United States History Research Guide
Audio/Video (Media) Materials

To find materials in the Media Collection of the UMass Amherst Libraries, conduct an Advanced Search in the UMass Amherst Libraries Catalog by author, title, subject, or keyword, choosing a Format (DVDs, VHS, CDs, etc.) under Limits.

To search for media at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, conduct searches by author, title, subject, or keyword to find DVDs/Videos/Films or Scores/Recordings in the Five Colleges Libraries Catalog.

America 1900 [videorecording] (UM Media DVD 2581)

Reference Sources for Identifying Media Materials in United States History

America on Film and Tape: A Topical Catalog of Audiovisual Resources for the Study of United States History, Society, and Culture (UM W.E.B. Du Bois E169.1 .A471873 1985)
Annotated list of films, slides, audio and video cassettes, and recordings essential for American Studies in 14 categories: Anthropology; Architecture; Arts; Economic History; Folklore; Geography; History; International Relations; Language-Literature-Journalism; Performing Arts; Political Science; Popular Culture; Science and Technology; and Sociology.

The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research (UM Reference Z1242 .A47 1996)
Part III covers illustrative materials, including photographs, and Part XI covers popular media, including films and recordings.

Black Slavery in America: An Annotated Mediagraphy (UM Reference E441 .K84 1995)
Annotated list of "over 900 nonprint media items," including "audiocassettes, filmstrips, records/tapes, kits, 16mm films, slides and videocassettes..."

Guide to the Holdings of the Still Picture Branch of the National Archives (UM W.E.B. Du Bois CD3027 .S75 1990 +)
Guide to collections of the National Archives containing "almost six million photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, posters, and other visual images..."