literary collections

A collection of writings from colonial America, covering a period that ranges from before Columbus through the early nineteenth century with a focus on the American Revolutionary period.

A collection of stories, folklore, poetry, and songs from Ireland.

A look at the lives of Russian, Lithuanian, Italian, Greek, Swedish, and Irish immigrants who passed through Ellis Island around the turn of the twentieth century.

Presents excepts from American novels, short stories, poems, speeches, letters, biographies, plays, and journalistic reports that provide insight into some of the significant events and trends of the past.

A compilation of more than 140 folk songs, tales, poems, and stories telling the history of America and reflecting its multicultural society.