Research Guides
Genealogy & Family History: Social History
A research guide to genealogical research at the UW Libraries.
Social History Databases
- 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 Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly and general interest sources and historical newspapers and other primary sources on the Black experience from ancient past to present day. - Disability in the Modern World This link opens in a new window
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Interdisciplinary collection of primary documents, periodicals and video resources. - Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people, covering 1959-present. - Human Rights Documents This link opens in a new window
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Wide variety of documents from hundreds of non-governmental organizations concerned with human rights and social justice around the world. - LGBT Studies This link opens in a new window
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Films, documentaries, interviews, and archival footage exploring LGBT topics. - Twentieth Century Advice Literature: North American Guides on Race, Gender, Sex and the Family This link opens in a new window
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Fully searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave. - Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820 This link opens in a new window
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Explores prominent themes in world history since 1820: conquest, colonization, settlement, resistance, and post-coloniality, as told through womens voices.
