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AAS Digital Collections The Archive of Americana is available at AAS or by subscription America's Historical Newspapers Cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of rare newspapers and millions of issues more ... American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I Broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. more ... American State Papers, 1789-1838 Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817 more ... Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800) Containing nearly every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America from 1639 to 1800, Evans Digital Edition will, upon completion, consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images more ... Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) The continuation of Evans Digital Edition, containing books, pamphlets and broadsides published in American between 1801 and 1819 more ... House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817 The original Journals of the Congress for the first 14 Congresses were printed in small numbers by non-government printers on contract. In the years after the burning of the Capitol by the British in the War of 1812, copies of those House and Senate Journals gradually became increasingly rare. more ... Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866 The Executive Session Journal of the Senate is a record of its closed session deliberations, mostly on two principal topics: treaties and nominations. more ... U.S. Congressional Serial Set The bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitutes a rich source more ...     The Evans Text Creation Partnership is available at AAS or by partnership The University of Michigan, NewsBank/Readex Co., and the American Antiquarian Society are cooperating in a Text Creation Partnership to create 6,000 accurately keyed and fully searchable SGML/XML text editions from among the 40,000 titles available in the Evans Early American Imprints Collection. more ...     Available free-of-charge on the web The Farber Gravestone Collection contains over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones more ...     Available free-of-charge on the web A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 is a searchable collection of election returns from the Early Republic for national, state and local offices more ... More details on AAS Digital Collections:     The web-based Archive of Americana features fully text-searchable fasimile images. The Archive of Americana is available at AAS or by subscription Connect to the Archive of Americana from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the Archive of Americana on the Readex website     America's Historical Newspapers   Cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of rare newspapers and millions of issues, America's Historical Newspapers is fully text-searchable. The digital series is based on the microfilm collection currently offered by Readex. Clarence Brigham's History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 provided the foundation for the original filming project, the core of which is formed by the AAS collection of colonial and early national period newspapers. Numerous other institutions and historical societies have contributed to the collection including: the Boston Athenaeum; the Connecticut Historical Society; the Connecticut State Library; the Library Company of Philadelphia; the Library of Congress; the libraries of universities such as Brown and Harvard; and private collections. Early American Newspapers, Series 1: Number of uniform newspaper titles available: 718 Number of issues available: 346,395 Number of pages available: 1,512,979 Number of images available: 564,627 Last update: March 31, 2006 Early American Newspapers, Series 2: Number of uniform newspaper titles available: 244 Number of issues available: 172,126 Number of pages available: 978,020 Last update: Oct. 31, 2007 Early American Newspapers, Series 3: Number of uniform newspaper titles available: 122 Number of issues available: 304,082 Number of pages available: 3,130,008 Last update: Oct. 31, 2007 Early American Newspapers, Series 4: Number of uniform newspaper titles available: 72 Number of issues available: 50,066 Number of pages available: 335,898 Last update: Oct. 31, 2007 Early American Newspapers, Series 5: Number of uniform newspaper titles available: 76 Number of issues available: 43,997 Number of pages available: 224,307 Last update: Oct. 31, 2007 Connect to America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website   American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I   Upon completion, American Broadsides and Ephemera will offer fully searchable facsimile images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. The remarkably diverse subjects of these broadsides range from contemporary accounts of the Civil War, unusual occurrences and natural disasters to official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports. Featuring many rare items, the pieces of ephemera include clipper ship sailing cards, early trade cards, bill heads, theater and music programs, stock certificates, menus and invitations documenting civic, political and private celebrations. Connect to American Broadsides and Ephemera from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website   American State Papers, 1789-1838   The American State Papers constitute rich primary source material on many aspects of early American history from 1789 to 1838. A retrospective republication of approximately 6280 numbered publications, largely Congressional but also containing Executive Department materials, the American State Paper volumes, issued from 1832-1861, were published in ten classes in a total of 38 folio volumes. The classes into which the publications were assembled and printed and the number of volumes they occupy are: I: Foreign Relations in six volumes; II: Indian Affairs in two volumes; III: Finance in five volumes; IV: Commerce and Navigation in two volumes; V: Military Affairs in seven volumes; VI: Naval Affairs in four volumes; VII: Post-office Department in one volume; VIII: Public Lands in eight volumes; IX: Claims in one volume; and X: Miscellaneous in two volumes. Unlike the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the publications in the American State Papers are not divided into reports and documents and do not include House and Senate journals. Approximately two-thirds of the publications cover the first 14 Congresses (1789-1817), whereas the remaining third chronologically overlap with the Serial Set from 1817-1838. Connect to American State Papers from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website   Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800) Evans Digital Edition   Containing nearly every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America from 1639 to 1800, Evans Digital Edition will, upon completion, consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images. Based on Charles Evans' comprehensive American Bibliography and enhanced by Roger Bristol's Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography, the collection was first published by Readex in cooperation with AAS as a microform set. Evans Digital Edition will include every item previously produced on microform plus more than 1,200 additional works located, cataloged and digitized since completion of the earlier effort. Connect to Evans Digital Edition from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website   Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition   The continuation of Evans Digital Edition, containing books, pamphlets and broadsides published in American between 1801 and 1819, this collection is based on the noted American Bibliography, 1801-1819 by Ralph B. