Finding History Books
Call Number Ranges
History books can be found on the 3rd floor of Milner Library. Here is a breakdown of the major subjects within History, organized by Library of Congress call numbers. These are general topics. For more specific subtopics, reach out or search the library catalog.
D: World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Etc.
- D: History (General)
- DA: Great Britain
- DAW: Central Europe
- DB: Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia
- DC: France - Andorra - Monaco
- DD: Germany
- DE: Greco-Roman World
- DF: Greece
- DG: Italy - Malta
- DH: Low Countries - Benelux Countries
- DJ: Netherlands (Holland)
- DJK: Eastern Europe (General)
- DK: Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland
- DL: Northern Europe. Scandinavia
- DP: Spain - Portugal
- DQ: Switzerland
- DR: Balkan Peninsula
- DS: Asia
- DT: Africa
- DU: Oceania (South Seas)
- DX: Romanies
E: History of the Americas
- E11-143: America
- E11-29: General
- E29: Elements in the population
- E31-49.2: North America
- E51-73: Pre-Columbian America. The Indians
- E75-99: Indians of North America
- E81-83: Indian wars
- E99: Indian tribes and cultures
- E101-135: Discovery of America and early explorations
- E103-110: Pre-Columbian period
- E111-120: Columbus
- E121-135: Post-Columbian period. El Dorado
- E141-143: Descriptive accounts of America. Earliest to 1810
- E11-29: General
- E151-909: United States
- E151-169.12: General
- E171-183.9: History
- E171-180: General
- E181: Military history
- E182: Naval history
- E183-183.3: Political history
- E183.7-183.9: Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations.
- E183.8: Relations with individual countries
- E184-185.98: Elements in the population
- E184.5-185.98: Afro-Americans
- E186-199: Colonial history (1607-1775)
- E186-189: General
- E191-199: by period
- E201-298: The Revolution, 1775-1783
- E300-453: Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861
- E300-302.6: General
- E303-440.5: By period
- E441-453: Slavery in the United States. Antislavery movements
- E456-655: Civil War period, 1861-1865
- E456-459: Lincoln's administrations, 1861-April 15, 1865
- E461-655: The Civil War, 1861-1865
- E482-489: Confederate States of America
- E491-586: Armies. Troops
- E591-600: Naval history
- E660-738: Late nineteenth century, 1865-1900
- E660-664: General
- E666-670: Andrew Johnson's administration, April 15, 1865-1869
- E671-680: Grant's administrations, 1869-1877
- E681-685: Hayes' administration, 1877-1881
- E686-687.9: Garfield's administration, March 4-September 19, 1881
- E691-695: Arthur's administration, September 19, 1881-1885
- E696-700: Cleveland's first administration, 1885-1889
- E701-705: Benjamin Harrison's administration, 1889-1893
- E706-710: Cleveland's second administration, 1893-1897
- E711-738: McKinley's first administration, 1897-1901
- E740-837.7: Twentieth century
- E740-749: General
- E751: McKinley's second administration, March 4-September 14, 1901
- E756-760: Theodore Roosevelt's administrations, September 14, 1901-1909
- E761-765: Taft's administration, 1909-1913
- E766-783: Wilson's administrations, 1913-1921
- E784-805: 1919-1933. Harding-Coolidge-Hoover era. "The twenties"
- E806-812: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administrations, 1933-April 12, 1945
- E813-816: Truman's administrations, April 12, 1945-1953
- E835-837.7: Eisenhower's administrations, 1953-1961
- E838-889: Later twentieth century, 1961-2000
- E838-840.8: General
- E841-843: Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963
- E846-851: Johnson's administrations, November 22, 1963-1969
- E855-861: Nixon's administrations, 1969-August 9, 1974
- E865-868: Ford's administration, August 9, 1974-1977
- E872-875: Carter's administration, 1977-1981
- E876-880: Reagan's administrations, 1981-1989
- E881-884: George H. W. Bush's administration, 1989-1993
- E885-889: Clinton's administrations, 1993-2001
- E895-904: Twenty-first century
- E902-904: George W. Bush's administrations, 2001-2009
- E907-909: Barack Obama's administration, 2009-
F: History of the Americas (Cont).
