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North American
Women’s Drama Table of Contents - Authors Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960 2 published plays and 9 unpublished plays Mann, Emily, 1952- 7 published plays and 1 related resource |
Contents: 1,174 full text plays by 300 playwrights from
the Coverage: 1714 to the present Importance: relevant for the study of literature, women’s studies, and the history of feminism Unique features: production photographs, playbills; previously unpublished and out- of-print plays Overlaps with Black Drama, 1850 to Present and Asian American Drama |
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North American
Women’s Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950 Table of Contents - Authors Hurston, Zora Neale,
1891-1960 5 letters Burr, Esther
Edwards, 1732-1758 27 letters |
Contents: 150,000 pages of letters and diaries by 1,325 North American women, and 7,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts as facsimile images Coverage: Colonial times to 1950 Importance: primary sources for research in history, sociology, literature, genealogy, women’s studies, and related disciplines Unique features: none Overlaps with Women
and Social Movements in the |
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Women and Social
Movements in the (Primary Sources of the
Women’s Movement, 1960 to Present: Publications on the Status of Women merged
with WSM in March 2007 to form the Scholar’s Edition) Browse - Document Projects 1829 How Did the Removal
of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia Shape Women’s Activism in the North, 1817-1838? Women and Social
Movements in the
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Contents: 72 document projects with 2,100 documents, 28,000 pages of additional full-text documents, and 1,600 primary authors. Document projects are added quarterly Coverage: 1600 to 2000 Importance: documents American women’s social history Unique features: book, film and website reviews, notes
from the archives, and teaching tools. The
Second Wave and Beyond: a Free Online Scholarly Community blog Overlaps with North American Women’s Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950 and several microfilm sets in Firestone |
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Black Drama Table of Contents - Authors Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960 2 published plays and 9 unpublished plays 7 published plays and 3 related resources |
Contents: 1,200 plays, a quarter of which are previously
unpublished. The complete works of
more than 300 playwrights from North America, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe,
and Importance: key writings of the Harlem Renaissance, the
Black Arts movement of the sixties and “township theatre” in Unique features: scanned images of production notes, playbills, biographies, and theater information Overlaps with North American Women’s Drama |
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Black Short Fiction Table of Contents - Authors Hurston, Zora Neale,
1891-1960 1 published work Hughes, Langston,
1902-1967 273 works published |
Contents: 8,000 fables, parables, ballads, folk-tales, short stories, and novellas. Published and unpublished works from the mid-1900s to the present Importance: Literary traditions of the African Diaspora. English-language
material from 15 countries and selected French and Portuguese materials from Unique features: scanned images and front matter from selected texts; ephemeral materials Overlaps with Black Women Writers |
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Black Thought and
Culture Table of Contents - Authors Black Thought and
Culture (continued) Hurston, Zora Neale,
1891-1960 73 documents |
Contents: 100,000 pages of monographs, speeches, essays, articles, and interviews Importance: Wide range of sources for research in history, music, literature, arts, politics, and sports Unique features: 94 interviews; full text of published non-fiction works; speeches. Scanned images of The Black Panther newspaper Overlaps with Oral History Online, and the Underground Newspaper Collection |
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Black Women Writers Table of Contents - Authors 1 work of nonfiction Memoir of Old
Elizabeth, a Colored Woman. Collins, |
Contents: 100,000 pages of prose, poetry and essays
written by and about black women from North America, Africa and the Importance: social history, literature Unique features: some privately published works and pamphlets Overlaps with Black Short Fiction |
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African American
Song Browse by – Artist Baker, Josephine 26 tracks |
Contents: 16,000 tracks of historical recordings from jazz, ragtime, gospel, and blues to folksongs and narratives Importance: documents the range of African American music Unique features: users may create their own playlist folder Overlaps with no other ASP database |
Emily M. Belcher
April 19, 2007