LibGuides: United States Government Information by Subject: Special Topics

Anthropology

United States Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports
United States Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin

The Bureau of Ethnology, and subsequently, The Bureau of American Ethnology, was established by Congress in 1879 as a research unit of the Smithsonian Institute. Number 200 of the Bulletin is a List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology. The University Libraries have some issues in print for both the Annual Reports and the Bulletin, all of which can be found by author and title in the Libraries' Search Tool. Look for digitized versions of these publications at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Smithsonian Libraries, the Smithsonian repository, and HathiTrust. The Libraries also has the Annual Reports, v.1-81 (1879-1964) and the Bulletin, no.1-157 (1887-1955), in microfiche format.

LGBTQ

LGBTQ History in Government Documents
Joint project of UCs San Diego and Berkeley

Slavery

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938 (Library of Congress)
More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.
Confederate Slave Payrolls (National Archives)
Documents listing names and occupations of enslaved people who worked for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Data includes the place of service, names of the enslaver, number of days employed, daily rate of wages, amount paid, and the signature of the person receiving the payment.
Negro, Black and African-American Census Reports
This guide lists census reports that contain data on Negroes, Blacks and African-Americans, and provide links to full-text copies. Compiled at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Northeast Slavery Records Index
Compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and enslavers in the states of New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories (Library of Congress)
Audio recordings from 1932-1975 of former slaves from nine states.

Also consult the University Libraries' Primary Sources research guide.