Guide to the Microform Research Collections
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A Guide to the Microform Collections and Indexes to the Microform Collections in the Babbidge Library University of Connecticut Laura Raccagni Revised by Kathy Banas-Marti December 2014 Introduction Microform Collections are located on Level 3 North of the Babbidge Library. These collections include the following formats: microfilm, microfiche, and microprint. Microform collections are arranged by format then alphabetically by collection title in the Microform Collection cabinets. The microprint collection is housed with the microfiche collection. Guides and indexes to Microform Collections are located on top of the microfilm cabinets. All guides are shelved alphabetically by collection title. Note: Babbidge Microform Collections are research materials that do not circulate. Microform Collections Available Online Many of the microform collections previously owned are now available full text online. To access online: www.lib.uconn.edu/ (UConn Libraries homepage) under Find Databases By Database Name The following are just a sample of the collections that are now available full text online: American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw Shoemaker Early American Newspapers 1690-1922 Early British Periodicals Early English Books Online (EEBO) Eighteenth Century Collections Online Eighteenth Century Collections Online: Part II: New Editions -2- -A- American Fiction, 1774-1910 Scope: American authors, including novels, romances, tales, short stories, fictitious biographies, travels, and sketches, 1774-1910. (Series II-V) Format: Microfilm (2412 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by main entry Indexes: American Fiction 1774-1900. Cumulative Author Index. American Fiction 1901-1910. Cumulative Author Index. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets. Online Index: http://microformguides.gale.com/GuideLst.html American Statistics Index Scope: Comprehensive guide and index to the statistical publications of the U.S. government. Format: Microfiche Location: Level 3 /Microfiche cabinets Arrangement: Chronologically American Women's Diaries Scope: Diaries of eight New England women, 1785-1915. Format: Microfilm (25 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Alphabetical by women's names. Indexes: Guide and Index to Women's Diaries. Segment I. New England Women. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. Ancient Correspondence, 1175-1538 Scope: Correspondence of kings, bishops, noblemen, etc. Covers political struggles and diplomatic relations between Britain and France, 1175-1538. Format: Microfilm (26 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Chronological Indexes: Ancient Correspondence, 1175-1538. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts Scope: Anglo-Saxon manuscripts including prayer books, psalters, gospels, psalms, and homilies. Format: Microfiche (166 fiche) Location: Level 3 / Microfiche cabinets Arrangement: Volume number. Indexes: Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile. v.1-4, 6, 7,9,10. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. -1- Annales du Theatre et du la Musique Scope: 1875-1916 Format: Microfiche (236 fiche) Location: Level 3 / Microfiche cabinets Arrangement: In order chronologically and by item number. Indexes: None Anti-Slavery Propaganda in the Oberlin College Library Scope: 2,500 pamphlets of American anti-slavery propaganda published before the Emancipation Proclamation, 1619-1862. Format: Microprints (7,500 sheets) Location: Level 3 / Microfiche cabinets Arrangement: Alphabetical by author Indexes: Anti-Slavery Propaganda in the Oberlin College Library: Lost Cause Press Microprint Collection. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. Online Index: http://microformguides.gale.com/GuideLst.html Archives of British Publishers Scope: Archives of British publishers: George Allen & Co.; Cambridge University Press; Elkin Mathews & Co.*; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Henry S. King; George Routledge & Co.*; Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1696-1938. Format: Microfilm (90 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: In alphabetical order by publisher Indexes: Archives of the Cambridge University Press, 1696-1902, Subject Index. Index to the Archives of George Allen & Co., 1893-1915. Guide to the Archives of the Cambridge University Press; Index of Authors and Titles of Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Henry S. King, 1858-1912. Index to the Archives of Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1878-1911. