Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Library Central Library


Major Microform Collections



Following is a list of some of our major microform collections. Government documents and newspapers are not included. These microforms are listed alphabetically by title. See Microform Research Collections : a Guide, edited by Suzanne Cates Dodson and located in Reference Bookcase 1 (Z1033.M5 D64 1984), for additional details about these collections. The Acorn online catalog records can provide additional bibliographic information on contents and access to these items.

American Fiction, 1774-1900--Microfilm 1213
American Periodical Series, 1741-1800--Microfilm 735
American Periodical Series, 1800-1850--Microfilm 275
American Periodical Series, 1850-1900 (Civil War and Reconstruction Series)--Microfilm 276
Archivo Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica-- Microfiche 713

Brazil's Popular Groups 1966-1989--Mifilm 2347-2348
British Foreign Office: Brazil - General Correspondence before 1906--Microfilm 1964
British Foreign Office: Russia Correspondence, 1946-1947--Microfilm 2213
British Foreign Office: United States Correspondence, 1946-1948--Microfilm 2214
British Public Records Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files--Microfilm 2162
British Sessional Papers--Microprint 19

CIA Research Reports
      Africa, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2185
      China, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2186
     
Europe, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2184
      Japan, Korea, and the Security of Asia, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2179
      Latin America, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2183
      Middle East, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2180
      Soviet Union, 1946-1976--Microfilm 2182
      Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976-- Microfilm 2181
Columbia University Oral History Collection Parts 1-3--Microfilm 633 Part 4--Microfiche 637
Confederate Imprints--Microfilm 2133
Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files.
     
Soviet Union: Internal and Foreign Affairs, 1945-1949--Microfilm 2216
Correio Braziliense (1808-1822)--Microfilm 2086

Deutsches biographisches Archiv--Microfiche 712
Documents of the National Security Council 1947-1977--Microfilm 2210


Early American Imprints, 1st series (Evans)--Microprint 5
Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw-Shoemaker)--Microprint 18
Early English Books before 1640 (Pollard & Redgrave)--Microfilm 274
Early English Books, 1640-1700 (Wing)--Microfilm 1497
Evans-Sabin Microcard Project : Americana items from the Library of Congress holdings of the      Thomas Jefferson Library--Microcard 9


French Books Before 1601--Microfilm 2432
French Drama :
      17th, 18th, and 19th centuries--Microcard 35
      20th century works--Microfiche140


George Washington Papers--Microfilm 1481
German Army High Command (1938-1945)--Microfilm 2172
Great Britain Colonial Office. Annual Reports on the Colonies--Microfiche 664

     Reports for Africa, Americas, Asia and the Pacific Basin, Europe, and Middle East

Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, third series--Microprint 22
History of Women--Microfilm 1921


Italian Books Before 1601--Microfilm 2421


Landmarks of Science--Microprint 29
Landmarks of Science II (monographs)--Microprint 30
Landmarks of Science II (scientific journals)--Microprint 31

Latin American and Caribbean Official Statistical Serials on Microfiche (1908-1963)--
     Microfiche 638 and 639
The Literature of Folklore, from Germany, Britain, U.S., France, Spain, Latin America, and other
      parts of the world--Microfilm 1906-1911

Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council, with Special Advisory Reports (1946-1960)--
     Microfilm 2209
Monumenta Germaniae Historica--Microfilm 850 and 1979-1997

O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports--Microfilm 2173-2177
     Europe: 1950-1961 Supplement--Microfilm 2176
     Germany and Its Occupied Territories During World War II--Microfilm 2177
     Postwar Europe--Microfilm 2175
     Soviet Union--Microfilm 2173
     Soviet Union: 1950-1961 Supplement--Microfilm 2174

