Subject Guide
Language and Literature - Microforms
Print guides available for most titles listed below. Ask at Shannon Circulation Desk on the fourth floor.
- American Periodicals, 18th CenturyMicfilm S-12
"American magazine journalism began in 1741 with Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and Andrew Bradford's American Magazine. These and other publications in this first series reflect the political and cultural birth of the U.S. and include the first American short stories published in Massachusetts Magazine (1789-96).
Find examples of essay journalism in the Independent Reflector (1752-53) ...firsthand accounts of the Revolution, as well as descriptions of the latest inventions, in Tom Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine (1775-76), and science in Medical Repository (1797-1800), America's first scientific journal."
See also the digitized version of the American Periodicals Series. - American Periodicals, 1800-1850Micfilm S-10
"The debate over slavery is reflected in many of the periodicals in this series. For example, the abolitionist The Genius of Universal Emancipation (1821-39), and William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator (1831-65), which became the most celebrated abolitionist periodical; and counterpoint publications such as Southern Quarterly Review (1842-57), which upheld the institution of slavery."
"Hard-to-locate materials, such as Poe's contributions to Southern Literary Messenger (1831-64) and Hawthorne's New England Magazine (1831-35), are in this collection. ...also over 20 women's magazines that flourished during this period such as Godey's Lady's Book (1830-98), and children's magazines such as The Youth's Companion (1827-1927) and Merry's Museum (1841-72), which was edited for a time by Louisa May Alcott."
See also the digitized version of the American Periodicals Series. - American Periodicals, 1850-1900Micfilm S-147
"... includes 118 periodicals from the Civil War and Reconstruction era published during the last half of the 19th century. Early professional journals include Publications of the American Economic Association and Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This series also includes many celebrated titles issued by publishing houses--Scribners, Harper's Bazaar, Lippincott's, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, and Ladies' Home Journal. Students of marketing and advertising will find these popular periodicals useful in exploring the first examples of modern advertising slogans."
See also the digitized version of the American Periodicals Series. - Anglo-Saxon ManuscriptsMicfiche 2539
Fascimiles of Old English manuscripts including books of prayers and healing, psalters, Latin manuscripts with Anglo-Saxon glosses, Worcester manuscipts, Anglo-Saxon Bibles and "The book of Cerne". - Bibliothek der deutschen Literatur: Mikrofiche-Gesamtausgabe nach der TaschengoedekeMicrofiche 2557
19,963 microfiches contain almost 15,000 titles by 2500 authors, a record of printed German literature from the 16th century through the end of the 19th.
Note: Index is alphabetical by author, but with useful listings by time period, region, and type of work. Some non-literary titles are included. - Checklist of Company Prospectuses, 1873-1911Micfich 1777
- Early American Imprints, 1639-1800Micfich 1077 (Charles Evans)
See also digitized version of this set. - Early American Imprints, Second Series, 1801-1819Micprint 8 (Shaw Shoemaker)
See also digitized version of this set - Early American NewspapersSee digitized version of this set.
NOTE: Titles in this collection have individual call numbers. To retrieve a list of all titles held at Shannon, enter "early american newspapers" in the "Journal Title" box in a VIRGO Catalog Advanced Search. Or, search by individual title in VIRGO. - Early British PeriodicalsMicfilm 1667 (196 reels)
See checklist of contents at beginning of each reel. - Early English Books, 1475-1640Micfilm S-8 (1979 reels)
(Pollard and Redgrave, Short-title Catalogue, 1475-1640)
See also online version, Early English Books Online
Language and Literature - Microforms
Print guides available for most titles listed below. Ask at Shannon Third Floor Service Desk.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
British and Continental Rhetoric and Elocution ,Micfilm S-236
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| Early English Books, 1641-1700. (Wing, Short Title Catalogue, 1641-1700) See also online version, Early English Books Onlin |
2046 reels | Micfilm S-9 |
| Early English Newspapers (1622 to 189- ) Based on collections of 17th and 18th Century newspapers of Dr. Charles Burney and John Nichols. Expanded to include 19th century papers as well. See also the full-text database 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers Please note: Long-run newspapers are on reels that are identified by the newspaper’s title. Shorter-run newspapers are grouped together. The print and online guides identify the reel on which a particular title may be found by the first title on the reel. (e.g. English Post. On Multiple-title reel: Englishman). Much of the 17th-century material and miscellaneous issues of numerous titles from other years are on 6 reels of microfilm, labeled A-F. The print and online guides indicate on which miscellaneous reel a title is located (e.g. English Gazette. On Miscellaneous Reel A) |
