1813); Faux's Memorable Days in America (1819-20); James' account of S.H. Long's Expedition (1819-20); Pattie's Personal Narratives; Ogden's Letters from the West (1821-23); Maximillian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America (1832-34); Flagg's the Far West (183637); DeSmet's letters and sketches (1841-42); and Palmer's Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-46.

Finding Aids: Prefatory information on fiche no. 1 describes contents of the set.

This 116 microfiche collection features music composition and theory from years 1750-1790.

Finding Aids: Guide to Music Microfiche sets (MICRO ML145.U55 B4). Photocopy compilation of 6 x 10 in. cards originally supplied with each collection in the microfiche reprint series published by University Music Editions, cc1972-c1980.

This 5 fiche collection is the 1751 edition.

This 258 microfiche collection has long been recognized as the most important single collection of the study of Moravian music. Over a thousand anthems, forty-five oratorios, cantatas and other extended choral works, several volumes of song and keyboard pieces, and books of text are included in this lifetime work.

Finding Aids: Catalog of Johannes Herbst Collection (Music Ref. ML97.H375 G6). Guide to Music Microfiche sets (MICRO ML145.U55 B4). Photocopy compilation of 6 x 10 in. cards originally supplied with each collection in the microfiche reprint series published by University Music Editions, cc1972-c1980.

Species Plantarum (22 fiche) is the starting point for the system of priority used in present-day nomenclature of the higher plants. Some 7,300 species were described in this work, synonyms and countries of origin were included, and the groups were arranged according to the sexual system proposed earlier in the Systema Naturae. It is in this publication that we find the first consistent use of the binomial system of nomenclature, one of Linnaeus' greatest contributions (even though he was not the first to suggest its use).

This 25 fiche collection features classification of early works to 1800.

A retrospective narrative of yearly events, this is a rich and valuable source of information and commentary on social and political conditions, as well contemporary biography. Contents include descriptive essays of English, foreign and colonial history; obituaries of prominent people; and a selection of reviews, papers, and essays in literature, science, and the arts.

Finding Aids: Each year includes an index.

This 962 fiche collection contains over 441 titles of books and pamphlets about slavery in America from its beginnings through the Civil War. Topics include the abolition movement, living and working conditions, the slave trade, the Fugitive Slave Act, travelers' reports, religious debates, and more. Among the authors represented are Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Phyllis Wheatley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Ellery Channing, and Charles Sumner.

Finding Aids: All records for this collection are accessible through the library catalog. Records can be searched by keyword, title, author, and subject.

This 31 fiche collection is the 1762 edition.

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's. William Goddard published the first issue on October 20, 1762, with the title Providence Gazette and Country Journal. Due to a lack of support, the paper suspended publication with the May 11, 1765, issue but resumed publication on August 9, 1766. During this hiatus, one unnumbered issue was published on August 24, 1765. The following year an extraordinary issue accompanied by a supplement on Mar. 12, 1766, was also printed. Devoted to foreign and domestic issues and advertisements. In later years, literary and business articles were added to the publication. Title varies: Providence Gazette ; and Country Journal: and Providence Gazette, and Moral Political & Commercial Register.

In this two-volume (23 fiche) work Adanson rejects all artificial classifications for the natural, and his descriptions of taxa are more or less equivalent to modern orders and families.

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's.

This 10 fiche collection is the 1764 edition.

Reel 1. v. 1, April 24, 1764-December 13, 1833 -- Reel 2. v. 2, August 19, 1803-December 27, 1803 -- Reel 3. v. 3, January 2, 1804-March 30, 1804 -- Reel 4. v. 4, April 7, 1804-August 29, 1804 -- Reel 5. v. 5, September 1, 1804-December 31, 1804 -- Reel 6. Janury 1, 1805-June 21, 1805 -- Reel 7. v. 7, July 5, 1805-December 15, 1805 -- Reel 8. v. 8, January 2, 1806 - December 31, 1806 -- Reel 9. v. 9, January 15, 1807-December 27, 1808 -- Reel 10. v. 10, January 1, 1809-December 31, 1809 -- Reel 11. v. 11, February 12, 1810-December 28, 1810 -- Reel 12. v. 12, January 3, 1811-December 20, 1811 -- Reel 13. v. 13, January 2, 1812-December 6, 1813.