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) includes many state papers and early government materials which chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation. Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, this primary source collection provides full-text access to over 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides. As of August 2004, the Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition is being released in monthly segments over a three-year period. Connect to Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website     House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817   The original Journals of the Congress for the first 14 Congresses were printed in small numbers by non-government printers on contract. In the years after the burning of the Capitol by the British in the War of 1812, copies of those House and Senate Journals gradually became increasingly rare. So Congress authorized Gales & Seaton to reprint the Senate Journals for the first 14 Congresses in five volumes in 1820 and the House Journals in nine volumes in 1826. The Readex digital House and Senate Journals, Series I of the first fourteen Congresses reproduces the original texts of these important works, not the reprints containing some textual differences, deliberate or inadvertent, from the originals. In answer to the question of why these journals are not in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set or the American State Papers, it need only be pointed out that they antedate the Serial Set, which begins in 1817, and that they were not again reprinted in the American State Papers because Congress had only relatively recently authorized their reprinting as stated above. Connect to House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817 from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website     Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866   The Executive Session Journal of the Senate is a record of its closed session deliberations, mostly on two principal topics: treaties and nominations. The journals were transcribed and kept in manuscript form and published many years after their creation. The Executive Session Journals for the 1st through the 20th session, covering May 25, 1789 through February 12, 1829, were published in three volumes erroneously dated 1828. The next set of the Executive Session Journals was published in 1887 and covers 4-14 for the date range 1829 - 1866. Readex's digital collection Senate Executive Journals, Series I covers the time period of 1789 - 1866. Subsequent series, parallel to the material found in the full Congressional Serial Set, are to be issued throughout the remaining course of our digitization of the Serial Set. The original publications were printed in limited numbers. From 1948 onward, for example, only 50 copies were printed. The Readex collection of the Senate Executive Journals is being digitized from the holdings of the United States Senate Library. Connect to Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866 from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website   U.S. Congressional Serial Set   The bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitutes a rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes and over 12 million pages. Connect to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from any AAS terminal or Locate a library subscribing to the Archive of Americana near you Read more about the series on the Readex website   The University of Michigan, NewsBank/Readex Co., and the American Antiquarian Society are cooperating in a Text Creation Partnership to create 6,000 accurately keyed and fully searchable SGML/XML text editions from among the 40,000 titles available in the Evans Early American Imprints Collection. Evans is the most significant collection of titles relating to the history of seventeenth and eighteenth century America, and the Text creation partnership seeks to create enduring digital text editions of the most frequently studied works. NewsBank/Readex is producing digital page images and searchable OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for the overall collection. The standards-based editions created and owned by Text Creation Partnership will link directly to the corresponding Newsbank/Readex page images and will provide a research and instructional tool of enduring scholarly and instructional value. Information on becoming a partner is available on the Evans TCP website. Connect to Evans Text Creation Partnership from any AAS terminal.     The Farber Gravestone Collection is an unusual resource containing over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800, in the Northeastern part of the United States. The late Daniel Farber of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his wife, Jessie Lie Farber, were responsible for the largest portion of the collection. This online version of the Farber Gravestone Collection is sponsored by AAS. The website and online image database have been created by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates. Connect to the Farber Gravestone Collection   A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy. The data were compiled by Philip Lampi. The American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives have mounted it online for you with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Connect to A New Nation Votes Collections from the Archive of Americana are available at over 630 libraries. Locate the library nearest you. Request more information on the Archive of Americana from Readex on the Readex website   Other digital sources available to readers at AAS   American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 Tel.: 508-755-5221 Fax: 508-753-3311 e-mail the library Contact Us Staff Directory Site Index Last updated June 27, 2008 This site and all contents © 2008 American Antiquarian Society