This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on memoir writing, oral history, poetry, biography, diaries, letters, autobiography, and biography.
Background Information Sources
| American Diaries (2 vols.) |
REF CT214 .A74 1983 |
| Notable Women in American History |
REF CT3260 .A27 1999 |
| Through a Woman’s I |
REF CT3260 .A32 1983 |
| Published Diaries and Letters of American Women |
REF CT3260 .G66 1987 |
| Oxford Companion to Women’s Writing in the U.S. |
REF PS147 .O94 1995 |
| Contemporary Women Poets |
REF PS151 .C67 1998 |
| Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature |
REF PS153 .N5 C59 2001 |
| Lesbian and Gay Voices |
REF PS169 .H65 D24 2000 |
| American Diversity, American Identity |
REF PS169 .N35 A44 1995 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the following call number ranges: CT, PR, and PS.
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- memoir writing
- life writing
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- personal essays
- autobiography
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Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page.