HSTRY 498: Race & Radicalism in US History: Major Primary Source Collections

Primary Source Collections @ UW Libraries

American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990 This link opens in a new window
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ACLU clippings, correspondence, subject files, case files and administrative documents covering major civil liberties issues of the 20th century.
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Parts I - IV This link opens in a new window
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Articles, reports & manuscript material illustrating LGBTQ history and culture since 1940.
Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
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Writings (interviews, articles, speeches & more) by leading African Americans from the 18th through 20th century.
Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part 1 & 2 This link opens in a new window
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Major collection on Native American history (mostly 19th & early 20th century but includes some Native American newspapers such as AIM, The American Inependt Movement Newsletter (1966-1969) and Akwesasne Notes (1969-1976).

Proquest History Vault
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Major collection of civil rights material including the NAACP Papers, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, 1959-1972, Congress of Racial Equality Papers, 1941-1967, Civil Rights during the Johnson Administration. Also includes American Indians & the American West (mostly 19th & early 20th century) and Records of the Immigration & Naturalization Service (1880-1930).

Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960 - 1974 This link opens in a new window
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Memoirs, manifestos, memorabilia & more illustrating the history & culture of this pivotal period in history.

For additional sources, see the primary source sections of the following history,research guides: American, African American, Asian American, Latinx & Native American.