This 1 reel of microfilm contains extracts of orders given to the British Army in America during the American Revolution. Documents from the British War Office, now housed in the Public Record Office.

This 14 reel, 25 volume collection focuses primarily on the time period of the American revolution (1777-1780). These documents are primary sources and consist of facsimiles of confidential correspondence of the British Government or of its secret intercepted intelligence.

Finding Aids: B.F. Stevens' facsimiles of manuscripts in European archives relating to America, 1773-1783 (MICRO E203 .S843 Index).This index is extremely descriptive and contains a chronological arrangement to materials, an alphabetical arrangement as well as an extensive subject matter index. Reel 14 (volume 25) of this collection contains an index divided into three sections: 1. chronological arrangement of documents complete with document number. 2. alphabetical arrangement mainly by author and some subject entries. 3. subject matter index. Document number references are listed on all boxes.

This comprehensive microfilm set includes approximately 10,800 titles of prose fiction written by Americans between 1774 and 1900. Genres include: novels, romances, tales, short stories, fictitious biographies, travels, sketches, and allegories. The collection reflects the changing themes in American literature from novels on daily life and manners during the early period to fictional response to the winds of political and social change in the mid-1800s. After the Civil War, regional works such as those of Samuel Clemens grew in favor. These were pre-empted in the late 1800's by those reflecting the socioeconomic turmoil of the era.

Finding Aids: All records for this collection are accessible through the library catalog. Records can be searched by keyword, title, and author. American Fiction 1774-1900 Cumulative Author Index to the Microfilm Collection by Lyle Wright (MICRO Z1231.F4 W95). Wright's three bibliographies to American fiction between 1774 and 1900 can also be used for the full bibliographic citations (MICRO Z1231.F4 W9, MICRO Z1231.F4 W92, MICRO Z 1231.F4 W93.) Americna Fiction Volume III 1876 - 1900 reel guide (MICRO Z 1231.F4 W933 v. 3). There are catalog cards for author and title access located by the assistance counter.

This 86 microfiche collection focuses primarily on Catholic church music.

Finding Aids: Guide to Music Microfiche sets (MICRO ML145.U55 B4). Photocopy compilation of 6 x 10 in. cards originally supplied with each collection in the microfiche reprint series published by University Music Editions, cc1972-c1980.

This supplement is a documentation of the history of the debate of the Constitution in Pennsylvania. This collection contains letters, pamphlets, and newspaper articles which amplify the arguments of the opponents and supporters of the Constitution.

Finding Aids: Microfiche include a List of Documents and Appendices.

This supplement is a documentation of the history of the debate of the Constitution in Pennsylvania. This collection contains letters, pamphlets, and newspaper articles which amplify the arguments of the opponents and supporters of the Constitution.

Finding Aids: Microfiche include a List of Documents and Appendices.

These periodicals span not only women issues such as birth control, suffrage, and temperance; but also feature magazines about homemaking and fashion.

Finding Aids: All records for this collection are accessible through the library catalog. Records can be searched by keyword. or title . A guide, History of Women: Guide to the Microfilm collection (MICRO Z7965 .H527x 1983b), provides access by periodical title. Every entry listed comes complete with the reel number and dates of each periodical. Most periodicals are in English; but a few are in French and German.

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's.

The Times is the best known and most quoted newspaper in the world. It is the leading conservative intellectual paper in England and is best known for its editorials, obituaries, and letters to the editor. Because it has been indexed since its inception in 1785, it is a valuable research tool. During the suspension of publication from November 1978 - November 12, 1979, the Daily Telegraph was filmed in place of the Times.

Finding Aids: Indexing is available for this newspaper. Please ask for assistance. Annual indexes are available on microfilm for 1906 - 1966. Palmer's index to the Times (paper copy) is available from 1795 - 1941 and Times Index (paper copy) is available from 1967 - date.

This microfiche collection contains over 1,032 poetry anthologies (250,000 individual poems) which are listed in Granger's Index to Poetry and several other leading poetry indexes.

Finding Aids: Master Index to Poetry: An Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections. (MICRO PN1022 .M37 1988, v. 1-2). Master Index to Poetry: Supplement Phase III (MICRO PN1022 .M37 1988 Supp., v. 1 - 2).

