Films
- Confederacy TheoryCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 20184 DVDConfederacy theory presents an unflinching portrait of the cultural war that has erupted around the confederate flag. Using never-before-seen archival footage and exclusive interviews with politicians, pundits, activists, and scholars, Confederacy theory traces the history of this symbol and its impact on Southern culture, history, and identity -- from the Civil War to the front lines of a modern-day secession movement.
- Freedom’s Land: Canada and the Underground RailroadCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 20396 DVDTold through manuscripts, letters and dramatic reconstructions, this is the story of the incredible exodus of thousands of African-Americans to Canada in the 1850’s.
- Slave Catchers, Slave ResistersCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 21992 DVDDetails the social structures devised by the U.S. to enforce slavery and other racial oppression from the colonial era through the late 1800s.
- Slavery and the Making of AmericaCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 17148 DVDThis program examines the history of slavery in the United States and the role it played in shaping the new country’s development.
- Slavery's Buried PastCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 24418 DVDThis show focuses on Michael Blakey, a Howard University biological anthropologist, as he does research on human skeletons found in an 18th Century slave graveyard uncovered in New York City in 1991.
- The Better Hour: The Legacy of William WilberforceCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 26918 DVDThe documentary explores the 20-year effort of William Wilberforce to lead the abolition of the British slave trade, a business that was key to the country’s economic strength.
- Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep NorthCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 26878 DVDFilmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide.
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave NarrativesCall Number: Main Library Media Collection Video record 17817 DVDWhen the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930’s, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.
Microfilm Collections
- Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865Call Number: Main Media Services Film 30002A guide to the microfilm edition is available: Main Media Services Film 30002 Guide
- Rhodes House Library, Oxford, Anti-Slavery Collection, 1795-1880Call Number: Main Media Services Film 29748Correspondence, minutes, and other papers of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society, the Anti-slavery Society, the Aborigines Protection Society, and other similar societies and committees.
Maps
- Atlas of Antebellum Southern Agriculture Map Atlas FOLIO G1281.J1 H5 1984
- Freedom’s Tracks: A M
ap of the Underground Railroad Map Classified MAPXCases G3701.E9 2005 .M35 - The Underground Railroad bicycle route : Erie, Pennsylvania to Owen Sound, Ontario, section 5, 380 miles Map Classified MAPXCases G3701.P4E9 2007 .A3
- The Underground Railroad bicycle route : Fulton, Mississippi to Owensboro, Kentucky, [section 2], 466 miles Map Classified MAPXCases G3701 .M5E9 2006 .A3
- The Underground Railroad bicycle route : Milford, Ohio to Erie, Pennsylvania, section 4, 416 miles Map Classified MAPXCases G3701 .O4E9 2007 .A3
- The Underground Railroad bicycle route : Owensboro, Kentucky to Milford, Ohio, section 3, 394 miles Map Classified MAPXCases G3701.K4E9 2007 .A3
Subject Guide
Microform Guides
- Media Services Microform Collection GuideThis annotated index of approximately 250 microform guides stored in The University of Iowa Main Library Media Services Department provides a summary of those holdings that have guides. This numerical index has been arranged as a shelf list, giving the order in which the guides are to be found on the shelf according to accession number. This is only a small portion of microforms available on campus; many microform materials do not have guide books.
- Microform Sets for Historical ResearchThe great untapped source of primary historical materials for history researchers in this area is the vast collection of microform sets held in the UI Libraries and the UI Law Library. This document lists sizable microform sets of potential interest to history researchers. It lists only microform sets that are "sizable," that is, those consisting of more than 6 reels of microfilm, or more than 40 microfiche, or more than 200 microprints or microcards.