History

Drawing from the Graff Collection at the Newberry Library, Chigaco, this database includes papers of early pioneers and explorers; the original manuscript journal and papers of James Audubon; the evolution of Western towns and the growth of railway and road networks through prospectuses, maps and railroad company records; emigrants guides; manuscript travel journals; store catalogues; illustrations; maps and more.

Black Thought and Culture is an electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major black leaders in North America. Works by teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures form the corpus.

Extending back to the 1500s, the collection will show researchers the various shapes and formats of the diary as it evolved, including the travel diary, offering detailed accounts of journeys and descriptions of places; the daily personal diary, in which women reflected more broadly on aspects of their lives; letter diaries, wherein a daily dated letter to a recipient served simultaneously as a diary entry; and other forms.

China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980 is based on substantial collections of manuscript materials held at the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the British Library in London, supplemented by additional sources from Cambridge University Library, the Church Missionary Society Archive, the Council for World Missions Library, Duke University, the National Archives at Kew, the Alexander Turnbull Library at the National Library of New Zealand and Yale Divinity Library.

Foreign and Colonial Office documents relating to Canada, the Caribbean and the United States.

Restricted-circulation copies of documents generated by the British Foreign and Colonial Offices. They range from in extent from brief telegrams and one-page letters to lengthy memoranda and the complete texts of treaties.

The Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) is a collection of primary documents related to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.

Documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850.

Images of primary document texts.

Every Day Life and Women in America contains primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library.

Consists of three cross-searchable modules: Personal experiences, Propaganda and recruitment, and Visual perspectives and narratives. Includes documents ranging from diaries and letters to postcards and photographs and propaganda and recruiting posters along with a digitized artifacts collection which allows the user to manipulate the angle at which such 'everyday' objects as gas masks, playing cards and cigarette cases can be viewed.

This collection offers the complete British Foreign Office Files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan from 1949-1980. These files are particularly important because Britain was one of the first countries to recognise Communist China.

Taking the phenomenon of the Grand Tour as a starting point, this resource explores the relationship between Britain and Europe between c1550 and c1850, exploring the British response to travel on the Continent for pleasure, business and diplomacy.

Drawing upon the wonderfully rich and diverse manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland this resource will be of great value to all those teaching or researching into the History of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947.

Macmillan Cabinet Papers provides historians and political scientists with direct access to documents from the highest level of the British Government during the Macmillan Administration.

Mass Observation Online offers revolutionary access to one of the most important archives for the study of Social History in the modern era.

Full-colour images of manuscripts from the Paston, Stonor, Cely, Plumpton and Armburgh Papers along with searchable transcriptions taken from later printed editions.

An extensive collection of manuscript materials for the study of medieval travel writing in fact and in fantasy.

British Foreign and Commonwealth Office files from The National Archives, Kew.

A personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada.

More than 100,000 pages of personal stories, many of which were previously unpublished.

The largest electronic collection of women's diaries and correspondence ever assembled.

The official record of of the meetings of Parliament from Edward I (1272-1307) to Henry VII (1485-1509).

Designed as an important portal for slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering an extensive time period 1490-2007.

This collection features Women's Travel Diaries and Correspondence from The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

A collection of primary sources, together with interpretive essays, describing popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930.

This is an essential source for the study of the Atlantic World and Early Colonial Period. It contains the Ferrar Papers (covering 1590-1790) which are in Magdalene College, Cambridge, as well as transcripts of other documents that throw light on the Virginia Company of London.

Brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's activism in public life.

Comprises two distinct elements: 1) A Finding Aid to Women's Studies Resources in The National Archives at Kew 2) Original Documents on the Suffrage Question in Britain, the Empire and Colonial Territories.