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SOUTHcat is the catalog for the libraries at the University of South Alabama. Use this to find records for books, electronic books, media items, and government documents in our collection.
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Primary Sources -- Web Resources

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Library of Congress -- Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1770-1963
City Directories of the United States
--Identifies all printed, microfilmed, and online directories, and their repositories, for the United States.
Historical Newspapers Collection
Ancestry.com -- Search by name, date, location and keyword.

Primary Sources -- Library Resources

NOTE: The Marx Library does not have any of the microfilm for the Census Schedules for the decennial censuses. You will need to use the microfilm at the Mobile Public Library Local History and Genealogy Library to access information for the 1790-1930. The census schedules for the 1940 census is available online.

American Slave: A Composite Autobiography
Marx Library Bookstacks (3rd FL North)
E 441 .A58
Series 1: v. 1-3, 6-7; Series 2: v. 14-15
American State Papers
Marx Library Gov Docs Reference (2nd FL South, Non-Circ)
KF 11 .A48 1998
Class 8: v. 1-8 (Public Lands)
Mobile Directory
Marx Library Microfilm/Microfiche Cabinets (2nd FL South)
1837-1857 (FICHE)
1861-1901 (FILM)
Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series F: Part 1, The Deep South
Marx Library Microform Cabinets (2nd Floor South)
FILM -- Shelved in the Monographs Microfilm cabinet
GUIDE -- Shelved on the Microforms Index Table
Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War Series J, Part 7, Alabama
Marx Library Microform Cabinets (2nd Floor South)
FILM -- Shelved in the Monographs Microfilm cabinet.
GUIDE -- Shelved on the Microforms Index Table
Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. Series A
Marx Library Microform Cabinets (2nd Floor South)
Pt. 3 [LA, MS] (FILM)
Pt. 5 [AL, SC, GA, FL] (FILM)
--Shelved in the Monographs Microfilm cabinet.
GUIDE -- Shelved on the Microforms Index Table
Territorial Papers of the United States
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South, Non-Circ)
S 1.36: v.1-28
--v. 18. Territory of Alabama, 1817-1819. Volumes contain lists of early inhabitants in particular areas of the country before becoming states.

Primary Sources, Guides & Finding Aids -- Library Resourcs

A Comprehensive Name Index for The American Slave
Marx Library Bookstacks (3rd FL North)
E 444 .A45 Suppl. 4
Index to the American Slave
Marx Library Bookstacks (3rd FL North)
E 444 .A45 1981 Suppl. 3

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Subjects: Government Documents