New e-resource : Music periodicals of the 19th century

Cambridge University members now have online access to all the archival collection Music periodicals of the 19th century published by Alexander Street Press.

HOW TO ACCESS

Access is available now via this link

Also available via the Cambridge E-Resources A-Z

Records for each periodical are findable in iDiscover – note each volume is retrievable in a book record – e.g., Henry de Marsan’s New Comic and Sentimental Singer’s journal

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION

Music Online: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century is a collection of full-text periodicals depicting American musical life from 1838 to the early 1900s through local and international news, reviews, editorials, sheet music, and advertisements.

Over 200,000 pages of material will be available for research on the Alexander Street multimedia platform – the only resource that allows users to cross-search the full text of all articles with videos, audio recordings, photographs, scores, and reference texts.

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 “A recent cursory description of the well-known Mozarteum, from the pen of an intelligent correspondent in a daily paper, mentons the fact that amongst the interesting relics of the divine composer exhibited to the public gaze at Salzburg, is a drawing of his ear, showing an abnormally large bell, as though nature intended him to be a gifted listener. … Anything will do for an ear, and a daub or two that would with equal propriety represent a dried fig or an oyster, would do duty for the above organ. … Small ears are invariably under greater disadvantage. Large ears are usually indicative of a more comprehensive taste. A narrow harp or harp-like opening always denotes a good ear for music. If the harp is very regular you may safely prognosticate a correct intonation. For a singer, the rim must be very even and the circle unbroken. Any protuberance on the rim of the ear will occasion a slight discrepancy of intonation – the singer will not be at all times alike. A perfect double rim is, on the other hand, highly advantageous. This is however, open to the weakness of easily being satisfied with sweet sounds of any kind.”– American Art Journal, v. 26, no. 12, December 16, 1876, p. 3

RELATED RESOURCES

You may also be interested in these online collections of historical music periodicals and more resources in the Cambridge Music LibGuide:

RIPM Jazz periodicals

RIPM North American and European Music Periodicals (Preservation Series)

RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full Text

British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture (Nineteenth century collections online)

THIS RESOURCE IS BROUGHT TO YOU WITH FUNDING FROM UKRI             

This new acquisition is funded by a grant from UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) for building capacity through strategic investment in research priorities. 

In Cambridge University Libraries we are proud to be recipients of the UKRI award enabling us to purchase high-priority, data rich electronic research resources to provide a step change in research capacity and research environment. The selection of resources has been informed by benchmarking with peer institutions and developing academic research priorities across multiple schools and themes, including diversification and the Global Humanities.

 

 

 

New e-resource for American history: Early American Newspapers – Series 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19

Cambridge University Libraries are delighted to announce the acquisition of series 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of the Early American Newspapers, adding to the access available to series 1 through 13:

Early American Newspapers Series 14, 1807-1880: The Expansion of Urban America

Early American Newspapers Series 15, 1822-1879: Immigrant Communities

Early American Newspapers Series 16, 1800-1877: Industry and the Environment

Early American Newspapers Series 17, 1844-1922: American Heartland

Early American Newspapers Series 18, 1825-1879: Racial Awakening in the Northeast

Early American Newspapers Series 19, Southern Newspapers: The Politics of Race in the South

Access these resources via this link or via the Cambridge University Libraries E-resources A-Z.

For this new acquisition, we are sincerely grateful to the legacy of Dr. Mark Kaplanoff, Fellow of Pembroke College, whose endowment provides Cambridge with rich and diverse collections to support the study of the history of the United States in the University.

These collections offer essential primary sources for exploring the people, places, and events that shaped the nation and thousands of rare historical American newspapers offering a rich chronicle of daily life in America.

As the first draft of history, American newspapers have preserved essential records and everyday accounts of the people, issues, and events that shaped the nation for hundreds of years.

From the late 17th century to the end of the eighteenth, most American newspapers were published by small-town printers and reflected the interests and values of the communities they served. As the country grew and changed through the 1800s, so too did its newspapers.  During this period, the number of new titles rose dramatically, and newspapers were transformed by an increasing emphasis on society, industry, scientific advances, investigative journalism, and human-interest stories. By the early 20th century, nearly every town in the United States had its own newspaper.