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. *(Elkin Mathews, 1811-1938 & George Routledge, 1853-1902 are indexed on the microfilm.) Atlantic Scope: Newspaper, v.183-v.122 (1949-1968) Format: Microfilm Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Chronological Indexes: None -2- Atlas of Hartford County, Connecticut, Dolph & Stewart, 1931 Scope: Atlas of Hartford county, Conn., with parts of New Haven, Middlesex, Litchfield, & Tolland counties published by Dolph & Stewart, 1931. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: 1 atlas (48 leaves) Indexes: Index map on title page. Atlas of Hartford City and County, Connecticut, Baker & Tilden, 1869 Scope: Atlas of Hartford county, with a map of Connecticut from actual surveys with a “Business Advertising Directory” on verso of maps 21-24, 1869 published by Baker & Tilden. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: 1 atlas (46 leaves) Indexes: None Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut, Dolph & Stewart, 1931 Scope: Atlas of New Haven County, Conn, 1931 published by Dolph & Stewart. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: 1 atlas (37 pages) Indexes: Index map on title page. Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut, F.W. Beers, 1868 Scope: Atlas of New Haven County, with a map of Connecticut from actual surveys Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: 1 atlas (46 leaves) Indexes: None Atlas of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Dolph & Stewart, 1933, 1936, 1938, & 1942 Scope: Atlas of New Haven County, Conn, published by Dolph & Stewart for 1933, 1936, 1938 & 1942. Format: Microfilm (4 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: 4 Atlases Indexes: Index map on title page. -3- Austen Papers 1704 - 1856 Scope: Microfilmed reproduction of a privately printed volume by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. LTD in 1942. Edited by R. A. Austen-Leigh, the volume includes letters and accounts related to the life of Jane Austen. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Chapter I through X Appendixes Pedigrees Chronology Relating to the Events Recorded in the Papers Indexes: Index at end of book on microfilm -B- Benjamin Franklin's Account Books Scope: Accounts of Benjamin Franklin and business accounts of the Philadelphia Post Office during Franklin's tenure as Postmaster, 1730-1787. Format: Microfilm (3 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Item Number Indexes: Guide to Microfilm Edition of Benjamin Franklin's Account Books. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. Black Mountain Review Scope: Reprint, with an introduction added, of a publication issued (quarterly 1954; annually, 1956-1957) in Black Mountain, N.C., by the Black Mountain College and edited by R. Creeley. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Chronologically, v.1-v.7 (1954:04-1957:10) Indexes: None Black Scholar Scope: One of the leading journals of black cultural and political thought in the United States. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: By volume, v.1-v. 28 (1969-1998 Spring) Indexes: None -4- Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Digby 86 Scope: Microfilm reproduction of a parchment manuscript written at the end of the 13th century. Provides a miscellany of pieces of prose and poetry in Anglo- French, Middle-English and Latin. Format: Microfilm (1 reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Miscellaneous Middle-English lyrics Indexes: None Bronte Manuscripts Scope: Literary manuscripts and correspondence of the Bronte family. Format: Microfilm (12 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: In order by manuscript number Indexes: Bronte Manuscripts. Indexes located on top of microfilm cabinets in alphabetical order. Buscapie Scope: Weekly periodical suspended with June 25, 1889 issue; resumed with Oct. 7, 1917 issue. Ceased in June 1919? Format: Microfilm Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: Chronologically, 1877:Abr.-1896:Jun., 1917:Oct.-1919:Jun. Indexes: None -C- Campaign for Women's Suffrage 1895-1920 Scope: Papers from International Woman Suffrage Alliance, National Union of Woman’s Suffrage Societies, Parliamentary Committee for Woman’s Suffrage, and Manchester Men’s League for Woman’s Suffrage, England. Format: Microfilm (31 reels) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: By organization; chronological Indexes: Reel Guide on Reel 1. Carl Zuckmayer Play: Bellman Scope: Play, Bellman: Schauspeil in drei Akten by Carl Zuckmayer. Format: Microfilm (1reel) Location: Level 3 / Microfilm cabinets Arrangement: By collection title Indexes: None -5- Charles S. Peirce Papers Scope: Manuscripts of Charles S.