English Language & Literature

Resources for conducting literary research on English & American Literatures.

Asian American literature - quick starts

Ethnic Newswatch
Contains full-text articles appearing in numerous U.S. racial and ethnic minority newspapers, consumer magazines, and some journals published since 1995, focusing on African American, American Indian, Asian American, and U.S. Latino publications.

Asian American Drama
Asian American Drama contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
South and Southeast Asian Literature
South and Southeast Asian Literature is a collection of fiction and poetry written in English by authors from South and Southeast Asia and their Diasporas.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories includes personal narratives, autobiographies, oral histories, and several thousand pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, indexed and searchable. The materials begin around 1840 and extend to the present, focusing heavily on the period from 1920 to 1980. In selected cases, users can choose to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants or view images of their scrapbooks.

SAADA: South Asian American Digital Archive
Documents the range of experiences of diaspora communities from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and many other nations.
SEAAdoc: Documenting the Southeast Asian American Experience
Contains documents and images related to post-1975 refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and the communities they have developed in the United States.
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
Contains documents (illustrations, letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, etc.) describing the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions.
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA)
Contains primary sources documenting Japanese American internment, including personal diaries, letters, photographs, and drawings; camp newsletters; and, personal histories.