Special Collections
Keys to History Research
Databases
Book Collections
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Faculty Publications
Local History
Friends Donations
Civil War – Gilhula
Military History – Bateman
Rare Books
Find them in the online catalog
Some are in closed stacks
Some used with a book stand
Primary Sources
• First hand accounts of events or direct evidence
concerning a topic
• Characterized by content, not format
• Letters, diaries, journals, legal documents,
memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories,
dissertations, newspapers, government
documents, speeches and other manuscript and
archival material are examples of primary
sources. Material published from these sources
may still be primary sources.
Political Papers
• Congressional Papers (80-01) of Otto E.
Passman (1900-1988) who served in the United
States House of Representatives, Fifth District of
Louisiana from 1947-1977.
• Papers (87-01) of James A. Noe (1890-1976)
State senator from 29th Senatorial District in
1932, active in Huey Long administration,
Lieutenant Governor in 1934, Governor from
January to May 1936. Active in the oil and gas
industry, owned farms, radio and television
stations.
Manuscripts
• Print Finding Aids provide information on
various collections that are unique to ULM.
Material may be original, microfilm, microfiche or
photocopies.
• Original material requires special care in storing
and in handling.
• Original material is research material and will
require time to access.
ULM Archives
• Catalogs
• Yearbooks – Chacahoula
• Campus Newspapers – The Pow Wow and
Hawkeye
• Theses and Dissertations
• University Publications
• Department Publications
• Photographs
Newspapers
• Check on-line catalog for availability
• Some local weekly newspapers and The News
Star, Monroe daily are available in the media
department.
• The News Star is not indexed – search
chronologically
• Online sources include America’s Historical
Newspapers database, The Louisiana
Newspaper Project and Chronicling America
Historic American Newspapers
ULM Databases
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America’s Historical Newspapers
EbscoHost
History Reference Center
ProQuest Theses and Dissertations
Louisiana Digital Library
Other Potential Sources
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Web sites of other institutions
Library of Congress
Presidential Libraries and Websites
Association Websites
The Society of American
Archivists maintains a
listing of repositories
containing primary
sources.
Cyndy Robertson, MLIS
crobertson@ulm.edu