SMR: Research Collections

The Georgetown University Library has deep research collections in print and online to support research into issues relating to all aspects of Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation. Please explore our collections using the research guides below and contact a subject librarian, schedule a research consultation or chat with us if you need assistance with your research.

LibGuides

• African American Studies

• African Studies & African History

• American History

• American Studies

• Anti-Racism Toolkit

• Latin American Studies

• Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation at Lauinger Library

Recent Acquisitions

The Library is the recipient of a multi-year grant in honor of Artemis Kirk, University Librarian Emerita, to purchase materials for slavery studies research. In addition to books for the circulating collections, the grant has allowed the Library to add the following digitized primary source materials to our database collections (Georgetown NetID and password required):

• African American Newspapers, Series 2 (to expand access to African American Newspapers; this link also searches Series 1)

• African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922

• American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals, including Slavery and Abolition, Agricultural Periodicals, and related materials

• Black Authors, 1556-1922: Imprints from the Library Company of Philadelphia

• NAACP Papers

• ProQuest History Vault: African American Police League Records (1961-1988)

• ProQuest History Vault: Southern Life and African American History, 1775–1915, Plantations Records, Part 1

• ProQuest History Vault: Southern Life and African American History, 1775-1915, Plantations Records, Part 2

• ProQuest History Vault: Slavery in Antebellum Southern Industries

• Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Law and Order