History Subject Guide
This history subject guide features books in the Rare Books Room that would be of use to researchers exploring a wide range of history topics.
Regional History:
Reports of Explorations and Surveys from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean - F593 .U5.8 vol. 1-12
American History:
Civil War Diary
A Union soldier’s account of being held in a Confederate prisoner of war camp.
Georgia Sermons - F289 .S46 no.1-no.17
A series of sermons regarding the establishment and governing of the colony of Georgia.
The Life of George Washington by John Marshall - E312 .M3.4
The Slave Trade Domestic and Foreign - HT985 .C3 1859
Written by President Abraham Lincoln’s financial advisor, Henry Charles Carey.
American Individualism by Herbert Hoover - HM136 .H6 1922 [3U-2]
A first edition and possibly a signed copy.
European History:
1615 Camden’s Annals of Queen Elizabeth [Latin] - DA350 .C1.65 1615
First edition written in Latin, covering Queen Elizabeth's reign until 1597 (the second part would be published in 1617).
Eikon Basilike - DA400 .C49E32 1648c
Supposed last writings of Charles I before his execution, the printing date implies that this book might have been a first edition.
Trial of Marie Antoinette - DC137.1 .A1.21 1793
An English account of Marie Antoinette's trial from 1794.
Coverdale Bible - BS146 .WQ47 1974
This bible is both a primary source (the page from the bible itself) and a tertiary source.
Goebbels’ biography of Hitler [German] - DD247 .H5.G5
A scrapbook-like history of Adolf Hitler.
Commons Journals
A series of journals from the proceedings of the House of Commons in England covering the years 1640 to 1737.
Collected copies of the Spectator and Guardian.
De le stelle fisse [Latin] - QB41 .P5 1552=
A second edition of the book by Alessandro Picolomini in which the first printed star maps are seen.
Non-Western History:
The History of the World in Five Books - D57 .R1.63 1677
The 1677 edition includes all of the writings done by Raleigh in the Tower of London, in addition to a biography of Raleigh.
History of Persia - DS272 .M3.4 1815 vol. 1-2
A first edition of this history was written by Colonel Sir John Malcolm, who was sent on three diplomatic missions to Persia in the 1800’s.