Selected Microform Sets

American Biographical Archive I, II, III.
New York, NY: K. G. Saur, 1989-1991.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche no. 1835, 1835.5, 1835.6)

ABA reproduces biographical entries in more than 300 reference sources. Focuses on people who lived from the earliest period of North American history through the early twentieth century.

Guide to the Microform Set: American Biographical Index. The index is an alphabetic name index which includes cross references for name variations. Includes birth-death dates, and occupation.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref CT211 .A45x)

American Culture Series, 1493-1875. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S34)

A collection of early American books and pamphlets dating from 1493 to 1875. DELCAT records are available for many of the works contained in the set.

Guide to the Microform Set: American Culture Series, 1493-1875: A Cumulative Guide to the Microfilm Collection.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E156B .A47)
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S34 Index)

British Biographical Archive I and II.
New York, NY: K. G. Saur, 1984-1989.
Location: Morris Library - Microfiche (Microfiche no. 1448, 1448.5)

Biographical information reproduced from 324 reference books originally published between 1601 and 1929. The collection covers people "from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and from all British colonies to the date of their independence or home rule."

Guide to the Microform Set: British Biographical Index. The index is an alphabetic name index which includes cross references for name variations. Includes birth-death dates, occupation, and occupation.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref CT773 .B75 1990)

British Periodicals in the Creative Arts. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S204)

Creative arts periodicals published in Great Britain between 1770 and the early twentieth century. DELCAT records are available for many of the works contained in the set.

Guide to the Microform Set: British Periodicals in the Creative Arts: An Index to the Microfilm Collection. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S204 Index)

Early British Periodicals. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S275)

A collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British periodicals. DELCAT records are available for many of the works contained in the set.

Guide to the Microform Set: A Guide to Early British Periodicals Collection on Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S275 Index)

Eighteenth Century Sources for the Study of English Literature and Culture. Charlottesville, Virginia: Micrographics.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S146)

Selected works relevant to the "literary, artistic and cultural milieu of eighteenth-century England." The collection consists of works of literary criticism as well as original texts.

Guide to the Microform Set: Eighteenth-Century Sources for the Study of English Literature and Culture
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S146 Guide)

English and American Drama of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Readex Microprint, 1971.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche S250)

EADNC provides plays published in the English language from 1801 through 1900 and in the United States from 1831 through 1900 in printed and manuscript form. Manuscripts, prompt books, acting editions, and published plays are included in the collection. DELCAT records are available for many of the works contained in the set.

Guide to the Microform Set: Nineteenth Century English and American Drama: Cumulative Checklist.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche S250 Index)

English Literary Periodicals. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm numbers vary)

A collection of literary journals and magazines published from 1681 through 1900. DELCAT records are available for many of the works contained in the set.

Online Index: English Literary Periodicals (1681 to 1914).
Location: Library Databases [restricted to UD]
Provides subject indexing for articles in the periodicals included in the microfilm set.

Guide to the Microform Set: Accessing English Literary Periodicals: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection with Title, Subject, Editor, and Reel Number Indexes.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z692 .S5 U56 1981)

Nineteenth Century American Drama. New Canaan, CT: Readex.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche S250)

English plays written during the nineteenth century. Continues English and American Drama of the Nineteenth Century.

Nineteenth Century English Drama. New Canaan, CT: Readex.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche S249)

English plays written during the nineteenth century. Continues English and American Drama of the Nineteenth Century.

Guide to the Microform Set: Nineteenth Century English and American Plays: Cumulative Checklist.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche S249 Index)

Nineteenth Century English Fiction. Cambridge, MA: General Microfilm.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S137)

A selective collection of fictional works of the nineteenth century. Some reels have the title Victorian and Other Nineteenth Century Fiction, and others have the title Victorian Fiction. DELCAT catalog records are available for many titles.

Guide to the Microform Set: Victorian Fiction.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S137 Index)

Nineteenth Century Theatre Periodicals. Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Microform, 1984.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm no. 3572)

Part 1: Theatre periodicals published from 1800 to 1897 housed in the British Library, Bloomsberg. Part 2: Periodicals published from 1880 housed in the British Library Newspaper Library, Colendale. Part 3: From the Theatre Museum, London and the Bodleian, Oxford. There is a list of contents at the beginning of each reel. DELCAT provides a list of titles under British Literary Heritage Nineteenth Century Theatre Periodicals. There is no printed guide for the set.

Pamphlets in American History. Glen Rock, NJ: Microfilming Corp. of America.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S83)

Group I: Biography (general), Indians, Revolutionary War Biography, Women. DELCAT records are available for many titles.

Guide to the Microform Set: Pamphlets in American History.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S83 Guide)

Three Centuries of English and American Plays (1500-1830). New York: Readex.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche no.1982)

Plays published in the English language in England from the year 1500 through 1800 and in the United States from 1714-1830. The collection includes manuscripts. The plays are arranged in separate chronological groups: 1516-1641 (Elizabethan, Shakespeare, Jacobean); 1642-1700 (Restoration Drama); 1701-1750 (Early Eighteenth Century); 1751-1800 (Late Eighteenth Century); and 1714-1830 (American). DELCAT records are available for many American titles.

Guide to the Microform Set: Three Centuries of English and American Plays: A Checklist.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfiche no. 1982 guide)

Obtaining Microforms from Other Libraries

If a microform set is not held by the University of Delaware Library, it may be requested by using the online Interlibrary Loan Request Form to request the item. Many libraries lend microforms to other libraries, and interlibrary loan services are available to UD faculty, students, and staff.

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