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NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES GROUPRESOURCES FOR AMERICAN AND CANADIAN STUDIES IN SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES |
Dundee University Library and Archives
Address:
University Library
Dundee
DD1 4HN
website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/library/
The University of Dundee offers an interdisciplinary degree programme in American Studies as well as opportunities for post-graduate research. The participating academic departments in the degree programme include Economics, English, Geography, History, Philosophy and Politics. The University Library aims to purchase materials to support teaching and research undertaken both specifically as part of the American Studies programme and also, where appropriate, as part of the teaching and research undertaken within the participating departments.
Modern printed collections
The Library's holdings concentrate on the humanities and include significant collections of materials on the Civil War, Slavery, the Economy, Foreign Policy, Culture, Literature, Philosophy, Political Thought and Art.
Early printed material & special collections (incl. music)
There is one special collection of interest for North American studies: the William Lyon Mackenzie Canadiana Collection of Canadian Literature.
Manuscripts & archives
The University
Archives contain a wealth of manuscripts and photographic material relating
to Scottish-American and Scottish-Canadian history. There are many collections
of family papers relating to America, including the Baxter Brothers and Co (a
Dundee-based jute company) whose papers contain comments on the American Civil
War; and the papers of Sir Robert Robertson 1869-1949 - an explosives expert
and government chemist. There are collections of papers and photographs from
shipbuilding companies, sailmaking companies and engineering firms all with
correspondence and accounts relating to US business transactions. The collection
also contains manuscripts relating to business and trade/dealings with Canadian
companies. These include company accounts, correspondence and technical specifications.
In addition there are personal collections including the correspondence and
papers of John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir and John Buchan 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir
and further substantial collections of family papers some of which incorporate
genealogical notes.
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Microform & audiovisual collections
The library holds
a growing number of microform collections of interest for the study of Canada
and the USA.
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Maps and visual resources
Many of the collections relating to North America in the University Archives contain photographic material, notably shipbuilding, sailmaking and engineering company archives. There are also photographs from the First World War Canadian frontline and collections of transparencies which were taken on family holidays in Canada between 1953 and 1974.