Multiple series, thousands of titles, all on a single platform
For searching and browsing American newspapers from four centuries, America’s Historical Newspapers is the most comprehensive digital resource of its kind. It offers access to thousands of titles sourced from all 50 states and is constantly growing with newly sourced content. The newspapers in America’s Historical Newspapers provide eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries, and much more. Together, they are an indispensable chronicle of the evolution of American culture and daily life from 1690 to the recent past. 

For a full title list to browse visit here.

THE NEGRO’S OPINION.—Some years ago, the boiler-men negroes on Huckenfield estate were overheard by the book-keeper discoursing on this subject, (the superiority of the whites,) and various opinions were given, till the question was thus set at rest by an old African:- “When God Almighty made de world, him make two men, a nigger and a buckra; and him give dem two box, and him tell dem for make dem choice. Nigger, (nigger greedy from time,) when him find one box heavy, him take it, and buckra take t’other; when dem open de box, buckra see pen, ink and paper; nigger box full up with hoe and bill, and hoe and bill for nigger till this day”–Freedom’s Sentinel (Athol, Massachusetts), February 19, 1828 — EAN Series 18 Racial Awakening in the Northeast

Road on Minachoque Farm, Wilbraham Massachusetts — close to the site of the Sentinel Elm, Athol, thought to have supplied the name for the newspaper Freedom’s Sentinel

New e-resource for American history: Congressional Record – Congressional Hearings & Unpublished Hearings – Congressional Research Digital Collection Committee Reports

Cambridge University Libraries are delighted to announce the acquisition of all parts published to date of the United States Congress Congressional Record, the Congressional Hearings & Unpublished Hearings, and the CRDC (Congressional Research Digital Collection) Committee Reports.

The ProQuest Congressional is available to the University of Cambridge via this link or via the Cambridge University Libraries E-Resources A-Z.

New to Congressional research? Check out the ProQuest LibGuide Congressional Help.

For this new acquisition, we are sincerely grateful to the legacy of Dr. Mark Kaplanoff, Fellow of Pembroke College, whose endowment provides Cambridge with rich and diverse collections to support the study of the history of the United States in the University.

Bringing these digital resources up to date is enabled by Dr Kaplanoff’s legacy and completes publishing so far of the acquisitions Cambridge University Libraries had started in 2019 – Please see our earlier news for the launch of these collections.

The western front of the United States Capitol. The Neoclassical style building is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall. The Capitol was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Capitol_west_front_edit2.jpg

New e-resource for American studies: University of Virginia Press (Rotunda) “American History Collection”

Cambridge University Libraries are delighted to announce the acquisition in perpetuity and in full of the “American History Collection” published by the University of Virginia Press (Rotunda imprint).

For this new acquisition, we are sincerely grateful to the legacy of Dr. Mark Kaplanoff, Fellow of Pembroke College, whose endowment provides Cambridge with rich and diverse collections to support the study of the history of the United States in the University.

The “American History Collection” includes documentary editions spanning three centuries, from the earliest surviving writings of George Washington through the presidential correspondence of Woodrow Wilson: more than 20 publications with content from over 550 letterpress and born-digital volumes, for a total of nearly 300,000 documents, diary entries, and editorial essays, all cross-searchable.

The “American History Collection” comprises the sub-collections:

The American Century Collection: Presidential Recordings; Papers of Woodrow Wilson; Booker T. Washington Papers

Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction: Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Daniel Webster, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Jackson, Frederick Law Olmsted; Correspondence of James K. Polk

The Founding Era Collection: People of the Founding Era; Papers of George Washington; Adams Papers; Papers of Thomas Jefferson; Diaries of Gouverneur Morris; Papers of Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen; Dolly Madison Digital Edition; Papers of James Monroe; Papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney & Harriet Pinckney Horry; Papers of James Madison; Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America; Selected Papers of John Jay; Papers of Alexander Hamilton; Papers of John Marshall; Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution; Letters of Benjamin Rush

Access the collection via this link or via the Cambridge University Libraries E-Resources A-Z.

