Lewis and Clark Expedition Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: 2005 marks the 200^th anniversary of Lewis and Clark's expedition to explore and chart the American West. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson dispatched Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and the Corps of Discovery “to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by it’s course and communication with the waters of the Pacific ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregan, Colorado or any other river may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent for the purpose of commerce."

Call number areas to browse: F590.3-F596.3

Subjects to search (Library of Congress):
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Clark, William, 1770-1838
Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries
West (U.S.)  -- Discovery and exploration
Sacagawea

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
The Lewis and Clark Journals:  An American epic of Discovery (F592.4 2003)
Lewis & Clark: An Illustrated History (F592 .D86 1997)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition (F592.7.F75 2004)
Undaunted Courage:  Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (F592.7.A49 1996)
Lewis and Clark, Pioneering Naturalists (F592.7.C87 1969)
The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis and Clark Across the Continent (F592.7.L38 1988)
Encyclopedia of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (F592.7.W68 2004)

Library Resources (r):
Humanities International Complete
Academic Search Complete
America: History and Life
U.S. History in Context
Project Muse

Internet Resources:

Discovering Lewis and Clark - is a hyperhistory in progress. It is enhanced by at least one new interpretive episode each month, employing a variety of multmedia techniques.

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc. focuses on stewardship of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, scholarship and historical accuracy with regard to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and education of young people.

Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West - From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition - From the National Endowment for the Humanaties makes available the text of the celebrated Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals.