In the First Person is an index to personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. The index leads the user to free and commercial subscription websites and to relevant databases made available by Alexander Street Press, including The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries; Black Thought and Culture; British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries; North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories; and North American Women's Letters and Diaries.