Colonial

Background and Context  --  HOLLIS Subject Terms  --  Periodical Articles  --  Document Collections

Background and Context  

The Encyclopedia of colonial and revolutionary America, ed. by John Mack Faragher. New York : Facts on File, 1990, 484 p.
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Internet Archive Full Text  --  Another copy

Historical dictionary of colonial America, by William Pencak. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011, 461 p.
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Colonial wars of North America, 1512-1763 : an encyclopedia, ed. by Alan Gallay.  New York : Garland, 1996, 856 p
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HOLLIS Subject Terms

North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Periodical Articles 

For Newspapers, see the Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection (1691-1877)

American Periodicals Series Online (1740-1900) offers full text of about 1100 American periodicals.

British Periodicals (1681-1920) offers full text for several hundred British periodicals. List of included periodicals.

Document Collections

Colonial North America at Harvard Library

Early American Imprints, Series 1 (1639-1819) is based on the microform collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides issued in America recorded in Charles Evans' American Bibliography and Roger P. Bristol's Supplement to Charles Evans' American Bibliography.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) offers full text for English language works dated 1700-1800. Uses Library of Congress Subject Headings. Searchable by words and phrases based on the OCR text. Although 18th century American imprints are fully covered in the English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), many are not included in ECCO because they are available in Early American Imprints.

Sabin Americana Digital Archive (1500-1926) searchable full text of writings on the Americas, including many European works. DescriptionOn Joseph Sabin.

American History, 1493-1945 contains letters, diaries, maps pamphlets, printed books, newspapers and ephemera.  Note American Revolution under Themes

Foundations of colonial America: a documentary history, ed. by W. Keith Kavenagh. New York, Chelsea House, 1973. 3 v.
--Documents on American colonial history cover colonial charters, structure and function of colonial governments, regulation of everyday life, tax law, regulation of economic activity, slavery, church and state, acts of Parliament, royal proclamations, local government, land acquisition, wills and estates.v. 1. Northeastern colonies.--v. 2. Middle Atlantic colonies.--v. 3. Southern colonies.
Subject:
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775 -- Sources.
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HathiTrust Full Text: vol. 1  --  vol. 2  --  vol. 3

Library of Congress Digital Collections: Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763

Colonial America (Correspondence between the British government and the American colonies)