Bibliographies in the BGSU Libraries
African American Autobiographers by Call Number: Main Lib - 1st Floor PS366.A35 A36 2002ISBN: 0313314098Publication Date: 2002-03-30- American Diaries: An Annotated Bibliography of Published American Diaries and Journals to 1980 byCall Number: REF Z5305.U5A741983 v.1-2ISBN: 0810318008Publication Date: 1983-11-01
And So to Bed by Call Number: Main Lib - 8th Floor Z5301.H381987ISBN: 0810819236Publication Date: 1987-06-01
Asian American Autobiographers by Call Number: Main Lib - 1st Floor PS366.A74A85 2001ISBN: 031331408XPublication Date: 2001-05-30
Autobiographies by Americans of Color, 1980-1994 by Call Number: Main Lib - 8th Floor Z5305.U5 S78 1997ISBN: 0878754660Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Autobiographies by Americans of Color, 1995-2000 by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780878755400Publication Date: 2003-11-01
Black Athletes in the United States by Call Number: Main Lib - 8th Floor Z7515.U5D38ISBN: 0313229767Publication Date: 1981-12-10- Civil War Diaries and Personal Narratives, 1960-1994 byCall Number: GOV DOCS LC 1.12/2:C 49/2ISBN: 0844409103Publication Date: 1998-01-01
- Musicians' Autobiographies byCall Number: Music Reference ML128.B3 A3 1982ISBN: 0899500498Publication Date: 1982-11-01
- Oral History byCall Number: Main Lib - 1st Floor D16.14.H38ISBN: 0899501389Publication Date: 1985-04-01
- War of 1812 eyewitness accounts : an annotated bibliographyCall Number: Main Lib - 1st Floor E354 .F747 1997Publication Date: 1997
- Women's Diaries, Journals, and Letters byCall Number: Main Lib - 1st Floor CT3230.C44ISBN: 0824066375Publication Date: 1989-12-01
- Annotated bibliography of biographies and autobiographies of Negroes, 1839-196l byCall Number: Main Microforms fiche 016.92F966aPublication Date: 1964
Other Databases
- Accessible ArchivesFull text primary sources from 18th and 19th century America. Among the many resources in this database are a series Called The Civil War. Part II of this series provides The Soldiers Perspective and part III is The General's Perspective, both of which includes diaries and memoirs. This database also includes the full text of "Twelve Years a Slave."
- America: History and Life, 1964 - presentAmerica: History and Life is a comprehensive index to scholarly journal articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. It also indexes some articles that include excepts from diaries or letters. Rarely it will index a journal that reprints an entire diary or series of letters. These can be searched using terms such as personal narratives, first person narrative, diaries, or autobiographies.
- Historical Abstracts, 1955 - presentIndex to scholarly journal articles from international historical journals, covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. The databases also indexes articles that present excerpts of diaries and letters, even occasionally reprints of entire diaries or series of letters.