Compiled by Dorothy Ann Washington, Librarian Purdue University, Black Cultural Center

BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS


Abajian, James.   Blacks in selected newspapers, censuses and other resources: an
	index to names and subjects.  Boston:  G.K. Hall, 1997.  3 Vols.

	016.929373 Ab59b (HSSE)

Beasley, Donna.  Family pride: the complete guide to tracing African-American
	genealogy.  New York:  Macmillan USA, c1997.

	929.108996073 B38f 1997  

Blockson, Charles L and Ron Fry.    Black genealogy.    Englewood Cliffs, N.J.  Prentice-Hall,
	c1977.

	929.1028 B62b

Greene, Robert Ewell.  Black courage, 1775-1783:  documentation of Black participation in the 
	American Revolution.   Washington:  National Society of the Daughters
	Revolution, 1984.

	973.346 G835b

Ham, Debra Newman.   List of free Black heads of families in the census of the United States,  
1790. Washington:  National Archives and Records Service, 1973.  

Law, Nova.    African-American genealogy workbook: finding your roots.  Brimingham:
	Legacy Pub. Co., 1994.

	929.108996073 L412a 1994

Lawson, Sandra M.   Generations past: a selected list of sources for Afro-American
	Genealogical research.   Washington: Library of Congress: For sale 
	by the Supt. Of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1988.  

	LC 1.12/2:Af8/4  (HSSE Govt. Publications)

Redford, Dorothy Spruill and Michael D'Orso.  Somerset homecoming: recovering a lost      
	heritage.   New York:  Doubleday, 1988.

	929.2089960730756 (Black Cultural Center;  Undergraduate)  

Smith, Jessie Carney.   Ethnic genealogy: a research guide.  Westport, Conn.:  Greenwood Press,
	1983.
	929.1072073 Et38  (Reference)

Young, Tommie M.  Afro-American genealogy sourcebook.  New York:  Garland Pub.,
	1987

	929.108996073 Yo87a  ( Reference, Black Cultural Center; HSSE)




CDROMs  


Eltis, David, et al.   The TransAtlantic Slave Trade: a database on CD-ROM.  Cambridge Univ. 
	Press, 1999.

	382.4409 T687 1999 Manual	
	
INDIANA TIPPECANOE CENSUS

	Holdings at the Black Cultural Center Library:

               M19-31 1830 Census: Orange, Henry, Tippecanoe, Greene,
               Bartholomew, Carroll, Knox,Washington, and Daviess Counties
               M704-95 1840 Census: Switzerland, Tippecanoe, and Union Counties
               M432-175 1850 Census: Tippecanoe County
               M653-300 1860 Census: Tippecanoe County
               M593-362 1870 Census: Tippecanoe County
               T9-313 1880 Census: Sullivan (cont 322/5 - end), Switzerland, and
               Tippecanoe (begin - 26/26;332/1-332/15; 36/16; 27/12) Counties
               T9-314 1880 Census: Tippecanoe (cont 27/3 - end) County
               T623-405 1900 Census: Sullivan (part: ED 128, sheet 15-end) and
               Tippecanoe (part: EDs 96-113) Counties
               T623-406 1900 Census: Tippecanoe (part: ED 114-end), Tipton,
               Union, and Vanderburgh (part:EDs 77-83, and ED 84, sheets 1-5)
               Counties
               T624-381 1910 Census: Sullivan (EDs 170-178, 180), Switzer- land,
               Union, and Tippecanoe(EDs 154, 174-193) Counties
               T624-382 1910 Census: Tippecanoe (EDs 155-173), Tipton, and
               Vanderburgh (EDs 85-87,147-158) Counties 
               T625-469 1920 Census: Switzerland and Tippecanoe Counties


BOOKS ABOUT BLACKS IN INDIANA



Bigham, Darrel E.  We ask only a fair trial: a history of the Black community of
	Evansville, Indiana.  Bloomington:  Indiana Univ. Press, 1987.

	977.233 B484w (Black Cultural Center, HSSE)

Crenshaw, Gwendolyn J.  "Bury me in a free land": the abolitionist movement in Indiana,
1816-1865. Indianapolis:  Indiana Historical Bureau, 1986.

	977.200496073 C863b 1986

Gibbs, Wilma L.  Indiana's African-American heritage:  essays from Black history news &
	Indianapolis:  Indiana Historical Society, 1993.

	977.200496073 In2 1993

Hine, Darlene Clark.  When the truth is told:  a history of Black women's culture
	and community in Indiana, 1875-1950.  Indianapolis:  National
	Council of Negro Women, Indianapolis Section, 1981.

	305.409772 H588w (Black Cultural Center; Undergraduate)

Lyda, John W.   The Negro in the history of Indiana.   Terre Haute:  s.n., 1953.

	309.75 L98n c.2  (Black Cultural Center; HSSE)

Magid (Frank N.) Associates.   The Negro in Indianapolis.  Cedar Rapids, Ia, 1969

	301.451960772 M272n  (HSSE, Undergraduate)

Sprinkles, Dallas W.  The history of Evansville Blacks.  Evansville:  Mid-America 
	Enterprises, c1974, c1973 printing.

	301.451960772 Sp85h

Thornbrough, Emmy Lou.  This far by faith: Black Hoosier heritage.  Indianapolis:  Indiana
	Committee for the Humanities, c1982.

305.896073072 T349s

Thornbrough, Emmy Lou.  The Negro in Indiana before 1900: a study of a minority.  
	Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1993.

	977.2 In2l2 v.37 1993


Thornbrough, Emmy Lou.  Since emancipation:  a short history of Indiana Negroes,
1863-1963. [S.l.]: Indiana Division, American Negro Emancipation
Authority, [1964?]

	301.451 T393s

Wallis, Don.   All we had was each other:  the Black community of Madison,
	Indiana: an oral history of the Black community of Madison, Indiana.
	Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1998.

	977.257 AL51 1998


PERIODICALS

Black History News & Notes

	Black Cultural Center 
	HSSE  977.20049607305 B561

Indianapolis Recorder, 1899-1916, 1923-1973.   Microfilm.  

	Undergraduate Library


WEB SITES


Gibbs, Wilma. Selected African-American History Collections.
	Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society.