Database:
American History Collection (Rotunda)
University of Virginia Press

About this Database

Collections of documentary editions spanning three centuries, from the earliest surviving writings of George Washington through the presidential correspondence of Woodrow Wilson: more than 20 publications with content from over 550 letterpress and born-digital volumes, for a total of nearly 300,000 documents, diary entries, and editorial essays, all cross-searchable. Includes:

  • People of the Founding Era
  • Presidential Recordings Digital Edition
  • Papers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney & Harriott Pinckney Horry Digital Edition
  • Papers of George Washington Digital Edition
  • Papers of James Madison Digital Edition
  • Adams Papers Digital Edition
  • Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America
  • Papers of Woodrow Wilson Digital Edition
  • Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition
  • Selected Papers of John Jay Digital Edition
  • Diaries of Gouverneur Morris Digital Edition
  • Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
  • Papers of Alexander Hamilton Digital Edition
  • Papers of Andrew Johnson
  • Papers of Revolutionary Era Pinckney Statesmen
  • Papers of Daniel Webster
  • Papers of John Marshall Digital Edition
  • Papers of Andrew Jackson
  • Dolley Madison Digital Edition
  • Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
  • Booker T. Washington Papers Digital Edition
  • Correspondence of James K. Polk
  • Papers of James Monroe Digital Edition
  • Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Letters of Benjamin Rush


Durable URL

This is the permanent URL for the database. It should be used in syllabi, lists of resources, and all other links provided to Johns Hopkins users. https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU07530