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Progressive Era to the Jazz Age, 1890-1920

This guide contains information on how to research U.S. history from the Progressive Era to the Jazz Age (1890-1920).

Find Primary Sources in the SLU Libraries

You can find primary sources in the SLU Libraries by searching the SLU Libraries Catalog. Add one of the following terms to your keyword search or look for these terms at the end of Library of Congress subjects in the SLU Libraries Catalog.

  • sources
  • correspondence
  • interviews
  • diaries
  • letters
  • memoirs
  • documents
  • personal narratives
  • works
  • public opinion
  • doctrines
  • writings

 

Example keyword search: 

immigrants AND Chicago AND correspondence

 

Example subject search: 

See search results list below (a list of subjects). Look for primary source terms from the list above at the end of subjects to find primary sources.

Immigrants United States Correspondence

Find Primary Sources in Other Libraries

To find primary sources in Missouri's academic libraries (and a few public libraries), search the MOBIUS Catalog. 

To find primary sources in U.S. libraries (and beyond), search WorldCat. 

The search strategies in the box to the right will work in the MOBIUS Catalog and WorldCat as well as the SLU Libraries Catalog.