Painting depicting Parson Weems and his famous story of George Washington and the Cherry Tree.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parson_Weems%27_Fable.jpg – Artist: Grant Wood (1891-1942); Painting: Parson Weems’ Fable; Collection: Amon Carter Museum of Modern Art

New eresource – Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 has been acquired from the legacy of Dr. Mark Kaplanoff, Fellow of Pembroke College, who endowed the University Library with funds to support the study of the history of the United States in the University of Cambridge.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 offers a perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late fifteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century.

Covering more than 400 years and more than 65,000 volumes in North, Central, and South America and the West Indies, this easy-to-use digital collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions, and momentous events of the time through sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature, and more.

This digital collection, drawn from Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discovery to the Present Time, includes the following topics:

• Discovery and exploration of the Americas — accounts from British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Danish explorers and adventurers
• Colonization — features both American and European views and firsthand accounts of colonial life
• Slavery — memoirs, original speeches, lectures, sermons, discourses, reports to legislatures across America, pamphlets, books, and international essays
• Cities and states — the social and political evolution of America’s major cities and states
• Civil War — a wide array of memoirs, political tracts, published legislative proceedings, and broadsides
• Reconstruction — records that describe the reorganization and re-establishment of the seceded states in the Union after the Civil War
• American women — education, civil rights, domestic life, and employment
• Native Americans — essays, booklets, treaties, land tracts, congressional speeches, journals, and letters that document social attitudes and personal experiences
• Immigration — pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, articles, and books
• Constitution — pamphlets, letters, speeches, and essays provide detailed information about the early political organization of the American colonies

Image by Abhay Bharadwaj from Pixabay

North American Women’s Letters and Diaries – Trial access

Trial access to North American Women’s Letters and Diaries is available to 23 April 2022 for Cambridge University members via this link.

Please tell us about your use of this resource and if you want continued access to it via this feedback form.

This collection includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. The materials have been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies, supplemented by customer requests and more than 7,000 pages of previously unpublished material. The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Trial access to Sabin Americana, History of the Americas, 1500-1926 is available to 31 May 2022 for Cambridge University members via this link.

Please tell us about your use of this resource and if you want continued access to it via this feedback form.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 offers a perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late fifteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century.

Covering more than 400 years and more than 65,000 volumes in North, Central, and South America and the West Indies, this easy-to-use digital collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions, and momentous events of the time through sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature, and more.

This digital collection, drawn from Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discovery to the Present Time, includes the following topics:

• Discovery and exploration of the Americas — accounts from British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Danish explorers and adventurers
• Colonization — features both American and European views and firsthand accounts of colonial life
• Slavery — memoirs, original speeches, lectures, sermons, discourses, reports to legislatures across America, pamphlets, books, and international essays
• Cities and states — the social and political evolution of America’s major cities and states
• Civil War — a wide array of memoirs, political tracts, published legislative proceedings, and broadsides
• Reconstruction — records that describe the reorganization and re-establishment of the seceded states in the Union after the Civil War
• American women — education, civil rights, domestic life, and employment
• Native Americans — essays, booklets, treaties, land tracts, congressional speeches, journals, and letters that document social attitudes and personal experiences
• Immigration — pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, articles, and books
• Constitution — pamphlets, letters, speeches, and essays provide detailed information about the early political organization of the American colonies

Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1867)

New E-Resource : Slavery and Anti-Slavery Part I-3

We are pleased to announce that Cambridge University members now have access to Slavery and Anti-Slavery Part I-3 via this direct link.

Please note we have only three of four parts published.

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is devoted to the study and understanding of the history of slavery in America and the rest of the world from the 17th century to the late 19th century. Archival collections were sourced from more than 60 libraries at institutions such as the Amistad Research Center, Bibliothèque nationale de France, the National Archives, Oberlin College, Oxford University, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Yale University; these collections allow for unparalleled depth and breadth of content.

Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition sheds light on the abolitionist movement, the conflicts within it, the anti- and pro-slavery arguments of the period, and the debates on the subject of colonization. It explores all facets of the controversial topic, with a focus on economic, gender, legal, religious, and government issues.

Part II: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World charts the inception of slavery in Africa and its rise as perpetuated on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, placing particular emphasis on the Caribbean, Latin America, and United States. More international in scope than Part I, this collection was developed by an international editorial board with scholars specializing in North American, European, African, and Latin American/Caribbean aspects of the slave trade.

Part III: The Institution of Slavery expands the depth of coverage of the topic. Part III explores, in vivid detail, the inner workings of slavery from 1492 to 1888. Through legal documents, plantation records, first-person accounts, newspapers, government records, and other primary sources, this collection reveals how enslaved people struggled against the institution. These rare works explore slavery as a legal and labor system, the relationship between slavery and religion, freed slaves, the Shong Masacre, the Dememara insurrection, and many other aspects and events.

Also available to access via the Databases A-Z.

Access to this archive is enabled initially up to 31 December 2022 only.

Early American Newspapers : trial access

Cambridge University members now have trial access to more recently published collections in the Early American Newspapers series.

Access is from 9 February to 11 March 2022 and is available via this link.

The University Library acquired collections 1 through 13 in 2019/2020. Access is now enabled to collections 14 through 21:

• EAN, Series 14: 1807-1880: The Expansion of Urban America-Content
• EAN, Series 15, 1822-1879: Immigrant Communities-Content
• EAN, Series 16, 1800-1877: Industry and the Environment-Content
• EAN, Series 17, 1844-1922: American Heartland-Content
• EAN, Series 18: 1825-1879: Racial Awakening in the Northeast
• Ethnic American Newspapers (Balch), 1799-1971

We want to know how you used these resources on trial, how useful they were to you, and if longer term access would be important to you. Please use this feedback form to tell us about your use and need for these digital archives. Thank you.

An essential digital record of American history, culture and daily life
This expanding digital collection of early American newspapers is the most extensive resource of its kind. Currently featuring more than 6,000 titles from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Early American Newspapers provides an unparalleled record of daily life in hundreds of diverse American communities. Through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative updates, letters, poetry, advertisements, election returns, matrimony and death notices, maps, cartoons, illustrations and more, these historical newspapers offer researchers essential local and national perspectives on American history, culture and daily life across three centuries.  Advanced capabilities allow users to search or browse by date or era, by language, by place of publication or individual title. Users can easily view, magnify, print and save digital images of whole issues, pages and individual articles. – Read more about EAN collections 14-18 on the Readex website.

Two centuries of immigrant life in the U.S.
Spanning the Early Republic’s Open Door Era to the Era of Liberalization in the mid-1960s, Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection covers two centuries of immigrant life in the United States. Nineteenth-century topics include the denial of citizenship to “nonwhites”; the founding of nativist political movements, including the anti-immigrant “Know-Nothing” party; the 1849 discovery of gold in California, which lured people from all over the world; New York City’s place as the world’s largest Irish city in 1860 with more than 200,000 Irish-born citizens; and the Immigration Act of 1882, which levied a tax on all immigrants landing at U.S. ports. – Read more about the Balch collection on the Readex website.

“Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine” by John Hilling, circa 1854

New Open Access E-Resource : Black Freedom Struggle in the United States

Black Freedom Struggle in the United States is a curated selection of primary sources for teaching and learning about the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans.

The Black Freedom Struggle website will include more than 2,000 documents curated around six crucial phases of the U.S. Black freedom struggle:

• Resistance to slavery by enslaved persons and the abolitionist movement of the 19th century
• The end of slavery during the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era
• The fight against Jim Crow segregation
• The New Deal and World War II
• The Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement from 1946-1975
• …and the contemporary Black experience since 1976.

This new open access website has been set up with the intention of supporting a wide range of students, independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the US and the fights against it.

Also available to access via the Databases A-Z .