Research Guides: Activism and Protests at Davidson College: Additional Resources

Additional Resources

Digital Resources from Archives and Special Collections

Listed below are select digital resources from Archives and Special Collections.

Active and Benevolent Ladies: A Short History of Women at Davidson College
A history of women's involvement at Davidson College, with embedded primary sources and a chronology. Topics including co-education, involvement in athletics, and "firsts" as students, faculty, and staff.
Always Part of the Fabric
A documentary look at the early history of African-American contributions to Davidson College.
Around the D - Davidson College Archives and Special Collections Blog
Around the D contains several blog posts produced by archives staff, students, and faculty pertaining to college and local history. Several postings highlight issues with diversity and inclusion on campus.
Digital Collections Research Guide
Browse digital collections from Archives, Special Collections & Community, including copies of The Davidsonian, Quips and Cranks, and the college catalog.
Microaggressions Research Guide
This research guide contains listings of Davidson College library and archives materials related to microaggressions, diversity and inclusion, social justice, and equity.
Online Davidson Encyclopedia
Browse Davidson College history and traditions from A-Z.

Additional Library Resources - Secondary & Reference Sources

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice by Gary L. Anderson (Editor); Kathryn G. Herr (Editor)
ISBN: 9781452265650
Publication Date: 2007-04-13
SAGE Reference is proud to announce the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. This encyclopedia is designed to give understanding to the topics, concepts and ideas which have motivated and shaped the fields of activism, civil engagement and social justice as well as offering short biographies of all the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced, and continue to influence, the study of activism. With anti-globalization rallies and acts of civil disobedience increasing in the western world, activism and social justice are topics of general public debate in the media. This encyclopedia looks to put into context the history of 20th and 21st century political and social activism and further the debate on social justice. The Three-Volume Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice is a multidisciplinary work with contributions from the fields of: education; communication studies; political science; leadership studies; social work; social welfare; environmental studies; health care; social psychology; and sociology.

America: History & Life
(Time period covered: prehistory to present. Publication coverage: 1964 to present) Citations to journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and book reviews on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada. Access is limited to six users at a time.
JSTOR
JSTOR is an online library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. Includes ArtStor licensed images.
ProQuest Research Tools
Multidisciplinary collection of full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, e-books, dissertations, and more. Also contains citations to additional materials. Search includes all of the Davidson College Library ProQuest databases.

Additional Library Resources - Primary Sources

African American Communities
Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration, and a unique African American culture and identity.
African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2
African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1827-1998, provides online access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. This unique collection, which includes historically significant papers from more than 35 states, features many rare 19th-century titles. Coverage spans life in the Antebellum South; the spread of abolitionism; growth of the Black church; the Emancipation Proclamation; the Jim Crow Era; the Great Migration to northern cities, the West and Midwest in search of greater opportunity; rise of the NAACP; the Harlem Renaissance; the civil rights movement; political and economic empowerment; and more.
Part of the America’s Historical Newspapers collection and the Archive of Americana.
AM Explorer
Digitized primary sources spanning the humanities and social sciences, from medieval manuscripts to 20th century global politics. This database will allow the user to cross search across all Adam Mathew Digital databases that Davidson subscribes to at the same time.
Themes of the collections include cultural studies, gender and sexuality, empire and globalism, history, literature, politics, theater, and war and conflict.
Archives of Sexuality & Gender
The Archives of Sexuality & Gender provides a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history.
Includes Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Parts I & II, and the Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Civil Rights in America: From Reconstruction to the Great Society
Archive of official publications and primary source material related to civil rights in the United States from the 19th century through the 20th century.
Digital Transgender Archive
Contains an array of digitized materials on trans* history. The collection functions as an extensive hub of resources, drawing content from archives across the U.S. and Canada.
Independent Voices
Independent Voices comprises selections from alternative press collections of respected academic institutions across the country. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Davidson College Library is a funding library for Reveal Digital, Independent Voices.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
A resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.

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