These resources have been selected by librarians to supplement HSTY 201 (American History to 1877) at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

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Books in Our Library

• Coming of the White Man, 1492-1848 [E169.1 .H671]
• Eyewitness to History [Ref D5 .E94 1987] - Primary Source.
• Indians and English: Facing Off in Early America [E59.F53 K86 2000]
• Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest [F7 .J46 1976]
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War [F68 .P44 2006]
• Provincial Society, 1690-1763, by James Truslow Adams [E169.1 .H673)
• White Man’s Burden; Historical Origins of Racism in the United States [E446 .J67]

Note: To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library Gateway page and search the TC3 Catalog. Use the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat to find books in other libraries which you can request through the TC3 Library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on this topic in the TC3 Library Catalog as well as in the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat. To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library Gateway page and select "TC3 Catalog."

• African Americans, History To 1863
• America, Discovery and Exploration, English
• Indians of North America, First Contact with Europeans
• Indians of North America, History, Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775
• New England, History, Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775
• North America, History
• United States, History
• United States, History, Sources
• United States, Social Life and Customs, To 1775

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Other Media

You can request materials directly from Media Services.

History Journals in Electronic Format

History-related electronic journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our electronic databases and in our list of full-text electronic journals by title & Subject.

Web Resources

• Africans In America - Companion to the PBS series Africans in America. The site chronicles the history of slavery in the United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865.
• American Journeys Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement - "More than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later."
• Early Canadiana Online
A good source for primary information, Early Canadiana Online has 2 million plus pages of works published from the time of Canada's earliest settlers, and into the 20th century.

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