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BHM in Databases #7 – Oxford African American Studies Center
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The Oxford African American Studies Center includes over 20,000 articles, written by top scholars in the field, focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American history and culture. Embedded within these articles are countless images, maps, and videos to enrich the content experience. Biographical entries can be searched and filtered by the person’s occupation,…
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BHM in Databases #6 – Black Economic Empowerment: The National Negro Business League
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Black Economic Empowerment: The National Negro Business League Part of Archives Unbound from Gale Primary Sources, this collection is sourced from the Library of Congress. The collection is comprised of the National Negro Business League files, part of the Booker T. Washington Papers. The National Negro Business League was founded by Booker T. Washington who…
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BHM in Databases #5 – Black Freedom Struggle
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Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records The focus of this Federal Government Records collection is on the political side of the freedom movement, the role of civil rights organizations in pushing for civil rights legislation, and the interaction between African Americans and the federal government in the 20th century. Major features…
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BHM in Databases #4 – Black Drama
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Black Drama, now in its expanded third edition, contains the full text of more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print with more than 40 percent of the collection consisting of previously unpublished plays…
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BHM in Databases #3 – Colonial Caribbean
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Colonial Caribbean – Stretching from Jamaica and the Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago, Colonial Caribbean makes available materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870, this extensive resource includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, minutes…
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S.C. Baptist Church Records Now Online!
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If you are interested in searching through the records of South Carolina Baptist Churches, you might want to check out The South Carolina Baptist Historical Collection at Furman University’s James B. Duke Library. This expansive collection documents individuals, churches, and associations in South Carolina Baptist history from as far back as the early 1700s. Currently,…
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BHM in Databases #2 – Black Thought and Culture
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Black Thought and Culture In the Black Thought and Culture database, the ideas of over 1,000 authors present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America. This is a huge electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes,…
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BHM in Databases #1 – Black Historical Newspapers (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
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Your Search for Black History Continues Here…The Furman University Libraries have an extensive collection of databases on the African American, African and African Diaspora experiences, histories and cultures. Many of these collections are repositories of primary source materials including, letters, artifacts, pamphlets, obituaries, etc. There’s much to explore and examine. Immerse yourself in collection every…
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Swipe to Enter the Libraries after 7pm
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Starting Thursday, February 1st, 2024, Furman students and employees will be required to swipe their Furman ID cards to enter the Duke Library after 7pm. Library hours remain the same. This change was made to increase the safety of Furman students and library employees, while also complying with University building access guidelines. Learn more about…
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Explore Our YA Books Collection!
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Do you love to read YA books? The Furman Libraries now offers a Young Adult (YA) Books Collection in the Duke Library. For the first time ever, the YA books are grouped into a single browsing collection, allowing users to easily explore popular titles and series. The idea for the collection came from Riley Draper…