HIST 4500: Senior Seminar (Goodlett)

The American Historical Association is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies. The AHA provides leadership for the discipline by protecting academic freedom, developing professional standards, supporting scholarship and innovative teaching, and helping to sustain and enhance the work of historians.

The American Printing History Association (APHA) is a membership organization that encourages the study of the history of printing and related arts and crafts, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing. The organization does this through a wide variety of programs and services: the annual three-day conference and Lieberman Lecture series; the oral history project; the fellowship program; the scholarly journal Printing History and other special publications; annual individual and institutional awards that honor distinguished achievement in the field of printing history.

As a MA resident you can access the Boston Public Library's vast collection of historical newspapers after acquiring a digital barcode.

Early Modern Resources is a research portal for the early modern period (c.1500-1800 CE). It only lists websites that are free to access and focuses on high-quality resources that are suitable for advanced research, study and teaching.

Digital collections from the Library of Congress

The Virtual Library at the National Archives includes a wide variety of resources. (Scroll down the page to access links for digital collections.)

The Research Society for American Periodicals is organized to offer scholars in American literature and culture, and all interested persons, an opportunity to share in the study and appreciation of American periodicals. A nonprofit organization, the Research Society for American Periodicals—through such outlets as its annual meetings, scholarly panels, special symposia, miscellaneous publications, and a website—provides a medium of communication among interested scholars and expands the possibilities of scholarly and critical study of an important part of American literary and cultural history.

The Modernist Journals Project digitizes English-language literary magazines from the 1890s to the 1920s. We also offer essays and other supporting materials from the period.