The first volume (Animalia) is the starting point work for zoological nomenclature. This volume was reprinted (in facsimile) several times. The botanical volume, bearing the page numbers 825 - 1384, was reproduced only once in facsimile.

In this work (11 fiche), flowering plants are divided into fifteen classes, and these classes are subdivided into 100 orders (Ordines naturales), each of which is clearly differentiated, named, and provided with a description. A large number of Jussieu's orders (i.e., families) are to be found intact in the most modern of present-day classifications. All except the first and last of his 15 classes are exclusively angiosperms, and it is significant of his keen perception that, which their sequence has been altered by reshuffling, most of these taxa have been accepted as valid by a majority of systematists for a century and half after de Jussieu.

This 21 reel collection reflects the lives of eight middle and upper class women residing on the Eastern Seaboard in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. The diaries provide insights to the events of the era as well as into the daily life of the women. It is a rich source of experiences, observations, and opinions of the authors.

Finding Aids: Guide and index to Women's Diaries: A Readex Microfilm Collection from the files of the American Antiquarian Society. Vol 1: New England Women. (MICRO CT3260 .G85x 1984 v. 1).

Finding Aids: Accompanied by reel guide (UA24.A7 N388x 1789a Guide)

This 200 microfiche collection focuses primarily on the history politics and government of France from 1789 to 1815.

This collection features documents relating to the territorial affairs among the records of both the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government. The papers are arranged by territory and provide vital source materials on significant phases of self-government and the administration of Territories before admission to statehood. The library owns only a partial set of the collection--reel 13. Oregon, 1824-71 -- reel 15. Utah, 1849-70 ; Washington, 1853-68 -- reel 17. Colorado, 1860-68 ; Nevada, 1860-65 -- reel 18. Dakota, 1858-73 ; Arizona, 1857-65 -- reel 19. Idaho, 1863-70 ; Montana, 1863-69 ; Wyoming, 1869-71

This 372 reel collection contains a variety of materials from the time of the French Revolution. Included are Department Reports, Proceedings of Tribunals, the French Constitution, and Proceedings of the General Assembly.

Finding Aids: Micro DC141 .F76 1966 Index. Gives description of the contents of each reel.

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's.

This 12 reel collection contains a rich source of materials, and documents the American Black Experience in, Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1979. Founded in 1897, the American Negro Historical Society collected and preserved relevant materials from a myriad of organizations and individuals----Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League, Bannecker Institute, Lebanon Cemetery, Agriculture and Mechanics Association of PA and NJ, Benezet Joint Stock Association, Pythian Baseball Club, Jacob C. White Sr., Jacob C. White, Jr., Isaiah C. Wears, William Still, Leon and Beatrice Gardiner and several Philadelphia churches. The collection includes letters, minutes, reports, papers, newspaper clippings, financial records, and portraits of prominent black leaders; along with miscellaneous printed materials. Approximately three fourths of the collection spans the dates from 1790 to 1905.

Finding Aids: American Negro Historical Society collection, 1790-1905 / published in cooperation with the Historical Society of Pennsylvannia (MICRO E184.6 .A44 1997).

The library has the first 18 reels of this microfilm set which covers the years 1792 to 1889. The editors selected materials to reflect the economic life, diverse experiences, and activities of the Nineteenth Century working class in Great Britain. These writings provide a formal record of living conditions as well as people's own views of their lives in ways which may contradict versions provided in history books. It includes military and maritime adventures, spiritual memoirs, thieves tales, and accounts of self-improvement and the pursuit of knowledge.

Finding Aids: Working Class Autobiographies from the British Library, London : guide to reels 1 - 18 (MICRO HD8393.A1 W67x 1986 Guide). Guide includes reel and author index. Each reel also includes reel contents and author index.

Reproduction of handwritten copies of letters concerning commerce sent and received by the agent of the Creek Indian Trading House between 1795 and 1816. The letters are arranged in chronological order.

Illustrating the ruinous tendency of gambling and gambling houses upon the business interests of the United States by the American Association for the Suppression of Gambling ( 1 reel ).

This is part of a 52 reel set of microfilm containing newspapers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Philadelphia, Georgia, and Rhode Island from the late 1700's to early 1800's. Title varies: Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political; Boston Gazette; Boston Commercial Gazette

The library has only one volume (8 fiche) of this three volume set about plants in Chile and Peru.

This 2 fiche collection contains text and leaves of plates about ferns.