Micfilm N-GB 9 For detailed reel guide, see GRAY LOOSELEAF BINDER labeled N-GB-9, in Microforms Guides Area. An online guide with less specific reel/date information is here. From the Collection Title drop-down menu select Early English Newspapers. - Under Additional Search Options enter newspaper title in Item Title box. - Under Additional Search Options specify date range, if desired. - Scroll down to bottom of page and click Search. |
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| Early Science Fiction Novels; A Microfiche Collection | 382 fiche | Micfich 1655 |
| Eighteenth Century |
Materials in all languages printed in England, and English language materials printed world-wide from 1701 to 1800. |
Micfilm S-976
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| English Literary Periodicals Series 17th, 18th and 19th century literary, political, religious and women's publications. |
Micfilm S-83 | |
| English Plays, 1641-1700 | 136 reels | Micfilm S-115 |
| Flugschriftensammlung Gustav Freytag: Vollstandige Wiedergabe der 6265 Flugschriften Aus dem 15 bis 17 Jahrhundert Sowie des Katalogs von Paul Hohenemser | 746 fiche | Micfich 1064 |
| Flugschriften des frühen 16. Jahrhunderts (1501-1530) Includes some 5000 broadsheets and pamphlets in German and Latin printed between 1501 and 1530. |
1631 fiche | Microfiche S-178 Note:Continued by Flugschriften des späteren 16. Jahrhunderts, Microfiche 2443 |
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Flugschriften des späteren 16. Jahrhunderts |
4026 fiche |
Microfiche 2443 Note: Fiche are shelved with indexes on Microforms Guides shelves |
| French Books Before 1601 | 140 reels | Micfilm S-22 |
| German and Austrian Drama (Houghton Library) | 113 reels | Micfilm 1542 |
| German Baroque Literature: Republished works of the 17th century -- including Baroque Americana (early German translations of New England writers and American publications of German works of this period.) |
611 reels, Micfilm 1710 Search online reel guide. From the Collection Title drop-down menu, select Harold Jantz Collection of German Baroque Literature. Under Additional Search Options enter search term and/or date range. Scroll down to bottom of page and click Search. |
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| Gesamtverzeichnis des Deutschsprachigen Schrifttums, 1911-1965 | 400 fiche | Micfich 1399 |
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| Gothic Fiction: Rare Printed Works from the Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Fiction at the Shannon Library, University of Virginia. | 134 reels | Micfilm 7381 No separate index |
| Journal des Savants | Library has: 1816-1962 | Micfilm S-334 |
| Journal Des Scavans (Jan. 1665 - Oct. 1797) | 101 reels | Micfilm S-333 |
| Manuscripta; Microfilms of Rare and Out-of-Print Books | Library has: list 5, 1-72 (12 reels); list 8, 1-71 (12 reels) | Micfilm S-67 |
| Microfiche Editions of Book Prospectuses in the Bodleian Library | 27 fiche | Micfich 2465 |
| Microfilm Corpus of the Indexes to Printed Catalogues of Latin Manuscripts Before 1600 A.D. | 39 reels | Micfilm 1442 |
| Nineteenth Century British and colonial literature on many subjects. Excluded : imaginative literature, periodicals, and textbooks. | Library has: part 1, unit 1-36; part 3, unit 1-5; part 5, unit 1-6. | Micfich 1810 Search online index and reel guide here. General and by topic search options available. |
| Prados Manuscripts (Emilio Prados) | 11 reels | Micfilm 1666 |
| Records of the Worshipful Company of Stationers, 1554-1984 "... includes: the 19th century volumes of the Entry Book of Copies... ; the Company's grants and charters as well as their early bequest and pension lists; the only known set of folio printed livery lists and ...and biographical information of the printing and publishing community covering the period from the 16th century to 1920..." |
115 reels, Micfilm 1604 See how to use print guide, located in the Microforms Guides section. |
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| Repertoire Biobibliographique des Auteurs Latins, Patristiques et Medievaux | 492 fiche | Micfich 2006 |
| Repertoire des Fins de Textes Latins Classiques et Medievaux | 223 fiche | Micfich 2005 |
| Title | Holdings | Call No. |
| Spanish Rare Books of the Golden Age Coverage: from medieval Latin works by Spanish authors to texts in Spanish of the 15-16th centuries. Many emblem books are included. This set is based on The Spanish Golden Age (1472-1700), A Catalog of Rare Books... by Joseph L. Laurenti and Alberto Porqueras-Mayo. |
Library has reels 1-204 Micfilm 1717 | |
| Le Théâtre de la Révolution et de L'Empire | 167 fiche | Micfich 358 |