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SELECTED MICROFORM SETS
The following list is of selected microform sets in the Graduate Library that cover English language materials chiefly before 1800 but including some nineteenth century works.
- Source: Bibliography of American Culture, compiled by David R Weimer for the American Studies Association, 1957.
- Graduate Library Reference and Stacks Z 1215 .A53.
- 5000 titles representing what are considered to be fundamental research materials in interdisciplinary American Studies curricula.
- Guide: American Culture Series, 1493-1875, a Cumulative Guide to the Microfilm Collection, edited by Ophelia Lo.
- In Graduate Library Serials/Microforms X904.
- MIRLYN contains records for the individual items in the set. The set is shelved in Serials/Microforms under the call number X904.
- Source: Wright, Lyle H. American Fiction: A Contribution Toward a Bibliography. Second edition. San Marino, Huntinton Library, 1969.
- Graduate Library Reference and Serials/Microforms: Z 1231 F4 W95
- Includes 10,800 novels, romances, tales, short stories, fictitious biographies, travels and sketches, allegories, and tract-like tales written by Americans between 1774 and 1900. UM owns only about a third of the set.
- Guides: American Prose Fiction 1774-1990: Cumulative author index; American Fiction 1901-1910
- MIRLYN contains records for the individual items in the set. The set is shelved in Serials/Microforms under the call number X511.
- Source: compiled by UMI
- More than 1000 periodicals covering more than 150 years of American magazine journalism. Comprised of three series, each spanning 50 years.
- Guide: American Periodicals, 1741-1900, An Annotated Index to the Microfilms Collections
- Graduate Library Reference and Serials/Microforms Z 6951 H651
- Subject index: Index to American Periodicals of the 1800s.
- Graduate Library Serials/Microforms.
- MIRLYN has records for individual titles only for Series II and III. The sets are shelved in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms.
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X422 -- series I, 18th century
X423 -- series II, 1800-1850
X1005 -- series III, 1850-1900
- Source: a bibliography published in the 1950's by the Speech Association of America.
- Of the 117 works, approximately two-thirds are British rhetorics written in English or Latin, while the remaining one-third represent the Continental rhetorical tradition and are written in Latin, French, or Italian.
- Guides: A reel guide is shelved with the collection.
- MIRLYN contains records for the individual items in the set. The set is located in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms under call number 2133.
- The British Manuscripts Project, undertaken during World War II by University Microfilms under the sponsorship of the American Council of Learned Societies, filmed more than 11,000 manuscripts in British libraries. The University Library and the Library of Congress are the sole depositories of all films produced by the Project.
- Guide: British Manuscripts Project: a checklist of the microfilms prepared in England and Wales for the American Council of Learned Societies, 1941-1945.
- Information and Library Studies Library and Graduate Library Serials/Microforms Z 6620 .G7 U55.
- MIRLYN does not have records. Bibliographic access is through a separate section of the Microforms catalog. The set is shelved in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms under the call number BMP.
- Source: American Bibliography by Charles Evans and Supplement to Evans' American Bibliography by Roger Bristol.
- A microfiche collection reproducing every existent book, pamphlet and broadside published in America from 1639 to 1800. Does not include periodicals or newspapers. (See Early American Newspapers)
- MIRLYN contains records for the individual items in the set. The set is shelved in Graduate Library Serials/Microfilms under the call number Fiche 2112.
- Source: American Bibliography 1801-1819 by Ralph B Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
A microfiche collection reproducing every existent book, pamplet and broadside published in America from 1801 to 1819. Does not include periodicals and newspapers. (See Early American Newspapers.)
- MIRLYN contains records for the individual items in the set. The set is shelved in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms under the call number Fiche 2041.
- Source: History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 by Clarence Brigham. Expanded to include a few titles up to 1900.
- A microfilm collection of early American newspapers, including runs up to 1900 of any newspaper that began publication by 1820. Selected titles that began publication between 1820 and 1860 are also included.
- MIRLYN does not contain records for individual titles. Titles are arranged by state. The set is located in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms under call number X2128
- Source: 169 periodical titles selected on the basis of their importance as basic source materials and difficulty of access in American libraries. Complements English Literary Periodicals. UM owns 24 titles from this series.
- Guide: A Guide to the Early British Periodicals Collection on Microfilm, edited by Jean Hoornstra and Grace Puravs.
- Graduate Library Reference Z 6951 .H651
- MIRLYN contains records for individual titles in the set. The set is shelved in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms under call numbers X1008 and X1009.
Also called Pollard and Redgrave; Short Title Catalog 1, or STC 1
- Source: A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640. by A.W Pollard and G. R. Redgrave.
- Encompasses most books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and English-language books printed abroad from 1475 to 1640. No periodicals included.
There are currently no MIRLYN records for individual items in the set. Reel numbers may be found in the Microforms card catalog or through the RLIN English Short Title Catalog (ESTC) database. (Ask at the Graduate Library Information Center for assistance.) The set is located in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms under the call number STC.
Also called Wing, Short Title Catalog II, or STC II
- Source: Wing, Donald G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English books
printed in other countries, 1641-1700
- A continuation of Pollard and Redgrave, containing books printed in Great Britain and British North America and English-language books printed elsewhere from 1641-1700. Set includes everything from Wing except separate printings of the Bible, separate statutes and proclamations, American imprints found in Evan's American Bibliography, books in Welsh and certain almanacs, sermons, liturgical works, Quaker tracts, and Irish and Scottish official publications.
- Guide: Author, title, and subject access for units 1-60 is available in seven volume index Accessing Early English Books. Serials/Microforms has reel guides located with the set.
- MIRLYN contains records for individual items in the set. The set is located in Serials/Microforms under the call number X440.
- Source: compilation of the Burney collection at British Library and Nichols collection at Bodleian.
- Comprehensive collection of more than 800 newspapers representing metropolitan London, areas outside London, and colonial possesions. Most are 18th century, but 17th is also included.
- Guide: Non-cumulated guide, arranged by title, indicates time span available on film, publication dates, bibliographic information, and reel number.
- MIRLYN contains records for individual titles in the set. The set is located in Serials/Microforms under the call number X1287.
- Based on the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalog, a machine readable compilation of holdings from a number of libraries. ESTC is a file on RLIN.
- ESTC includes any work printed in Great Britain or its territories in any language and any work printed in English anywhere in the world between 1701 and 1800. Includes books, broadsides, Bibles, tract books, sermons, printed ephemera. Does not include newspapers. (See Early English Newspapers)
- Guides: The Eighteenth Century, Guide to the Microfilm Collection.
MIRLYN does not currently contain records for individual titles in the set. Records are available through RLIN in separate ESTC file. (Ask at Information Center for assistance.) The set is located in Serials/Microforms under the call number X1493.
- Source: a bibliography produced by Prof. Richmond Bond of University of North Carolina in cooperation with a committee of scholars.
- Predominately literary in nature, but many publications are aimed at a wider audience. Coverage is broader for the 18th century and narrows over the years as publishing burgeons.
- Guide: English Literary Periodicals: a guide to the microfilm collection in Serials/Microforms.
MIRLYN contains records for those items in the set that University of Michigan Library owns.
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