Papers of Daniel Webster--Microfilm 1963
Presidential Documents Series. Letters, transcripts of telephone conversations, and other documents
created by a President during his term of office.
     Appointment Book of President Kennedy--Microfilm 2202
     Crisis in Panama and the Dominican Republic: National Security Files and NSC Histories--
          Microfilm 2197
     Daily Diary of President Johnson (1963-1969)--Microform 1292
     Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963-1969--Microfilm 2487
     History of the Department of Justice, 1963-1969--Microfilm 2492
     Israel: National Security Files (1963-1969)--Microfilm 2204
     Map Room Messages of President Roosevelt (1939-1945)--Microfilm 2171
     Map Room Messages of President Truman (1945-1946)--Microfilm 2170
     Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of President Eisenhower (1953-1961)--
           Microfilm 2201
     Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of President Johnson--Microfilm 1293
     Minutes of Telephone Conversations of John Foster Dulles and of Christian Herter
           (1953-1961)--Microfilm 2201
     National Economy under Prresident Johnson: Administration Histories--Microfilm 2207
     Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson (1949-1953)--Microfilm 2200
     Oral Histories of the Johnson Administration (1963-1969)--Microfiche 674, part 1
     Potsdam Conference Documents (1945)--Microfilm 2170
     President Kennedy and the Press (1961-1963)--Microfilm 2202
     Presidential Diaries of Henry Morgenthal, Jr. (1938-1945)--Microfilm 2171

Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War--     Microfilm 2211

Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Operational reports, research and development studies, intelligence estimates, contingency combat plans, and policy studies of allies and opponents.
     Europe and NATO (1946-1953)--Microfilm 2168
     European Theater (1942-1945)--Microfilm 2167
     Far East (1946-1953)--Microfilm 2191
     Meetings (1942-1945)--Microfilm 2193
     Meetings (1946-1953)--Microfilm 2193a
     Middle East (1946-1953)--Microfilm 2190
     Pacific Theater (1942-1945)--Microfilm 2189
     Soviet Union (1942-1945)--Microfilm 2187
     Soviet Union (1946-1953)--Microfilm 2188
     Strategic Issues: Section One--Microfilm 2194
     
Strategic Issues: Section Two--Microfilm 2195
     Strategic Issues (1942-1945)--Microfilm 2169
     United States (1946-1953)--Microfilm 2192

Russian Historical Sources--Microprint 16, 17, 21, 23
     First Series: publications before 1917
     Second Series: publications after 1917

Russian History and Culture--Microfiche 286
Russkoe Istoricheskoe Obschestvo--Microfilm 1246

The Spanish Civil War Collection--Microfilm 2512
The Special Studies Series. Europe and NATO, 1970-1980--Microfilm 2165
State Censuses (from 1635 to 1945)--Microfiche 232
State Constitutional Conventions (from Independence to 1959)--Microfiche 190
State Succession Debates--Micarofilm 2121

Thomas Jefferson Papers--Microfilm 2060
Three Centuries of Drama: English 1512-1641; 1642-1700; 1701-1750; 1751-1800)--Microprint 28
Three Centuries of Drama: American Plays 1714-1830--Microprint 28

Travels in the Confederate States--Microcard 38
Travels in the Old South--Microcard 39

United States Census
     Large collection available, from the 3rd Census (1810) to the 12th Census (1900).
     Search Acorn for details.
United States. Continental Congress. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789--Microfilm 1315

United States. Continental Congress. Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789--Microfilm 1313
United States. Congress. Committee Prints. 81st Congress-86th Congress--Microfilm 853
     Congressional Hearings and Committee Prints, 87th Congress-92nd Congress--Microprint 24
     Note: More recent Committee Prints are located in Government Documents.
United States. Deparatment of State. Territorial Papers of the United States Senate, 1789-1873--Microfilm 1406
United States. Military Intelligence Reports: Surveillance of Radicals in the United States, 1917-1941--Microfilm 2221
United States. National Archives. Despatches from United States Consuls. See Acorn for details.

United States. National Archives. Despatches from United States Ministers. See Acorn for details.

Unpublished State Papers of the English Civil War and Interregnum, 1642-1660--Microfilm 1931

Wartime Conferences of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1941-1945 (proceedings of the major
     conferences of the Chiefs of Staff during World War II)--Microfilm 2220
William McKinley Papers (contains over 100,000 manuscripts)--Microfilm 1410



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