A varied collection of materials relating to non-native American life and literature from the arrival of Europeans in the fifteenth century to the beginning of World War I. Fiction, poetry, biography, and autobiography are among the sorts of writings included. Access to the collection is by subject, title, and author. Title Catalog, Z1236.L45, gives imprint information as well as an LAC entry number by which the microfiche is retrieved. Nineteenth century American literature. American books contains a number of hard to find literary works.
Access is by author.
The approximately 4,500 American plays included are from the period 1831-1900.