- F1-975 United States local history
- F1-15 New England
- F16-30 Maine
- F31-45 New Hampshire
- F46-60 Vermont
- F61-75 Massachusetts
- F76-90 Rhode Island
- F91-105 Connecticut
- F106 Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
- F116-130 New York
- F131-145 New Jersey
- F146-160 Pennsylvania
- F161-175 Delaware
- F176-190 Maryland
- F191-205 District of Columbia. Washington
- F206-220 The South. South Atlantic States
- F221-235 Virginia
- F236-250 West Virginia
- F251-265 North Carolina
- F266-280 South Carolina
- F281-295 Georgia
- F296-301 Gulf States. West Florida
- F306-320 Florida
- F321-335 Alabama
- F336-350 Mississippi
- F350.5-355 Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West
- F366-380 Louisiana
- F381-395 Texas
- F396 Old Southwest. Lower Mississippi Valley
- F406-420 Arkansas
- F431-445 Tennessee
- F446-460 Kentucky
- F461-475 Missouri
- F476-485 Old Northwest. Northwest Territory
- F486-500 Ohio
- F516-520 Ohio River and Valley
- F521-535 Indiana
- F536-550 Illinois
- F550.5-553.2 The Lake region. Great Lakes
- F561-575 Michigan
- F576-590 Wisconsin
- F590.3-596.3 The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
- F597 The Northwest
- F598 Missouri River and Valley
- F601-615 Minnesota
- F616-630 Iowa
- F631-645 North Dakota
- F646-660 South Dakota
- F661-675 Nebraska
- F676-690 Kansas
- F691-705 Oklahoma
- F721-722 Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park
- F726-740 Montana
- F741-755 Idaho
- F756-770 Wyoming
- F771-785 Colorado
- F786-790 New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
- F791-805 New Mexico
- F806-820 Arizona
- F821-835 Utah
- F836-850 Nevada
- F850.5-851.5 Pacific States
- F851.7 Cascade Range
- F852-854 Pacific Northwest. Columbia River and Valley. Northwest boundary since 1846
- F856-870 California
- F871-885 Oregon
- F886-900 Washington
- F901-951 Alaska
- F965 The territories of the United States (General)
- F970 Insular possessions of the United States (General)
- F975 Central American, West Indian, and other countries protected by and having close political affiliations with the United States (General)
- F1-15 New England
- F1001-1145.2 British America
- F1001-1145.2 Canada
- F1001-1035 General
- F1035.8 Maritime provinces. Atlantic coast of Canada
- F1050 St. Lawrence Gulf, River and Valley (General)
- F1060-1060.97 Canadian Northwest. Northwest Territories
- F1121-1139 Newfoundland
- Other than Canada
- Bahamas
- Bermudas
- British East and West Florida
- British Guiana
- British Honduras (Belize)
- British West Indies
- Falkland Islands
- Thirteen North American Colonies before 1776
- F1001-1145.2 Canada
- Dutch America
- Colony in Brazil, 1625-1661, see F2532
- Dutch Guinea, see F2401+
- Dutch West Indies, see F2141
- New Netherlands to 1664, see F122.1
- New Sweden (Dutch possession, 1655-1664), see F167
- F1170 French America
- F1170 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Other French America
- Colony in Brazil, 1555-1567
- Colony in Florida, 1562-1565
- French Guiana
- French West Indies
- Louisiana, 1698-1803
- New France and Acadia, 1600-1763
- F1201-3799 Latin America. Spanish America
- F1201-1392 Mexico
- F1218.5-1221 Antiquities. Indians
- F1401-1419 Latin America (General)
- F1421-1440 Central America
- F1435-1435.3 Mayas
- F1441-1457 Belize
- F1461-1477 Guatemala
- F1481-1497 Salvador (El Salvador)
- F1501-1517 Honduras
- F1521-1537 Nicaragua
- F1541-1557 Costa Rica
- F1561-1577 Panama
- F1601-1629 West Indies
- F1630-1640 Bermudas
- F1650-1660 Bahamas
- F1741-1991 Greater Antilles
- F2001-2151 Lesser Antilles
- F2155-2191 Caribbean area. Caribbean Sea
- F2201-3799 South America
- F2201-2239 General
- F2251-2299 Colombia
- F2301-2349 Venezuela
- F2351 Guiana
- F2501-2659 Brazil
- F2661-2699 Paraguay
- F2701-2799 Uruguay
- F2801-3021 Argentina
- F3031-3031.5 Falkland Islands
- F3051-3285 Chile
- F3301-3359 Bolivia
- F3401-3619 Peru
- F3701-3799 Ecuador
- F1201-1392 Mexico
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