Research Tools for African American Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to African American Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
Guide to finding primary sources
- Online Resources
African Americans in California
An online exhibit from the Bancroft Library that highlights the library's archival, print and digital collections relating to the history of African Americans in the West, including the NAACP Western Regional Archive, and the papers of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union.
- Print Resources
Federal records pertaining to Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Government Reference KF 228 .B76 .A12 2004
The Negro in the military service of the United States, 1639-1886.
Government Reference CD 3022 .A2x no.M858
Records of military agencies relating to African Americans from the post-World War I period to the Korean War.
Government Reference UB 418 .A47 .R4 2000
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior relating to the suppression of the African slave trade and Negro colonization, 1854-72 [guide].
Government Reference CD 3022 .A2x no.M160
African American Microform Collections
Link to a list of UC Berkeley's Library sizable holdings of important microfilm and microfiche editions of archival materials in the field, including personal papers of prominent African American figures, some 200 newspapers, the records of organizations such as the NAACP and CORE, as well as a wide range of other materials. Materials are housed in the microform reading room, 40 Doe Library.
Caribbean Microform Collections (PDF)
Caribbean microform collections owned by the Berkeley libraries emphasize
archival materials from the British colonial period (1625-1970s), with a focus
on the topics of trade and slavery. Additional materials in microfilm concentrate on 20th century politics and culture in Haiti, and the women's movement in Cuba. Materials are housed in the microform reading room, 40 Doe Library.
Freedmen's Aid Society records 1866-1932: guide to the Scholarly Resources microfilm edition.
Newspapers & Microforms MICROFILM 78552 .guide
The Negro trail blazers of California.
Doe Reference MICROFICHE.18002:17
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
Doe Reference HT1322.T74 1999 computer disk
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps. Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.
David Rumsey map collection
Routledge Atlas of African American History
Doe Reference E185. E125 2000
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic. The collection has hundreds of bibliographies on African American Studies topics; some of them are shelved in the Doe Reference section, while others are in the Main stacks. A few examples:
African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. 1998.
Doe Reference PN 4882.5 .A12 .A37 1998
Moffitt Reference PN 4882.5 .A12 .A37 1998
African American women : an annotated bibliography. 2001.
Doe Reference E 185.86 .A12 .T46 2001
Moffitt Reference E 185.86 .A12 .T46 2001
Bibliography of African American leadership : an annotated guide. 2000.
Doe Reference E 185.61 .A12 .W29 2000
Black populism in the United States : an annotated bibliography. 2004.
Doe Reference E 185.6 .A12 .A32 2004
Black studies : a select catalog of National Archives microfilm publications. 1996.
Government Reference E 185 .A12 .U5 1996
Blacks in the American West and beyond - America, Canada, and Mexico : a selectively annotated bibliography. 2000.
Bancroft Library E 185.925 .A12 .J861 2000
Doe Reference E 185.925 .A12 .J86 2000
The Harlem Renaissance : an annotated reference guide for student research. 1998.
Doe Reference NX 512.3 .A35 .R64 1998
Moffitt Reference NX 512.3 .A35 .R64 1998
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Who", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
African-American architects : a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945. 2004.
Doe Reference NA 736 .A47 2004 Biographies
African American authors, 1745-1945 : bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. 2000.
Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 .A32 2000 Biographies
Moffitt Reference PS 153 .N5 .A32 2000
African-American business leaders : a biographical dictionary.
1994.
Business/Economics Library HC 102.5 .A2 .I52 1994
African American lives. 2004.
Doe Reference E 185 .96 .A446 2004 Biographies
African American National Biography. 2008.
Doe Reference E 185.96 .A4466 2008 Biographies
African-American political leaders. 2004.
Doe Reference E 185.96 .C18 2004
Moffitt Reference E 185.96 .C18 2004
African-American sports greats : a biographical dictionary. 1995.
Doe Reference GV 697 .A1 .F37 1995
Moffitt Reference GV 697 .A1 .F37 1995
African American women : a biographical dictionary. 1993.
Doe Reference E185.96 .A45 1993 Biographies
Moffitt Reference E185.96 .A45 1993
African American women playwrights : a research guide. 1999.
Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 .G29 1999 Biographies
African American writers. 2001.
Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 .A344 2001
Moffitt Reference PS 153 .N5 .A344 2001
African-American writers : a dictionary. 2000.
Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 .A3444 2000 Biographies
Moffitt Reference PS 153 .N5 .A3444 2000
African Americans in the visual arts. 2003.
Doe Reference N 6538 .N5 .O86 2003 Biographies
Autobiographies by Americans of color, 1995-2000 : an annotated bibliography. 2003.
Doe Reference CT 211 .A12 .S7 2003 Biographies
Moffitt Reference CT 211 .A12 .S7 2003
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989. 1990.
Government Reference JK 1013 .A37 .B57 1990
Contemporary African American novelists : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook. 1999.
Doe Reference PS 374 .N4 .C658 1999 Biographies
Distinguished African American political and governmental leaders. 1999.
Doe Reference: E 185.61 .H359 1999 Biographies
Moffitt Reference E 185.61 .H359 1999
International dictionary of black composers. 1999.
Doe Reference ML 390 .I58 1999 Biographies
Profiles of African American stage performers and theatre people, 1816-1960. 2001.
Doe Reference PN 2286 .P46 2001 Biographies
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
Dictionary of the Black theatre : Broadway, off-Broadway, and selected Harlem theatre. 1983.
Doe Reference PN 2270 .A35 .W64 1983
The Harlem Renaissance: a historical dictionary for the era. 1984.
Doe Reference NX 511 .N4 .H371 1984
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
The African American experience in cyberspace: a resource guide to the best websites on Black culture and history. 2004.
Doe Reference E 185 .M34 2004
African American resource directory : alcohol and other drugs. 1995-
Public Health Library HV 5280 .C2 .S73
The African American theatre directory, 1816-1960 : a comprehensive guide to early Black theatre organizations, companies, theatres, and performing groups. 1997.
Main Stack PN 2270 .A35 .P48 1997
Black heritage sites [electronic resources] : an African American odyssey and finder's guide. 1996.
Main Stack E 159 .C65 1996
Directory of African and African-American studies in the United States. 1993-
Doe Reference DT 19.9 .U5 .D561 Directories
Directory of African American religious bodies. 2nd ed.1995.
Main Stack BR 563 .N4 .D57 1995
Financial aid for African Americans. c1997-
Doe Reference LB 2338 .F5643; Current edition
Moffitt Reference LB 2338 .F5643
Organizing Black America : an encyclopedia of African American associations. 2001.
Doe Reference E 185.5 .O74 2001
Moffitt Reference E 185.5 .O74 2001
Dissertation and Thesis Databases
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
The African American encyclopedia.
Moffitt Reference E 185 .A253 1993
Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience.
Doe Reference DT 14 .A37435 2005
Moffitt Reference DT 14 .A37435 2005
Almanac of African American heritage : a book of lists featuring people, places, times, and events that shaped Black culture.
Doe Reference E 185 .A448 2001
Moffitt Reference E 185 .A448 2001
Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia.
Doe Reference E 185.86 .B542 1993
Moffitt Reference E 185.86 .B542 1993
Civil rights in the United States.
Doe Reference E 184 .A1 .C47 2000
Ethnic Studies Library E 184.A1 .C47 2000
Moffitt Reference E 184 .A1 .C47 2000
Encyclopedia of African American business history.
Business/Economics Library HD 2344.5 .U6 .E53 1999
Doe Reference HD 2344.5 .U6 .E53 1999
Moffitt Reference HD 2344.5 .U6 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History.
Doe Reference E185 .E54 .A47 2006
Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass.
Doe Reference E185 .E54 .A47 2006
The encyclopedia of African American military history.
Doe Reference UB 418 .A47 .W45 2004
Encyclopedia of African American religions.
Main Stack BR 563 .N4 .E53 1993
Moffitt Reference BR 563 .N4 .E53 1993
Encyclopedia of Black America.
Doe Reference E 185 .E55
Main Stack E 185 .E55
Moffitt Reference E 185 .E55
Encyclopedia of Black Studies.
Doe Reference E 185 .E554 2005
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance.
Doe Reference PS 153.N5 .A24 2003
Main Stack PS 153 .N5 .A24 2003
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance.
Doe Reference NX 512.3 .A35 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics.
Doe Reference E 184 .A1 .E574 2000
Ethnic Studies Library E 184 .A1 .E574 2000
The encyclopedia of Negro league baseball.
Doe Reference GV 875 .A1 .L68 2003b
The Illustrated encyclopedia of Black music.
Main Stack ML 105 .I39 1982
Music Library ML 105 .I39 1982
Microsoft Encarta africana [electronic resource].
Doe Reference DT14 .M527 2000 computer disc
Government Information Sources
Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Black demographic data, 1790-1860 : a sourcebook.
Doe Reference E 185.18 .C73 1997
Negroes in the United States, 1920-32.
Government Reference HA 202 .A3N3.1935
The social and economic status of the Black population in the United States: an historical view, 1790-1978.
Doe Reference E 185.86 .U492
Status and trends in the education of Blacks.
Doe Reference LC 2717 .H64 2003
Government Reference LC 2717 .H64 2003
1990 census of population and housing. Characteristics of the Black population of the United States.
Government Reference HA 201 1990 .S8 1996c computer disk
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
The Harlem Renaissance : a Gale critical companion.
Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 H245 2003
The Handbook of African American literature.
Doe Reference PS 153 .N5 .E78 2004
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
NYPL Digital Schomburg: Images of African Americans from the 19th Century:
A searchable database containing tens of thousands of images in the NYPL collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, rare prints and photographs, and much more.
Voices from the Days of Slavery
Available from the Library of Congress, these recorded interview took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine Southern states. Twenty-three interviewees, born between 1823 and the early 1860s, discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, coercion of slaves, their families, and freedom.
Images of Blacks in American culture : a reference guide to information sources.
Doe Reference E 185 .A12 I43 1988
Library Catalogs
Listings of books and other materials in libraries, including national bibliographies. Union catalogs list material in a group of libraries.
News Databases
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
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